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Guy Pratt & Gary Kemp : Rockonteurs Podcast Episode 19 With Glen Matlock

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Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.

Presented by 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, 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 19 and features guest Glen Matlock

Available from 21st March 2021 on Itunes, Spotify and all other Listening Platforms. Click Here to be taken to Apple Musics Listening Page

Peter Green Tribute Featuring David Gilmour Live Streaming Event

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Mick Fleetwood’s all-star salute to Peter Green will premiere online April 24. The concert event, held Feb. 25, 2020 at the London Palladium, was created to honor Green’s contributions to Fleetwood Mac’s early years.

“The concert was a celebration of those early blues days where we all began,” Fleetwood explained via statement. “It’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music. Peter was my greatest mentor, and it gave me such joy to pay tribute to his incredible talent. I was honored to be sharing the stage with some of the many artists Peter has inspired over the years and who share my great respect for this remarkable musician.”

Pete Townshend, Steven Tyler, David Gilmour, Billy Gibbons, Noel Gallagher and Kirk Hammett were among the many rock luminaries to perform at the event. Green died just five months later.

The concert film – dubbed Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac – was originally supposed to be screened in movie theaters beginning March 23. However, due to ongoing restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it will now premiere as an exclusive streaming event via Nugs.net.

Tickets go on-sale March 17, with prices starting at $14.99. Higher-priced tiers, which include 4K resolution, Dolby/Atmos sound, exclusive merchandise bundles and a virtual meet-and-greet with Fleetwood, range from $110 to $490.

In addition, Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac will receive its physical release on April 30, with Blu-Ray, CD and vinyl editions among the options.

Click Here to visit Nugs and book your place for this wonderful event.

Polly Samson A Theatre for Dreamers Paperback Edition (+ Bonus CD) With 3 New Gilmour Songs

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Erica is eighteen and ready for freedom. It’s the summer of 1960 when she lands on the sun-baked Greek island of Hydra where she is swept up in a circle of bohemian poets, painters, musicians, writers and artists, living tangled lives. Life on their island paradise is heady, dream-like, a string of seemingly endless summer days. But nothing can last forever.

A Theatre for Dreamers is Polly Samson’s Sunday Times bestselling novel, which was a 2020 book of the year in The Times and Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and Spectator.

Released on April 15th 2021 is a paperback edition that comes with an exclusive bonus CD, featuring four songs inspired by the book.

CD Track Listing, 1. Yes, I Have Ghosts, 2. Tell The Truth , 3. Astral Dust, 4. Kokineli

The four tracks were written by Samson and David Gilmour, and performed by Gilmour and the couple’s daughter Romany.

Pre-orders for the book and bonus CD are available now from roughtrade you can head there by Clicking Here.

Now Confirmed : Pink Floyd announce ‘Live At Knebworth 1990’ live album

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As we originally reported on March 9th, We can now confirm that Pink Floyd‘s hallowed 1990 gig at Knebworth is being released as a full live album on 30th April 2021.

The Knebworth 1990 concert was held to celebrate and feature the winners of the 1990 Silver Clef Awards, with donations benefiting the Nordoff–Robbins music therapy charity.

The event attracted a crowd of 120,000 and saw the likes of Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Tears for Fears, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Ray Cooper, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Status Quo, Phil Collins & Genesis take to the stage.

Pink Floyd rounded out the evening with an hour long performance featuring Clare Torry reprising her vocals on The Great Gig in the Sky, and Candy Dulfer playing saxophone on Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

While the concert, which benefitted the Nordoff Robbins charity, was broadcast on MTV at the time (and later released on DVD), Pink Floyd’s performance at the show is only now being released in full as a stand-alone release on audio formats. A recording of the gig was previously made available to fans as part of the band’s ‘The Later Years’ box set in 2019.

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and recording engineer Andy Jackson have remixed the audio for all seven tracks that were performed on the day, while the live album features new artwork shot by Pink Floyd collaborator Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell (of Hipgnosis) and designed by Peter Curzon of Storm Studios.

The ‘Live At Knebworth 1990’ live album will be released via Warner Music on CD, double vinyl and digital platforms on April 30.

“There is something special about Knebworth,” Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason said in a statement about the show. “We all still have fond memories of playing there in the 70’s, and this show was no different.“

“As a north London boy this was almost a home game, but with the added delight of being the re-assembly of the band after a fairly mega tour that had lasted for well over a year. It was also an opportunity to get the wonderful Candy Dulfer to play – I had been a fan of hers for quite a while, and it was just a shame we didn’t have an opportunity to utilise her for more.“

“We also had our dear friend Michael Kamen guesting. Michael had contributed so much to PF over the previous ten years, it’s great to have something of his playing on the recording.”

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A new 10 minute edit of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 (Live at Knebworth 1990, 2021 Edit)” is now available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Youtube Music and many more streaming services.

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David Gilmour Confirms Pink Floyd Have Broken Up for Good: “I’m Done with it”

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During a conversation with Guitar Player Magazine, guitar icon David Gilmour talked about Pink Floyd, saying the group will never reunite.

For the new “50 Years of Prog” issue, Guitar Player sat down with – among others – the legendary David Gilmour.

Between an appearance at last year’s Peter Green tribute concert, a new piece of music called “Yes, I Have Ghosts,” and a new Martin signature acoustic guitar, Gilmour has kept quite busy in recent times, and had plenty to talk about. However, we couldn’t resist asking him: “Pink Floyd so far is a three-act play. Will there ever be a fourth act?”

To that, he replied: “No. I’m done with it. I’ve had a life in Pink Floyd for quite a lot of years, and quite a few of those years at the beginning, with Roger. And those years in what is now considered to be our heyday were 95 percent musically fulfilling and joyous and full of fun and laughter. And I certainly don’t want to let the other five percent color my view of what was a long and fantastic time together. But it has run its course, we are done, and it would be fakery to go back and do it again.”

Gilmour went on to invoke the band’s co-founder and keyboardist, Richard Wright, who died of lung cancer in 2008.

“To do it without Rick would just be wrong,” he said. “I’m all for Roger doing whatever he wants to do and enjoying himself and getting the joy he must have had out of those Wall shows. I’m at peace with all of these things. But I absolutely don’t want to go back. I don’t want to go and play stadiums. I’m free to do exactly what I want to do and how I want to do it.”

To buy the “50 Years of Prog” issue of Guitar Player, with the full Gilmour interview, head on over to Magazines Direct.

Dom Beken Official Facebook Launch : David Gilmour Arnold Layne Live Video Appears

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Dom Beken , keyboard player with Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets has recently announced the launch of his Official Facebook page.

To celebrate the launch a video from 2012 featuring David Gilmour (Vocals & Guitar), Phil Manzanera (Vocals & Guitar), Guy Pratt (Bass Guitar) and Dom Beken on keyboards, It is unknown who is playing the drums for this private performance.

Dom posted this video with the quote “Here’s a bit of history… some of the seeds of Saucerful were very likely sown on this evening…. (sorry it’s terrible phone sound)” This is the only time David Gilmour has played Arnold Layne without Richard Wright on keyboard.

David seems to be playing his trusty 55′ Fender Esquire for the performance, One can assume from a photo surfacing online that this is where Lee Harris also of Nick’s Saucerful Of Secrets first played with David.

Show some support and check out The Official Dom Beken Facebook Page by Clicking Here

Lee Harris posts new “Live At Lee’s” episode focusing on A Saucerful of Secrets

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In early January Lee Harris started a new series of videos on his Facebook page, focusing on different songs from the Live at the Roundhouse album released by A Saucerful of Secrets in 2020.

The second episode has been posted to Facebook and breaks down the song that gave the band their name, A Saucerful of Secrets. Lee goes through all the gear and techniques he uses to reproduce the wonderful sounds of the psychedelic jam from Pink Floyd’s second album. There are some very interesting little tricks and items being used, so definitely check it out.

You can find the newest episode here, as well as the first episode which covers Interstellar Overdrive, in case you missed it. We’ll post the third episode as soon as it goes up, so remember to keep an eye on AFG.

Pink Floyd: Knebworth 1990 remaster from The Later Years 1987-2019 getting standalone release

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A new product listing has appeared on Amazon for a separate release of the Knebworth 1990 concert found in the Pink Floyd The Later Years 1987-2019 box set.

 

So far there are only listings for a 1CD and 2LP releases, but keep an eye on AFG for any updates. The concert was remastered as part of the new box set, with amazing new sonics and vastly improved visuals.

The Knebworth 1990 concert was held to celebrate and feature the winners of the 1990 Silver Clef Awards, with donations benefiting the Nordoff–Robbins music therapy charity. The event attracted a crowd of 120,000 and saw the likes of Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Tears for Fears, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Ray Cooper, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Status Quo, Phil Collins & Genesis take to the stage.

Pink Floyd rounded out the evening with an hour long performance featuring Clare Torry reprising her vocals on The Great Gig in the Sky, and Candy Dulfer playing saxophone on Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

EDIT: A new 10 minute edit of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 (Live at Knebworth 1990, 2021 Edit)” is now available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Youtube Music and many more streaming services.

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Bhaskar Menon Dies At 86

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Bhaskar Menon, the esteemed record label boss whom Pink Floyd credited with helping make their name, has died at age 86.

Starting out with EMI in 1956 – just as the rock revolution began – he went on to rise to the rank of chairman and then onward to become the president of the parent corporation, including Capitol Records in the U.S., until he started his own business in 1995. During his years with the international conglomerate, he took a personal interest in the careers of many of its artists, including the Beatles, David Bowie, Queen, Iron Maiden and many others.

One of Menon’s most notable achievements was helping break Pink Floyd in the States. He believed in their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon so much that he put the full force of Capitol’s marketing team behind it, placing the firm’s vice president, Al Coury, in charge of the project. Menon persuaded the single-averse band to release 7″ versions of “Us and Them” and “Time” to U.S. radio, leading to the album becoming the fourth best-selling title in history, with several thousand copies a week still retailing to this day.

“The story in America was a disaster,” Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason said in the documentary film The Making of the Dark Side of the Moon in 2003.”We really hadn’t sold records. And so they brought in a man called Bhaskar Menon, who was absolutely terrific. He decided he was going to make this work and make the American company sell it. And he did.”

Rick Wright.com : Unseen Footage From David Gilmour Barn Jam 2007

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Recently sent to us is a glimpse into some unseen footage from the ‘Barn Jams’ that feature as part of the David Gilmour 2006 On An Island Tour and subsequent Remember That Night, Live In Gdansk releases.

The footage features Rick Wright on Guitar, David Gilmour on Drums and Guy Pratt on Bass.

Edit : After some looking around it appears this footage features as part of the Scrapbook on the official site of Richard Wright.

Please head over to http://rickwright.com/ and show support to Ricks estate for their recent launch of the official website.