London 1966/1967

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London 1966/1967 is an album by the Psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd. although the music was recorded in 1967 for the film Tonite Let's All Make Love in London, not much of it made it onto the soundtrack; the entirety of the music was not officially released until 2005.

1 Style
2 Recording
3 Tracks
4 Source

[edit] Style

The album consists of two long instrumental tracks: The well-known "Interstellar Overdrive", already an established part of the band's set; and "Nick's Boogie", built around a malletted tom-tom rhythm provided by Drummer Nick Mason. Both tracks are improvised, and showcase their use of special effects to increase the sonic range of the organ and guitar.

[edit] Recording

Personnel:

Syd Barrett: guitar
Nick Mason: drums, percussion
Roger Waters: bass
Rick Wright: keyboards

Produced by Joe Boyd
Engineered by John Woods
Filmed by Peter Whitehead

The music was recorded on January 11 1967 at Sound Techniques studio in London. The version of "Interstellar Overdrive" here is recorded as played; as opposed to the version on Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which consists of a mix of two takes.

Barrett's approach to the guitar was inspired by seeing Keith Rowe of AMM using household implements and a Binson Echorec tape-echo unit at a concert in 1966.