Further to our last exclusive story regarding Gerald Scarfe's "The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall", which is being published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (who published Nick Mason's excellent "Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd") on October 21st 2010, we have another nice little exclusive to share with you.

"The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall" is the authorized, definitive book about the project and includes new commentaries from the surviving members of Pink Floyd: Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason, together with the director of the film, Sir Alan Parker. Roger Waters has written the foreword. The album imagery, stage performances and film were created in close collaboration with Gerald Scarfe, and his massive archive includes original storyboards, animation cells, concept drawings, models and other three-dimensional material together with photographs of the creation and staging of the live performances and the filming of The Wall.

We have great pleasure in bringing you no less than three special video interviews with Gerald Scarfe, which you can view below. You can also see them on our Facebook page and our YouTube Channel...

Recently published in the UK by Carlton Books in hardback is "Passion For Speed: Twenty Four classic cars that shaped a century of motor sport" by Nick Mason and Mark Hales. It is the new, expanded edition of the ground-breaking and critically acclaimed book "Into the Red". Passion For Speed puts you behind the wheel of some of the world's greatest ever sports and racing cars.

In the book, Nick gives his personal view of the history and heritage of each model, with a modest and witty account of the ups and downs of collecting cars. It is a rare and extremely personal insight into the emotion behind the purchase from a man who is uniquely placed to tell the story. Our review will be here shortly...

Online orders for the book can be made through the following special links, giving up to 38% discount off the recommended retail price: Play.com, Amazon UK, Amazon US/International, Amazon Canada, Amazon France, or Amazon Germany, all of which give a small but vital contribution towards BD site costs, without costing you any extra.

Alternatively, if you are able to make it along to one of the following, you can meet Nick and Mark, and get your copy of "Passion For Speed" signed:

• At: Waterstones, Leadenhall Market, London
  On: Wednesday, October 13th from: 12:30-1:30pm
• At: Motor Books, 13/15 Cecil Court London, WC2N 4AN
  On: Thursday, November 25th from: 1.00pm

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE APPEARANCE TIME AT WATERSTONES HAS CHANGED FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED

Next week sees the release of two important new albums, that all Pink Floyd fans will be eager to hear. EMI and Sony have been hard at work to create innovative 'digital booklets' for the 'Introduction To Syd Barrett' and 'Metallic Spheres' (by The Orb Featuring David Gilmour) albums. They give an insight into the artwork, play samples of selected tracks, and can be used as a complement to the digital versions of the albums.

Each 'digital booklet' is very nicely done - fun to turn the package around on the screen in a 3D virtual world, and good to have the full booklets online, alongside snippets of tracks from the albums for those who want to explore a little before buying them. We hope that these are just the first of many such 'digital booklets'.

- CLICK HERE for the Syd Barrett one, and HERE for our most recent story on this release (along with ordering information that will help us with site running costs).

- CLICK HERE for The Orb Featuring David Gilmour one, and HERE for our exclusive review of this release (again, with ordering information).

World Mental Health Day is this coming Sunday (October 10th). Escape Artists and the Syd Barrett Fund are experimenting with Twitter chats on Sunday afternoon, with the hope of broadening public awareness and discussions of two key issues close to the fund's, and Syd's sister Rosemary Breen's heart. The topics are: How does loneliness affect you're daily life and mental wellbeing? Do the arts really help people suffering with mental health problems? The first subject will be up for discussion between 3-5pm UK time, with the second happening between 6-8pm.

To join in the discussion, you need a free Twitter account. In your tweet, include the hashtag #MHchat and your post will be tracked as part of the discussion. To follow the discussion, search #MHchat, which will filter all tweets with the hashtag for you to view.

If Twitter isn't for you, but you're still interested in either topic and want to see what is said, see this page on Interstellar which is the online home of the Syd Barrett Fund.