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Fingal’s Cave Podcast – Ep.13 – Harry Waters on Animals, Coachella, Nintendo and much more

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Fingals’ Cave Podcast is back! This time featuring keyboard player Harry Waters! Son of Roger Waters and as we all know was in his touring band from 2002-2016. Harry talks about his love of Jazz, Nintendo and what’s it like playing to click tracks and much more! It’s a really wonderful interview – do check it out!

Ep.13 - Harry Waters on Animals, Coachella, Nintendo and much more

We start the new year with another wonderful guest, who is a musician, composer and one of the most versatile artists we had on the show so far. He has been a crucial part on every single Roger Waters tour between 2002 and 2016 and if his last name is familiar, that’s because he is also the son of Roger Waters. We talk enthusiastically about music in general, playing to click tracks, his last shows with Roger Waters at Coachella 2016, his excitement about Chick Corea and his programming work for a Nintendo game. Harry played many show with LES CLAYPOOL and reveals how much he loves the Album ANIMALS. We very much respected his wish not to ask him any personal questions about his father so expect a in depth talk about music.

The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary UV Edition

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April 19th, 2024 sees Pink Floyd releasing a Collector’s Edition of The Dark Side Of The Moon on crystal clear vinyl. This will be a limited edition crystal clear 2-LP, 180g set of the classic album featuring UV artwork printing on the non-groove side. This set will feature the prism spectrum seen through the playable side of the vinyl while maintaining the best quality sound that fans expect. This 50th anniversary collector’s edition is housed in a gatefold sleeve with slipcase and an exclusive poster.

This is the first time that Pink Floyd have used this pioneering UV printing process on vinyl. The images are printed with a high end UV printer, using UV-LED light to dry the permanent ink on the side without audio on which the image is printed. This combination of one-sided audio and the UV print (on the side without audio) combines the best of both worlds: perfect audio and a beautiful image to enjoy.

Pre-order now: USA | UK

UPDATE: A Fleeting Glimpse Fundraiser

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UPDATE: The fundraiser has now closed, within three days we received all the donations we needed to continue our work. Our hearts go out to all of you who donated and shared their support. We love you. By the fans – For the fans!

Hello everyone! Our fees are coming up for hosting and domain names and we need your help, we are trying to raise enough money to cover the next three years. If you love staying up on all things Pink Floyd and related and reading exclusive interviews and taking part in exclusive giveaways then please help us continue to do so, we would greatly appreciate donation, big or small. This website has been loved by fans for 26 years now, we would hate to see it have to close down.

Happy 80th Birthday Nick Mason!

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We at AFG would like to wish a very happy 80th birthday to Pink Floyd founding member and our favorite drummer, Nick Mason! Happy birthday, Nick! We hope you enjoy your day. Nick and his lovely wife Annette will be hosting their annual Middlewick House Open Garden event in June click for info and tickets and in July, Nick and his Saucerful Of Secrets will be on tour in Italy and playing a festival in Germany click for info and tickets. 

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets 2024 Dates (Updated)

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Good news! The date for Rome has been updated for Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets 2024 tour. Coming off their summer tour in Europe and a run of shows in Australia in September the Saucers announce they are returning with 6 (so far confirmed) shows this upcoming July in Italy and a festival show in Germany! Tickets for Rome are on sale tomorrow at 11am CET! Use the links below, or visit http://www.thesaucerfulofsecrets.com/ for more info.

  • July 18th – TEATRO ARCIMBOLDI, MILAN – TICKETS
  • July 19th – PIAZZA DEI SIGNORI, VICENZA – TICKETS
  • July 20th – SEQUOIE MUSIC PARK, BOLOGNA – TICKETS
  • July 21st – CAVEA, AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA, ROME – TICKETS
  • July 23rd – BELVEDERE SAN LEUCIO, CASERTA – TICKETS
  • July 24th – TEATRO IL CASTELLO, ROCCELLA IONICA – TICKETS
  • July 28th – HERZBERG FESTIVAL, GERMANY – TICKETS

Robert Walter (Roger Waters Keyboard Player 2022/2023) – Keyboard Chronicles Interview

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Robert Walter, The Greyboy Allstars / Roger Waters - Keyboard Chronicles Episode 104

Robert Walter (keyboards/organ for Roger Waters’ recent live band) has appeared on the Keyboard Chronicles and he speaks about his diverse career in the music industry, how he landed the gig with Roger Waters and touring in a big live production- plus more! It’s a great interview and we highly recommend you check it out.

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets New Festival Date Added

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Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets have expanded their summer 2024 tour with a festival date in Germany at the Herzberg Festival. It is a large festival that has been running since 1968. This year the festival will run from July 25-July 28. The Saucers will be performing on July 28th and tickets are on sale now at this link: https://www.burgherzberg-shop.de/c/ticket and it does look like you can get tickets for just that day, of course if there are any updates be sure to check back here.

Pink Floyd 1971 Quad Mixer Re-Created

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CH Vintage Audio together with Allen and Heath original founder Andy Bereza have re-created Pink Floyd’s quad mixing console used between 1971-1974. Allen and Heath built the original mixer for Pink Floyd in September of 1971 and it can be seen in use in the film Live at Pompeii. 

During the design and build process of the 1971 Pink Floyd 28 into 4 mixer, Peter Watts who was Pink Floyd’s chief roadie at the time asked Andy Bereza to incorporate a large amount of coloured illuminated push buttons in a variety of colours for routing on the desk, in fact he brought Andy a 1 to 1 drawing of the proposed mixer layout using almost every colour of felt tip pen available. Peter, like a lot of late 60’s early 70’s people was into psychedelics and so he also wanted to see the mixing desk feature lots of bright coloured lights.

The desk was constantly modified between October 1971 and October 1974 including expanding the case and fitting Penny and Giles faders, changing the square layout of the quad pan pots to four in a vertical row, and adding extra meters in the middle of the desk.

The mixer tours Dark Side Of The Moon through until November 1974 when it is replaced with a new Allen and Heath mixer, neither Allen and Heath mixer seems to have survived. 

The Mod 1 custom quadraphonic mixer made for Pink Floyd. Seen in the film Live at Pompeii.

For fans in Spain, if you wish to see this recreated ‘Pompeii’ mixer and PA it is making an appearance at the ISE Exhibition in Barcelona from 30th January to 2nd February 2024. More information at the link here

Watch Chris Hewitt, Geoff Goddard and desk designer/builder Andy Bereza explain how they re-created the 1971 mixing console here:

The Missing Pink Floyd Pompeii and Dark Side of The Moon- 1971 Allen and Heath mixer is re created

 

Adelaide Fringe – DSOTM Full Dome Experience

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Following on from our news story earlier this month about the UK’s The Dark Side Of The Moon Planetarium Show, the Adelaide Fringe which is an arts festival in the south Australian capital of Adelaide will be hosting the Full Dome Experience of the album in its entirety running from 16th February to 17th March. If you’re in the area and want to check it out please use the following link to buy tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/the-dark-side-of-the-moon-full-dome-experience-af2024

Pink Floyd’s iconic album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, originally released in March 1973, turns 50, and what more fitting a place to celebrate it and experience it than in a immersive fulldome experience that sets 10 tracks from The Dark Side of the Moon to mesmeric 360° visuals.

The show combinines breath-taking views of the solar system and beyond from Pink Floyd’s long time creative collaborator Aubrey Powell. Get set for an all-encompassing surround sound and visual treat that will transcend reality and take you way beyond to The Great Gig in the Sky.

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