Pink Floyd London 1966-1967


Guide to British Music of the 1960s			September 2005
DVD Review		*Pink Floyd London 1966-1967*
About Making Time Advertising Add url	In 1966-1967 Pink Floyd were without one of the most innovative bands on the London scene. They were regulars at Joe Boyd's UFO Club in Tottenham Court Road and they were breaking new ground, not just with their music but also with their presence and light show. Central to this was genius guitarist, singer and songwriter Syd Barrett. He wrote much of the band's early material including the two hit singles. The hits were not very representative of what the band was like on stage though and this DVD release (previously available on video) goes some way towards illustrating what Pink Floyd was doing at the time. The vehicle for this is the track from the first album Interstellar Overdrive. This stands out on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn as something very different to what was in the charts at the time and, to some extent, as something different from most of the album and certainly the singles. Director Peter Whitehead had been looking to document Swinging London in a project titled Tonite Let's All Make Love In London. As part of the project he filmed Pink Floyd in the studio. Also, included is a track called Nick's Boogie which overlays footage of the UFO Club and the 14-Hour Technicolor Dream at Alexandra Palace. This shows John Lennon wandering around. Like Interstellar Overdrive this is an improvisation track. The DVD is completed with the interviews that were made for the original film. Previously available on CD, these are with some of Swinging London's biggest names: Mick Jagger, Julie Christie, Michael Caine and David Hockney. The DVD is more than just a record of the very early Pink Floyd but is, to some extent, a document of Swinging London but with an accent on the more avant garde side of life.

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