CD Pink Floyd - The Endless River 2014

Pink Floyd - The Endless River 2014

Hardback Digibook

- 16-page booklet includes unseen photographs from 1993 sessions

"The Endless River represents a return to the creative principles that informed the writing process that produced Pink Floyd classics like Echoes, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Animals.

In early 1993, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright set up their equipment in their own Britannia Row Studios in Islington and created more than hundred pieces of music by jamming together, interacting with each other's performances and recording the results.

They then honed the pieces at David's Astoria floating studio, played them live for 2 days at Olympic Studios in Barnes with an extended lineup (Guy Pratt on bass, Jon Carin on keyboards and Gary Wallis on percussion). After that, the core trio returned to Astoria, and worked further on the compositions, alongside co-producer Bob Ezrin, refining the structure, tempos and arrangements. The result, after lyrics and vocals were added, was the 12 million selling 'Division Bell' album.

At the time, there had been talk of a separate ambient album being created from the non-vocal tracks not subsequently issued on 'The Division Bell', but the idea was eventually dropped.

In 2014 David Gilmour and Nick Mason re-entered the studio and, starting with unreleased keyboard performances by Richard Wright, who sadly died in 2008, added further instrumentation to the tracks, as well as creating new material. The result is The Endless River, including 60% of recordings other than the 1993 sessions, but based upon them. The title is a further link, '... the endless river…' being part of the closing phrases of High Hopes, the final song of the previous Pink Floyd album.

David Gilmour describes the record as follows: ""The Endless River has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 Division Bell sessions. We listened to over 20 hours of the three of us playing together and selected the music we wanted to work on for the new album. Over the last year we've added new parts, re-recorded others and generally harnessed studio technology to make a 21st century Pink Floyd album. With Rick gone, and with him the chance of ever doing it again, it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire.""

Stylistically, The Endless River includes all of the musical elements that characterize Pink Floyd: mellifluous keyboards, jazz-tinged drums, musique concrete, ethereal vocals, and distinctive, emotional lead guitar. As well as Pink Floyd's trademark backing vocals, there is one vocal track, with lyrics by author Polly Samson, who also contributed to The Division Bell."


List of parts:
1. Things Left Unsaid
2. It's What We Do
3. Ebb And Flow
4. Sum
5. Skins
6. Unsung
7. Anisina
8. The Lost Art of Conversation
9. On Noodle Street
10. Night Light
11. Allons-y (1)
12. Autumn'68
13. Allons-y (2)
14. Talkin' Hawkin'
15. Calling
16. Eyes To Pearls
17. Surfacing
18. Louder Than Words

Pink Floyd - The Endless River 2014
Label: Parlophone – 825646215423
Format: CD, Album, Digibook
Country: Europe
Released: Nov 7, 2014
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright – Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd.
Licensed To – Parlophone Records Ltd.

Notes
Hard cover bound book package with foil blocking on cloth spine
16-page photo/credit booklet including previously unseen photographs from 1993 sessions.

Printed on front cover sticker:
"PINK FLOYD
ENDLESS RIVER
Compact Disc
Hardback Digibook with 16-page booklet inc. unseen photographs from 1993 sessions
825646215423"

Made in the EU

2014 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd. under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd.
2014 Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd. under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Ltd., a Warner Music Group company.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Text, on sticker): 8 25646 21542 3