Roger Waters is releasing The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/roger-waters-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-album-annou.html), his new recording of Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic album, he has just announced a live performance of the album to take place in London. The concert premiere of his new recording will take place at the London Palladium on October 8th, two days after the album’s release on October 6th. Waters said that “we’re going to do it live at the London Palladium, in October. We look forward to that⦠hopefully performing it live on other occasions in the future.” Joining Waters on stage will be a number of the musicians who worked with him on the new recording, including Gus Seyffert (bass), Joey Waronker(drums), Jonathan Wilson (guitars), Johnny Shepherd (organ), Via Mardot (theremin), Azniv Korkejian (vocals), Gabe Noel (strings), Jon Carin (keyboards) and Robert Walter (piano). The show has been designed by Waters’ long time Creative Director Sean Evans. Pre-sales for the show will start at 10am local time on Thursday (July 27th), with the general on-sale following at 10am local time on Friday (July 28th). Visit this link at Live Nation to buy your Roger Waters tickets (https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1432462/roger-waters-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux/london/2023-10-08/en).
In a surprise move, with no official announcement or fanfare, a dozen recordings of Pink Floyd live during the years 1970 – 1972 have quietly been released to the various streaming services. Whilst the sound quality in places leaves a little to be desired, much of it sounds great, and more importantly the recordings document a wonderful period of the band in concert. They find the band in fine form, having honed their craft so that many of the pieces performed enjoyed some extended improvisation and exploration. With one of the recordings coming from March 1972, there’s also an early rendition of The Dark Side Of The Moon. As many of you will know, that was an album which changed quite considerably from its initial outings, so an interesting one to listen to if you haven’t yet heard it. The full list of albums the band released as part of their surprise drop is as follows: They Came In Peace, Leeds University 28 February 1970 Washington University 16 November 1971
Live At Grosser Saal, Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany 25 February 1971
Mauerspechte, Berlin Sportpalast 5 June 1971
Lyon Tokyo, Lyon 12 June 1971, Tokyo 16 March 1972
Palaeur Rome 20 June 1971
Amsterdamse Bos Free Concert 26 June 1971
Live In Montreux 18 19 September 1971
KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Vol I, 23 September 1971
KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Vol II, 23 September 1971
Over Bradford Pigs On The Groove, Bradford University 10 October 1971
Embryo, San Diego, 17 October 1971
The Screaming Abdabs, Quebec City, 10 November 1971 Visit various streaming services, including Apple Music (https://music.apple.com), Spotify (https://www.spotify.com), and Amazon Music, to hear the recordings. Our thanks to those who wrote in about the release of these live gems.
New York’s Middle Youth releases acoustic indie-folk single “I Don’t Need Your Help”. I’m not usually more than six months late to a fantastic release and I am somewhat ashamed of myself for only discovering Middle Youth now, so the least Turtle Tempo could do is share the wonderful work of Harper James with our …
Ahead of the release, in just two week’s time (on September 18th), of Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse on Blu-ray, DVD/2CD, and 2LP, Guy Pratt has recently undergone a couple of great interviews. The first of these was for the Upwards @ 45 Degrees website, where Guy talks the Saucers, Floyd, Bowie, and much more. Find out who are “the sun-dried tomatoes of rock and roll” and why, the significance of Frank Sinatra, and get some great detail on the development of the Saucers set list. You can read the interview here: https://bit.ly/2EOOExt. The other interview is in podcast form; conducted by The Vinyl Guide, Guy details how he landed the Floyd gig after Roger departed, and provides ‘behind the scenes’ insight into the world of Pink Floyd, the touring, the recordings, the reunions and more. Additionally Pratt provides a detailed insight to the highly regarded Toy Matinee project with Patrick Leonard and Kevin Gilbert, his history in comedy and much more. Hear it at: https://bit.ly/2GyMDpH
