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Friday, 21 May 2004 |
The BBC today broadcast "Fender Heaven" on BBC Radio 4, which was a fascinating look at the late Leo Fender's creation - the Stratocaster. The history of the guitar, the feelings of major musicians who use it as their tool of work, and the stories of various collectors, were all presented in an amusing and absorbing 30 minutes.
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Friday, 21 May 2004 |
The Dutch Wharf Festival (Festival Aan De Werf), held in Utrecht, Netherlands from May 20th to 29th, included a show called Reiziger In Space. The show took place on May 20th and 21st, at 9:30pm, and our friend Charles, from the great FloydStuff.com, kindly provided us with this review.
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Thursday, 20 May 2004 |
A revised version of Pink Floyd drummer and gentleman racer Nick Mason's 1998 book aimed at petrolheads, "Into The Red: Twenty-one classic cars that shaped a century of motor sport" (known as "At The Limit" in the US), is being published by Virgin Books on September 9th this year.
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Thursday, 20 May 2004 |
This week's Home Entertainment 2004 show included an update from Sony's SACD (Super Audio CD)
project on how well the format has been doing. Sony revealed that the Rolling Stones Remastered Series of albums has sold over 2.2 million copies, and that Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon has now sold 800,000 - very impressive for a single album.
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Tuesday, 18 May 2004 |
Fifty years ago, Leo Fender created an electric guitar which changed the face of popular music. In "Fender Heaven" to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday May 22nd, at 10:30am BST, David
Stafford tells the intriguing story of Leo Fender's invention, analyses why it rose into one of the great symbols of modern America, and looks at its sociological importance. Stars including Pink
Floyd's David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading, Johnny Marr, Jeff Beck and Hank Marvin joined Stafford in this birthday tribute.
In common with most BBC radio programmes, it should be available to listen to "on demand" for a week after being aired. We will of course publish the link once it is known, so that you all can hear it...
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