The Christie’s David Gilmour Guitar Collection exhibit has made its way through London and Los Angeles and has now landed in New York City… where all the David Gilmour guitars you have seen played live over the years or that you have listened to an endless amount of times on albums are about to sojourn into an entirely new existence. Yesterday, at 11:00am Eastern Standard Time, a small group of guitar and Pink Floyd enthusiasts waited patiently in the lobby at Christie’s Rockefeller Plaza exhibition space to enter what may be the last glimpse anyone will get of some of David Gilmour’s most famous guitars. And just like that, as Christie’s musical instrument specialists and hosts invited everyone in, the small crowd trickled into different parts of the exhibit: some looking to take each guitar in throughout the exhibit’s layout, others going straight for “The Black Strat,” “The Red Stratocaster,” or #0001. These guitars were all on display in separate rooms, songs that were performed on these over the years piping through speakers directly underneath and around them.
Jess Hunter – ‘Anhedonia’ Known for her broad and emotive approach to songwriting on recent releases, London-based artist Jess Hunter continues to shine once again with her sweeping new single ‘Anhedonia’. With her sweet and passionate vocals layered across a spellbinding production throughout, she keeps our hearts warm with this tender new delight. Dead Connections […]
Norwich alternative indie band The Islas release single “Close”, complete with B-side “Dancing With Daisy”. It’s no secret that The Islas are the most exciting indie quartet to have come out of Norwich this year, and the release of their latest single “Close” only proves my point. The band employ sensitive lyrics to explore themes …
Just announced is the worldwide release – housed in a 7″ gatefold sleeve – of a special edition of Atom Heart Mother, originally sold only in Japan in August 2021. This is a very interesting package celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s pair of concerts at Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Hakone, Japan – the band’s first in that country. This special edition will be available from December 8th, 2023. The background to the release is this: an original 16mm film of Atom Heart Mother from the 1971 Hakone Aphrodite shows was recently discovered in a fan’s garage. A long time was spent digitizing, restoring and remastering, and to mark the 50th anniversary of the ’71 Hakone Aphrodite event, a special edition (a two disc set of a CD and Blu-ray) of the Atom Heart Mother album was released in Japan. Now, finally, this enhanced video will be released outside of Japan. The Blu-ray disc contains the restored footage of Atom Heart Mother, showing the band on stage performing the song, and travelling around Japan, together with some additional bonus footage of Pink Floyd’s crew, setting up the show, dealing with issues, etc., which hasn’t been seen before. The pack comes with a 60-page photo book with never-seen-before photos, a reproduction programme, venue map flyer, Osaka show poster and Hakone Aphrodite ticket reprint which all looks great! ORDERING INFO:A very nicely put together package – and orders are now possible through a number of retailers. Ordering any item after entering Amazon through our links helps with BD’s ongoing running costs as we participate in their affiliate programme, at no extra cost to yourselves, and we really appreciate it: Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CLPKK7CL/braindamage-21), Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CLFSNB5M/braindamage-20), Amazon Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CLFSNB5M/braindamageon-20), Amazon France (https://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CLPKK7CL/braindamageon-21), Amazon Germany (https://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CLPKK7CL/braindamage0f-21), Amazon Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0CLPKK7CL/braidama01-21) and Amazon Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0CLPKK7CL/bradamonl-21). You can also order through HMV.com (https://hmv.com/store/music/cd/atom-heart-mother-hakone-aphrodite-japan-1971-spec). If you want to see a quick comparison of a short part of the footage, comparing the newly restored film with what many of us will have been familiar with for many years, here’s something that Sony Music Japan put together in 2021:
