With the start of their Echoes Tour in Australia just two days away – they play a brace of shows in Melbourne this weekend – the first of the interviews to coincide with the dates on local media has taken place. Nick Mason and Gary Kemp talk about the Saucerful Of Secrets, with Nick also talking about the early days of Pink Floyd, in an entertaining chat that’s worth watching:
Available to order online (https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-the-collectors-series-pink-floyd-deluxe-anthology-edition) and hitting UK stores today is a new publication – MOJO The Collectors’ Series – PINK FLOYD: ECHOES 1965-2021 â Deluxe Anthology Edition (https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-the-collectors-series-pink-floyd-deluxe-anthology-edition). In early 2019, Mojo (the highly respected UK music magazine) published a two part look at the Floyd’s history: Echoes 1965-1973 and Echoes 1974-2019. They’ve now taken those two and created a new, 260-page “bookazine” blending both into what they call “one sumptuous Deluxe Anthology Edition”. Printed on premium quality paper and with heavy card covers, ECHOES 1965-2021 sees Mojo’s writers – including biographer Mark Blake (he of the excellent Pigs Might Fly (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/books/pigs-might-fly-the-inside-story-of-pink-floyd-2013-edition-mark.html) biography of the band) – unfold Pink Floyd’s tale with their typical knowledge and passion, beginning with the band’s early years as ’60s psychedelic pioneers fronted by Syd Barrett, before journeying through the triumphs and travails of the iconic Waters-Gilmour-Wright-Mason line-up, revisiting their mid-’80s rebirth and continuing right up to the present day. You’ll find the stories behind each of the group’s albums and their guide to what they consider the greatest tracks, as well as fascinating accounts of Mojoâs exclusive face-to-face encounters with Pink Floyd’s members down the years. It’s available from a number of UK stores, but also available to order online (for worldwide despatch) via the GreatMagazines (https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-the-collectors-series-pink-floyd-deluxe-anthology-edition) website.
At long last, the much anticipated documentary about Syd Barrett, called Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett Pink Floyd, has been officially announced with a trailer giving a first glimpse. The film was directed by Storm Thorgerson (Hipgnosis) and award-winning director Roddy Bogawa, and features new interviews with Syd’s friends, lovers, family and band mates Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason. This has been in the works for many years and it is great that it will finally be seen. It promises “rarely seen excerpts of Syd backstage, never-before seen photographs and a soundtrack full of Floyd’s music”. Needless to say, this sounds an essential watch. Apart from a screening for an invited audience tomorrow in London, the film will premiere across Everyman Cinemas in the UK from Monday 15th May – please visit EverymanCinema.com (https://www.everymancinema.com/) for more details. It will hit cinemas in the US and Canada from late June, and hopefully elsewhere too in due course. For more details of the film, see SydBarrettFilm.com (https://www.sydbarrettfilm.com/#/). In the meantime, here’s the trailer:
In her live performances, the UK artist Genevieve Miles embodies the “wild woman” spirit, but you wouldn’t know it from her paced and charismatic indie-pop EP, ‘So heavy, so hard to hold’. With consistent support over on BBC Radio and an ever-present name in her local music scenes of both Bristol and Birmingham, this down-to-earth […]
