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16th MARCH: Azimuth Co-ordinator Excavated At V&AAs any dedicated Floyd fan knows, the ‘Azimuth Co-ordinator’ was an invention, unique in its time, that allowed Pink Floyd to pan sound around the whole concert hall in quadrophonic sound, rather than in mono, which was the norm in 1967 when it was launched. The ‘Co-ordinator’ was developed by Bernard Speight, a technical engineer at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, and first used at the Games For May concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in May 1967. The first one was stolen, so a second was built, with 2 pan pots and 4 channels, debuting at the Royal Festival Hall on April 14, 1969. The whereabouts of the Azimuth Co-ordinator had been uncertain in recent years, but it has just resurfaced under the aegis of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, who will be displaying it as part of their Theatre Collections from March 18th onwards. See their site for more details.
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PINK FLOYD BOX SET NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
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The 40th Anniversary year of Pink Floyd ends with a typical flourish, the release of, Oh By The Way, a spectacular limited edition box set which contains, for the first time ever, the band’s 14 studio albums. These classic albums are presented in mini vinyl wallets with all the original extras also miniaturised. Floyd’s longtime design wizard, Storm Thorgerson, has designed a sumptuous box, as well as miniaturising the original sleeve artwork. Oh By The Way is released on EMI Records on 10 December (11 December in the US).
This unique box set is the first time in Pink Floyd’s incomparable history that all of their standard studio albums have been packaged together and made available as a set. In addition to the albums and their extras the set comes with a specially designed 40th Anniversary Storm Thorgersonposter featuring 40 Floyd images.
Oh By the Way contains:
Many of these 14 Pink Floyd albums regularly appear in the ‘Greatest’ lists of all time. They represent a body of artistic work which captured the imagination of fans across the globe.
Oh By The Way will be a must for the legion of Pink Floyd fans worldwide, who will note the careful reproduction of the original classic labels. The box set will no doubt be figuring high on the Christmas wish list of many of the new generation of Floyd fans, as the band’s musical legacy continues to exert a powerful appeal some 40 years after it played its first notes.
David's new DVD will be released on Monday 17th September in Europe and Tuesday 18th September in North America.
The 2 part concert on Disc 1 features the full live performance of Gilmour's Platinum album On An Island, mixed with Classic Pink Floyd, performed by Gilmour's band that includes Richard Wright, Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera, Crosby & Nash, Dick Parry, and Pink Floyd regulars Guy Pratt and John Carin.
Other Guest performers in the show include David Bowie on Arnold Layne and Comfortably Numb, Robert Wyatt on Then I Close My Eyes, and the aforementioned Crosby & Nash on an incredibly emotional pared-down version of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, amongst others.
Disc 2 features some amazing extras including;
- bonus tracks from other nights at the RAH not included on the main concert
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- live performances from The Mermaid Theatre and Abbey Rd,
- 3 documentaries: behind the scenes on tour, the making of the album, playing in California,
- 2 promo videos,
- photo gallery,
- Island Jam 2007, a new recording of the track streamed for a day on DG.Com
last Christmas and previously unrelease,
- and more!
The concert was shot in High Definition on 23 cameras by award-winning director David Mallet, with sound in stereo 2.0, and 5.1 surround sound.
Remember That Night is now available on Amazon
* Please note for our US readers - the 2CD package will now be released on September 4th & the 3CD edition on September 11th.
While searching the EMI and Abbey Rd archives for the original master tapes to be used in this release, it became clear that the producers had unearthed some previously unreleased versions of tracks from the 'Piper' sessions. In order to allow thee rare and previously unreleased new versions to be included on this special anniversary edition, it has been necessary to move the album release date back 1 week.
As previously reported the 40th anniversary release is newly remastered by James Guthrie from the original recordings, with Discs 1 and 2 containing the full 'Piper' album, represented in both stereo and mono versions. Disc 3 includes bonus tracks, including the following: all the Pink Floyd singles from 1967, ('Arnold Layne', 'See Emily Play', and 'Apples And Oranges'), plus the B-sides 'Candy And A Current Bun' and 'Paintbox' as well as previously unissued versions of 'Matilda Mother', 'Apples And Oranges' (1967 stereo version) and two rare edits of 'Interstellar Overdrive', one previously only available on an EP in France (French Edit) and take six of the track from the original recording sessions discovered in the EMI archive.
When the re-mastering of this groundbreaking album started to come together, a collector loaned EMI a copy of the original French EP, much to the surprise of Guthrie it was a different version of 'Interstellar Overdrive' to what had been supplied from the EMI archive...
James Guthrie explains "Whereas the French release used the same take as that later used on the album albeit in a shortened and pre-overdubbed form, this version was more structured and clearly not from the same take. The tape box information was emphatic this was the French edit. The 40 year old job files were pulled and only confirmed the same information listed on the tape box."
Following investigation into the reason behind this, it was discovered that this version was an unreleased mix from take six of the original session, it also materialised that a different version of 'Matilda Mother' had been recorded - it had the same backing track as the album version, but the verse vocal and lyrics are different.
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is now available on Amazon
