Another date has been added to the 2023 Echoes Tour of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets.

It's good news for those who enjoyed seeing the band at the 2019 Night Of The Prog Festival at Loreley, in St Goarshausen, Germany - and those who enjoy the festival generally. The band are back as one of the 2023 Night Of The Prog headliners, playing there on July 14th making it the first night of this year's tour.

The regular sale of tickets has started, with multi-day tickets available as well as tickets for just the day that Nick's band are performing. You can purchase them through wiv-ticket-shop.com now.

Just published is the latest issue (March 2023, issue 542) of the UK's Record Collector magazine, which as you might guess from the eye-catching cover, has a whopping eighteen page article looking at various aspects of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon, tying in with the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the album, and the associated releases.

The magazine, in UK stores now and selected stores internationally, and available to purchase online through this link, often includes material of interest to Floyd fans and on occasion, there's major coverage within its pages.

The main article takes a look at the 1972-74 live shows, from presenting the early version of the album through the changes and finessing to the final iteration that we all know and love. They chat with photographer Jill Furmanovsky, who took a number of atmospheric and unique pictures of the band at that time (and of course, is still doing so, having recently focused her lenses on Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets). They also take a look at reviews of the album from the time of its release, which is an interesting trip back in time.

There's a small section sharing the thoughts of Guy Pratt, vocalist Durga McBroom, and saxophonist Theo Travis about their experiences discovering and learning the songs from the album, for their respective roles on the road.

Finally, and tying in with the release of the new book Pink Floyd - Any Colour You Like: The Dark Side Of The Moon on Vinyl which details the 700 currently known variations of the album, there's an interview with author Stefano Tarquini and publisher Charles Beterams about this mammoth undertaking (identifying and collecting these variations, and putting the book together). This sits alongside a guide to some of the editions worth tracking down, and a guide to 50 collectable variants for people to keep an eye out for. There's also a selected UK discography, with rough valuations, a competition to win a Pink Floyd print, and an offer of a limited edition (just 100 will be made) A3 print of the magazine cover signed by Furmanovsky.

Elsewhere in the magazine - and in addition to the eighteen pages focused on the Floyd - is an interview with Alan Parsons, talking about his life in music, a look at occasional Floyd vocalist Sam Brown's new album, and a wide range of non-Floyd related features taking in artists from The Jam to the Rolling Stones. There are also obituaries for Jeff Beck and David Crosby.

As you all know, the 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon is next month, with a deluxe box set, the Live At Wembley 1974 LP and CD sets, and the official book (which we've seen and is very nice) that's included in the box set, and available separately too, all being released on March 24th. Full details of all these, here.

Exclusively, though, for the Japanese market (but thanks to HMV.co.jp and CDJapan, available worldwide online) is a hybrid SACD (Super Audio CD) version of the album, bundled with loads of reproduction memorabilia - as seen to the right!

For those unfamiliar with hybrid SACDs, they hold higher resolution audio, often with surround sound versions as well as standard stereo, and the stereo version is playable on all normal CD/DVD/Blu-ray players. To play the multi-channel audio, you need a compatible player, but as the format was devised by Sony and Philips, there are plenty of those around still.

The surround and stereo versions of TDSOTM on this SACD is as released in 2021 on the SACD from Analogue Productions SACD. The album is packaged in typical Japanese style - a 7" version of the original album cover, along with the stickers and posters you would hope to be included in this reproduction. However, they are also including a wide array of reproduction Japanese memorabilia:

• 1972 Pink Floyd In Japan Photo Book (48 pages, Airport, Live, and Japan stay in 1972)
• 1972 Pink Floyd In Japan Tour Pamphlet (16 pages)
• 1972 tour in Japan ticket (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, March 6, 1972)
• 1972 tour in Japan ticket (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, March 7, 1972)
• 1972 tour in Japan Tour Poster (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium)
• Lyric leaflet "The Other Side Of The Moon – works for all kinds of madmen" distributed at the venues on the 1972 tour in Japan
• Flyer announcing the 1972 tour in Japan (Osaka: Festival Hall)
• Promotional leaflet (handwritten by record company to promote "The Other Side Of The Moon")
• Commemorative sticker (round sticker for the campaign to promote the band's visit to Japan)
• Commemorative single jacket ("Pink Floyd/Big 4")
• Commemorative single jacket ("Point Me At The Sky")
• Reproduction OBI strip for the Quad 4-channel release (this edition ISN'T in Quad/just 4-channel!)

Quite a collection of items! This special Japanese SACD edition is being released on April 19th, 2023, and can be ordered, worldwide, through these links at HMV.co.jp and CDJapan. Amazon Japan has their own variant of this exclusive release (with a "Megajacket") but at time of writing, they aren't shipping this item outside of their country.

Just published is the latest issue (number 39 - cover date March 2023) of the Pink Floyd fanzine "Heyou" run by our friends over at the Italian website of the same name. The 52-page dual language magazine (in Italian and English), which is published every six months or so, catches up with things in the Floyd world.

Also in the magazine is an extensive review of the first night of the Roger Waters 2022 This Is Not A Drill tour, in Pittsburgh. The review is heavily illustrated with photographs of the concert, which we presume were audience, rather than press shots. There's also a picture showing some of the fairly extensive range of merchandise on offer at that first show.

The final section of the magazine is mainly taken up with a six page review of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets at their 2022 show in Belfast, the second night of their Echoes Tour (which resumes for a number of shows in July this year). Alongside this is a review of the excellent and fairly forensic "Pink Floyd - BBC Radio 1967-1971" book from our friends at Floydstuff.com, which is available as a paperback or hardback edition.

More details of the Heyou fanzine can be found through this link at www.heyou.it, where you can get individual copies (including back issues), and subscription enquiries (four issues costing 35 euros within Europe, and 45 euros outside Europe) should go to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - make sure you mention Brain Damage when you write!