Pink Floyd ‎2017 RE – Interstellar Overdrive

full quarter-hour version one-sided vinyl record

Instrumental track that Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason performed in 1966.. tube mastering.. limited to 4000 Pressings..

Out on 15 April ahead of Record Store Day a week later, the instrumental 14-minute, 57-second version will be released as a one-sided, 12-inch black vinyl record, Legacy Recordings has announced.

The track, written and performed by Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, was recorded in November 1966 before the band was signed to EMI.

A shorter version of the single – nearly 10 minutes long – featured on the band’s debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, released in 1967.

The new release will come out with a fold-out poster and an A6 postcard taken from a 1967 gig in London.

In their giant box set The Early Years 1965-1972, released in November, Pink Floyd put out more than 20 previously unreleased tracks.

The band’s career and contribution to rock music will also be celebrated in The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains due to open in May at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.

Pink Floyd ‎– Interstellar Overdrive

Label: Pink Floyd Records ‎– PFR12S6, Pink Floyd Records ‎– 88985387117
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Single, Limited Edition, Mono
Country: USA, Canada & Europe
Released: 22 Apr 2017
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock

Tracklist

A Interstellar Overdrive (14:57)

Written By: Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
Published By – Westminster Music Ltd.
Published By – TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
Marketed By – Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
Recorded At – Thomson Private Recording Studios
Mastered At – Tube Mastering
Mastered At – Air Studios
Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BG59111

Credits

Bass – Roger Waters
Creative Director – Aubrey Powell
Design – Peter Curzon
Drums – Nick Mason
Guitar – Syd Barrett
Keyboards – Richard Wright
Mastered By – Andy Jackson, Ray Staff
Photography By – Irene Winsby
Producer – Pink Floyd

Notes

• Record Store 2017 Exclusive Release
• 4,000 Pressings
• This track is presumed to have been recorded at the Thomas recording studio, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK on October 31, 1966
• Cover Images taken from footage of Pink Floyd at the UFO Club, London, 13 January 1967, directed by Peter Whitehead
• Mastered for Vinyl by Andy Jackson & Ray Staff
• Comes with a printed inner sleeve, poster and a postcard of the band

Previously unreleased

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