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| 10th February 2020 NICK MASON - SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS LIVE Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse is a newly announced, live recording taken from the band's sold-out shows at the legendary London venue in May 2019. The band performed their first concerts one year previously, and have received huge acclaim ever since. The recording captures the true essence of a band reviving the music that had rarely featured in Pink Floyd's live shows since those early days, and some of the songs were never played at all by the Floyd. It'll be released on Friday 17th April 2020 through Sony Records as a double CD/DVD package, double vinyl, and on Blu-ray. |
18th April 2020
Europe and World
Arnold Layne Live at the Barbican Centre, London at the Syd Barrett Tribute Concert 'The Madcap's Last Laugh' 10th May 2007
1-sided 7" single / Unique etched 'B' side PFR 57 / 0190295283681
Side 1 : Arnold Layne (Barrett)
Mixed by Damon Iddins
Mastered by Damon Iddins (at) Astoria and Ray Staff (at) Air Studios
Concert Producers : Nick Laird-Clowes & Joe Boyd
Creative Director : Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis
Design : Peter Curzon / Stormstudios
Photography : Rupert Truman / Stormstudios
Published by Dunmo Music / Peer Music
® 2019 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd, under exclusive license to Parlophone Records, a Warner Music Group Company.
© 2020 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd. The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owed by Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd.
To celebrate Record Store Day 2020 on Saturday 18th April, Pink Floyd release a live recording of the band's first single, and Syd Barrett's best-known song, Arnold Layne, via participating stores. Pink Floyd Records has supported Record Store Day since the label's launch in June 2016, so this release is slightly different from the version that appeared in the recent The Later Years box set.
The limited-edition, one-sided Record Store Day 7" vinyl single boasts new artwork for the release featuring a person caught 'red-handed' in handcuffs. Pink Floyd Creative Director Aubrey Powell oversaw the sleeve, newly created by long-time Floyd collaborators, photographer Rupert Truman and designer Peter Curzon, both of StormStudios. New art extends to the B-side of the single, which features a new and exclusive etching of handcuffs to echo the sleeve and the song's lyrics.
The single represents the last live performance of Pink Floyd with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright all together in 2007, from the Syd Barrett tribute concert The Madcap's Last Laugh, at The Barbican Theatre, London, on 10 May 2007. The Pink Floyd members were augmented by Jon Carin (Keyboards, vocals) and Andy Bell from Oasis on bass guitar. Held to pay homage to Syd, who had died a year earlier, the concert, produced by Nick Laird-Clowes with Associate Producer Joe Boyd, sadly featured the final performance of the band toinclude Richard Wright, who passed away the year after.
| 18th April 2020 Europe and World NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE FOR RECORD STORE DAY Limited edition 1-sided 12" 45 RMP single / Unique etched B-side 194397234114 Side 1 : See Emily Play (Barrett) / Side 2 : Vegetable Man (Barrett) Recorded on 3rd and 4th May 2019 ® & © 2020 Nick Mason Music Limited, manufactured and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. 3rd July 2020 'YES, I HAVE GHOSTS' – DAVID GILMOUR'S FIRST NEW MUSIC IN FIVE YEARS Yes, I Have Ghosts is the first new song from David Gilmour in five years and features the voice and harp playing of his daughter Romany. The inspiration for the track was Polly Samson's new novel A Theatre for Dreamers. Of Yes, I Have Ghosts, David says "I was working on this song just as we went in to lockdown and had to cancel a session with backing singers but, as it turned out, the solution was right here and I couldn't be happier with the way Romany's voice blends with mine and her beautiful harp playing has been another revelation". The song has previously only been available as part of the ground-breaking audiobook for the novel. Polly Samson, who wrote the lyrics, says "Collaborating with David – as I have done many times over the last 30 years, writing songs for both Pink Floyd and his solo albums – we were able to bring together the worlds of literature and music to enhance the listening experience and connect with audiences in a way which I don't think has been done before". Yes, I Have Ghosts by David Gilmour, featuring Romany Gilmour, is released today on SONY MUSIC on streaming or download. 18th September 2020 Europe and World Nick Mason NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE 2CD : SONY MUSIC 19075-98272-22 2LP : SONY MUSIC 19075-98271-16 CD1 : Interstellar Overdrive / Astronomy Domine / Lucifer Sam / Fearless / Obscured by Clouds / When You're In / Remember A Day / Arnold Layne / Vegetable Man / If / Atom Heart Mother / If (Reprise) / The Nile Song CD2 : Green Is The Colour / Let There Be More Light / Childhood End / Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun / See Emily Play / Bike / One Of These Days / A Saucerful Of Secrets / Point Me At The Sky LP1 Side 1 : Interstellar Overdrive / Astronomy Domine / Lucifer Sam / Fearless / Obscured by Clouds / When You're In LP1 Side 2 : Remember A Day / Arnold Layne / Vegetable Man / If / Atom Heart Mother / If (Reprise) / The Nile Song LP2 Side 1 : Green Is The Colour / Let There Be More Light / Childhood End / Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun LP2 Side 2 : See Emily Play / Bike / One Of These Days / A Saucerful Of Secrets / Point Me At The Sky Recorded on 3rd and 4th May 2019 Directed by James Tonkin Produced by Jim Parsons Executive Producers Nick Mason Tony Smith Director of Photography Brett Turbull Sound Produced and Mixed by Nick Davis Assisted By Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets Produced & Mixed at Rak Studios (assisted by Duncan Fuller) Abbey Road (assisted by Matty Jones) Recorded by Peter Brandt Photography by Jill Furmanovski Will Ireland Santo Nicolosi DVD Authoring by Giant Interactive Art Direction by Chris Peyton at VVOID ® 2020 Nick Mason Music Limited, manufactured and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. © 2020 Nick Mason Music Limited. 2nd October 2020 Europe and World Roger Waters Us & Them 2CD : COLUMBIA 194397077124 3LP : COLUMBIA 194397076912 CD1 : Intro / Speak To Me / Breathe / One Of These Days / Time / Breathe (Reprise) / The Great In The Sky / Welcome To The Machine / Déjà Vu / The Last Refugee / Picture That / Wish You Were Here / The Happiest Days Of Our Lives / Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 / Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 CD2 : Dogs / Pigs (Three Diffret Ones) / Money / US & Them / Brain Damage / Eclipse / The Last Refugee (Reprise) / Déjà Vu (Reprise) LP1 Side A : Intro / Speak To Me / Breathe / One Of These Days / Time / Breathe (Reprise) / The Great In The Sky LP1 Side B : Welcome To The Machine / Déjà Vu / The Last Refugee LP2 Side C : Picture That / Wish You Were Here / The Happiest Days Of Our Lives / Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 / Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 LP2 Side D : Dogs LP3 Side E : Pigs (Three Diffret Ones) / Money LP4 Side F : US & Them / Brain Damage / Eclipse / The Last Refugee (Reprise) / Déjà Vu (Reprise) Directed by Sean Evans adn Roger Waters Produced by Clare spencer and Roger Waters Executive Producer : Mark Fenwick Associate Producer : Kate Walkins Music mixed by Nigel Godrich and Sam Petts-Davies Live Recordings by Jon Lemon Live Sound Recording by Red TX Sound Supervisor : Ollie Nesham Audio Engineer : Steve Massey Audio Engineer : Ed Puhl Post Production Sound by Pinewood Studios, England Re-recording mixer : Adam Scrivener Supervising Sound Editors & Sound Designers : Jacob Ribicoff and Peter Hanson Mix Technicians : Tim Burton and Filipe Botelho Post Production Mix Manager : James Doyle Assistant Effects Editor : Helen Miles Post Production Runners : Natasha Smith and Pablo Reais Hermann Stereo Version Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Post Prodcution Audio Engineering : Gus Seyffert Pre Production Audio Engineering : Vera Biramji Additional Mixing at Real world Studios, Wilshire, England Studio Engineer : Oli Middleton Head Engineer : Oli Jacobs Asst Engineer : Katie May Additional Sound Designer : Jacob Ribicoff and Mike Mcknight Photography : Kate Izor Design : Dan Ichimoto ® 2020 US & THEM Productions Limited, Under Exclusice License to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment © 2020 US & THEM Produtions Limited. |
November 20th, 2020
Europe (Germany) and World
PINK FLOYD - DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER INSTORE FROM 20TH NOVEMBER
CD : PFR36 / 0190295215934
LPs: PFRLP36 / 0190295215965
BoxSet : PFR36 BOX / 0190295215927
Produced by David Gilmour
Recorded (and remixed) by Andy Jackson with David Gilmour assisted by Damon Iddins
Mastered by Andy Jackson, Tube Mastering
Recorded by Remote Recording Services
Recording engineer Dave Hewitt assisted by Robert (Ringo) Hrycyna
Lighting Designer Marc Brickman
Musical Equipment Technician Phil Taylor assisted by Keith Smith
Design and Artwork : Steve Knee / Blade Design Ltd.
Front cover design inspired by Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis
Sleeve Photography : Ruppert Truman / Stormstudios
Package Photography : Dimo Safari
Audio transfers Damon Iddins
Audio mastering : Andy Jackson / Tube Mastering
Memorabilia : Pink Floyd Archive
Stills : Pink Floyd Archive
Archivist : Tracey Kraft
® 2019 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd, under exclusive license to Parlophone Records, a Warner Music Group Company.
© 2020 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd. The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owed by Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd.
4-DISC BOX
2-CD 23 songs remixed from original master tapes
BLU-RAY / DVD
inc.5 Bonus Tracks
restored & re-edited from original 35 mm footage
40-page book
5 Postcards & poster
Directed by Wayne Isham
Audio produced by David Gilmour
Remixed by Andy Jackson with David Gilmour assisted by Damon Iddins
Editor 2019 version - Benny Trickett
Creative Director 2019 version - Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis
Produced by Curt Marvis and Carl Wyant
Director of Photography Marc Reshovsky
Lighting designer Marc Brickman
Conceptual Footage directed by Storm Thorgerson
except "Money" directed by Storm Thorgerson, Barry Chattington and Peter Medak
Animation on "Time" by Ian Emes
Musical Equipment Technician Phil Taylor assisted by Keith Smith
Design and Artwork : Steve Knee / Blade Design Ltd.
Front cover design inspired by Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis
Sleeve Photography : Ruppert Truman / Stormstudios
Package Photography : Dimo Safari
Audio transfers : Damon Iddins
Audio mastering : Andy Jackson / Tube Mastering
Audio-visual Post-production : Onsight - Tony Maher, Jeff Halsey
Audio-visual Research and Restoration : Lana Topham
Memorabilia : Pink Floyd Archive
Stills : Pink Floyd Archive
Archivist : Tracey Kraft
Blu-ray & DVD Production : Andy Evans/aecreate.com
Blu-ray & DVD Authoring : Meric de Silva, Gonçalo Cardoso/Evil Llama
Blu-ray & DVD Menu Design and Animation : Corinne Plllock/Evil Llama
Blu-ray & DVD Menu Audio Loops : Damon Iddins
® 2020 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd, under exclusive license to Parlophone Records, a Warner Music Group Company.
© 2020 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd. The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owed by Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd.
The release of the restored, re-edited and remixed version of Delicate Sound of Thunder has been announced for Friday 20th November. Originally available solely on VHS and Laser disc, the Grammy Award-nominated programme has been completely restored and re-edited under the direction of Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis, with the sound remixed by Andy Jackson with David Gilmour. It will be available on Blu-ray and DVD, with audio-only versions on 2-CD or 3-LP, plus a Deluxe 4-disc version including 2-CDs plus Blu-ray and DVD, each of which contain five bonus tracks.
Delicate Sound of Thunder was filmed a year into the triumphant record-breaking Momentary Lapse of Reason tour at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York. Although the actual final live date was in June 1990, this concert presentation celebrated the last shows of 1988 – filmed and recorded over a 5-night run in August. Originally directed by Wayne Isham, the new version was sourced directly from hundreds of cans of original 35mm negatives, painstakingly restored and transferred to 4K, with the show completely re-edited by Benny Trickett, under the creative direction of Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis. Similarly, the sound was completely remixed from the original multitrack tapes by longtime Pink Floyd engineer Andy Jackson with David Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins.
Seen and heard playing alongside David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright are: Jon Carin (Keyboards, Vocals); Tim Renwick (Guitars, Vocals); Guy Pratt (Bass, Vocals); Gary Wallis (Percussion); Scott Page (Saxophones, Guitar); Margret Taylor (Backing Vocals); Rachel Fury (Backing Vocals); and Durga McBroom (Backing Vocals). Film Producers were Curt Marvis and Carl Wyant and Director of Photography was Marc Reshovsky, with Lighting Design by Marc Brickman. Content varies from format to format: Blu-ray and DVD include 16 songs in 115 minutes, with the 3-LP and 2-CD containing 23 songs each (nine more than the original vinyl release and eight more than the original 2-CD). All formats include a 24-page booklet, while the Deluxe box has a 40-page booklet, a double-sided poster and five postcards.
The set list carefully balances then-new material from A Momentary Lapse of Reason and Pink Floyd classics, including four songs from The Dark Side of the Moon, the anthemic title track of Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and a cathartic Run Like Hell. As a record of the creative power of David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, Delicate Sound of Thunder presents them at their incendiary best.
| 27th November 2020 Europe and World David Gilmour 'YES, I HAVE GHOSTS' – LIMITED EDITION RSD BLACK FRIDAY 7" SINGLE 45 RPM Single - DGRS1 / 19439-79626-73 Side A : Yes, I Have Ghosts / Side B : Yes, I Have Ghosts (Andy Jackson Mix*) Produced by David Gilmour Mixed by Andy Jackson with David Gilmour Photography : Gavin Elder Design : Blade Design Ltd. * Mixed by Andy Jackson Mastered by Andy Jackson, Tube Mastering / Stuart Hawkes, Metropolis Mastering, London ® 2020 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by David Gilmour Music Ltd., marketed and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. © 2021 David Gilmour Music Ltd. Yes, I Have Ghosts, the first new song from David Gilmour in five years, is to be released as a special limited edition 7" single for Record Store Day (RSD) Black Friday on Friday 27th November. The song, written by David and Polly, features the voice and harp playing of their daughter Romany. The inspiration for the track was taken from Polly Samson's new novel A Theatre for Dreamers. This 7" version features a previously unheard alternate mix of the track by Andy Jackson. Of Yes, I Have Ghosts, David says "I was working on this song just as we went in to lockdown and had to cancel a session with backing singers but, as it turned out, the solution was right here and I couldn't be happier with the way Romany's voice blends with mine and her beautiful harp playing has been another revelation". The song was digitally released in the summer and was previously only available as part of the ground-breaking audiobook for the novel. Polly Samson, who wrote the lyrics: "Collaborating with David – as I have done many times over the last 30 years, writing songs for both Pink Floyd and his solo albums – we were able to bring together the worlds of literature and music to enhance the listening experience and connect with audiences in a way which I don't think has been done before". Set on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra in 1960, A Theatre for Dreamers captures the hazy, sun-drenched days of an expat bohemian community of poets, painters, and musicians, including a twenty-five-year-old Leonard Cohen. Before the Covid-19 lockdown, David, Polly and family were about to take A Theatre for Dreamers on the road for a short series of shows blending words and music. Sadly, these dates have had to be postponed until June 2021 but the 'Von Trapped Family', as they dubbed themselves, took to Facebook to host live stream-adapted versions of the shows. Viewers found themselves transported to the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, with readings from the book, poetry, Q&A sessions and music from and inspired by the novel, including instrumental sections of Yes, I Have Ghosts and songs by Leonard Cohen. Yes, I Have Ghosts is the first new song from David Gilmour in five years and features the voice and harp playing of his daughter Romany. The song has previously only been available as part the ground-breaking audiobook for the novel. Polly Samson, who wrote the lyrics, says "Collaborating with David – as I have done many times over the last 30 years, writing songs for both Pink Floyd and his solo albums – we were able to bring together the worlds of literature and music to enhance the listening experience and connect with audiences in a way which I don't think has been done before". Yes, I Have Ghosts by David Gilmour (featuring Romany Gilmour) is released by Sony Music. |
MMXXI / 2021
April 30th 2021 Europe and World PINK FLOYD LIVE AT KNEBWORTH 1990 CD : PFR 34 / 0190295258498 LP : PFRLP34 / 0190295258504 Produced by Chris Kimsey & Paul King Recorded and Engineered by Mike Fraser Audio remix by Andy Jackson with David Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins Lighting : Marc Brickman Stage design : Jonathan Park, Michael Almond Live Concert Sound : Britannia Row Productions O.B. Facilities : 021 Television Art Director : Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis Front Cover Photography : Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis Sleeve Design and Colourist : Peter Curzon / Stormstudios Photographic Retouching : Benny Trickett and Bayeux Ltd. Concert photography : Peter Still, Dimo Safari a,d Denis O'Regan Archivist : Tracey Kraft / Pink Floyd Archive Audio Mastering : Andy Jackson, Tube Mastering ® 2019 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd, under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records, a Warner Music Group Company. © 2021 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd. Pink Floyd Live at Knebworth 1990 is released for the first time on CD, double vinyl and digital platforms on Friday 30th April 2021. The concert was part of the star-studded 1990 Silver Clef Winners performance at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, headlined by Pink Floyd. The monumentous Knebworth concert saw Pink Floyd topping the all-star bill that included Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Genesis, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant (with Jimmy Page), Cliff Richard, Eric Clapton, and Tears For Fears. Around 120,000 music fans saw these giants of rock appear on the hallowed stage of Knebworth, all in aid of the Nordoff Robbins charity, profits from which went towards setting up the BRIT School. The concert was broadcast globally on MTV. Pink Floyd – David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright – were joined on stage by members of their touring band including Guy Pratt, Jon Carin, Tim Renwick, and Gary Wallis. Backing vocals came from Durga McBroom, Sam Brown and her mother Vicki, and (original The Great Gig in the Sky vocalist) Clare Torry. Pink Floyd also welcomed guest musicians including sax player Candy Dulfer and keyboard player and composer Michael Kamen. David Gilmour and Andy Jackson have remixed the audio from this iconic concert featuring all seven tracks performed on the day, and the album features new artwork shot by Floyd collaborator Aubrey 'Po' Powell of Hipgnosis and designed by Peter Curzon of StormStudios. October 29th, 2021 Europe and World PINK FLOYD 'A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON' REMIXED & UPDATED – RELEASED 29TH OCTOBER CD : PFR37 / 0190295044091 2LP (half-speed master cut at 45rpm heavyweight 180 gram pressing) : PFRLP37 / 0190295079208 CD : Signs Of Life / Learning To Fly / The Dogs Of War / One Slip / On The Turning Away / Yet Another Movie / Round And Around / A New Machine Part 1 / Terminal Frost / A New Machine Part 2 / Sorrow LP1 : Side A Signs Of Life / Learning To Fly / The Dogs Of War LP1 : Side B One Slip / On The Turning Away LP2 : Side A Yet Another Movie / Round And Around / A New Machine Part 1 / Terminal Frost / A New Machine Part 2 LP2 : Side B Sorrow Produced by Bob Ezrin & David Gilmour Remixed by Andy Jackson with David Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins Additional editing by Devin Workman Original recording engineered by: Andy Jackson Assisted by Robert (Ringo) Hrycyna with: Marc Desisto, Stan Katayama, Jeff Demorris Additional Re-mixing: James Guthrie* Special thanks to Anthony Moore, Phil Manzanera, Langley Iddens and Tim Daly Studios Astoria, Hampton Britannia Row Studios, London A & M Studios, Los Angeles Can Am Studios, Los Angeles Village Recorder, Los Angeles Mayfair, London Audio International, London Also thanks to Winston Johnson at Cama, Gary Barlogh at Producers Workshop, Air London Spherical sound by Tom Jones, Ken Caillat and Sarah Bruce Recorded by Guy Charbonneau, Le Mobile, Los Angeles Additional Sound Effects by Andy Jackson General Technical & Musical Instrument Supervision by Phil Taylor Audio Mastering : Andy Jackson, Tube Mastering Original Album Cover Design Art Direction: Storm Thorgerson Front Cover Concept: Storm Thorgerson and Nexus Photography: Robert Dowling Production: Lance Williams and Richard Shaw Artwork: Mekon Additional photography: Robert Mort, Peter Chatterton, Janet Cable, Gary Compton and J.B. Davison Illustration : Ellis Nadler 2021 Art Direction : Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis 2021 Design and Art Direction : Peter Curzon / StormStudios Assisted by Asia Kedzior Still Photo Research : Tracey Kraft / Pink Floyd Archive ® 2019 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd, under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records, a Warner Music Group Company, for Europe. © 2021 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd. Remixed and updated from the original 1987 master tapes for The Later Years by Andy Jackson with David Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason is available on Vinyl, CD, DVD, Blu-ray and digitally with Stereo and 5.1 mixes . In addition, for the first time, the album will be presented in 360 Reality Audio, a new immersive music experience that closely mimics the omni-directional soundscape of live musical performance for the listener using Sony's object-based 360 Spatial Sound technologies. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason will also be released in Dolby Audio and UHD in addition to 360 Reality Audio, all of which will continue with other Pink Floyd releases. The release of The Later Years project in 2019 gave an opportunity for a fresh overview of the album, originally released in 1987. By returning to some of Richard Wright's original keyboard takes, and by re-recording new drum tracks with Nick Mason, producers David Gilmour and Bob Ezrin have restored a better creative balance between the three Pink Floyd members. David Gilmour "Some years after we had recorded the album, we came to the conclusion that we should update it to make it more timeless, featuring more of the traditional instruments that we liked and that we were more used to playing. This was something we thought it would benefit from. We also looked for and found some previously unused keyboard parts of Rick's which helped us to come up with a new vibe, a new feeling for the album." David reflects on originally recording the album: "Bob Ezrin had worked on 'The Wall' with us back in '79 and on some solo albums with me. I learnt a lot from Bob and he's a valuable person to have on board. We started working on pieces of music that I had been writing and, come Christmas, we knew it was going well. One day, I felt this 'thing' coming on me that became Sorrow. I wrote five verses one evening. They just flowed out from nowhere in one of those great serendipitous moments that you recognize later as having been very valuable... I knew that we were on a good roll and that this thing was going to work". Nick Mason "Initially it seemed a bit odd to start re-assembling a record after 35-odd years, but the public's appetite for alternate views of the same work has undoubtedly increased immeasurably over time. "Inevitably the opportunity to revisit earlier work from a period where digital technology was the brave new world became increasingly interesting. "There's little doubt of the advantages in being able to find new elements within the music, or more often uncovering elements that became overwhelmed with all that new science... I think there is an element of taking the album back in time and taking the opportunity to create a slightly more open sound – utilising some of the things we had learned from playing so much of the album live over two massive tours. "I enjoyed re-recording drum tracks with unlimited studio time. Momentary Lapse had been recorded under considerable stress and time constraints, and indeed some of the final mixing was done at the same time as rehearsals for the forthcoming tour. "It was also nice to have an opportunity to enhance some of Rick's work. Again, that positive tidal wave of technology just might have provided too many digital opportunities to overwhelm the band feel. Hopefully, that's one of the benefits of this remix!" The remixed and updated A Momentary Lapse Of Reason album also features a new album cover using an alternative beds photo by Robert Dowling from the original album cover shoot directed by the late Storm Thorgerson. Echoing the iconic original sleeve the 2021 album artwork is designed and art directed by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis and Peter Curzon/StormStudios. Aubrey Powell explained, "I was looking to update the iconic five hundred beds picture my partner in Hipgnosis, Storm Thorgerson, had designed. On looking through the archives I discovered a version where the sea was encroaching on the set, just before Storm shut down the shot, worried he would lose all the beds. I also wanted to make something more of the microlight. There were no shots of the plane in close-up, so I hunted one down that was similar but white, and had Peter Curzon retouch the fuselage with the right colouring – red – then strip the microlight into the picture in an upfront position. David Gilmour and Nick Mason gave their approval and, voilà, a fresh approach to an original favourite". The album is available as single CD, CD +DVD set, CD + Blu-Ray set, 2 x 180gm LP set, the latter cut at half-speed at 45rpm for enhanced sound quality. A special version of the video Learning To Fly is available simultaneously with Sony 360RA immersive audio: if you watch the video on YouTube with headphones you experience simulated 360RA sound. |
MMXXII / 2022
February 18th 2022
Europe and World
PINK FLOYD – P•U•L•S•E• RESTORED & RE-EDITED
DELUXE (BluRay / DVD) BOX PFR 39 / 0190296709814
Warner Music for Europe and Sony Music for outside Europe today announced that Pink Floyd's P•U•L•S•E• Restored & Re-Edited, will be released for the first time on Blu-ray on 18 February 2022.
The P•U•L•S•E• concert film (helmed by esteemed director David Mallet) will be available as 2x Blu-ray and 2x DVD deluxe box sets, with the video footage having been expertly re-edited by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis from the original tape masters especially for The Later Years release in 2019. The cover design, originally created by Storm Thorgerson and Peter Curzon for the 2006 DVD release, has also been updated with photography by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis and Rupert Truman/StormStudios. The packaging artwork is designed by Peter Curzon from StormStudios, under the direction of Aubrey Powell/Hignosis.
This release also sees the reintroduction of the iconic pulsating light as per the original 1995 CD release, this time operated by two replaceable AA batteries. The deluxe packages include music videos, concert screen films, documentaries, Pulse Tour rehearsal footage and more, alongside a 60-page booklet.
P•U•L•S•E•, originally released as an album in 1995, was recorded on the European leg of the Division Bell tour and the DVD and Blu-ray packages include the whole live performance of The Dark Side Of The Moon – the only full live filmed recording of this seminal album. The concert, filmed on 20 October 1994 at Earls Court in London, saw Pink Floyd play some of their classic tracks as well as highlights from the recently released album The Division Bell. Standout tracks include High Hopes, Keep Talking, Sorrow, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and The Great Gig In The Sky.
4th March 2022
Europe (Germany) and World
PINK FLOYD – THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN MONO MIX RE-EDITED
PFRLP38 / Mono - 0190295024406
The Classic album remastered from the original MONO mix - Heavyweight 180 gram vinyl.
Remastered from the original MONO analogue tapes by James Guthrie and Joel Plante at das boot recording and Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2017.
® 2018 Pink Floyd Music Ltd., marketed and distributed by Parlophone Records, a Warner Music Group Company.
© 2018 Pink Floyd Music Ltd The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
29th April 2022
Europe (The Netherlands) and World
PINK FLOYD – A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS MONO MIX RE-EDITED
PFRLP30 / Mono - 0190295506889
The Classic album remastered from the original MONO mix - Heavyweight 180 gram vinyl.
Remastered from the original MONO analogue tapes by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman, 2019.
® 2019 Pink Floyd Music Ltd., marketed and distributed by Parlophone Records, a Warner Music Group Company.
© 2019 Pink Floyd Music Ltd The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
15th July 2022
Europe (Germany)
PINK FLOYD – Hey Hey Rise Up
CD : PFRS40 / 5054197152030
7' : PFRS40/7 / 5054197152047
Hey Hey Rise Up (Gilmour/Khlyvnyuk/Charnetski) / A Great Day For Freedom 2022 (Samson/Gilmour)
Pink Floyd featuring Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox
Recorded at the Barn, UK, 30th March 2022
Produced by David Gilmour
Assisted by Damon Iddins
Front cover Painting : the Sunflower Look by Yosan Leon
Artwork design : Steve Knee / Blade Design Ltd.
®
2022 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd., marketed and distributed by Parlophone
Records Ltd., a warner Music Group Company. The copyright in this sound
recording and artwork is owned by Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd.
© 2022 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd.
On July, 15th 2022 Pink Floyd has released two physical versions of their first newly recorded music in over 25 years, Hey Hey Rise Up, in support of the people of Ukraine. This is the first new original music that they have recorded together as a band since 1994's The Division Bell.
The single, which was initially released digitally in April in support of the people of Ukraine and was Number 1 in 27 countries, is available on 7" and CD single. Both formats also feature a newly reworked version of A Great Day For Freedom taken from the band's 1994 album, The Division Bell. The single is available on 15 July (excluding Japan – released on 3 August – and USA, Canada, Australia and Mexico – released on 21 October).
The lead track sees David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined by long time Pink Floyd bass player Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards and featuring vocals by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox.
This track, recorded on Wednesday 30th March, uses Andriy's vocals taken from his Instagram post of him singing in Kyiv's Sofiyskaya Square. The song itself, The Red Viburnum In The Meadow, is a rousing Ukrainian protest song written during the first world war which has been taken up across the world over the past month in protest of the invasion of Ukraine. The title of the Pink Floyd track is taken from the last line of the song which translates as 'Hey Hey Rise up and rejoice'. The song's opening choral parts are by Ukrainian VERYOVKA Folk Song and Dance Ensemble.
When the track was first recorded at the end of March, Andriy, who left his band's US tour to return home and fight for his country, was in a hospital bed in Kyiv recovering from a shrapnel injury.
For this limited edition release, David Gilmour has reworked A Great Day For Freedom using the original tapes which feature Nick Mason on drums and Richard Wright on keyboards, along with backing vocals from Sam Brown, Claudia Fontaine and Durga McBroom. The track was composed by Gilmour with lyrics by Polly Samson and himself. Speaking about the song in 1994, Gilmour said, "There was a wonderful moment of optimism when the Berlin wall came down – the release of Eastern Europe from the non-democratic side of the socialist system. But what they have now doesn't seem to be much better. Again, I'm fairly pessimistic about it all. I sort of wish and I live in hope, but I tend to think that history moves at a much slower pace than we think it does. I feel that real change takes a long, long time".
Talking about the inspiration for Hey Hey Rise Up Gilmour commented, "Any war, but particularly a war that is started by a world superpower against an independent democratic nation, has got to raise enormous anger and frustration in one. As I said before, I have a small connection there; my daughter-in-law is from Ukraine. And the band Boombox are Ukrainian people that I already knew, not well, but from some time ago. It's an enormously difficult, frustrating, and anger-making thing that one human being could have the power to invade another independent democratic nation and set about killing the population. It's just obscene to an extent that is just beyond my belief".
The artwork for the track The Sunflower Look features a painting of the national flower of Ukraine with a twist by the Cuban artist Yosan Leon. The cover is a direct reference to the woman who was seen around the world giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and telling them to carry them in their pockets, so that when they die sunflowers will grow.
(15 May 2022)
Pink Floyd invites you to join us in our support of the people of Ukraine with a collection featuring art created for Ukraine. The Sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine painted by Cuban artist Yosan Leon, in direct reference to the seeds given to Russian soldiers so that when they are gone flowers will grow. The Kherson Defenders painting by Ukrainian artist Sana Shahmuradova. The painting, that was part of the Hey Hey Rise Up music video was "inspired by a civilian from [Russian-occupied] Kherson who jumped on a Russian tank with a Ukrainian flag".
Pink Floyd will donate all net proceeds to Ukraine Humanitarian relief along with proceeds from their April 8th release of Hey Hey Rise Up with David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined by long-time Pink Floyd bass player Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards, all accompanying an extraordinary vocal by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the Ukrainian band Boombox.
David, who has a Ukrainian daughter-in-law and grandchildren says: "We, like so many, have been feeling the fury and the frustration of this vile act of an independent, peaceful democratic country being invaded and having its people murdered by one of the world's major powers".
He explains how he came to know Andriy and his band Boombox. "In 2015, I played a show at Koko in London in support of the Belarus Free Theatre, whose members have been imprisoned. Pussy Riot and the Ukrainian band, Boombox, were also on the bill. They were supposed to do their own set, but their singer Andriy had visa problems, so the rest of the band backed me for my set – we played Wish You Were Here for Andriy that night. Recently I read that Andriy had left his American tour with Boombox, had gone back to Ukraine, and joined up with the Territorial Defense. Then I saw this incredible video on Instagram, where he stands in a square in Kyiv with this beautiful gold-domed church and sings in the silence of a city with no traffic or background noise because of the war. It was a powerful moment that made me want to put it to music."
While writing the music for the track, David managed to speak with Andriy from his hospital bed in Kyiv where he was recovering from a mortar shrapnel injury. "I played him a little bit of the song down the phone line and he gave me his blessing. We both hope to do something together in person in the future."
Speaking about the track David says, "I hope it will receive wide support and publicity. We want to raise funds for humanitarian charities and raise morale. We want to express our support for Ukraine and, in that way, show that most of the world thinks that it is totally wrong for a superpower to invade the independent democratic country that Ukraine has become".
The video for Hey Hey Rise Up was filmed by acclaimed director Mat Whitecross and shot on the same day as the track was recorded. David Gilmour: "We recorded the track and video in our barn where we did all our Von Trapped Family live streams during lockdown. It's the same room that we did the 'Barn Jams' in with Rick Wright back in 2007. Janina Pedan made the set in a day and we had Andriy singing on the screen while we played, so the four of us had a vocalist, albeit not one who was physically present with us".
The artwork for the track features a painting of the national flower of Ukraine, the sunflower, by the Cuban artist, Yosan Leon. The cover of the single is a direct reference to the woman who was seen around the world giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and telling them to carry them in their pockets so that when they die, sunflowers will grow.
All proceeds will go towards Ukrainian humanitarian relief.
September 16th / (deluxe gatefold edition) + October 7th, 2022
Europe and World
PINK FLOYD - Animals [2018 Remix]
CD : PFR28 / 0190295599560 (made in Germany)
LP : PFRLP28 / 0190295599580 (made in the Netherlands)
SACD : PFRSACD28 / 190758827124 (Package and SACD made in the USA)
BR : PFR28D / 0190295599270 (made in Japan)
BOX : PFR28D / 0190295599577 (LP / CD / BLU-RAY / DVD / Plus 32 - Page Book) (made in the Netherlands)
Produced by Pink Floyd
Engineered by Brian Humphries
Recorded at Britannia Row Studios London 1976
2018 Remix by James Gthrie
Assistant Engineer : Joel Plante
Mixed at das boot recording
LP - 2018 New Stereo Mix
Mastered by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman
CD - 2018 New Stereo Mix
Mastered by James Guthrie and Joel Plante at das boot recording
BLU-RAY and DVD - 2018 New Stereo and 5.1 Remixes / 1977 Orginal Stereo Mix
Mastered at das boot recording
BLU-RAY and DVD audio encoding guidance by Tim Carroll
BLU-RAY and DVD authored by Joel Plante at das boot recording
5.1 Surround Mix by James Guthrie
1977 original stereo mix by Brian Humphries
Assistant Engineer: Peter James
Mixed at Britannia Row
Mastered by James Guthrie and Joel Plante
BLU-RAY audio encoding guidance by Tim Carroll
BLU-RAY authored by Joel Plante at das boot recording
Original 1977 Cover Design by Roger Waters
Photography Coordinated by Hipgnosis / Aubrey Powell / Storm Thorgerson
Graphics Nick Mason
Photography Aubrey Powell Peter Christopherson Howard Bartop Nic Tucker Bob Ellis Rob Brimson Colin Jones
Inflatable Pig Designed by E.R.G. Amsterdam
2022 Front Cover Concept by Roger Waters after the original 1977 design
Album Cover Coordination by Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis
Graphic Design Peter Curzon
Photography Rupert Truman with Aubrey Powell / Hipgnosis
Booklet front cover Illustration from the Animals songbook by Bush Hollyhead 1977
Booklet back cover Photograph by Hipgnosis 1975
Battersea Table Graphic Concept Drawing for the Animals songbook by George Hardie 1977
® 2022 Pink Floyd Music Ltd., marketed and distributed by Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. The copyright in this sound recording, udio-visual and artwork is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
© 2022 Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
Animals is a concept album, focusing on the social-political conditions of mid-1970s Britain, and was a change from the style of the band's earlier work. The album was developed from a collection of unrelated songs into a concept which describes the apparent social and moral decay of society, likening the human condition to that of animals. Taking inspiration from George Orwell's Animal Farm , the album depicts the different classes of people as animals with pigs being at the top of the social chain, dropping down to the sheep as the mindless herd following what they are told, with dogs as the business bosses getting fat on the money and power they hold over the other. Although it's been a long time since 1977, the narrative of the album still resonates today as our social and economic situation mirrors that of the time.
This new release will be available as a CD+DVD+Blu-ray+vinyl LP deluxe gatefold edition, Gatefold vinyl LP, CD edition, and standalone blu-ray audio.
All formats offer the new 2018 stereo mix (by James Guthrie). The DVD and Blu-ray offer this mix along with Guthrie’s 5.1 mix and the original mix (in 2011 remaster guise).
The deluxe set comes with a 32 page book. The standalone Blu-ray comes packaged in a card wallet with a 16-page booklet.
| December 2nd, 2022 Europe (Germany) / World Syd Barrett / Pink Floyd - "Introduction To Syd Barrett" CD - Parlophone SBM001CD / 0190295037390 LP - Parlophone SBM001LP / 0190295037383 CD : Arnold Layne / See Emily Play / Apples And Oranges (Stereo) / Matilda Mother (2010 Mix) / Chapter 24 / Bike / Terrapin / Love You / Dark Globe / Here I Go (2010 Remix) / Octopus (2010 Mix) / She Took A Long Cool Look (2010 Mix) / If It's In You / Baby Lemonade / Dominoes (2010 Mix) / Gigolo Aunt / Effervescing Elephant / Bob Dylan Blues LP1 SIDE A : Arnold Layne / See Emily Play / Apples And Oranges (Stereo) / Matilda Mother (2010 Mix) LP1 SIDE B : Chapter 24 / Bike / Terrapin / Love You / Dark Globe LP2 SIDE A : Here I Go (2010 Remix) / Octopus (2010 Mix) / She Took A Long Cool Look (2010 Mix) / If It's In You / Baby Lemonade LP2 SIDE B : Dominoes (2010 Mix) / Gigolo Aunt / Effervescing Elephant / Bob Dylan Blues PINK FLOYD Tracks 1-6: Syd Barrett - Lead Guitar & Vocals Roger Waters - Bass Guitar & Vocals Richard Wright – Organ, Piano & Vocals Nick Mason - Drums Produced by (1) Joe Boyd, (2-6) Norman Smith, (7, 8, 10) Malcolm Jones, (9, 12, 13) David Gilmour & Roger Waters, (11) Syd Barrett & David Gilmour, (14-17) David Gilmour. 2010 Mixes [tracks 4,10, 11, 12, 15] mixed by Andy Jackson and Damon Iddins in collaboration with David Gilmour. Additional bass guitar on "Here I Go" by David Gilmour Cover Design and Photography by StormStudios Graphic Design by Peter Curzon Illustrations by Dan Abbott (p24) and Finlay Cowan (p5, p14) Portrait photographs Colin Prime, Storm Thorgerson, Andrew Whittuck/Redferns, The Syd Barrett Estate, Pink Floyd Music Ltd./Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd. Mastered at Astoria by Andy Jackson, Tube Mastering Executive producer: David Gilmour Package Design by STORM THORGERSON ® 2010 (1-6) Pink Floyd Music Ltd., under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. © 2010 (7-18) Syd Barrett Music Ltd., under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. The copyright in the audio of this compilation is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd / Syd Barrett Music Ltd.The copyright in this artwork is owned by Syd Barrett Music Ltd. © 2022 Syd Barrett Music Ltd. |
MMXXIII / 2023
March 24th, 2023
Europe and World
PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary Box
BOX : PFR50 / 0190296203671 (Box made in Italy, CD Studio made in Japan ; CD Live made in Germany, BR/DVD made in Japan)
PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon - Live At Wembley Empire Pool
CD : PFR50CD2 / 0190296203657 (Made in Germany)
LP : PFR50LP2 / 0190296203664 (Made in the Netherlands)
Produced by PINK FLOYD
Recorded at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, November 1974
Engineers: BRIAN HUMPHRIES and PHILL BROWN
Thanks to PHIL TAYLOR
Audio Mixing by ANDY JACKSON and DAMON IDDINS
Mastered by ANDY JACKSON at Tube Mastering
Sleeve Design by HIPGNOSIS
Original 1973 line drawn cover artwork by GEORGE HARDIE
Heartbeat Graphic from an idea by ROGER WATERS
2023 line drawn artwork for the inner sleeve by RICHARD EVANS
2023 album cover design by AUBREY POWELL / HIPGNOSIS
and PETER CURZON / STORMSTUDIOS
Comic front cover by PAUL STUBBS / Comic back cover by JOE PETAGNO
® 2023 Pink Floyd Music Ltd., marketed and distributed by Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
© 2023 Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
One of the most iconic and influential albums ever, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
The album was partly developed during live performances, and the band premiered an early version of the suite at London's Rainbow Theatre several months before recording began. 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' is the eighth studio album by Pink Floyd, originally released in March 1973. The new material was recorded in 1972 and 1973 at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London. The iconic sleeve, which depicts a prism spectrum, was designed by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis and drawn by George Hardie. 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' has sold over 50 million copies worldwide.
A new deluxe box set has been created to include CD and gatefold vinyl of the newly remastered studio album and Blu-Ray + DVD audio featuring the original 5.1 mix and remastered stereo versions. The set also includes additional new Blu-ray disc of Atmos mix plus CD and LP of 'The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974'.
Simultaneously, on 24th March, the CD and first ever vinyl issue of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon – Live At Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974 will be released independently. It was originally recorded in November 1974 as part of the band's winter tour and this is the first time it will be available as a stand-alone album, with artwork featuring an original 1973 line-drawn cover by George Hardie.
Warner Music [Sony Music outside Europe] release this day the newly remastered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon as a deluxe box set to celebrate 50 years since the release of one of the best-selling albums of all time. The album will also be available for the first time in Dolby Atmos on streaming platforms, as well as part of the deluxe box set.
| June 2nd, 2023 Europe (Germany) / World Roger Waters - "The Lockdown Sessions" CD : SONY MUSIC/LEGACY 196588042027 LP : SONY MUSIC/LEGACY 019658788916 CD : Mother / Two Suns In The Sunset / Vera / The Gunner's Dream / The Bravero Of Being Out Of Range / Comfortably Numb 2022 LP: Side A : Mother / Two Suns In The Sunset / Vera Side - B : The Gunner's Dream / The Bravero Of Being Out Of Range / Comfortably Numb 2022 The Lockdown Sessions recorded at everyone's homes 2020 & 2021 Comfortably Numb 2022 recorded at Bias Studios, Washington DC / Tree Sounds, Atlanta / Electric Lady, New York / Armoury Studios, Vancouver / Sargent Recorders, LA Produced by Roger Waters and Gus Seyffert Engineered & Mixed by Gus Seyffert Mastered by Dave Cooley, Elysian Masters Art Direction, Design & Cover Photos : Sean Evans Photography : Kate Izor Band Photos : Selfies ! Except Shanay and amanda, that was Kate All songs written by Roger Waters and published by Roger Waters Music Overseas Limited, except Comfortably Numb written by David Gilmour & Roger Waters David Gilmour published by Pink Floyd Music Publishers Lts and Roger Waters published by Roger Waters Music Overseas Limited. © 2023 Roger Waters Music Overseas Limited ® 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Roger Waters Music Overseas Limited under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. July 8th, 2023 Europe (Germany) / World The Solos Works of SYD BARRETT Vault Package 57 Syd Barrett 3xLP in slipcase The Madcap Laughs 1. Terrapin / 2. No Good Trying / 3. Love You / 4. No Man's Land / 5. Dark Globe / 6. Here I Go / 7. Octopus / 8. Golden Hair / 9. Long Gone / 10. She Took A Long Cold Look / 11. Feel / 12. If It's In You / 13. Lat Night Barrett 1. Baby Lemonade / 2. Love Song / 3. Dominoes/ / 4. It Is Obvious / 5. Rats / 6. Maisie / 7. Gigolo Aunt / 8. Waving My Arms In The Air / 9. I Never Lied To You / 10. Wined And Dined / 11. Wolfpack / 12. Effervescing Elephant Opel 1. Opel / 2. Clowns And Jugglers / 3. Rats / 4. Golden Hair / 5. Dolly Rocker / 6. Word Song / 7. Wined And Dined / 8. Swan Lee (Silas Lang) / 9. Birdie Hop / 10. Let's Split / 11. Lanky Pt. 1 / 12. Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe) / 13. Milky Way / 14. Golden Hair – Take 1 David Gilmour 7-inch single Dark Globe b/w Dominoes "Well, that's the last we'll ever hear of Pink Floyd." With his presence looming so large over the band, it's not hard to believe the apocryphal quote that Pink Floyd was genuinely considered without a future upon the 1968 exit of cofounder and primary songwriter Syd Barrett. Barrett led the legendary band and helped steer the surrounding scene out of the limiting constraints of its blues-based R&B roots and full speed into the expanse of the lysergic late 1960s. Yet his subsequent solo work, in the shadow of Floyd's impending world-spanning omnipresence, exists as a quixotic, mythical output that's equally confounding and delightful, earning a cult following of adventurous ears over the ensuing fifty years. While Syd Barrett may not be the first nor the most successful to dive into the convergence of the psychedelic and folk realms, he is, without question, the quintessential archetype from which all others must be compared. His influence and reach cannot be overstated. Barrett's overexaggerated reputation for experimentation with hallucinogenic drugs tends to propagate the mystique behind his art, but do not mistake that for importance. The music speaks for itself. Syd Barrett's body of work is of the highest caliber. Individually out of print on LP for almost ten years and NEVER previously available together on vinyl, Third Man Records in conjunction with Sony Music Entertainment is humbled to present Syd Barrett's solo albums – The Madcap Laughs, Barrett, and Opel – as the 57th installment of the Vault subscription series. Originally released in January 1970, The Madcap Laughs serves as Barrett's best-known and most fully-realized solo effort. Standout tracks like the debut single Octopus charm with whimsy and consciousness-expanding lyrical exploration. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios (then known as EMI Recording Studios) with production help from former Floyd bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters, the album surprisingly reached number 40 on the UK charts. The reissue is pressed lovingly on golden hair colored vinyl. Released in November of 1970, Barrett again enlisted former bandmates' production guidance (Gilmour again in addition to Richard Wright) at Abbey Road Studios. Featuring surreal gems like Baby Lemonade and the explorative Gigolo Aunt the album compels with a softly focused hazy introspection. Here it is presented on baby lemonade colored vinyl. Consisting of outtakes and previously unreleased material from the 1968-1970 era, 1988's Opel fills in the blanks of the two previous albums. Properly illuminating the full picture of Barrett's studio work, where no two takes were ever the same, the significance of Opel is two-fold. First, as an early example of a record label reacting to an underground, cult following. At that time it was almost odd for an imprint to dig into the vault. But with Syd being held in such high regard and interest in his work unflagging, countless illicit bootlegs would be rendered obsolete by the depths dug on Opel. For these purposes it is offered on milky way opal colored vinyl. All three LPs are pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man Pressing in Detroit and will come housed in a newly-designed slipcase featuring a recursive portrait of Syd by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Greg Ruth. Executed in one continuous line without lifting the pen, the image is hypnotizing, mesmerizing and easy to get lost in, just like Barrett's music. An added bonus to this collection is a 7-inch single by David Gilmour covering two Barrett compositions. Dominoes was recorded at Royal Festival Hall in January 2002 and plucks an undeniable playful jaunt, decidedly ebullient and fresh. The take on Dark Globe was recorded live, shortly after Syd's death in 2006. Celebratory, heartfelt, joyous and sad all at once, the rendition here is sparse and unfiltered. If you can look past all the lore and history and mythos...it is simply an earnest tribute to a departed friend. July 28th, 2023 (CD) / September 29th, 2023 (LP) Europe (Germany) / World Rick Wright - "Wet Dream" - Remixed and remastered 2023 CD Edition CD : PARLOPHONE 5054197662331 MEDITERRANEAN C (Wright) / AGAINST THE ODDS (Wright) / CAT CRUISE (Wright) / SUMMER ELEGY (Wright) / WAVES (Wright) / HOLIDAY (Wright) / MAD YANNIS DANCE (Wright) / DROP IN FROM THE TOP (Wright) / PINK'S SONG (Wright) / FUNKY DEUX (Wright) Produced by Richard Wright Engineered by John Etchells Assisted by Patrick Jauneaud Recorded at Super Bear Studios, France between January 10, '78 to February 14, '78 Sound equipment - Phil Taylor 2023 Mix by Steve Wilson All compositions written by Richard Wright Words for "Pink's Song" by Juliette Wright Photography: Costas Spathis Art Direction: Gala and Jamie Wright Graphic Design: Carl Glover at Aleph Studio Priginal cover design: Hipgnosis Original photography: Hipgnosis/Brimson Booklet photography: Richard Wright Under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ® 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Richard Wright Overseas Music Limited. © 2023 Richard Wright Overseas Music Limited. October 2th, 2023 (BR) Out today (and on November 10th in the US) is the Blu-ray edition of Richard Wright's Wet Dream 2023 Remix. This includes the Dolby Atmos mIx, a 5.1 surround mix (DTS-HD Master Audio 96/24), the new stereo mix in Hi-Res Audio (96/24), and exclusive personal videos along with a photo gallery. It's housed in a book format with four collectable postcards and an 8-page booklet. It also has a flat transfer of the original pre-master of the 1978 stereo mix, taken from the analogue reels, as well as Steven Wilson's 2023 instrumental stereo mixes of the four vocal tracks on the album. October 6th, 2023 Europe (Germany) / World Roger Waters - "The Dark Side Of The Moon - Redux" CD : SGB MUSIC SGB50CD 711297395723 LP : SGB MUSIC SGB50CD 711297395723 SIDE ONE SPEAK TO ME (Mason) / BREATHE (Waters, Gilmour, Wright) / ON THE RUN (Gilmour, Waters) / TIME (Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour) / THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY (Wright) SIDE TWO MONEY (Waters) / US AND THEM (Waters, Wright) / ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE (Gilmour, Mason, Wright) / BRAIN DAMAGE (Waters) / ECLIPSE (Waters) All songs written by Roger Waters and published by Roger Waters Music Overseas Limited, except Comfortably Numb written by David Gilmour & Roger Waters David Gilmour published by Pink Floyd Music Publishers Lts and Roger Waters published by Roger Waters Music Overseas Limited.© 2023 Roger Waters Music Overseas Limited ® 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Roger Waters Music Overseas Limited under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. |
October 13th, 2023
Europe and World
PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary
Pink Floyd and Warner Music announcetoday the standalone release of the newly remastered The Dark Side Of The Moon on CD, LP and Blu-ray.
First released as part of The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th
Anniversary Box Set, this is the first time that the new remaster of
the classic album will be available on its own. The Blu-ray contains
the Dolby Atmos and a 5.1 Surround mix as well as the remastered Stereo
version. The package comes with commemorative postcards, stickers and a
24-page booklet.
Originally released in 1973 and becoming one of the most iconic and influential albums ever, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon continues
to find new audiences globally. The famous sleeve, which depicts a
prism spectrum, was designed by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis and drawn
by George Hardie. The Dark Side Of The Moon has sold over 50 million copies worldwide.
Friday, December 8th, 2023
Europe and World
PINK FLOYD - Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother is released today as a special 2-disc package in a 7-inch gatefold sleeve, containing the Atom Heart Mother album on CD and a Blu-ray disc featuring footage of Atom Heart Mother (Suite) performed at Hakone Aphrodite Festival, Japan in August 1971 – originally released as part of The Early Years box
set. The film has been upgraded from a recently discovered original
tape of the time. It also includes a behind the scenes mini documentary.
Originally
only released in Japan in 2021, the set contains some unique
memorabilia – a special photo book containing many rare,
never-seen-before photos, reproductions of the pamphlet, the poster,
the concert ticket, and the flier distributed at the event.
The only Pink Floyd footage at Hakone Aphrodite that exists is that of the 16-minute-long suite Atom Heart Mother.
The details including whereabouts of the master film and how it was
shot had been a mystery for a long time. However, after fifty years,
the original 16mm film of this video was discovered in a fan's garage.
The meticulous processes of digitizing, restoring and remastering was
undertaken and finally this enhanced video will be released outside of
Japan.
Over
50 years ago, Japan's first international outdoor rock festival "Hakone
Aphrodite" was held at a specially built venue beside Hakone Ashinoko
Lake on August 6th and 7th, 1971. Pink Floyd's first-ever concert in Japan was as headliner for the festival.
Aspiring to be the Japanese Woodstock, The "Hakone Aphrodite" invited
many international artists and became the first rock festival
experience for many Japanese fans.
The
set contains not only the original live footage (with audio taken from
the gig at Hakone Aphrodite), but also behind-the-scenes footage of the
band, travelling between the airport, the hotel, the press conference,
the bullet train, the show set-up, and, of course, beautiful Japanese
scenery.
At the time of the historic concert, Pink Floyd had just released Atom Heart Mother (in October 1970), and were yet to release Meddle (released in November 1971). Pink Floyd appeared as the final act of the festival, and alongside Atom Heart Mother, they performed another five songs including Careful With That Axe, Eugene, A Saucerful Of Secrets, and Echoes from then-unreleased album Meddle.
Sadly, official footage of these has not resurfaced. The band's
mystical and fantastic show, enhanced by nature's unwitting stage
effects of fog emerging from the lake when they played, was talked
about for years to come. For the show, Pink Floyd used huge PA systems
not yet commonly used in Japan back then, and it is widely believed
that this show greatly influenced Japanese audio and stage production
after that.
MMXXIV / 2024
Pink Floyd will release a Collector's Edition of The Dark Side Of The Moon on crystal clear vinyl as a 2 x 180g single sided LP set, featuring UV artwork print on the non-groove side. This new edition of the album will feature the prism spectrum seen through the playable side of the vinyl whilst maintaining the best quality sound that fans will expect. It will be packaged in a slipcased gatefold sleeve, with 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.
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