Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive – Long Version Part 1 Written by Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright Recorded for the soundtrack: Tonite Let’s Make Love In London (1966) from 11 to 12 January 1967 at Sound Techniques Studios Instrumental Music….

Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive – Long Version Part 2 Written by Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright Recorded for the soundtrack: Tonite Let’s Make Love In London (1966) from 11 to 12 January 1967 at Sound Techniques Studios Instrumental Music….

Back to the 60’s…

This is the studio version to the ever trippy “Bike” which is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). In the song, Syd Barrett’s lyrical subject shows a girl his bike (which he borrowed), a cloak, a homeless mouse that he calls Gerald, and a clan of gingerbread men – because she “fits in with [his] world”. Towards the end of the song, he offers to take her into a “room of musical tunes”. The final verse is followed by an instrumental section that can be referred to as a piece of musique concrete: a noisy collage of oscillators, clocks, gongs, bells, a violin, and other sounds edited with tape techniques, apparently the “other room” spoken of in the song. The ending of the song fades out with the sound of sped-up laughter. The song was written for Barrett’s then girlfriend, Jenny Spires. She is also mentioned in the song “Lucifer Sam”, which is also on The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. This is the final song on Side two off the original British release….

Flaming – Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn – 1967…

This is the studio version to “Interstellar Overdrive” which is a psychedelic composition by Pink Floyd, which appears on their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn at almost ten minutes in length. An earlier, longer recording can be heard on the soundtrack to the film Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London, which was released in the same year. Other versions of the track appear on various bootleg recordings. “Interstellar Overdrive” was one of the very first psychedelic instrumental improvisations recorded by a rock band. It was seen as Pink Floyd’s first foray into space rock (along with “Astronomy Domine”), although band members would later disparage this term. Despite its encapsulation of their concert repertoire under the leadership of guitarist and composer Syd Barrett, the long, improvisational, freeform structure of the piece is not particularly representative of the group’s recorded output. As drummer Nick Mason states in his book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, live versions of the song featured many sections that did not appear on the album, and would often last more than 20 minutes. During the band’s days playing in residence at London underground clubs such as the UFO (Underground Freak Out), the song usually opened their show. It occupied other positions, including the encore, until it was retired from the band’s setlist in 1970. The song was ranked #36 on the “Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time” list. This is the ……

This is the studio version to Astronomy Domine. The song, written and composed by original vocalist/guitarist Syd Barrett, was the first track featured on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). The lead vocal was sung by Barrett and keyboard player Richard Wright. Its working title was “Astronomy Dominé (An Astral Chant)”. “Domine” (the vocative of “Lord” in Latin) is a word frequently quoted in Gregorian chants. This is the first song on Side one on the original British release….

Pink Floyd : ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ from the “Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” The visual footage is from the DVD “PINK FLOYD / London 1966/1967″ directed by Peter Whitehead containing rare full length performances from the classic late 60’s Pink Floyd line-up at Sound Techniques London & material from the legendary ‘14 Hour Technicolour Dream’ extravaganza in April 1967 at Alexandra Palace. It includes performance art by Yoko Ono and a Sgt. Pepper-era John Lennon taking the festivities (John and Yoko had not then met). It also features interviews with Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, David Hockney & Julie Christie, as well as many other precious material. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – NONE OF THIS MATERIAL BELONGS TO ME!!!! The ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ sound, is the original one!…

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Pink Floyd : ‘Bike’ from “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” The visual footage is from the DVD “PINK FLOYD / London 1966/1967″ directed by Peter Whitehead containing rare full length performances from the classic late 60’s Pink Floyd line-up at Sound Techniques London & material from the legendary ‘14 Hour Technicolour Dream’ extravaganza in April 1967 at Alexandra Palace. It includes performance art by Yoko Ono and a Sgt. Pepper-era John Lennon taking the festivities (John and Yoko had not then met). It also features interviews with Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, David Hockney & Julie Christie, as well as many other precious material. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – NONE OF THIS MATERIAL BELONGS TO ME!!!!…