Those of you fortunate enough to have the Floyd's Later Years box set will already know just how good the 2020 version (Restored. Re-Edited. Remixed.) of Delicate Sound of Thunder is. This was a result of going directly to the more than 100 cans of original 35mm negatives, painstakingly restoring and transferring the footage to 4K. It was then completely re-edited by Benny Trickett under the creative direction of Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis. Similarly, the sound was completely remixed from the original multitrack tapes by longtime Floyd engineer Andy Jackson with David Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins. Suffice it to say that in the home setting, the quality is quite incredible and the new edit is great! The visual softness of the original VHS release is long gone, thank goodness, and this is as sharp and detailed as you could ever want, with vibrant colours, really showing off the visual aspect of the presentation.
Those who HAVEN'T got the box set, get ready for November 20th, 2020, when a stand-alone release of Delicate Sound will be made available, in some very nice sounding editions.
You'll be able to get hold of this on Blu-ray, DVD, 2CD, 3-disc 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and as a deluxe 4-disc edition with bonus tracks. All editions feature 24-page photo booklets, with the 4-disc box edition including a 40-page photo booklet, tour poster and postcards. The 3LP 180-gram vinyl set includes 9 songs not included on the 1988 release of the album, while the 2CD includes 8 tracks more than its original release.
It is bound to be a popular release for many, and pre-orders are now open for the various editions. You can order them through the following links, taking advantage of Amazon's free pre-order price guarantee - should their asking price drop at any point between you ordering it, and release, they will automatically charge you the lowest price during that period! Ordering through our links also helps with BD's ongoing running costs, and we really appreciate it:
If your chosen retailer is yet to have the order ready to place (with a non-clickable link above), please try again later as we will update this news item as they make the pages live with all the details. Ordering now will also mean you will benefit from Amazon's Pre-order Price Guarantee, meaning you will automatically pay the lowest price they have charged between the time of your order, and the release date.
As we head toward the final part of 2020, a year that no-one could have predicted would turn out like it has, it's the time to try and forget all that, and focus on the future with the Official Pink Floyd 2021 Calendar.
It's a perennial Floyd fan favourite - particularly as a gift at Christmas time. An item which has been produced for many years now, and designed for use on walls, the standardised format is roughly the same size as a vinyl album - roughly 12" (or 30cm) square, with the calendar opening up to have a double page spread per month.
The calendar this year is a celebration of the band in its later years, via various images, record sleeves, and suchlike, many of which were either newly created for The Later Years box set, or have been unearthed as previously unused. The images to the left show all twelve monthly images, along with what the double-page layout looks like on a typical month.
The calendar each year is often squirrelled away as a collectable for the years to come, and earlier examples are now quite sought after.
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Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon Spain and Amazon Italy. At present, the US and Canadian Amazon stores aren't listing this, but if in either country, and wanting the calendar, you CAN order from other Amazon stores as they will ship this worldwide.
A quick alert for - principally - those of you in the UK. If you find yourself with little to do on Saturday evening, especially with the current Covid restrictions, you could do worse than tune in to the Sky Arts television channel (now available on Freeview channel 11, as well as through other providers including Sky and Virgin Media).
From 6:30pm until 12:45am, there's a feast of Pink Floyd related goodies. Starting off with the band's Live At Pompeii film, it's then PULSE. Prior to its domestic release on October 2nd, Roger's Us + Them is then shown, and the evening is concluded with The Story Of Wish You Were Here.
For the channel to be showing Us + Them just about a week prior to release is an unexpected treat. Our thanks to Dave Rogers for letting us know about this Floydian evening.
With thanks to Michael Nickel, we have two bits of news aimed principally at our friends in Germany.
In that country's stores at the moment are two magazines which may well take your interest. The first is Classic Rock Magazine (cover date September 2020), which has a multiple page report on the genesis of Pink Floyd's 1983 album, The Final Cut - the last with Roger Waters still in the band. "Pink Floyd: The last common litter and THE FINAL CUT" delves deep into the background of the album.
Elsewhere in the magazine is a major feature on Genesis, looking at their album, Selling England By The Pound. More details including ordering online through ClassicRock.net.
The other magazine that you might want to pick up is Rolling Stone's German edition (again with a cover date of September 2020). In an article headed "Pink Floyd: This crazy diamond", they take a multiple page look at the genesis of a different album - in their case (and hinted to by the title of the article) it is 1975's Wish You Were Here, which they describe as "a sublime album about the burning of youth - and a hymn to the lost Syd Barrett".
Jimi Hendrix is featured elsewhere in the magazine, and indeed Jimi is the cover star. More details and ordering via RollingStone.de.
Hopefully many of you have now received your copies of the truly excellent Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse - out today - and we'd love to know what you think of it! Do please get in touch to let us know your thoughts...
As is normal for this sort of release, there's been plenty of interviews (indeed, we've included some here on the site already) but today there's been one with a bit of a difference. Nick has spoken to the team at the legendary Abbey Road Studios whilst he was there during the mixing of the album. Sitting in the reconfigured Studio Three, Nick talks about the studios, Pink Floyd, and the Saucerful Of Secrets project:
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Those of you fortunate enough to have the Floyd's Later Years box set will already know just how good the 2020 version (Restored. Re-Edited. Remixed.) of Delicate Sound of Thunder is. This was a result of going directly to the more than 100 cans of original 35mm negatives, painstakingly restoring and transferring the footage to 4K. It was then completely re-edited by Benny Trickett under the creative direction of Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis. Similarly, the sound was completely remixed from the original multitrack tapes by longtime Floyd engineer Andy Jackson with David Gilmour, assisted by Damon Iddins. Suffice it to say that in the home setting, the quality is quite incredible and the new edit is great! The visual softness of the original VHS release is long gone, thank goodness, and this is as sharp and detailed as you could ever want, with vibrant colours, really showing off the visual aspect of the presentation.
As we head toward the final part of 2020, a year that no-one could have predicted would turn out like it has, it's the time to try and forget all that, and focus on the future with the Official Pink Floyd 2021 Calendar.
A quick alert for - principally - those of you in the UK. If you find yourself with little to do on Saturday evening, especially with the current Covid restrictions, you could do worse than tune in to the Sky Arts television channel (now available on Freeview channel 11, as well as through other providers including Sky and Virgin Media).
With thanks to Michael Nickel, we have two bits of news aimed principally at our friends in Germany.
