Due to arrive in UK stores this morning is the new issue (February 2015, issue number 390) of the highly respected Guitarist magazine, and it is one that Pink Floyd fans will want to snap up.

The Editor of the magazine has been in touch to share the cover image here, and to tease details of its contents... "The cover feature of our new issue of Guitarist magazine, is a 17-page photo-led exploration of the studio used for the final Pink Floyd album The Endless River. Guided by Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music, who was instrumental in the project's inception, and by Phil Taylor, David Gilmour's long-serving tech, we've explored the gear, creative approaches and tone secrets behind the album.

"The coverage includes lavishly detailed shots of iconic Floyd guitars such as the 'Black Strat' plus rarely seen instruments specific to the album such as a Fender Custom shop Baritone Telecaster used for certain parts, detailing the modifications and setup tweaks each instrument has had over the years through a detailed commentary by Phil Taylor. We've also examined Gilmour's vintage amps, pedalboard, custom-built studio tools and more. The technical details appearing here have been fully scrutinised by Phil Taylor so guitarists seeking authentic source information on Floyd tone need look no further.

"We went to a lot of lengths to ensure it is hard information you won't easily get to that level of authentication elsewhere and there's some great photography of the guitars and amps, plus studio environment inside."

Sounds fascinating! It should be in major UK supermarkets and newsagents from today, and can also be ordered online, worldwide, through this link.

On US television show Speakeasy this coming Sunday (January 11th), Roger Waters, "The man behind The Wall", sits down with American television journalist Bill Weir to discuss his legendary career, along with the past, present and future of many of the underlying issues facing the world today.

The show is broadcast on US public broadcasting television, and therefore is shown on a number of different channels across the country. If you are in the US, please check your local listings for details of when (and on which channel) the show will be airing near you.

If outside the US, at present sadly there is no indication that the interview will be available to view (at least, through legitimate routes).

Our thanks to Robert Schlosser for the info about this upcoming interview.

To keep you going until it airs, here's a short excerpt from the show:

As we've mentioned in previous years, in the Netherlands, the public station Radio 2 has a very popular yearly countdown (from Christmas Day until New Year's Eve) of the 2000 best songs. Pink Floyd features heavily in the latest countdown, as they have done in previous years, with no less than eleven songs included, of which three are in the top 10.

Below are the Floyd tracks, along with how they've moved in the chart since last year. The poll itself is compiled from some 3 million voters across the Netherlands - about 20% of the population.

• No. 6: Wish You Were Here (unchanged)
• No. 8: Comfortably Numb (unchanged)
• No. 9: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (up 1 place)
• No. 56: Another Brick In The Wall (down 8 places)
• No. 171: Echoes (up 9 places)
• No. 277: Time (down 65 places)
• No. 286: The Great Gig In The Sky (down 34 places)
• No. 323: Money (down 52 places)
• No. 534: One Of These Days (down 12 places)
• No. 1322: See Emily Play (down 165 places)
• No. 1374: Arnold Layne (down 296 places)

The chart itself is topped by Hotel California (The Eagles), followed by Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen), reversing their positions from the last two years, and Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin) remains in third spot yet again. Our thanks to Engelbert Huckreide for his help with this information.

Today (January 6th) would have seen Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett's 69th birthday, having been born in 1946, and we're marking this notable day.

We're sure that like us, many will have paid their own personal tributes to him, in remembrance of the impact he had on our lives - playing his music, enjoying some of his art work, and so on. We'd love to know how you are marking his huge contribution to our lives - email us, or join in the conversation over at our Facebook page.

One of the more interesting television appearances the band did in 1967 was on the BBC's Tomorrow's World, a science magazine show. During a story they did on experimentation with lights and sound, Mike Leonard is seen tinkering with such things whilst the band played a laid-back instrumental, unreleased elsewhere...