Haystak Music (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Ummagumma is a double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969 by Harvest and EMI in the United Kingdom and Harvest and Capitol in the United States. The first disc is a live album of their normal set list of the time, while the second contains individual compositions by each member of the band recorded as a studio album. The album's title supposedly comes from a Cambridge slang word for sex, commonly...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Due to a few recent references, I decided to give them a spin for the first time in quite a few years, and I was quite suprised to find how bored I was by so much of their stuff. I definitely subscribe to the earlier the better cliche :Syd through to and including Meddle, avoiding Atom Heart Mother entirely ( boring and aimlessly pretentious ). Piper, Saucerful, Ummagumma live, Obscured by Clouds...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
The Telegraph seems strangely obsessed with Rick Wright's decision to leave his ex-wives nothing in his will - is there some social mos that I've missed that you're supposed to leave money to people you've divorced? What's more eyecatching is the amount of cash left behind by Wright: Profits from writing, recording, performing and royalty meant that Wright was worth £23.7 million when he died...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Late PINK FLOYD star RICK WRIGHT left the majority of his estate to his three children - but failed to mention his three former wives in his will.The keyboardist made a...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Rick Wright the keyboard player in Pink Floyd has left £24 million in his will to his children but nothing to his three wives.
A few words (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The packaging of the album reflects the contents quite well, in that one sticker calls him 'the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd' and the other highlights the inclusion of 'all the songs from the {solo) album On An Island', and a post-Waters Pink Floyd song (High Hopes) and a new solo song. The Pink Floyd songs are well-chosen, including the first four tracks of Dark Side of the Moon and Shine On You...
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
You can find them at spare bricks . See this PDF and be sure to see the rest of the site for more. "The modified VCS3 Synthi AKS that the Floyd use to this day (owned by Gilmour), as displayed at the Interstellar exhibition in Paris." Pink Floyd via Dave Manley
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
This fall marks the 30th anniversary of The Wall, Pink Floyd’s landmark album of loss, depression, and, ultimately, total isolation from reality. The seminal work featured Roger Waters at his zenith as a conceptual artist and also, sadly and inevitably, brought an end to the band, lumbering on for just one more album, The Final Cut, with their leader. Of course the Floyd continued on without...
Technically Overboard (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
I wanted to do some summer albums (you know, some albums just feel like that) - and the first one that came to mind was this one from former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. [On An Island peaked the UK charts by reaching number one. On 10 April 2006, the album was certified platinum in Canada, with sales of over 100,000 copies. The album also gave Gilmour his first US Top 10 album as a solo artist.]...
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
Click here for a page covering the synths used by Rick Wright of Pink Floyd. Be sure to see the PDF link when you get there. This one sent in via fischek.
::BROADCATCHING:: (Free subscription) | 03/14/2009
Posted in David Gilmour, Music, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rock and Roll, Roger Waters, The Wall Tagged: Gilmour, Mason, Pink Floyd, Run Like Hell, The Wall, Waters, Wright
nonamedufus (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
David Gilmour is 63 today. Now pretty much a solo artist Gilmour is best known as guitartist for Pink Floyd , a group he said of in 2006 - even prior to Richard Wright's death - I think enough is enough. I am 60 years old. I don't have the will to work as much anymore. Pink Floyd was an important part in my life, I have had a wonderful time, but it's over. For me it's much less complicated to work...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
I am shocked that in your "Those we have lost" article (27 December) nowhere is the name of Pink Floyd keyboard player Rick Wright mentioned. He was one of t
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
The death of Richard Wright, founding member of Pink Floyd, in September reminded us that while classic rock is timeless, the actual rock bands are full of old, fragile humans. Good thing that the music lives on in tribute bands such as Bricks in the Wall , which is full of slightly younger me...
Radio Dupree (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
The one hour long documentary aired on BBC Radio 2 October 11 and will be up here for a couple of days for all interested who missed it. Here's what BBC writes about the documentary: Drawing from BBC archive and an exclusive interview conducted by producer Mark Hagen in September 2007, the last radio interview that Wright gave, Richard offers his unique and now sadly poignant perspective on 40 years...
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