Just a quick update for you regarding Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell 20th Anniversary boxset and vinyl - and it is good news for all of you intending to purchase your copy from Amazon UK. Since it was announced, they've been out of step price-wise with other retailers, including other Amazon branches around the world.

They have now dropped their price to a much better level, £99.99, similar to other places. For those who have already ordered this, don't despair - with their pre-order price guarantee, you will automatically pay the lowest price offered between the date you order it, and the release date. So, there's no need to cancel your order and place it again.

From some of the emails we've had, it seems that there's a split of interest - many of you are after the boxset, with its multitude of discs, prints, and vinyl, but some of you are just after the (finally unabridged) album on double vinyl. For those who want the boxset but also the vinyl album, don't worry, it is in the boxset with all the other goodies.

You can preorder either from:

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The Borders Book Festival took place toward the end of last week, and the weekend, between 12th-15th June 2014, in Melrose (close to Edinburgh), Scotland. As part of the festival, on the first day Nick Mason was in conversation with comedian and impressionist, Rory Bremner, at the Born in the Borders Marquee.

Brain Damage reader Tom Dyce was there, and kindly reported back on the event. "Just returned from an excellent evening at Melrose, where Nick was in conversation with Rory Bremner. A thoroughly entertaining chat with lots of good humour and a great atmosphere deep in the Scottish Borders.

"Nick covered much of his time with Pink Floyd from the early days right up to the present state of affairs. There was also a question and answer session which was a chance for the very knowlegable audience to pose those questions they always wanted to ask. Afterwards Nick took time to sign books for the very large crowd, all in a great event."

Tom also shared some pictures which we're pleased to bring you here. Just click on the thumbnails...

This week saw the official launch of a new exhibition at London's Olympus-Rockarchive Image Space Gallery, celebrating the work of one of the world's greatest album sleeve designers. With Jill Furmanovsky and long-term StormStudios lynchpin Rupert Truman in attendance for a Q&A after a screening of Roddy Bogawa's wonderful Taken By Storm documentary, the gallery was packed for an absorbing evening (see their Twitter feed for a couple of pictures from the night).

Stormy Sees provides a journey through some of the more iconic images created by the late, great Storm Thorgerson and his team. Some of the images on display until Sunday, June 29th, give fresh insights into the detail of the work - Muse's Absolution, and Pink Floyd's The Division Bell cover, for example, are shown in very large format versions. Other prime examples of Floyd on display include a Liquid Dark Side, the PULSE cover, and Storm's wire frame cow recreation of the Atom Heart Mother cover - his creation to mark the album's 40th anniversary in reaction to this milestone not being officially recognised. Elsewhere in the gallery, you can also enjoy works such as Jill Furmanovsky's wonderfully atmospheric shot of David Gilmour atop the wall, playing Comfortably Numb, during the original Wall shows at the start of the 1980s.

As the graphic notes, Storm and his teams over the years (in Hipgnosis, and later, Storm Studios) were responsible for the designs of most of many people's album collections, and seeing them properly printed in very high quality, in larger formats than the record cover (or indeed, the CD cover) gives them new life, new vibrancy. If you are in, or visiting, central London, the Image Space Gallery is definitely worth a wander around.

It is found at 199 Bishopsgate, which is just along from Liverpool Street Station (so, served by the Underground and local buses), and entry is free. It is open Tuesdays to Saturdays between 10:30am - 6:30pm, and Sundays from 12 noon - 5pm.

Will Shutes, co-author of the superlative Barrett book, is exhibiting the extremely rare 1969 film 'Psychedelia' at the Room&Book Art book fair at London's ICA this weekend. The 8mm Warhol-esque film was shot by Kevin Whitney, and it has sat under his bed for 40 years. It features Syd Barrett amongst other faces from the London underground scene of the time, and has only been seen once since its original exhibition in 1970. Entry to the fair - including the screening - is free.

To coincide with this rare celluloid Syd appearance, the publishers of Barrett are offering the book at a special price until Friday (June 13th). The £300 Signature Limited Edition is just £200 (33% off the regular price) and the £70 Classic Edition is just £40 (more than 40% off!).

Looking further forward, on July 1st, Rhino are releasing Syd Barrett's The Madcap Laughs, Barrett, and Opel albums on heavyweight 180g vinyl. With the resurgence of interest and take-up of vinyl, these high quality new editions are sure to be popular. Here are the direct links at the Amazon stores so you can pre-order them if you'd like to add these to your collection, whilst they are available:

Don't forget, these will all qualify for their pre-order price guarantee, ensuring you pay (automatically) the lowest price they have the item on offer for between your order, and the release date. Using our Amazon links also helps us hugely!