July 17, 2007

"London 66/67" import edition DVD

This is a new edition, released for export to North America by Snapper in the UK. The DVD is in NTSC format and is set to Region 0, so all American players should be able to handle it just fine:



In terms of archival value, Pink Floyd: London, 1966-1967 is essential viewing for Floyd collectors and anyone who's curious about the swinging pop scene of London at the dawn of the psychedelic era. Casual fans be warned: This is not a concert film, per se, nor will it satisfy anyone looking for a comprehensive history of "The Pink Floyd" (as the group was originally known) in its earliest incarnation. Rather, Peter Whitehead's film--originally titled Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (after a line from an Allen Ginsberg poem)--was created as a dreamy, avant-garde portrait of the "Swinging London" scene, set to the music of Pink Floyd (in this case the improvisational epics "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Nick's Boogie"), accompanied by performance footage from the legendary UFO Club in 1966, a recording session at London's Sound Techniques studio on January 11, 1967 (which Whitehead specifically arranged to capture his soundtrack), and footage from the momentous "14 Hour Technicolor Dream" festival held at Alexandra Palace on April 29th, 1967. White combined elements of all three events to create his audiovisual collage--a kind of time-capsule mindscape that successfully conveys the spacey atmosphere of Pink Floyd's early (and instant) popularity.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ALVTJA/?tag=imwan-20

Please note ~ there's no mention of a bonus CD in the listing for the new edition of the DVD above. An earlier release definitely came with a stereo CD of the 5.1 Floyd content that's on the DVD, it's skimpy (only two songs I think?) but it's nice to have. Amazon's third party dealers still have the DVD+CD package in stock here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AE8KUS/?tag=imwan-20

Okay, I found this 2006 import CD single on the Snapper label with similar artwork to the DVD above ~ this probably means that the newest release of the DVD (the one in the first post in this thread) doesn't include an audio disc, and Snapper released this CD single separately instead:



1. Interstellar Overdrive
2. Nick's Boogie
3. [Enhanced Section ~ Video]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C4KVDA/?tag=imwan-20

... so if you want everything in one package, get an older copy of the DVD as noted in the second post of this thread.

[September 18, 2007]

[bigred]The Pink Floyd And Syd Barrett Story[/bigred]



John Edginton's documentary tells the full bizarre, tragic and celebratory story of Syd Barrett with contribution from friends, managers, and band members - Roger Waters, Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright. The film includes rare early television appearances of Pink Floyd and home movies too. In this new definitive edition DVD, the full unedited interviews conducted by the director with Pink Floyd are now made available raw and unedited, alongside the original documentary. The three hours of DVD extras also include acoustic performances of Syd's songs by Robyn Hitchcock and ex-Blur member Graham Coxon.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SQLC0S/?tag=imwan-20