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Chester Kamen Of David Gilmour & Roger Waters Fame Debuts New Single “Brand New Day”

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Chester Kamen “Brand New Day”

Chester Kamen, Former lead guitarist with Roger Waters band and last seen playing With David Gilmour on the 2016 Rattle That Lock tour has been busy writing and working on his forthcoming album,

November see’s the release of “Brand New Day” which is the second side of the “Take This “ album which is currently in progress.

As Chester says briefly “This song is optimistic in outlook”  All instruments and lead vocals are by Chester. Additional musicians feature Drums by Chuck Sabo and Backing vocals by Rej App Gwynedd .

Nick Mason : Saucerful Of Secrets – Live At The Roundhouse To Be Shown On Sky Arts Saturday 11th November

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The perfect opportunity to have a look (and save some money). If you have access to Sky Arts then our film “Live At The Roundhouse” is on next Saturday 21st November at 10pm.

The full version is being screened which includes all of the band talking about the project amongst some fantastic songs that the band LOVE (and miss) playing together.

 

New Single From Holly Penfield Features Long Serving Roger Waters Collaborators Ian Ritchie & Dave Kilminster

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Holly Penfield - What A Weird World This Is

Released 7th November 2020 is the new single from Holly Penfield, Co-Written by the legendary Ian Ritchie who has been the saxaphone player in Roger Waters Touring band since 2006 and was the producer behind Roger’s Radio K.A.O.S album.

Written as a stand alone single in November 2020 the song features Holly Penfield (ukulele, vocals), Ian Ritchie of Roger Waters fame (bass, vocals, harmonica), Jack Thomas (drums), John Ashton Thomas (keyboards) and Dave Kilminster Lead Guitarist of Rogers Touring band since 2006 (guitars).

Mind Head Publishing announce publication of its new book : High Hopes – David Gilmour : The Origins of the Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd

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Mind Head Publishing is delighted to announce the publication of its new book High Hopes – David Gilmour : The Origins of the Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd,

 

Friday 6 November 2020 sees the publication of the most detailed biography of David Gilmour’s early history in print.Warren Dosanjh and Glenn Povey trace Gilmour’s career from the very beginning. High Hopes tells the story of Gilmour’s upbringing, childhood and influences as well the bands he performed in and sets into context the relationships developed in his hometown of Cambridge.

A wealth of previously unpublished photographs, anecdotes from school friends, former bandmates and family are brought together to tell the definitive story of a shy yet determined teenager who went on to become the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd.

High Hopes will be available as a limited edition run of 500 books, numbered and signed by the authors.

About the authors:

Warren Dosanjh has lived in Cambridge his entire life and brings a wealth of local music history and knowledge to the story. He was also the manager of Syd Barrett’s pre-Pink Floyd band Those Without.

Glenn Povey has written extensively on the history of Pink Floyd with several published reference works including the acclaimed Echoes, The Complete Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd in Objects and Treasures of Pink Floyd.

More information can be found over at www.mindheadpublishing.co.uk

A Fleeting Glimpse – Win Roger Waters Us & Them On NTSC DVD – Winner Announced

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To Coincide with the October release of the critically aclaimed Roger Waters : Us & Them Film, A Fleeting Glimpse is delighted to offer our visitors from all across the world a chance to own the NTSC DVD version for their collection.

Roger Waters: Us + Them is a 2019 British concert film by English musician Roger Waters, founding member of Pink Floyd. The film was directed by Waters and Sean Evans, and it captures a truncated performance from Waters’ 2017–18 live tour.

The film features songs from Pink Floyd albums and Waters’ last album, Is This the Life We Really Want?. It also featured across the four shows from the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. The film starts focusing Roger Waters, Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Jonathan Wilson, Joey Waronker, Gus Seyffert, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe from the band Lucius, Bo Koster and Ian Ritchie.

A Huge thank you to all 512 of you from across the globe that have entered, 309 of you got the correct answer, We inputed all names into a random name picker to make this as fair as possible.

Winner Announced : Congratulations David, Please check your emails for all correspondance. Thank you all for entering.

Roger Waters : Long Delayed Amused To Death 45RPM 200-gram LP Boxset To Be Released April 2021

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An audiophile favorite — and a brisk seller since its Analogue Productions 33 1/3 reissue in 2015 — is back with an upgrade. Now a 45 RPM 4LP 200-gram set, the remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer James Guthrie is chillingly detailed — every cricket chirp and dog bark on this distinctive album has even more sonic intensity and dimension.

An unblinking look at an entertainment-obsessed society, Amused to Death addresses issues that have only grown in complexity and urgency over the past two decades. With Amused to Death, Roger Waters sounded the alarm about a society increasingly – and unthinkingly — in thrall to its television screens. Twenty-three years later, Amused to Death speaks to our present moment in ways that could scarcely have been anticipated two decades ago. In 2020, television is just one option in an endless array of distractions available to us anytime, anywhere, courtesy of our laptops, tablets and smartphones. With eyes glued to our screens, the dilemmas and injustices of the real world can easily recede from view.

Originally due to be released November 2018 but later postponed for various reasons,

April the 9th 2021 will see The new 4LP 45 RPM 200-gram vinyl edition of Amused to Death which features remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer, James Guthrie, has finally been pressed at Quality Record Pressings. The updated cover and gatefold art is by Sean Evans, the creative director of Waters’ 2010-2013 “The Wall Live” tour and movie.

You can place your pre-order now from Acoustic Sounds and find more information about worldwide shipping by Clicking Here