They use orchestral elements and a choir. However, Floyd’s discarded outtakes contained a musical sequence around which the Atom Heart Mother suite would evolve. The soundtrack included just three Floyd tracks, padded out with songs by the Grateful Dead, among others. Zabriskie Point appeared in February 1970 and was a resounding flop. It was hell.”įloyd lasted two weeks in Rome and then came home. However, the director, worried their music would overpower his movie, criticised everything: “You’d change whatever was wrong and he’d still be unhappy. “We did some great stuff,” insisted Waters. Zabriskie Point was the next stage on Floyd’s varied musical journey, but the band quickly discovered that Antonioni was an impossible taskmaster. They’d stopped releasing singles after December 1968 and had followed their second album, that year’s A Saucerful Of Secrets, with a soundtrack for the art house movie More. The early Pink Floyd had embraced the unexpected and the concept of being, as drummer Nick Mason put it, “more than just a pop group”. They arrived in Rome to start recording in November ’69. Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni had commissioned Pink Floyd to score his next film, Zabriskie Point. Some of the ideas and information that were to be in the book are included here.Īny comments, corrections or additions to this site would be greatly appreciated.An album that ended with a cow in a field in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, began over a year before in Rome.
Storm and I had plans to do a book about Pink Floyd posters before his sad passing. I want to dedicate this database to the memory of my friend, Storm Thorgerson, one of the truly inspirational poster (and album cover) artists of our generation. Today, with the Internet, it seems posters are easier than ever to find. Collecting was done at head shops, through the mail, in person at auctions, or at record conventions. When I first started collecting, there was no Internet. I have been collecting Pink Floyd posters for over 50 years, longer than anything else by Pink Floyd. Welcome to The Pink Floyd Poster Gallery. By Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archivesĭedicated to the memory of my friend, Storm Thorgerson
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