We've just had confirmation of the North American publication date of the superb new book "Taken By Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson". Published in the UK at the start of May, (and reviewed here) the book is a stunning look at his past and present work, and includes around 50% of previously unseen material.

Our friends in North America will be thrilled to know that they'll only have to wait until October 30th when it arrives in their stores. Or why not preorder it here at a very healthy discount and have it delivered right to your door?

Signed prints of the simple but iconic cover shot for Pink Floyd's 1967 debut, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" (appearing later this month as a 40th anniversary edition) are now on sale, along with three unused, alternate shots (below). The photographs, taken by Vic Singh in his London studio, show all four members of the band through a special prismatic lens.

Vic told me: "It fascinated me over the years that one picture has caught so much attention out of thousands if not millions of images." He has remained busy over the years and his redesigned website has many examples of his past and present work. More material will be added in due course.

Visit www.VicSingh.co.uk to find out more, and to place your orders.

In a recreation of his guest appearance as part of Michael Mantler's band on May 11th, 1984 in Cologne, and February 8th, 1987 in Frankfurt, Nick Mason journeys back to Germany for another Mantler concert on November 2nd as part of the Berlin Jazz Festival.

With Nick again taking care of percussion in Michael's band, the event takes place at 7:30pm at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Tickets are now on sale here, and visit www.jazzfest-berlin.de for more info. (Please note: no Pink Floyd music is scheduled to be performed!)

On September 10th, almost forty years after its first appearance, is the DVD release of Tony Palmer's legendary 1968 BBC documentary, 'All My Loving'. Famed in the Floyd world for the footage of the band that was specially shot for it, the film is a powerful and, at times, disturbing vision.