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 WELCOME TO THE 26th YEAR OF BRAIN DAMAGE, YOUR PINK FLOYD, DAVID GILMOUR, NICK MASON, SYD BARRETT, RICHARD WRIGHT AND ROGER WATERS NEWS RESOURCE!
It's 2025! This year sees the 50th anniversary of Wish You Were Here, which is an incredible thought; where does the time go?!
The stunningly restored and remixed Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII on Blu-ray, 2CD, 2LP, DVD, digital and cinema screenings are now here - with some more cinema screenings in selected places. However you experience it, it is NOT to be missed!
There's also been three Record Store Day releases released on April 12th, from David Gilmour, Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets, and Roger Waters which are also definitely worth tracking down, either in a participating store, or online, now that RSD has finished.
Last year, David Gilmour's superb new album, Luck and Strange, was released in a variety of formats, and a selection of coloured vinyls. A limited number of concert dates thrilled crowds in Brighton and London, England, Rome, Italy, and Los Angeles and New York, USA. Rome shows were filmed for release and cinema/IMAX screenings, and a book, 2Blu-ray, 3DVD, 4LP, 2CD and deluxe box set options have now been announced.
The Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets 2024 Set The Controls tour revealed a band in even better form than the 2022/23 shows which managed to exceed everyone's hopes and expectations! Our sincerest hopes are that they continue, but in the meantime, there's the RSD release, and the earlier live recording from London's Roundhouse on Blu-ray, DVD/2CD, and 2LP which is really excellent.
Of course, Roger Waters read three extracts from his memoirs in October 2023 at the London Palladium, so it might not be too long before that is published...he's also working on his new album based around The Bar - we'll let you know as soon as we get all the info! Before all that though is the release of Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill Live In Prague on 4LP vinyl, Blu-ray, DVD, 2CD and digital on August 1st!
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The Gathering Storm - exhibition update/win a signed book! |
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Written by Matt
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Sunday, 03 November 2013 |
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The London exhibition to coincide with the release of the wonderful new book, The Gathering Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson is now up and running at the newly opened Proud Archivist, a combined gallery, bar, restaurant, cafe and events space in Hertford Road, London N1. Below, we have a copy of the book signed by the team at StormStudios to give away in our latest competition, but first, more about the exhibition, and some unmissable upcoming events...
The exhibition itself is a wonderful look through the archives of his work, and the work of his colleagues over the years, with some of the pieces presented in stunningly large sizes. There are also other items which are great fun - letters from Storm to record companies which are a hoot. The launch party to open the event saw many friends of Storm coming together to celebrate the man and his work, and the StormStudios photo gallery from the event can be seen on their Facebook page (I even pop up in one of the pictures!) which gives an idea of the exhibition itself, along with the pictures to the left.
The gallery are hosting a number of events whilst the exhibition is on. November 10th sees the gallery host a free workshop exploring the craft of album artwork design, hosted by key StormStudios bods Peter Curson and Dan Abbott, from 2-4pm; on November 17th they host Live Liquid Album Art, letting you participate in the creation of a unique, one-off piece of art using some of the same techniques employed by Storm; November 19th sees them host a classic album playback, letting you admire Storm's work in the context of the music and artists which inspired it; and on November 22nd they're hosting a free screening of Taken by Storm by Roddy Bagawa, a fantastic documentary about Storm's life and work. You can see more details about each event, and get tickets where appropriate, on their website, TheProudArchivist.co.uk.
COMPETITION
We have a rather nice hardback copy of The Gathering Storm to give away in our latest competition. This particular copy has been signed by the StormStudios team, making a very special book even more so.
To be in with a chance of winning the book, you need to tell us the answers to the following questions, all Storm related:
- What was Storm's middle name?
- Where was the picture of the cow, for the cover of Atom Heart Mother, shot?
- What was the first Pink Floyd cover that the Hipgnosis team worked on?
Send the answers via email, along with your name, address, and contact phone number, to
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by 11:59pm GMT on November 12th. Just one entry per household, please, and good luck!
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