Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Pink Floyd - 1970-03-00 - Another Zabriskie Point of View


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Dr. Forrester said...

This is a reworking of the 370 Roman Yards album that I had the pleasure of working on for the last year. As the original was intended to be included in the A Total Zabriskie Point Of View box set that we will be releasing soon, it is sequenced in the order that WRomanus feels works best for that collection, with the 8 song Lost Album first, then the outtakes after that. I feel that as a standalone release it should have been reworked to stand as such, with a trackilst and editing that made it flow better as a single album of its own. I have no problems with the original tracklist when it comes to putting it in the box set, just with the standalone release. So I have created this as an alternate point of view to that of the main version. This is not meant to replace of challenge the 370 Extended album; rather it is a compliment to it, one that offers another prespective of how it can work.

Below is a list of the different versions of the material I've used to create this aling with the reasons for putting the songs in this particular order. Many of the songs are the same as the ones on 370RYExtended, but many are different mixes or edits. This is because multiple versions were created for the project, and the popular choice won out to get on the release. I personally preferred some more effects heavy mixes than the ones we used, and those appear here for the first time.

I was going to wait to release this until after the box set came out, and do it with the second CD as well, but the only difference on that disc would be the order, not the mixes. I decided that this is the only thing that was substantially reworked, so it was all that needed to be put out on its own. Listenders can easily shuffle the order to whatever they feel works best on CD 2, and it wasn't necessary for me to offer an alternate for it.



01 Trailer (vocal version) an introduction to ZP, and to the entire project that follows

02 Heart Beat Pig Meat (official version) - the constant lead in track

03 Country Song (remixed version) - good laid back rock song after the psychedelia shows this album is not going to be just about ambient sounds right off. The vocals on this have been reverbed more than the 370Extended mix, and the snare sound has been slightly EQd to try to make it less puffy and dull. Not a lot you can do to that without messing up the sound of the rest of the band, so its subtle.

04 The Violent Sequence (re-edited version) a nice mellow piano piece to break up the rock songs. Heavily re-edited to remove mistakes and control room noises. The big part without a chorus section from the middle of the song, where Rick seems to get a bit lost, is now at the end of the song as it fades out into the distance. Some nice reverb added to this to make it stereo and sound more like the inside of a piano would sound.

05 Take Off 2 - Some more rock 'n' roll to wake you up a little and serve as an introduction to...

September 27, 2011 at 5:28 AM
Dr. Forrester said...

06 Crumbling Land (official extended version) - segued right out of TO2 as was done for the test mix for the film. My take on this is that it's not normal for Pink Floyd to have a full album of isolated songs. Although the version of this song originally attached to TO2 was a different take, this is the one we have complete, so it works just as well

07 Love Scene #3 - after that blast of blues-metal and psychedelic country music we need a little break.

08 Country Song Theme (vocal version) A reprise of CS to remind you this is a thematic soundtrack. This mix is more produced than that used on the 370EXtended record, with reverb on the vocals and a proper fade out.

09 Love Scene #4 (piano version) - a little spacey jazz to take you away. I've used the Rhino "piano only" version here because the vibes on the other mix are out of tune.

10 Country Song Theme 2 (harpsichord) - another reminder, and a break between spacey numbers. This mix is faded out so as to not devolve into a breakdown as on the AJTTaS outtake.

11 Oenone - the spaciest track there is. floats you away. The extended ending created for 370 RY is nearly intact here, but with the very end clipped in order to segue directly into...

12 Fingal's Cave - Loud, bombastic blues rock, coming directly out of Oenone similarly to the Omayyad sequencing.

13 Rain In The country - bringing you back to earth, but softly

14 Love Scene #5 - don't get used to the ground. This will take you flying away again

15 Alan's Blues (edit # 2) - The song usually used by PF as an encore in live performance. This is a custom edit like the 370 RY one, though not as constrained by time restrictions as that one. The verse with the mistakes on the drums and guitar is still cut, but the song continues to its natural full ending rather than fading out.

16 Come In #51, Your Time Is Up - the explosive finale to the full soundtrack

September 27, 2011 at 5:29 AM

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