Blue Light - David Gilmour - 7 Inch 1984 Germany

This is the single for David Gilmour's song 'Blue Light' from the 1984 album 'About Face'. This song was the first single from the album. The song here is the single edit and is a bit longer then the album version. It's the German issue of the single. The B-Side on this single is 'Cruise'

The single comes in a picture sleeve. The front cover is the same as the album and has Dave's name in the upper right corner and 'Blue Light' in the lower right corner. The back cover has a photo of David with his guitar, together with the track list, credits and 7 dates and venues from Dave's tour in Germany and Switzerland.

Blue Light (Single Edit) - (3:52)
Cruise - (4:40)

Year: 1984
Country: Germany
Cat. Number: 1C 016 2000647
Labels: Yellow & Green Harvest labels

Fictitious Sports - Nick Mason - 1981 U.S.A. Promo

This is Nick mason's album from 1981, and another promo vinyl from my collection, released in the US. Like others, it has the golden stamp that says "FOR PROMOTION ONLY Ownership Reserved By CBS Sale Is Unlawful". The labels though, does not have anything that reminds us it is a promo copy, like others do.

It is still not clear to me why it is credited as a Nick Mason album when clearly all he does in this album is playing the drums and percussion. Columbia, apparently attempting to cash in on Pink Floyd's explosion in popularity, released this album in 1981 under Nick Mason's name when in reality he's simply the drummer. He didn't write any of the lyrics or composed any of the music and obviously  is not singing. It is considered by many a Carla Bley album  in all but name, since she wrote and composed all the songs herself and co-produced. All the songs except one are sung by Soft Machine's lead singer Robert Wyatt. What can I say? It is still a Pink Floyd collectible for me and other Pink Floyd fans.

The cover was designed by long time Pink Floyd designers at Hipgnosis. The front cover has a fictitious sports' playing field.The back cover has a small photo in the middle of a soccer field and many balls on it, and includes song names and credits. It also comes with an insert with the song lyrics and pictures from the recording sessions.

Released: May 1981
Country: U.S.A.
Cat. Number: FC 37307
Record Company: Columbia
Labels: Red Columbia Labels

Track List:

(1) Can't Get My Motor To Start (3:39)
(2) I Was Wrong (4:12)
(3) Siam (4:48)
(4) Hot River (5:16)
(5) Boo To You Too (3:26)
(6) Do Ya? (4:36)
(7) Wervin' (3:58)
(8) I'm A Mineralist (6:16)

Tour/'75 - 12" Sampler - Pink Floyd

This is a re-post to a post written in the Hebrew language a very long time ago. One of the first few posts in this blog.

This LP is an official promotional sampler from the U.S.A. It is not a bootleg or a fake or rip off as uneducated guesses might suggest. As my friends from the Yeeshkul! community say, there might be two reasons for releasing this LP at that time in 1975:

(1) "I seem to recall this was done because CBS secured worldwide release rights to Pink Floyd after 'Dark Side Of The Moon'. EMI only had Europe left and so released 'A Nice Pair' and then followed up with 'Tour/'75' to keep radio play of EMI products".

(2) "From what I understand it was called 'Tour 75' because it was released during 1975 to coincide with the tour that year. As was mentioned before, it was strictly a promo deal and has nothing to do with live stuff. Sort of like the 'now that you have seen them live, here is a sampler from other albums they made' thing".

It has a white cover with Pink Floyd, Tour/75' and song titles stamped on it.

Year: 1975
Country: U.S.A.
Cat. Number: SPRO 8116/7
Labels: White EMI promo labels

Track list:
1. The Gold It's In The...
2. Wots... Uh The Deal
3. Free Four
4. One Of These Days
5. Fat Old Sun
6. Astronomy Domine
7. Careful With That Axe, Eugene

Last 2 songs are live versions taken from Ummagumma.

The Wall Singles Box Set - Pink Floyd - 7 Inch 2011

This is a special release for Record Store Day / Black Friday 2011. It's a box set containing 3 Pink Floyd 7 inch singles - Replicas of old singles from the album 'The Wall' with the original artwork from their initial release. It also includes a poster and a 7-inch single adapter.  The adapter is held in a small slit inside the box and has the famous hammers logo from 'Run Like Hell' single. Each box is individually numbered and mine is number '11651'.

The three singles are:
'Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) / 'One Of My Turns'
'Comfortably Numb / Hey You'
'Run Like Hell' / 'Don't Leave Me Now'

It is a very nice release and a good collectible for Pink Floyd collectors. There is a very nice trick when you open it and it looks like you are removing some bricks from the wall. The box itself has the cover art of 'The Wall' album. The official data from the Record Store Day website says there are only 7500 copies made for US and 4000 copies made for international distribute (11500 overall). Since my copy is numbered 11651 and was ordered from the US, and I also saw a copy numbered over 14000, I guess there are more copies made and some were reserved for certain stores and other sources.

Date of Release: November 25th, 2011
Country: U.S.A.
Cat. Number: PFB-27032
Bar-Code: 5 099902 703275
Record Company: Capitol
Labels: Individual for each single


Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) (3:13) / One Of My turns (3:37)
This single has a cardboard cover with Pink Floyd written on the front cover and song titles plus credits on the back cover. There is the original EMI labels & artwork from The Wall album.

Comfortably Numb (3:59) / Hey You (4:40)
This one is also in a cardboard  cover with the original Japanese artwork. The front cover has the wall with some bricks missing, and through it you can see some figures from Gerald Scarfe artwork of album, including the famous hammers. The back cover has the song titles and credits and also features the lyrics of 'Comfortably Numb' in English and Japanese. the labels are orange EMI labels. In this single, the song 'Comfortably Numb' is shorter than the original album version which is 6:24 minutes.

'Run Like Hell' (4:18) / 'Don't Leave Me Now' (4:02)
The front cover of this cardboard has Pink Floyd written on it at the top right corner, and in the middle there is the round hammers icon. The back cover has the song titles and credits. The labels are the original EMI labels with the artwork from The Wall album.

More photos of the box set can be found here: http://imageshack.us/g/39/wall3singles13.jpg/

David Gilmour - Blue Light 12" Extebded Version - 1984

This is the extended version of the song 'Blue Light', taken from the David Gilmour's 1984 album 'About Face. It It introduces 2 versions of the remix, one of these is an instrumental version. It is a promo version and has a golden stamp on the back cover, saying: "FOR PROMOTION ONLY, Ownership Reserved By CBS, Sail Is Unlawful", and on the label is written "DEMONSTRATION - NOT FOR SALE". It was remixed by Francois Kevorkian and Frank Filipetti, who didn't actually add any elements to it but rather just lengthened the instrumental breaks. Kavorkian is a French DJ, producer, remixer and a record label owner, and has remixed songs for artists like U2, The Smiths, Kraftwerk, Mick Jagger, King Crimson and much more.

Blue light was the first single released from the album. It is a disco-pop number and really fits the atmosphere of the era at that time, and received considerable airplay on MTV back in 1984. Personally, I don't like this song.

Year: 1984
Country: U.S.A.
Cat. Number: 44-04983
Label: Red Columbia Promo Label

Lyrics:

She's a blue light, yes it cannot be denied
She will give you back your pride
She squeezes, she freezes, she does what she pleases
But she says she thinks of others, all the time

You must rise to her defense when she's in danger
Turn around and you're looking at a stranger
She steals your savings from under your bed
And leads you into places even angels fear to tread
She's a blue light

She's not amused, when you're trying to upstage her
So you choose to do nothing to enrage her
'Cause under her mantle you feel safe from the cold
And you're safe from the danger of ever growing old
She's a blue light

Smile - David Gilmour - 7" Single On clear Vinyl 2006

The single 'Smile' was released before the album it was included in: 'On An Island', the album by David Gilmour. The song was written by David and his wife Polly Samson who also sings background vocals. Gilmour once said that it was the first song his wife was willing to record with him, and that she was very nervous when recording and everyone had to leave the studio for her to get it done. Gilmour plays all the instruments in the single except for the drums. The first ever performance of the song was in June 2001, when David performed at Robert Wyatt's Meltdown festival at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The performance was also documented for a DVD which included 3 more nights at the same venue from January 2002.

Side B of this single is 'Island Jam', an instrumental blues jam, which first appeared on David Gilmour's website as a promotion for his upcoming album and tour at that time in 2006.

The single is a limited edition, pressed on clear vinyl. The front cover has a picture of a woman standing on the beach, with a pier, some small islands, birds and a painted boat in the background. The back cover has the song title and credits, and a small picture of the album 'On An Island' as a promotion.

Country & Year: EU 2006
Cat. Number: EM 696
Bar Code: 0946 3 64674 7 4
Label: Picture Label

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Brazil - FAKE

This post is made for you, other Pink Floyd collectors, as a warning that there are fakes out there.

Back in the days before smart-phones, I was going to some record stores, and when I saw something I didn't have, I couldn't really check its origin or if it's a fake or not. These days I just Google the catalog number  and there it is. So I bought a fake Brazilian issue of 'The Piper At the Gates of Dawn' in a shop nearby without knowing it's a fake. Anyway, i'm not going to sell it back to anyone and it's still a part of my collection, but I won't buy any fakes anymore, i'm more aware now.

Release information: Picture disc, known as printed in Brazil in 2004, it was circulating as a limited edition of 500 copies only, one side shows the original cover of the album with the text "Pink Floyd" and the EMI-Harvest white logo in the upper side, the other side shows a collage of the album cover (front/back) with credits and track listing. No matrix numbers. Cover made of a transparent plastic, although since February 2010 have seen the classic covers, probably of English reprints. Cat. Number: 703106442901

Most information taken from 'Brain-Damage.co.uk'  and 'The Ultimate Pink Floyd vinyl discography'.

What God Wants, Part I (Video Edit \ Album Version) - 7" Single - Holland

'What God Wants, Part I' is a song taken from Roger Waters' album 'Amused To Death', released in 1992. The song is the first part of 3 songs that have the same title (Parts 1 to 3), but the only one to be released as a single. This part in particular deals with the contradictory, duality and hypocrisy perceived by Waters in dogmatic religion and its power over man. This release was made in Holland and has the song on both sides: Side A is the video edit and side B is the album version. Front cover has a photo of a Gorilla standing on a TV with the title and Waters' name. Back cover has a photo of another monkey watching the TV and credits for the songs.





Label: Red Columbia label with a small spindle hole. Other issues with the catalog number 658139 0, comes with a large spindle hole.
Year: 1992
Country: Holland
Cat. Number: 658139 0

Trivia: Did you know? This song has the same bass line as 'Another Brick In The Wall'.

Information taken from The Pink Floyd Archives Discography and Wikipedia.

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - Russia (1992)

This album was produced by the Center of rock'n'roll congregations of united Evangelist-Lutheran churches of Russia, St. Petersburg. This release was not official. It does not include the phrase "There is no Dark Side of the Moon ... " at the end of the record. No such organization exists. This name and the phrase "Recorded from radio broadcast" (found on the records labels) were put there by AnTrop to resolve copyright problems, should such occur. On different records, this phrase might read slightly different.

AnTrop was named after the legendary Russian underground producer and sound engineer, Andrey Tropillo, who in 1990, on the wave of "perestroika," became the head of the St. Petersburg branch of Melodia. Since there was much turmoil in Russia at the time, he made the St. Petersburg branch independent of central headquarters and started releasing a series of classic Rock albums. These releases were not legitimate. They started with releases by The Beatles, Jesus Christ - Superstar, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and eventually Pink Floyd. All these records were released using Melodia facilities, but AnTrop was operating as an independent record label and was putting the Antrop logo and their own numbers and copyrights on the covers. However, since all the records were printed in Melodia owned and run facilities, AnTrop had to give its releases additional Melodia catalog numbers, which is why there are both catalog numbers on the releases. Antrop is the label that released most of the Pink Floyd albums in Russia. "P" in the AnTrop catalog numbers stands for Russian letter "P" (that looks like Greek "Pi").

Year:1992
Country: Russia
Cat. Number: "P"91 00093/94
Label: White AnTrop labels with blue circles. The label is a shooting target with numbers: 7 8 9 9 8 7 across the middle. At the top is an oval that has the AnTrop logo in the middle and "CONSUMMARUM IN UNIUM" and "St Petersburg" in gothic font across top and bottom respectively. The left side of the oval has "A"(Greek alpha) and the right side of the oval has the Greek "Omega." The bottom half of the label has "Stereo 33" and the Catalog Number "P91 00093/94." Below the middle hole there are the song titles and " "Recorded from broadcast" (all in Russian).

Most information taken from The Pink Floyd Archives website.

Radio Waves - 12" Single - U.S. Promo

תקליט ויניל 12 אינץ' עם השיר RADIO WAVES של רוג'ר ווטרס בשתי גירסאות שונות. צד א' גרסת האלבום, צד ב' גרסת ה-7 אינץ' של הסינגל. הסינגל יצא בארצות הברית כפרומו לקידום האלבום RADIO K.A.O.S בשנת 1987, בערך באותה תקופה שיצא אלבומם הראשון של פינק פלויד בלי ווטרס (AMLOR). העטיפה הקדמית בצבע שחור עליו כתוב באותיות גדולות בצבע ירוק בהיר: Roger Waters Radio Waves. בצד האחורי, גם הוא שחור, ישנם מילות השיר ובנוסף קרדיטים על השיר. הלייבל בצבע אדום ומסביבו כתוב באותיות כתומות COLUMBIA. בתוכו כתוב Demonstration - Not For Sale ובנוסף כתוב מאיפה לקוח השיר והקרדיטים.

שיר זה הוא שיר מספר אחת בתקליט רדיו כ.א.ו.ס. המדבר על בחור בן 23 בשם בילי המרותק לכסא גלגלים. בילי מסוגל לקלוט גלי רדיו בעזרת טלפון אלחוטי שגנב אחיו. בילי מתקשר עם תחנת רדיו בשם כ.א.ו.ס. ומתחיל לספר את הסיפור האישי שלו ושל משפחתו. האלבום עצמו הוא הכי פחות מוצלח משלושת אלבומי הסולו של ווטרס מבחינת מכירות, ולווה בסיבוב הופעות מאוד קצר בסוף 1987.

צד א' - Radio Waves (LP Version) A

צד ב' - Radio Waves (7 Inch Version) B

שנה ומקום הוצאה: ארצות הברית 1987

מספר קטלוגי: CAS 2723

לייבל: Red Columbia Label - Demonstration

Have A Cigar - 7" Single - France

סינגל זה שוחרר בצרפת בגירסת ה-7 אינץ' בשנת 1976, לאחר צאת האלבום. הסינגל מכיל שני שירים: Have A Cigar בצד א ו-Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Part 1 בצד ב'. הסינגל שוחרר על ידי Harvest. העטיפה בשני הצדדים היא דומה: הרקע הוא שחור, עליו מצוירת יד הרובוט המפורסמת מעטיפת האלבום המקורי, וליד כתוב שם השיר שבאותו צד.

Have A cigar - הלחן והמילים נכתבו על ידי רוג'ר ווטרס כאמירה נגד היחס המזלזל, הצביעות ורדיפת הבצע בתעשיית המוזיקה בכלל ובחברות התקליטים בפרט. השיר מכיל את המשפט האל-מותי "Oh by the way which one's pink?" שלדברי הלהקה הם נשאלו את השאלה הזאת כל כך הרבה פעמים במהלך הקריירה. משפט זה מראה שהכתוב בשיר הוא נכון, שכל מה שלאנשים אכפת, כל מה שהתעשייה מעוניינת בו, זה רק הכסף והם לא באמת יודעים כלום על הלהקה. בהקלטה המקורית שר במקור הזמר רוי הארפר, שהקליט את אלבומו באותה תקופה באולפן ליד, ונתבקש על ידי הלהקה לעזור להם בשירה. ממקורות שונים נטען שרוג'ר לא היה מסוגל להגיע לטונים שהשיר דורש או שהוא איבד את הקול במהלך הקלטות האלבום Wish You Were Here ודיוויד לא היה מוכן לשיר את המילים האלה בעצמו. בהופעות רוג'ר הוא זה ששר את השיר, חוץ מפעם אחת בה הצטרף אל הלהקה רוי הארפר עצמו בפסטיבל נבוורת' בשנת 1975.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Part 1 - למרות שאף פעם לא נעשתה לשיר הזה חלוקה מדוייקת לכל תשעת חלקיו, על התקליטון רשום רק 'חלק 1'.זהו החלק בו נכנס בפייד-אין סינטיסייזר, אורגן האמונד ולבסוף גם כלי שנקרא מינימוג. בדקה האחרונה של הקטע גם ישנו חלק מסולו הגיטרה של גילמור. הקטע כולו באורך של 3:50 למרות שעל פי חלוקות שונות אורך החלק הראשון צריך להיות קצת יותר משתי דקות. כשרק התחילו להופיע איתו עם השיר, הוא הוצג ללא מספרי החלקים, מאוחר יותר הציגו אותו עם שמות החלקים 1 עד 9. השיר נוגן על כל חלקיו ברצף בהופעות בשנת 1977.

שנת ומקום הוצאה: צרפת 1976

מס' קטלוגי: 2C010-97357

לייבל: Yellow-Green Harvest Label

Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd - 4 LP Box Set

אלבום אוסף שיצא לפינק פלויד בנובמבר 2001, כאן בגירסת הויניל אשר הוצאה רק שנה לאחר מכן בפברואר 2002, כ-4 תקליטים. האלבום הגיע למעמד של פלטיניום כפול בארה"ב כבר בתחילת דצמבר, וזכה לפלטיניום מרובע 6 שנים לאחר מכן. באלבום זה לראשונה הופיע השיר WHEN THE TIGERS BROKE FREE באלבום רשמי. האלבום מציג את הקריירה של הלהקה מהסינגל הראשון שלהם ב1967 'ארנולד ליין' ועד השיר האחרון באלבומם האחרון HIGH HOPES. למרות זאת, האוסף לא מציג שירים מ-4 אלבומים. השירים לא מופיעים בסדר כרונולוגי אבל מחוברים כולם במיקס כך שלא תהיה הפסקה במוזיקה, חוץ מכאשר תצטרכו להחליף צד כמובן, מיקס שנעשה ע"י המפיק ג'יימס גאט'רי. השירים חוברו על מנת לתת את ההרגשה של אלבום קונספט כמו ברוב אלבומי הלהקה, וכל השירים עברו רימאסטר במיוחד בשביל האוסף.

סטורם ת'ורגרסון אשר עיצב גם את עטיפת האלבום הזה, עבד בשנת 1997 עם להקת DREAM THEATER על אלבומם FALLING INTO INFINITY והציע להם שתי עטיפות שונות. האחת הפכה להיות עטיפת אלבומם באותה שנה והשנייה הפכה להיות העטיפה של האוסף הזה 4 שנים לאחר מכן. שתי הסקיצות של העטיפות נמצאות עד היום בביתו של המתופף של DREAM THEATER. העטיפה מכילה ציורים, צילומים ומוטיבים שהופיעו על עטיפות אלבומי הפלויד מאז תחילת דרכם. האיש הבוער מWYWH, החזיר הפרה והכבשה המייצגים שני אלבומים, האיש בחליפת המנורות מאלבום ההופעה מ1988, קיר הלבנים מהחומה, האופניים מהשיר BIKE, הגרזן אשר מופיע בשלושה שירים, כדור מראות, אקווריום, חייל במדים, מטוס, סירת משוטים, האוזן מהאלבום MEDDLE, שני רקדנים, משרתת, שחיין ועוד.

הסדר של השירים שונה במקצת מאשר בגירסת הדיסק רק בשל סידורי זמנים המתאימים לפורמט התקליט, ורק בתקליט הראשון מתוך הארבעה.
1: Astronomy Domine , See Emily Play The Happiest Days Of Our Lives , Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 , Marooned , The Great Gig In the Sky

2: Echoes , Hey you

3: Set The Controls For The Heart Of THe Sun , Money , Keep Talking

4: Sheep , Sorrow

5: Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Parts 1-7

6: Time , The Fletcher Memorial Home , Comfortably Numb , When The Tigers Broke Free

7: One Of Thesae Days , Us And Them , Learning To Fly , Arnold Layne

8: Wish You Were Here , Jugband Blues , High Hopes , Bike

שנת הוצאה: 2002

מקום הוצאה: הולנד

מס' קטלוגי: 8 61111 24353 7

לייבל: EMI PICTURE LABELS

הידעת? הדבר היחיד שגרם לאי הגעתו של האלבום למקום הראשון במכירות בארה"ב הוא האלבום 'בריטני' של בריטני ספירס שיצא באותה תקופה.