Today sees two new releases, one from The Orb and David Gilmour, a reworking of the 2010 album Metallic Spheres titled Metallic Spheres In Colour and Richard Wright’s Wet Dream 2023 Remix by Steven Wilson on vinyl. You can order your copies at the links below:
Amazon USA CD | VINYL | MP3 Amazon UK CD | VINYL
Join us in our first video interview, featuring legendary filmmaker John Edginton!
John is best known to Pink Floyd fans for his documentaries, most notably 2001’s The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story which aired on BBC TWO as part of their “Omnibus” series.
John is also known for 2012’s The Story of Wish You Were Here, which also aired on the BBC. Both documentaries have seen a physical release shortly after their airing and have since become favorites amongst the Pink Floyd fan community due to the fact how well they are put together and feature the band and family members in very intimate and personal interviews. Extended interviews can be seen on John’s Youtube channel which features loads of really great material from Pink Floyd and other legendary acts.
We had the honor of speaking with John about how he came to work with the Floyd, how he persuaded Roger Waters to do the Wish You Were Here documentary and he even answers some questions from some of our forum members! Its a packed albeit very laidback interview with loads of smiles. We hope you enjoy.
For those who don’t have a copy already (or want another one) Pink Floyd author Glenn Povey’s book Pink Floyd In North America 1966-1983 is currently on sale at a really great price! You can purchase your copy here: https://www.wymeruk.co.uk/webshop/collector-s-items/pink-floyd-in-north-america-1966-1983-by-glenn-povey
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.
We want to wish a very happy birthday to Pink Floyd backing vocalist on the Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour, Machan Taylor! Machan was gracious enough to give us her time for an interview back in July, if you haven’t read it do go and give it a read here: https://www.pinkfloydz.com/an-exclusive-interview-with-machan-taylor/
Happy Birthday Machan, we hope you enjoy your day!
An update regarding the Vinyl and Bluray releases of Richard Wright’s Wet Dream 2023 Remix by Steven Wilson.
The Vinyl is still expected out on September 29th and now the Bluray 5.1 mix is expected to be released on October 20th (November 10th in the US) The CD is still available and you can order all 3 at the links below.
USA CD | MP3 | Blu-ray | Vinyl
My remix of Richard Wright’s ‘Wet Dream’ will be released on CD and streaming platforms on what would have been Richard’s 80th birthday, 28th July. Deep blue transparent marbled vinyl and blu-ray formats follow on 29th September. The blu-ray additionally includes 5.1 and Dolby Atmos mixes as well as never-before-seen personal archive videos. The new mix additionally includes 2 extra passages of music that were edited out of the original mix.
Longtime Roger Waters guitarist Dave Kilminster appears in a new video from That Pedal Show, its an intriguing interview preceded by a build of his current pedalboard he’s using on Roger’s This Is Not A Drill tour. This one is definitely for the gear enthusiasts! You can check it out below.
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You can catch Dave Kilminster performing with Roger Waters again in South America this fall. The most recent run of the show has been presented as an ‘in the round’ extravaganza in the US and Europe will now be presented as a more traditional stage setup with the stage being at one end of the stadium. See dates and tickets below!
Roger has released his final singles from his upcoming Dark Side of the Moon Redux, which is the opening tracks Speak To Me and Breathe. Speak To Me features some familiar lyrics from Obscured By Clouds, Pink Floyd’s 1972 album which preceded The Dark Side of the Moon. You can now stream the songs and view the lyric video below.
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“When we recorded the stripped down songs for the Lockdown Sessions, the 50th anniversary of the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon was looming on the horizon. It occurred to me that The Dark Side Of The Moon could well be a suitable candidate for a similar re-working, partly as a tribute to the original work, but also to re-address the political and emotional message of the whole album.
I discussed it with Gus and Sean and when we’d stopped giggling and shouting “You must be ****ing mad” at one another we decided to
take it on. It’s turned out really great and I’m excited for everyone to hear it. It’s not a replacement for the original which, obviously, is irreplaceable. But it is a way for the seventy nine year old man to look back across the intervening fifty years into the eyes of the twenty nine year old and say, to quote a poem of mine about my Father, “We did our best, we kept his trust, our Dad would have been proud of us”. And also it is a way for me to honor a recording that Nick and Rick and Dave & I have every right to be very proud of.”
A brand new image gallery has been added to our Tour Rooms section. 19 new images of Pink Floyd performing their fourth show at the Pavillon de Paris on 25th February 1977. These have been kindly sent in to us by contributor Nuff, courtesy of Joel Gardin. Click the link here to check out the full gallery, as these are not to be missed! https://www.pinkfloydz.com/concerts-tours/pink-floyd-pavillon-de-paris-feb-25th-1977/
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Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets who were on tour in Australia, had a very special guest on 19th Sept in Brisbane! Our own A Fleeting Glimpse founder – Col Turner! Click here to read the review and view the photos from the evening.
Update: Click here to read Lee Smith’s (Founder of Australian Pink Floyd) review of the show!
As always we encourage everybody to send in their photos and reviews to showcase on our site. You can email tony@pinkfloydz.com if you wish to share.