Released 7th November 2020 is the new single from Holly Penfield, Co-Written by the legendary Ian Ritchie who has been the saxaphone player in Roger Waters Touring band since 2006 and was the producer behind Roger’s Radio K.A.O.S album.

Written as a stand alone single in November 2020 the song features Holly Penfield (ukulele, vocals), Ian Ritchie of Roger Waters fame (bass, vocals, harmonica), Jack Thomas (drums), John Ashton Thomas (keyboards) and Dave Kilminster Lead Guitarist of Rogers Touring band since 2006 (guitars).

To Coincide with the October release of the critically aclaimed Roger Waters : Us & Them Film, A Fleeting Glimpse is delighted to offer our visitors from all across the world a chance to own the NTSC DVD version for their collection.

Roger Waters: Us + Them is a 2019 British concert film by English musician Roger Waters, founding member of Pink Floyd. The film was directed by Waters and Sean Evans, and it captures a truncated performance from Waters’ 2017–18 live tour.

The film features songs from Pink Floyd albums and Waters’ last album, Is This the Life We Really Want?. It also featured across the four shows from the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. The film starts focusing Roger Waters, Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Jonathan Wilson, Joey Waronker, Gus Seyffert, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe from the band Lucius, Bo Koster and Ian Ritchie.

A Huge thank you to all 512 of you from across the globe that have entered, 309 of you got the correct answer, We inputed all names into a random name picker to make this as fair as possible.

Winner Announced : Congratulations David, Please check your emails for all correspondance. Thank you all for entering.

Jon Carin a Grammy Award winning musician, singer, songwriter and producer who has been a longtime collaborator with  Pink Floyd and the solo careers of David Gilmour and Roger Waters has been incredibly busy these last few months,

He has been putting in preparations for the upcoming Roger Waters : This Is Not A Drill Tour which was originally planned for July 2020 and has now been pushed back until 2021 with new dates still to be announced.

With the unexpected global lockdown due to the current Covid 19 situation Jon has found himself in his studio writing and creating music as an outlet during these difficult times.

With the 80th Aniversary of the great and legendary John Lennon on what would have been his 80th Birthday, Jon has put together a version of “Gimme Some Truth” which is a song written and performed by John Lennon first released on his 1971 album Imagine.

” I did this quickly to honor John Lennon on his 80th birthday, half a lifetime later, but the internets made me wait a few days to share it. Hope it’s ok. Play it loud ” – Jon Carin

Further to this recent interpritation of the Jon Lennon classic, Jon has released 2 completely original songs of his own.

The First single released back in May 2020 is entitled : Fear Of Everything written with the intention that it felt related to what the world is going through at the moment and keeping in mind that the greatest way to overcome fear is to acknowledge it.

You can read and listen to Jon’s “Fear Of Everything” release in our previous news article by Clicking Here

The 2nd single released in August 2020 is entitled : Like A Drug Written about empathy, kindness, respect for the rules of nature & love of each and every one of our fellow man.

You can read and listen to Jon’s “Like A Drug” release in our previous news article by Clicking Here

Pink Floyd famously toured The Wall with a limited number of shows taking place from 1980 to 1981, because of the scale of the spectacle that Roger Waters had devised. Of this tour, only 1 leg took place in mainland Europe, with Dortmund in northern Germany being the lucky city chosen.

Even luckier still, was AFG reader Hugo Grimes, who happened to be in Germany at the time of the shows. He attended the show on 20th February 1981:

I had arrived in Dortmund to work for 7 months as part of my university studies.  I was very surprised/delighted to find out that Pink Floyd were playing at a huge concert hall within walking distance of my flat!

 

I also saw Thin Lizzy, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Jethro Tull, Blues Band, Stevie Wonder in the next few months.

 

Hope people enjoy them – I was sat in the front row – but my ticket said row 32 – so I only had a few exposures left on my camera – it I had known I would have bought another film!

Enjoy the photos below:

Thanks again to Hugo, and remember that if you have anything Floyd related that you think may be of interest, drop a line to sean@pinkfloydz.com OR liam@pinkfloydz.com

Producer/engineer James Guthrie, a long-time Floydian associate – having served as co-producer and engineer on Pink Floyd albums as well as archival engineer/producer on Pink Floyd-related projects since 1978 – is being honoured by audio playback equipment manufacturer dCS as part of their Legends campaign.

The aim of this inaugural award, as stated in the press release:

The award was conceived to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of an elite group of recording, mixing and mastering engineers who have strived throughout their careers to deliver the finest music experience possible. The award also underscores the growing trend towards ‘studio quality’ high resolution download and streaming services for music enthusiasts.  

dCS Legends website

Guthrie joins the illustrious group featuring other well-known figures in the industry such as Bob Ludwig, George Massenberg, and Elliot Schneiner.  Recording engineer Ed Cherney, who passed away in October of last year, will also be commemorated by the campaign later this year.

As one of twelve recipients in the year-long campaign, Guthrie was recently interviewed by journalist Simon Barnett for the podcast series The Other Side of the Glass regarding his multi-decade career in audio engineering and record production.  The entry on the Legends website also includes a Tidal playlist of various artists’ recordings Guthrie has been associated with throughout his career, featuring music by Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Ambrosia, Toto, Judas Priest, and Kashmir.

James Guthrie page on dCS Legends website:

https://dcslegends.com/james-guthrie

Links to listen to The Other Side of the Glass podcast:

https://dcs-legends-the-other-side-of-the-glass.simplecast.com/episodes

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dcs-legends-the-other-side-of-the-glass/id1496632925

https://open.spotify.com/show/4dTgMtfcVleJfar60MVoBM

A big thanks from AFG to Julie Skaggs for another fine contribution to the site!