Us And Them
More essential film-related and in-concert albums…
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Tonite Lets All Make Love In London
Instant, July 1968
Peter Whitehead’s famous film document of Swinging London is worth a mention due to its inclusion of a live 1967 version of Interstellar Overdrive, edited to a punchy three minutes. Subsequent ’90s reissues included the entire 17-minute performance, plus the 12-minute Nick’s Boogie, the original footage of both of which made it onto The Early Years set. (PG)
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Zabriskie Point MCA, March 1970
Pink Floyd contributed three pieces on the original soundtrack album of Michelangelo Antonioni’s paean to hippy America: Heart Beat Pig Meat, which prefigures the Breathe heartbeat, Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up, a reworking of Careful With That Axe, Eugene (very effective during the explosions in the desert sequence), and Crumbling Land – Floyd at their most pastoral. Similar in mood, but better is Country Song, one of four Floyd extras included in the current Sony reissue, complete with Gilmour’s guitar freak-out. It’s a shame they couldn’t include The Violent Sequence (later known as Us And Them). (TM)
PINK FLOYD The Delicate Sound Of Thunder EMI, November 1988
The sort of release from the post-Waters Pink Floyd that was designed to set their former leader’s blood simmering. An unashamed tour souvenir/cash-in, it was taken from the soundtrack of a long-form video from the very competent A Momentary Lapse Of Reason band. Primarily a showcase for that dizzyingly average material, it also dusts down the classics for a profitable airing. A frenetic Money and majestic Comfortably Numb are highlights, with David Gilmour’s vocals and soloing demonstrating a new freedom. (DE)
PINK FLOYD Pulse EMI, May 1995
Who’s the star of this live double? Undoubtedly Storm Thorgerson.
“The ’90s Floyd were hardly a fearless unit and Pulse consists of faithful re-creations of the studio originals.”