Something a little different today as we count down the hours until David Gilmour’s Royal Albert Hall shows begin, tomorrow evening. The Dark Side Of The Moon is rightly considered an audiophile classic, and has been used over the last fifty-odd years as a showcase of someone’s hifi, or indeed, as a perfect test record in equipment stores for prospective buyers of turntables and so on. The following video goes into incredible detail into the vinyl version of The Dark Side Of The Moon, and includes plenty of background into how the finished recording made it onto vinyl. It also compares various editions of the album, to try and determine (from the presenter’s perspective, of course) which are the copies to search out for the highest quality audio. As with all audio comparisons, it is subjective, and different equipment does affect the sound one hears. The most important thing is for people to enjoy the music, irrespective of the format, but nevertheless it is a fascinating look at how records are made, showing the process – particularly, how it was done in the early to mid 1970s…
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Two new guitar magazines focus on David Gilmour/Pink Floyd, and Dark Side’s 50th
through this direct link to the publishers (https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-single-issues/6936969/guitarist-magazine-single-issue.thtml), or in selected UK stores. The second of these is the more specialist Guitar Techniques, published in the UK on April 5th, and is issue 347 (cover date also May 2023). They suggest with the help of their videos, you can “learn to play like David Gilmour” (a bold claim!) with five pieces detailed that “celebrate his rhythm, lead, slide and acoustic playing”. The magazine promises “a comprehensive look at the Pink Floyd guitarist’s emotive styles”. Elsewhere in the magazine, there are various technique tutorials from slide to classical. You can buy the magazine online, with worldwide shipping, through this direct link to the publishers (https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-single-issues/6936964/guitar-techniques-magazine-single-issue.thtml), or in selected UK stores.
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Saucerful Of Secrets guitarist Lee Harris demos Scarlet Tunic pedal
Lee Harris, guitarist and originator of the idea of Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets, recently did a guest appearance at a guitar show, to explain how he has worked on his guitar sound for the project. In particular, how he has tried to get close to Syd Barrett’s guitar sound. Our friend and contributor Kevan Porter was there to shoot the videos of Lee in action, and explain about the event, and Lee’s appearance there… The ‘Guitar Show 2023’ was held in Birmingham at The Cranmore Conference Centre over the weekend of 25th and 26th February. This annual event hosted 133 companies exhibiting everything from electric and acoustic guitars to amps, effects and accessories. Amongst those was Thorpy FX, a British effects pedal company who build professional effects pedals, including the ‘Scarlet Tunic Analogue Amp Emulator’ as used by none other than Lee Harris of Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets. Lee visited the Thorpy FX booth on Sunday to give a brief explanation and demonstration of the Scarlet Tunic pedal. Playing a lot of Syd Barrett’s tunes with The Saucers, including Interstellar Overdrive, Lee said he’d previously been unhappy with the “stock 60s sound” pedals around at the time and contacted Adrian at Thorpy FX to see if he could come up with a pedal that replicated the sound of a Selmer Treble and Bass amp as originally used by Syd. Fortunately, Adrian and his business partner, Dan, have been very successful and Lee now has a pedal that really adds authenticity to the sound of such Floyd tracks as Interstellar Overdrive as can be heard in the video below. You can also hear Lee’s explanation in the second video. Our thanks to Kevan for the above – much appreciated!
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See highlights of Ron Geesin’s final live performance
The ever inventive and entertaining Ron Geesin holds a place in many Pink Floyd fans hearts. He was key to the writing and development of Atom Heart Mother, and also worked on the Music From The Body documentary film, principally with Roger Waters for the music throughout the film, but also with the Floyd for the uncredited full band performance which appears on the soundtrack and subsequent soundtrack album. He also famously was joined by David Gilmour in 2008 for a recreation of the Atom Heart Mother suite at London’s Cadogan Hall. A highlights video of his very last live performance has just been put together (from three audience members’ videos) to give a flavour of the event, which was held at the Cardiff Arts Centre, on the 7th February 2020. It includes solos on piano, banjo, bass marimba, voice and percussion; readings from his new book ‘The Stapled Brain’; ends with Ron’s interpretation of Bassoon by Vassily Kandinsky and includes a brief discussion of his involvement in Atom Heart Mother. Those who never had the opportunity to see Ron live, will get a good flavour of the unique, and memorable, nature of his performances…
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