Respected New York-based radio station Q104.3FM had a special treat for listeners just after 7am yesterday morning (Friday, June 24th). Nick Mason popped in to be interviewed by Jim Kerr (who MC'd the Nick Mason book signing event at New York's Barnes and Noble) about the upcoming extensive reissue programme, that falls under the Why Pink Floyd banner.

The interview, which lasted around 20 minutes (including music selections) was an interesting guide to some of the thoughts behind the releases, and hints were made at the future for the project.

You can listen to the interview itself, on demand, through this direct link.

Nick Mason has been talking to Billboard about the extensive catalogue reissue which is going under the banner of 'Why Pink Floyd?' Full details, and ordering information, can be found here.

Nick told them: "It is a sea change from our point of view. We'd never put much thought into the idea of releasing incomplete or earlier versions of things, but I think the world has changed. One now looks at these things and realises there really is interest and how things came about and what the early versions were and so on. We thought rather than just leave everything in the vaults, it might be worth bringing everything out and giving people a complete view of what we've done."

Answering a question Brain Damage has had from countless fans, Nick confirmed that "We will do some more sort of in-depth versions of other albums, but I don't know what we've got in the pipeline for that, yet."

Read the full interview at Billboard.com.

When Paul McCartney dug back into his rock 'n' roll roots for 1999's 'Run Devil Run' album, David Gilmour was on hand with his Fender Esquire to play and sing on the whole album. David also played his Gibson lap steel guitar on the title track, and performed alongside the former Beatle at the historic accompanying gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

The album is being reissued as a special Japanese edition, available from August 17th, 2011. It's a Super High Material CD (SHM-CD) which is said to give far better performance, and is compatible with standard CD players. It's part of a five-album Paul Mccartney SHM-CD reissue series.

Unless resident in the country (and we have a few Japanese regulars!) the best way to obtain the set is direct from a retailer in Japan such as Amazon.co.jp or CDJapan who both have this available as a pre-order. Our thanks to Kees Nijpels for the information.

Just published in France by Vibrations is a new magazine devoted to Pink Floyd, looking back at their history in a well-illustrated publication that fans will want to snap up.

The magazine boasts interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Joe Boyd, a range of rare and unseen photos from French archives (in our experience, always a rich source of unusual shots seldom seen elsewhere), a look at Syd Barrett, a journey through the band's history, a feature on the great work of Hipgnosis over the years, and much more.

Published in part to tie in with the four Wall concerts that Roger is performing at Bercy, in Paris, the magazine is currently available in France, but also worldwide via mailorder from Vibrationsmusic.com.

To get a sneak preview of some of the magazine though, visit this site which has an online preview of a significant chunk of it. Our thanks to Ddondestan for the info.