Originally due to be available in 2018, a special box set edition of the Roger Waters 1992 album Amused To Death is now due to be released on April 9th, 2021. The album is being pressed on four, 200 gram heavyweight vinyl pressed at 45rpm with the aim to maximise the audio quality. This audiophile treat features remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters/Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer James Guthrie and is said to be incredibly detailed. It’s been pressed at Quality Record Pressings, with updated cover and gatefold art by Sean Evans, Roger’s creative director. Due to the specialist nature of this release, it currently seems to only be available from a couple of outlets for pre-order. You can order it direct from AcousticSounds.com (https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/140357/Roger_Waters-Amused_To_Death-Vinyl_Box_Sets), the US based associated store for Quality Record Pressings. Those in Europe may prefer to use SNVinyl.co.uk (https://snvinyl.co.uk/Roger-Waters-Amused-To-Death-200g-45rpm-4LP-Box-Set) as this might avoid hefty customs import charges, and lower postage costs. If we hear of other retailers with this, we will update this news item…
Orders are now being taken for a book stuffed with 300 Pink Floyd concert pictures from 1977 onwards. Limited to just 1000 numbered copies (which are expected to sell quickly), Pink Floyd – The Rob Verhorst Archives (https://www.floydstuff.com/product/5207869/pink-floyd-the-rob-verhorst-archives-holland-book), published on October 8th, 2021, is presented as a deluxe clothbound and hardback edition, with 200 heavyweight pages, and signed by the photographer himself. Rob Verhorstâs career spans well over four decades. The publishers note that “David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason have been a common thread in his working years. The gentlemen of Pink Floyd, as a group but later also solo, often appeared before the lens of the Rotterdam-based photographer. A first encounter in Sportpaleis Ahoyâ in Rotterdam in 1977 made Verhorst decide to combine his two passions â photography and music â and to make it his profession. His picture of a deflated pig in Ahoyâ also inadvertently reveals a unique way of working. Verhorst not only goes for the big picture, but knows â like no other â how to capture details that only someone with an eye for detail and a strong urge for perfection can capture. “His photos do not remain unnoticed for long and soon start to appear in newspapers such as Rotterdam’s Dagblad and renowned music magazines like Muziekkrant OOR, Muziek Expres, Hitkrant and Music Maker. In the years that follow his photographs of the 1980 Pink Floyd shows at Earls Court in London to promote The Wall go global. In the 1980s, Verhorst is always there, everywhere. He ends up with David Gilmour in Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht in 1984 and Roger Waters in Sportpaleis Ahoyâ that same year. He documents Pink Floydâs comeback in Rotterdam in 1988 and a year later in Werchter and the Goffertpark in Nijmegen. A picture of Pink Floyd in front of a battery of his colleagues during a photo session in Versailles in 1988 is a classic, just like so many others. Rob Verhorstâs photos of Pink Floyd â but also those of dozens if not hundreds other world acts â have become a staple of the renowned Getty Images catalogue. “In 1990 Verhorst photographs The Wall for a second time â this time Roger Watersâ performance in Berlin â and frequently captures the former Pink Floyd bassist in the new millennium, in 2011 in Arnhem for a third time performing The Wall. He is one of the few â and perhaps the only one professionally â who has shot the three tours of the concept album in as many decades. For this book, Rob Verhorst made a selection of no less than three hundred iconic Pink Floyd photos, many of them previously unpublished. Together with memories and additional visual material from his archives they form an impressive collection and legacy.” Sounds like an essential purchase to us! The text in the book is in English, and pre-orders (https://www.floydstuff.com/product/5207869/pink-floyd-the-rob-verhorst-archives-holland-book) come with an exclusive poster. You can secure your copy now through Floydstuff.com (https://www.floydstuff.com/product/5207869/pink-floyd-the-rob-verhorst-archives-holland-book), who will ship the book worldwide.
Soulful and resonant, Mike Dignam’s new single Under The Influence marks a confident return to the music scene for the Manchester-based artist. Moving into a new role as producer, Dignam’s husky vocals glide effortlessly above punchy bass lines, moody piano chords and oscillating percussion. I had a chat to Mike to find out more about …
Some great news for a number of you – Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets have just revealed more dates for their 2022 Echoes Tour. There are three of the dates that some of you will have been waiting for the revised dates for (they were going to happen this year, but obviously were postponed), along with nine brand new dates, taking place in Ireland and mainland Europe. Tickets for the newly announced shows have just gone on sale through the normal agents – direct links below – and for the rescheduled shows, the existing tickets remain valid for the new dates so you don’t need to contact the ticket agents or the venues. NEW AND REVISED DATES: April 13th 2022 – Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/april-13th-the-convention-centre-dublin-dublin-ir.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/198928/5293136)
April 14th 2022 – Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/april-14th-ulster-hall-belfast-northern-ir.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/459343/5293136)
May 16th 2022 – The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/may-16th-det-kongelige-teater-the-royal-danish-theatre-copenhagen-de.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketmaster.dk/event/501237?language=da-dk&brand=dk_livenation)
May 17th 2022 – Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/may-17th-sentrum-scene-oslo-norway.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/664513)
June 6th 2022 – Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/june-6th-volkwagen-arena-istanbul-istanbul-t.html) – TICKETS (https://www.biletix.com/etkinlik/05A36/TURKIYE/tr)
June 28th 2022 – Theatre du Leman, Geneva, Switzerland (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/june-28th-theatre-du-leman-geneva-switze.html) – TICKETS (https://www.ticketcorner.ch/event/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets-theatre-du-leman-13809300/)
June 30th 2022 – Liederhalle Beethoven-Saal, Stuttgart, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/june-30th-beethovensaal-stuttgart-germany.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)
July 1st 2022 – Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2021/may-21st-laeiszhalle-hamburg-germany-resched-2.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)
July 2nd 2022 – Insel Grafenwerth, Bad Honnef, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2021/june-5th-insel-grafenwerth-bad-honnef-germany-resched-2.html) – TICKETS (https://www.bonnticket.de/nick+mason-s+saucerful+of+secrets+-+more+games+for+may-+-+neuer+termin+folgt-ticket-3501/?shopid=1002&query=nick&pageid=3501&evid=2218666)
July 4th 2022 – Circus Krone, Munich, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/july-4th-circus-krone-munich-germany.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)
July 5th 2022 – Haus Auensee, Leipzig, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/july-5th-haus-auensee-leipzig-germany.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)
July 6th 2022 – Grosser Saal, Messe Und Congress Centrum Hall Munsterland, Munster, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2021/may-19th-grosser-saal-messe-und-congress-centrum-hall-munsterland-munster-germany-resched-2.html) – TICKETS (https://www.eventim.de/artist/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/) As part of the announcement was the sad news that despite their best efforts, they weren’t able to include the two postponed shows that were due to take place in Freiburg, Germany, and Sete, France, in the 2022 schedule as venues weren’t available when the band would have been able to play those locations. Ticket holders can get a refund from their point of purchase.
