In honor of the life and work of filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni, (September 29, 1912 – July 30, 2007), here is a re-post, from last year, of a batch of tracks from the bootleg Zabriskie Point sessions. Rest in peace.
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When Radiohead’s Ok Computer was released, one of the finest and most appropriate appraisals was that of deeming the band the ’90s Pink Floyd. I was reminded of this recently while listening to the Floyd sessions for the soundtrack to the 1970 Michelangelo Antonioni film Zabriskie Point.
A bootleg, the disc captures the band in November and December of 1969, pre Atom Heart Mother and Meddle, finding their sound after the departure of troubled founder Syd Barrett. Loose and expansive, the set is a fascinating listen as you hear skeletal scraps of songs that the band would later flesh out on future albums. This early era, often ambient, Pink Floyd has long been overshadowed by their mammoth and epic ’70s work. The two are really completely different animals and therefore should be viewed as such.
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1 | tinyways / Snippet: Pink Floyd - Zabriskie Point Sessions (mp3s) August 1st, 2007 at 11:25 amI totally forgot about this movie, I remember finding a copy of it at a local vid store back in college when I was obsessing over pf. Good stuff.
2 | Brent August 1st, 2007 at 11:34 am“On the heel of director Michelangelo Antonioni’s death, blog Aquarium Drunkard digs up the bootleg soundtrack Pink Floyd made to his film Zabriskie Point.”
3 | Endorse August 1st, 2007 at 12:35 pmhttp://endorsethedarkhorse.blogspot.com/2007/08/of-note.html
great stuff. thanks.
got a lot of love for “soundtrack” floyd. i definitely listen to ‘more’ and ‘obscured by clouds’ more often than their classic 70′s albums, particularly ‘obscured’ (so good). have yet to see any of the films though; saving that adventure for a rainy day.
4 | b August 1st, 2007 at 12:39 pmIt’s a shame only two PF tunes actually showed up on the soundtrack…I think I read Antonioni didn’t like the stuff in the end.
5 | CHW August 1st, 2007 at 2:23 pmoh wow, this is gorgeous stuff so far!!
6 | theMike August 2nd, 2007 at 8:33 pmI bought this soundtrack back a few – and I have NEVER stopped loving Fahey since. I should have known earlier…
7 | k August 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 pmWow – this is a veritable treasure trove! what does one have to do to get the rest of the tracks?!?!?
8 | robby T August 6th, 2007 at 6:36 pmThanks for sharing.
9 | Aaron August 16th, 2007 at 8:48 amwhy cant i download the “piano sequence” from the Zbriskie Point sessions? Drving me nuts. can someone help me? i need to add it to the soundtrack of my life.
thanks.
clarke
10 | clarke October 19th, 2010 at 3:36 pmlinks dead
11 | Satisfied '75 October 19th, 2010 at 4:28 pm