For this edition of Brain Damage, its an excellent sounding, fully restored Pink Floyd recording form the 9th of May 1969.
This is the second show for the band on this date and they are on fire even for such a late show. We start things off with a nice sing-a-long from Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets recent visit to Luxembourg.
In preparation for his upcoming 2022 This Is Not A DrillTour, Roger Waters took to using his Instagram social media platform to showcase a preview of the current production rehearsals.
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
Presented by Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets / Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd & David Gilmour, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time.
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
This weeks upcoming episode is Number 90 and features guest William Orbit
A very limited edition release of the Pink Floyd single, Hey Hey Rise Up on clear vinyl has just been announced for pre-order in Japan!
The single, which was initially released digitally in April in support of the people of Ukraine and was #1 in 27 countries, will be available on 7” and CD single worldwide, With Japan being the first to offer a limited edition clear vinyl.
All formats will also feature a newly reworked version of ‘A Great Day For Freedom’ taken from the band’s 1994 album, The Division Bell.
The Limited edition clear vinyl will be available on 3 August in Japan.
Orders are being honored with worldwide shipping.
Pink Floyd author Glenn Povey delves deep into Floyd’s history within the biggest music market in the world.
This book not only charts the concerts they played and records that Floyd released in the USA and Canada from 1967 through to 1983 but it also looks in detail at the band’s relationship with their American record company; the promotional aspects (or lack off!) that propelled Floyd to stadium status, and extensive details of TV and radio appearances, along with band interviews and much more.
With loads of new information unearthed, Pink Floyd In North America shines new light on these crazy diamonds from their days playing small clubs right through to superstar status as one of the world’s biggest bands.
The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with loads of super cool memorabilia including backstage passes, gig posters, media adverts and a raft of photos, both on and off stage, all reproduced on high quality art paper. This is one future collector’s item that every self-respecting Pink Floyd fan will want to own.
A4 Hardback: (210 x 297 mm) 224 Pages
Release date : 23rd September 2022
Ian Ritchie producer of Roger Waters Radio K.A.O.S album and long-serving saxophone player in his touring band 2006 – 2016 minus The Wall tour has just announced that he is stepping down from Roger’s upcoming This Is Not A Drill Tour.
In a statement released on his official website blog 23/06/22 that following was said
“Thursday, 23rd June 2022 : London : Hello all. This will be my last post on this TINAD tour blog. The reason is as follows. I have had a physical problem for some years that has made controlling the saxophone more challenging than on the Dark Side tour. I was able to keep it in check during Us+Them. Unfortunately, the problem flared up during rehearsals this time and I was unable to perform to my, or Roger’s satisfaction. Consequently, we mutually agreed that I should step down and pass the saxophone chair over to another player. It is with sadness I make this final blog entry. My best wishes go to Roger, his great band and wonderful crew. The TINAD tour is going to be amazing and I urge you all to see it. “
From all of us at A Fleeting Glimpse we hope that Ian makes a speedy recovery and send our best wishes.
Pink Floyd are releasing two physical versions of their first newly recorded music in over 25 years, ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’.
The single, which was initially released digitally in April in support of the people of Ukraine and was #1 in 27 countries, will be available on 7” and CD single. Both formats will also feature a newly reworked version of ‘A Great Day For Freedom’ taken from the band’s 1994 album, The Division Bell.
The single will be available on 15 July (excluding Japan – released on 3 August – and USA, Canada, Australia and Mexico – released on 21 October).
The lead track sees David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined by long time Pink Floyd bass player Guy Pratt, with Nitin Sawhney on keyboards, and features vocals by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox. Proceeds for the physical release and the ongoing digital proceeds will go to Ukraine humanitarian relief.
For this limited edition release, David Gilmour revisited The Division Bell track ‘A Great Day For Freedom’. He has reworked the song using the original tapes which feature Nick Mason on drums and Richard Wright on keyboards, along with backing vocals from Sam Brown, Claudia Fontaine and Durga McBroom. The music for this song was composed by David Gilmour with lyrics by Polly Samson and David Gilmour.
Talking about the inspiration for ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’ Gilmour commented, “Any war, but particularly a war that is started by a world superpower against an independent democratic nation, has got to raise enormous anger and frustration in one. As I said before, I have a small connection there; my daughter-in-law is from Ukraine. And the band Boombox are Ukrainian people that I already knew, not well, but from some time ago. It’s an enormously difficult, frustrating, and anger-making thing that one human being could have the power to go into another independent democratic nation and set about killing the population. It’s just obscene to an extent that is just beyond my belief.”