The Customs House Theatre in South Shields, the north of England, held on Saturday (October 26th) an exhibition of long-time Floyd friend and artist, Storm Thorgerson. The walls were decked with various pieces of artwork (going up the stairs to the gallery) relating to his work with Pink Floyd, together with other original works. Arranged at very short notice, it included a public appearance by Storm between 2pm and 5pm to sign anything thrust towards him. Posters were on sale at GBP10, together with variously priced original artworks...

Capitol Records have confirmed to us that everything is on track to release the DVD and VHS video of David Gilmour In Concert on November 5th. As yet, we are unaware of any differences between the US and European releases of the DVD - both are actually not region coded (so will play in any player) - it should just be a difference of NTSC or PAL broadcast system that they are encoded for.

Capitol Records 60th Anniversary is to be commemorated with a limited edition 96-track, 6-CD boxed set and photo book, which is released this month. Of specific interest to Floyd fans will be the CD which covers "The Seventies", with track seven being "Money" from Dark Side Of The Moon.

As promised, in the early hours of October 21st (the release date of the European DVD and VHS editions) Channel 4 TV in the UK broadcast an edited version of the Meltdown performance. Tracks broadcast were:

• Shine On You Crazy Diamond
• - advertisement break
• Fat Old Sun
  
• High Hopes
  
• - another ad break
  
• Je Crois Entendre Encore
  
• Wish You Were Here
  
• Comfortably Numb (with Robert Wyatt)
  
• - another ad break
  
• Dimming Of The Day
  
• Shine On (reprise) 
• Hushabye Mountain

The digital feed of Channel 4 broadcast the show in anamorphic widescreen. A reasonable selection but the advert breaks were a little intrusive - especially as it was in the early hours of the morning!