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Richard Wright: 1943-2008
Richard Wright, founding member of the band Pink Floyd, passed away Monday after a brief struggle with cancer. He was 65.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsNew Pink Floyd box set will crush you
When do box sets go too far? Maybe when they parody an artist's most tragic downfalls? Or perhaps when they repackage what's already been repackaged a hundred times over? The survivor members of Pink Floyd, ever the experimenters, aim to once again push the boundaries of acceptable box set conduct when they release Oh By the Way - a 16-disc behemoth that contains the band's entire studio discography - on Dec. 4. Yup, everything from 1967's Piper at the Gates of Dawn to 1994's The Division Bell, just waiting at the ready to soundtrack your next stoner buddy get-together. How... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAmazon unveils MP3 store
First it was your bookstore. Then your electronics store. Then your clothing store and garden furniture store. You can now add your former MP3 store to the list of establishments made irrelevant by the tsunami of consumption that is Amazon.com. That’s right, the Internet behemoth has gotten into the online tunes business, and though it does not yet carry every song ever written, it may prove more appealing than Apple’s reigning king of downloads. Amazon MP3, which has been launched in a beta version, offers two million DRM-free tracks, a business model based on the odd notion that once you... read more
Found in: Music, NewsEMI to re-issue Pink Floyd's Piper
Along with the hubbub surrounding the 40th anniversary of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, it's important to recall that Pink Floyd recorded its debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn at the very same time in the very same Abbey Road Studios. Let us all be thankful, however, that the BBC has not commissioned Bryan Adams to contribute his interpretation of "Astronomy Domine." Instead, commemoration will come Sept. 4 in the form of EMI-released special editions with the original UK track order - one two-CD version with a disc for both mono and stereo that will become... read more
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