| Product Code: | PFR12S6, 88985387117 |
| Artist: | Pink Floyd |
| Origin: | USA & Canada |
| Label: | Pink Floyd Records (2017) |
| Format: | 12 inch |
| Availability: | Enquire Now |
| Condition: |
Cover: Generic
Record: M
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| Genre: | Pop , Rock N |
Brand new sealed limited edition RSD release.
To celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday, April 15, 2017, Pink Floyd released the highly collectible 12" single 'Interstellar Overdrive'.
The mono single is a one-sided 12" 180-gram black vinyl and will play at 33 1/3 RPM. The single will come with a fold-out poster and an A6 postcard featuring a classic image of the band taken when they were recording their debut single, 'Arnold Layne'.
Written and performed by Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, 'Interstellar Overdrive' is an unheard recording from 1966, running at close to 15 minutes long. The original recording was done at the Thomson studio in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire on November 31, 1966, before the band were signed to EMI. A different, shorter version of the track appears on the band's debut album 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'.
The images for the single artwork are taken from the band's gig at UFO at the Blarney Club, London on January 13, 1967. The short-lived UFO Club was the scene of the band's early, pioneering psychedelic shows that saw Pink Floyd establish their position in the UK music scene.
"Interstellar Overdrive" is an instrumental composition written and performed by Pink Floyd. The song was written in 1966, and is listed on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, released in 1967, clocking in at almost ten minutes in length.[5][6]
The song originated when guitarist Syd Barrett heard the band's manager Peter Jenner humming a song, which Barrett tried to interpret by playing it on his guitar. Musically sharing the same theme with "Astronomy Domine", the piece was recorded in several takes between March and April 1967. An earlier, longer recording of the song can be heard on the soundtrack to the film Tonite Lets All Make Love in London, which was recorded at Sound Technique Studios in early 1967, and was released in the same year. Other versions of the track appear on various bootleg recordings. The piece has been covered by acts such as T. Rex, Pearl Jam, Hawkwind, the Melvins, and Simon House.
