PINK FLOYD

My friend Jonathan interviewed Roger for Noisey. He's talked to both David and Roger this year and I'm jealous as hell:

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/roger-waters-the-wall-interview-2015

Good piece. Hard to believe but Roger has seemed to mellow with age – and in a good way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHThfy90-oM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PINK-FLOYD-1965-Their-first-recordings-SUPER-RARE-double-7-vinyl-single-NEW-/172012816496?hash=item280cc34870:g:vcoAAOSwcBhWWa-7

rip in comments and on soundcloud

http://resurrectionbeatmachine.blogspot.com/2015/11/pink-floyd-1965-their-first-recordings.html

I really don't get the advantage of releasing this copyright extension stuff in limited edition 1,000-copies. Wouldn't it make better business sense to just have a regular non-limited release? Now that they're out there, these recordings will be so heavily bootlegged that whatever standard release they do years from now will be redundant.

idk I guess they don't need to spend as much time on a limited release, they can just whack it out w/the minimum of fuss. the same goes for the Dylan sets, which were very minimal as regards packaging etc.

Bootleggers make very little thesedays, it's not worth the hassle getting sued by copyright holders.

If the tracks fall into public domain, there is no hassle so the 'bootleggers' can operate legally.

The old farts here are faced with a fairly unpleasant choice. Either they can make their old unreleased stuff "officially" available, or run the risk that anybody who gets their hands on the tapes can profit off their old junk. It's questionable whether or not it would work like that in practice, as it's never been tested in the courts, but nobody particularly wants to run the risk.

My impression is that with Floyd, the question is not so much profit, as all of them have more money than they seem to have use for, but brand control. They really don't want to see what they consider to be substandard crap released under the Pink Floyd name (and by any reasonable standard, "Walk With Me Sydney" is substandard crap). So probably the best choice here is to release it as a limited run and live with the uncontrollable noncommercial bootlegging, while still preserving the legal right of control over their work.

They really don't want to see what they consider to be substandard crap released under the Pink Floyd name

wish they'd been thinking along these lines before they released The Endless River

http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?19328-Pink-Floyd-The-Division-Bell-Ask-Andy-Jackson-about-the-Mastering-and-the-Mix%2Fpage14

i'm weird but i find the endless river sort of captivatingly boring like how i sometimes like to lay on the couch and watch PGA tour golf and drift in and out of sleep

Yup. You're weird.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d0/af/3f/d0af3f36c08fbd25b6ab056320d2cba8.jpg

banging your club against some mad bugger's ball

http://i.imgur.com/clVkMP4.jpg

Waters Hazard

who was trained not to chip into sand?

When Tiger Woods Broke Par

XP mookie for the win.

Set Controls For the Heart of the Sandtrap

Green is the Colour

The Final Cut

see emily play (golf)

The Final Cut

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doffs Nike hat as sign of respect

See Emily Play Through

Careful with that 9-iron, Eugene

Take Up Thy Pitching Wedge and Walk

Free Fore!

Interstellar Overdriver

http://aebergon.perso.neuf.fr/photos_VW/MAJ_nov_2007/Golf_Pink_Floyd_1.jpg

Ummabubba

Those 1965 tracks are pretty good! They sound more like Syd's solo stuff than Pink Floyd

Listening to this right now and, yes, it's almost like the Floyd were an aberration in his career - esp. the track, "Butterfly", not that great a song (nothing is here), but it is pure Syd Barrett.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3366059/Roger-Waters-multi-million-divorce-settlement-comes-halt-estranged-wife-Laurie-Durning-demands-35-000-Rolex-back.html

Roger Waters' multi-million divorce proceedings were almost scuttled when his estranged wife Laurie Durning demanded her watch back in court.

According to PageSix.com, Laurie, 52, and the Pink Floyd legend, 72, got into a row over a $35,000 (£23,478) gold Daytona Rolex.

Speaking in Manhattan's Supreme Court on Thursday, Laurie said: ‘I just want my watch, that’s all’, minutes before the divorce was finalised.

And as the judge took the bench, she is reported to have told the British singer: ‘What an ****hole you are’.

http://www.beograund.com/images/detailed/4/a1109l.jpg

"Big man, pig man, ha ha asshole you are"

the 65 tracks are pretty interesting, I suppose there is hope then that we'll get actual released versions of Scream Thy Last Scream and Vegetable Man in 2017.

if only waters' wife had said: ‘I just want "Scream They Last Scream" and "Vegetable Man", that’s all!!!’

tho i guess that if anything will get Waters diggin' through the archives for new product, it's a multi-million dollar divorce.

I think its almost definite, unless the copyright law changes again.

(sax solo)

Just got this PR email:

We feel privileged to be working with the family and estate managers of Syd Barrett to mark what would have been his 70th birthday tomorrow.

The family of the iconic musician who died ten years ago will be unveiling a new official website at 12 noon on Wednesday 6th January, offering a wealth of previously unseen family photographs documenting Syd from early childhood until the early 1980s. There are plans to reveal more unseen material at regular intervals throughout the year, as well as publishing a range of articles about Syd and his music from celebrity guest writers.

The original site is still live. The new site will occupy the same web address from noon tomorrow.

www.sydbarrett.com

mmm.

Looks no different.

https://bluesoapmusic.haulix.com/Public/View/3151

This is the link from Twitter, it's not working just now.

ha --
"Unprecedented Demand for New Syd Barrett Photos Crashes Website"
Just a quick note to say thank you on behalf of Syd Barrett's family. They're absolutely delighted with the coverage they've received for the website launched to celebrate what would have been Syd's 70th birthday.

The response from fans all over the world has been so huge that the server hasn't been able to cope with demand. The tech team are currently transferring the site onto an alternate server and we're hoping that normal service will be resumed this afternoon.

also of note
Cambridge Live has announced that it plans to commemorate the life of Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett with a piece of public art that will be displayed at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, the location of his final ever live concerts.

the art is amazing, so nice to see this up

David Gilmour rules

for no reason at all I thought the same thing this morning