Pink Floyd - Yet Another Lost Album - Fan Creation

A couple of weeks ago, I posted an excellent Fan Creation Project based on Umma Gumma. Well, here is another little beauty, this time based around Zabriskie Point. To my ears this production is almost flawless, expertly put together with the same passion and imagination you expect to find from a dedicated Floyd nut! Rather than trying to stumble through the details myself, original notes are below. Enjoy!


PINK FLOYD
YET ANOTHER LOST ALBUM
MQR - 009

1. In The Sky
2. Embryo
3. Cymbaline
4. Zabriskie Roastbeef

All  music  heard  on  this  album  played  live  or  in  the  studio  by  Pink  Floyd.  Dissected  and  puzzled  together  by  creamcheese  in  2011/2012.  Creative  Assistance  by  WRomanus.
A  Magna Qualitas Records  Production  2012.

Sources:

In The Sky
Organ Loop: Love Scene 1 from „A Total Zabriskie Point of View - The Complete Collection“,
Vibes: 1 Channel of Love Scene 5 from  ATZPoV
Birds: Cirrus Minor from „More“ 2011 Remaster CD

Embryo
Song: Studio Rec. from "Picnic - A Breath of Fresh Air" Vinyl restored by creamcheese & WRomanus
Percussion: Nick's Boogie from original TLMALIL-EP
Playground Athmo and Seagull Guitar: „Embryo“ from „Since we were Teenagers“, Santa Monica 1970-05-01
Gong: „STCFTHOTS“ from „Since we were Teenagers“, Santa Monica 1970-05-01

Cymbaline
Sleep Section: Amsterdam 1969-09-17
Song: Studio Recording from „More“ 2011 Remaster with Center Channel extracted and Oilcan-Echo-treated to achieve a similar effect as heard on many live recordings
Bass: „Sleep/Nightmare“ from Amsterdam 1969-09-17
Organ Improvisation Section: „Sleep/Nightmare“ from Amsterdam 1969-09-17
Foot Steps: „Cymbaline“ from „Since we were Teenagers“, Santa Monica 1970-05-01
Birds: Cirrus Minor

Zabriskie Roastbeef

a) Heart Beat, Pig Meat
Loop: Heart Beat, Pig Meat Original Studio Recording from ATZPoV
Pictish Noises: Pink Room Corrosion from French TV 1970-12-04/05
Piano: „Sysphus“ Studio Recording from non-remastered CD.
Gong: „STCFTHOTS“ from „Since we were Teenagers“, Santa Monica 1970-05-01

b) Oenone:
Restored Oenone Studio Recording from ATZPoV
Love Scene 3 Studio Recording from ATZPoV

c) Restored Cleaned, and Stereoized Moonhead from „What if it's just green cheese“ 1969-07-20

d) Violent Sequence:
Piano: The Violent Sequence Studio Recording from ATZPoV
Bass: The Violent Sequence Live Recording from Paris 1970-01-23
Windchimes and Gong: A Saucerful of Secrets Studio Recording from „ASOS“ 2011 Remaster CD
Organ Loop: Interstellar Overdrive: Unreleased Ummagumma Live Recording
Slide Guitars: Atom Heart Mother Quad Mix from Quad-Reel DVD-A
Ride Cymbals: „Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up“ Studio Recording from ATZPoV
Percussion: Nick's Boogie from original TLMALIL-EP

Notes:
This release started off as a fun project. I started to experiment with different snippets from many early Pink Floyd Songs and tried to seperate single instruments from those pieces.
The original idea was to make a LP-side long suite from Embryo.
This idea was dropped later when someone (god bless him) suggested the „Birmingham Suite“ to reconstruct as a studio recording.
Obviously the Floyd had been working on two suites at the beginning of 1970, which both contained rejected material from the Zabriskie Point sessions, one being what later became „Atom Heart Mother“, the other one being the Birmingham Suite. This second one was dropped from the setlist after a few shows because it obviously was not strong enough to become an early Floyd classic (but even more obviously became an early Floyd collectors' classic because it was played so rarely and even never was properly taped). But what could it have sounded like, if Pink Floyd had not dropped it and had recorded it in studio?

A few words on song titles: The work title of „In The Sky“ was „Vibes/Organ/Birds“. After having completed this album we at MQR thought it might be nice to rename it. „In The Sky“ sounded very nice and was kept for this reason. Absolutely no idea if Pink Floyd would have given it a similar title. In the end they didn‘t even play it that way...
We knew about the Birmingham Suite being referred to as „Halcyon Piano in Niagara Dellof“ but we didn't like that title and there is no evidence for this title being an original band idea.
So we sought after a title that referred to something to eat just as the other suite's working title „The Amazing Pudding“, that would later become the almost equally stupid titled „Atom Heart Mother“.
After a few attempts like „Zabriskie Stew“ „Zabriskie Soup“ WRomanus came up with the fantastic and inimitably stupid „Zabriskie Roastbeef“...

creamcheese, july 2012

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