Today we are celebrating the life of the late Storm Thorgerson on what would have been his 79th Birthday.
Storm was very supportive of A Fleeting Glimpse and was a personal friend to site founder Col Turner.
His contributions to the Floyd legacy and his visions within the artwork are simply put “timeless and invaluable”.
This session sheet is dated 30 May 1972 “onwards”, highlighting the set-up that was used on the very first studio session for the album, a set-up that would remain as the default for much of the album’s subsequent Studio Three sessions with recording engineer Alan Parsons.
Each replica sheet comes with a certificate of authenticity and an annotation giving insight into personnel, effects and equipment used during the sessions.
Abbey Road Studios is home to a host of celebrated and much sought-after recording equipment, much of which was used on the sessions for The Dark Side of The Moon. Microphones including AKG D20s, Neumann KM86s, KM84s, U87s, and a U48, together with a Studer A80 16-track tape machine feature on this session sheet, alongside the iconic EMT plate reverb at 3.5 and 4 seconds, two Gain Brain compressors and five pairs of brand-new cans (headphones).
Each replica is Giclee printed on 300gsm Monte Carlo textured watercolour paper, hand torn and cradled with transparent corner holders onto black card.
More details and information can be found at The Abbey Road Store by Clicking Here
The city of Frankfurt on Friday announced that it was canceling the forthcoming concert of former Pink Floyd vocalist Roger Waters scheduled for May 28th 2023
A statement from the Central Council of German further urged venues in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Cologne hosting Waters’ “This is Not A Drill 2023” tour to reconsider however at the moment of writing no further German dates have been cancelled.
Tickets can be bought now by visiting www.rogerwaters.com
2023 EUROPEAN LEG
MARCH
17th – Altice Arena , Portugal
18th – Altice Arena , Portugal
21st – Palau Sant Jordi, Spain
23rd – WiZink Center, Spain
24th – WiZink Center, Spain
27th – Mediolanum Forum, Italy
28th – Mediolanum Forum, Italy
31st – Mediolanum Forum, Italy
APRIL
1st – Mediolanum Forum, Italy
4th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
6th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
7th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
11th – Telenor Arena, Norway
12th – Telenor Arena, Norway
15th – Tele2 Arena, Sweden
17th – Royal Arena, Denmark
18th – Royal Arena, Denmark
21st – Tauron Arena, Poland *Cancelled By Krakow City Council
22nd – Tauron Arena, Poland *Cancelled By Krakow City Council
23rd – MVM Dome, Hungary
25th – Hallenstadion, Switzerland
28th – Unipol Arena, Italy
29th – Unipol Arena, Italy
MAY
3rd – AccorHotels Arena, France
4th – AccorHotels Arena, France
7th – Barclays Arena, Germany
9th Lanxess Arena, Germany
12th – Stade Pierre Mauroy, France
14th – Sporpaleis, Belgium
17th – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Germany
18th – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Germany
21st – Olymiaphalle, Germany
24th – O2 Arena, Czech Republic
28th – Festhalle, Germany *Cancelled By German Central Council
31st – Utilia Arena, Birmingham
JUNE
2nd – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
3rd – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
6th – The 02, London
7th – The 02, London
10th – Ao Arena, Manchester
For this edition of Brain Damage, we head off to the land of the rising sun where The Floyd took part on a short, six day tour of Japan in 1972. The last date being at the at the Nakajima Sports Center in Sapparo on the island of Hokkaido, 13 March 1972 , almost one year before the studio release of The Dark Side of The Moon. This date also featured a performance of Atom Heart Mother.
Polly Samson recently shared the news on her social media platforms that David Gilmour has been recording new music at Mark Knopfler’s (formerly of Dire Straits) British Grove Studios in London.
Further details came to light when longtime Mark Knopfler engineer and producer Guy Fletcher, also a former Dire Straits keyboard player, shared on his Instagram platform, “I recorded David yesterday for the TCT project. It was great to see him and Polly. (And their dogs!)”
TCT stands for Teenage Cancer Trust, and it appears that there is a new collaboration between the charity and David Gilmour in the pipeline. David has been involved with this charity for many years, with the most recent being a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2016 as part of the Rattle That Lock tour, in which all proceeds from the show were donated directly to the charity.
Polly Samson David Gilmour’s wife and longtime writing partner recently shared a few photos from the session on her Instagram page. After the original black strat was auctioned off for $4 million with proceeds going to ClientEarth in 2019, David was spotted with one of his Fender Custom Shop signature black stratocasters and the now-iconic Jimi Hendrix guitar strap.
As part of Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets 2023 Echoes Tour, the band has announced they are returning to the Night of the Prog Festival at the Loreley Amphitheater in Germany (having played there in 2019) on July 14th 2023
2023 Tour
JULY
14th – Night of the Prog Festival, Germany *New Show
16th – Summer Fog Festival, Poland
17th – Forum Karlin, Czech Republic
19th – Piazza Dei Signori, Italy
20th – Piazza Grande, Italy
21st – Arena Della Regina, Italy
23rd – Sonic Park Matera, Italy
26th – Tener-a-mente Festival, Italy
In this extended unreleased video, Humble Pie’s drummer, Jerry Shirley, shares his memories of working on Syd Barrett’s final album, “Barrett” And playing on Syd’s disastrous last London gig with David Gilmour
In this new posting, Guy talks about his stint with David Gilmour and Pink Floyd, recording studio dates with Madonna and Michael Jackson, and how he found his voice on a 1964 Fender Jazz Bass that he got from the bass player from the Who, John Entwistle. There’s even a cameo question from The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins!
A photo of Syd with his Mother and Sister Rosemary Taken in Essex in 1981
The estate of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett has just announced they have launched an official Syd Barrett Instagram page alongside the official Syd Barrett Facebook page.
In an effort to reach fans in a more engaging manner, they have shared that they will be building it up with regular well-known and rare images and video footage from the Syd Barrett archives.
Visit https://www.instagram.com/syd_barrettofficial/ and follow the page