In part tying in with today’s eclipse that those of you in the Americas will be able to see (weather permitting), and hopefully be able to view with a soundtrack of The Dark Side Of The Moon, was the release yesterday afternoon of the full documentary of the April 2023 eclipse in Australia, on the Pink Floyd YouTube channel. The documentary looks at the special listening event that was held for eight very lucky attendees, and also speaks to others who witnessed the eclipse in the wider location:
Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys – ‘Keep My Head’ Having already made a huge impression with their dynamic run of releases to date, Boston-based outfit Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys keep the vibes high once again on their shimmering new single ‘Keep My Head’. With its bright and bouncing …
Record Store Day 2019 (http://www.recordstoreday.com) Pink Floyd are re-releasing their second album, A Saucerful Of Secrets on vinyl. Remastered by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman from the original 1968 analogue mono mix, the release is the latest from Pink Floyd Records, which has supported Record Store Day (RSD) since the label’s launch in June 2016. The limited-edition Record Store Day release is on premium 12 180 gram black vinyl, with a black poly-lined inner sleeve, and a faithful reproduction of the original sleeve, including the Columbia logo, under which imprint (via EMI) the early Pink Floyd released in the UK. The Columbia logo has been used by kind permission of owners Sony Music Entertainment. Originally released in June 1968, A Saucerful Of Secrets represents a change in line-up and direction. Co-founder and original songwriter Syd Barrett contributed only one song to the album and his live appearances became more erratic. So unreliable were Syd’s live appearances that fellow founder members, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason decided to draft in David Gilmour, a friend of Syd’s, also from Cambridge. The album reflects this transition, containing a mixture of material, from the almost music hall Corporal Clegg through Rick’s dreamlike and melodic See Saw and Remember A Day to the title track – an 11-minute, four part instrumental excursion that both harked back to their UFO freakouts and looked forward to the longer, more anthemic instrumental sequences that were to become one of their signature elements. This mono edition of A Saucerful Of Secrets follows the popular RSD release of The Piper At The Gates of Dawn in mono in 2018, and is released via RSD participating stores (http://www.recordstoreday.com) on Saturday (13th April). A reminder that it will ONLY be these stores participating; the stores themselves can’t sell it online – the record will become available for customers coming through the door of the store from the morning of the 13th (and not before), in limited quantities – first come, first served, and only one copy per customer. After RSD, if copies remain, they may then put them for sale online (and of course, there’ll also be copies on eBay (http://www.ebay.co.uk) inevitably…) The full list of RSD releases for 2019 is available at www.recordstoreday.com (http://www.recordstoreday.com).
Good afternoon and welcome folks, to yet another bafflingly brilliant Beneath The Surface feature. Today I am joined by the really, rather lovely Binoy who sat down to have a right little chin wag with me. So pull up a pew, sit back and relax as we dive deep with Binoy… What would you say …
