This afternoon the Roger Waters The Wall film website posted a short but sweet teaser video which shows off some of the footage which will be seen in the upcoming screenings. The film will be in cinemas on September 29th, with tickets going on sale on June 19th (more details through this link) and the trailer is presented in various high definition choices, including a very nice 4k (ultraHD) version.

You can view the video here:

Prepare a space on your bookshelves: The Complete Pink Floyd is coming on October 8th 2015. Many of you will know the superb book, Echoes. Written by the creator and founder of Brain Damage Magazine (the forerunner of this website) Glenn Povey, it has, since its publication in 2006, been a truly essential guide to the life and times of Pink Floyd, listing (at the time) every known concert, every appearance, every song, every turn and twist in the amazing story of one of the world's most famous bands.

Since then, Glenn has been tirelessly carrying on his research, uncovering concerts and appearances which had previously been lost in the mists of time. He has also had the great privilege of being allowed access to all of the band's Abbey Road recording notes (the only person to do so).

This complete reboot of Echoes, under the new title The Complete Pink Floyd, is illustrated with all-new material, including hundreds of photographs and rare memorabilia. Every solo concert has been updated for Waters and Gilmour, and details of the band's many re-released albums have been added, including never-before-published research into their earliest recordings from 1965. The original Echoes was a great book but this upgrade should be utterly essential to any serious Pink Floyd fan.

You can pre-order the book now through these direct links: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon Canada, Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon Spain and Amazon Italy. Don't forget, these will all qualify for their pre-order price guarantee, ensuring you pay (automatically) the lowest price they have the item on offer for between your order, and the release date. Using our Amazon links also helps us hugely with ongoing site running costs and we really appreciate it!

Thanks to the many hundreds of you who took the time to enter our competition to win one of three copies of the superb fifth edition of Storm Thorgerson's 'Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink Floyd', which was recently published.

This new, fifth edition incorporates an additional 32 pages of material from campaigns, releases and re-issues created since 2007, when the previous edition appeared. Before his sad passing, Storm revisited the work he created for these later works and albums and offered insights into the work that went into the creation of this legendary album art. Designers who worked with Storm have also contributed to this new edition of Mind Over Matter. Amongst the new material is artwork from the Oh By The Way box set, the rather wonderful Atom Heart Mother 40th Anniversary 'Wire Cow' sculpture, the Why Pink Floyd? Campaign and the Dark Side Of The Moon 40th Anniversary images and stickers.

For those who haven't seen previous editions, the book features the images from Pink Floyd's album sleeves and promotional material designed for the group. It features almost all Pink Floyd's iconic album covers, posters, singles bags, a selection of band photos, booklet pages and rough artwork that developed into iconic designs. As you'll see from our review (which has a focus on the changes and additions from the previous edition), the book is thoroughly recommended!

At the foot of the review, we also gave the opportunity to win one of three copies. We've gone through the huge number of entries, most of which correctly answered our three questions, and the following winners were picked out the BD "hat": Kaitlynn Defelice, Los Angeles, California; Mike Greene, Wallingford, UK; Bob Follen, Todmorden, UK. Congratulations to these three, and better luck next time to everyone else who participated...

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For those not fortunate enough to win a copy, you can place your orders for the book now; to help us towards ongoing site running costs, please use these direct links: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon Canada, Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon Espana and Amazon Italy.

A reminder - tomorrow is 2015 Record Store Day which offers limited run pressings, available for one day only (April 18th, 2015) through independent record stores, and includes a single featuring Syd Barrett.

Pressed up on a 7" gold, white, red and black mixed vinyl single as a Rhino Records RSD exclusive is Dark Globe - on one side performed by Syd, on the other, REM's excellent cover version. It is part of Rhino's Side By Side 7" series, with two artists performing the same song.

There are two different tranches of releases - those in the US, and those in the UK. This Syd/REM single is being released as part of the US releases, AND also in the UK.

As with all Record Store Day releases, it will not be available online (other than inevitably on eBay from the morning of April 18th) but while stocks last in participating independent record stores. Be prepared to get to your local store prior to opening, and be ready to queue!

There are a lot of independent stores that participate in Record Store Day. Not all of them will choose to participate in all promotions, or carry all releases. Just because a store is listed on the RSD website does NOT mean it will have the goodie or record you're looking for. That said, find a store near you and check with them directly. They won't hold an item aside for you, but at least you'll know if it will be worth the trip!