40th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon on BBC Radio
40th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon on BBC Radio
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Russ35

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2,702 posts

268 months

Thursday 22nd August 2013
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On Monday 26th August BBC Radio 2 and 6Music are doing various shows to mark the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Schedule appears to be :

Radio 2 :
20:00 - 22:00 : To mark the 40th anniversary of the iconic album Dark Side of the Moon, Tom Robinson invites listeners to compile the Ultimate Pink Floyd Playlist.

22:00 - 23:00 : Darkside : A new drama by Sir Tom Stoppard to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

23:00 - 00:00 : Richard Allinson and Steve Levine look at the work of Pink Floyd with access to original multitrack recordings and contributions from David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Joe Boyd and others.


6Music :
4am-5am : Classic Albums : David Gilmour talks to Roger Scott about Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon.

19:00 - 20:00 : Mark Radcliffe explores the life and legacy of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett - one of the lost souls of British rock music.

20:00 - 22:00 : To mark the 40th anniversary of the iconic album Dark Side of the Moon, Tom Robinson invites listeners to compile the Ultimate Pink Floyd Playlist.

22:00 - 00:00 : Gideon Coe presents a Pink Floyd Special featuring live material and rare album cuts.



Darkside sounds interesting :
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fg16f is an animation to preview the drama. The animation is done by Aardman Animations, more famous for Wallace and Gromit

These is also some sort of extended loop animation to go along with it that will be on the 'Red Button' while the broadcast is on.



Why do they have to have different shows at the same time over the 2 stations. 8-10pm is the same show on both stations. 10pm-midnight are different shows.





Amused2death

2,525 posts

225 months

Saturday 24th August 2013
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This looks like it's going to be good smile

Trailer for Darkside.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fg16f

Excerpt from the same.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fmykq

61GT

637 posts

209 months

Monday 26th August 2013
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Listening to the 2 hour special now presented by Tom Robinson - as a long time fan of the band it is refreshing to hear a programme of music 'linked' to the band (no matter how tenuous) rather than a load of the usual favourites.

The Tom Stoppard play sounds intriguing and no idea what to expect - hopefully it will be a bit quirky, unusual and certainly not run of the mill I.e a perfect complement to Pink Floyd's musical legacy.

Oddboy86

194 posts

212 months

Monday 26th August 2013
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Good shout. Wish I had seen your post earlier to catch the whole program.

Zad

13,005 posts

265 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Currently listening to the Radio 2 show "The Producers" which goes through the original recording tracks and intermediate mixes. Fascinating stuff for those of us into engineering, music, or Pink Floyd. Right down to the individual instrument level.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014w3ld


Russ35

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2,702 posts

268 months

Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Managed to listen to bits from each of the Radio 2 shows. Sounded good.

The Darkside drama can be seen at this link with the animation that was shown on the Red Button on TV.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fr9py

Will try to give all the shows a listen over the next couple of days.




Edited by Russ35 on Tuesday 27th August 02:39