Pink Floyd (feat. Syd Barrett & Ron Geesin) – Corrosion In The Pink Room

I was inspired to put this compilation together by an old work colleague who was into, what he called ‘noisy music’. I had only just bought Pink Floyd’s rather pricey but quite comprehensive ‘Early Years’ box set. Lots of psychedelic noodling, progressive jamming and in some cases, just noise was included on the box. I also thought I would use some of the noisy tracks from the official Floyd catalogue (such as Ummagumma), some tracks from the collaboration between Roger Water and Ron Feesin as well some bits and pieces from Syd Barrett, the bands original guitar player.  

There was so much material to use that the project soon ballooned to a three disc set, with tracks edited, cross faded and sometimes laid onto of each other. In the end,  I produced a work that would be a cohesive sound experience. This is also designed for the playing time of a CD and not vinyl, which is what I normally do. 

The releases that were used to complete this project were: 

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Stereo Mix)

A Saucerful Of Secrets (Stereo Mix)

More

Ummagumma

Zabriskie Point

Relics

Omay Yad (Bootleg)

Obscured By Clouds

Dark Side Of The Moon (Immersion Box Set)

Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set)

London ’66-’67 EP

The Early Years 1965-1972

Music From the Body (Roger Waters & Ron Geesin)

An Introduction to Syd Barrett – Downloadable Bonus Track (Syd Barrett)

Disc 1

1. John Latham 1
2. John Latham 2
3. John Latham 3
4. John Latham 4
5. John Latham 5
6. John Latham 6
7. John Latham 7
8. Nick’s Boogie
9. Rhamadam (Syd Barrett)
10. Saucerful Of Secrets
11. Moonhead (Incorporating John Latham 8)
12. Main Theme For ‘More’
13. Bike (Sound Effects Only) 

Disc 2

1. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party Part 2 (Entertainment)
2. Love Scene (Version 1)
3. Quicksilver
4. Careful With That Axe Eugene (Incorporating Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up)
5. Love Scene (Take 1)
6. Sysyphus
7. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in A Cave & Grooving With A Pict
8. Love Scene (Version 2)
9. Heart Beat, Pig Meat
10. Up The Kyper
11. Wine Glasses
12. Seabirds (Incorporating The Womb Bit & Embryo Thought)
13. On The Run – 1972 Early Mix (Incorporating More Than Seven Dwarfs In Penis Land)
14. Unknown Song – Take 1 (Incorporating Embryonic Womb-Walk & Jugband Blues)
15. Cirrus Minor

Disc 3

1. Love Scene (Version 7)
2. Interstellar Overdrive – Mono (Part 1) 
3. Fingal’s Cave (Part 1)
4. Oneone
5. Explosion
6. Aeroplane
7. Pow R. Toc H. (Stereo)
8. Theme – Beat Version (Alternative Version)
9. Fingal’s Cave (Part 2)
10. The Narrow Way (Part 2)
11. Dramatic Theme
12. Love Scene (Version 4)
13. Obscured By Clouds
14. When You’re In
15. Heart Beat, Pig Meat (Film Version)
16. Interstellar Overdrive – Demo (Incorporating John Latham 9)

The title of this compilation takes it name from an improvised instrumental the band did in 1970 for a TV performance, which I didn’t end up using for this. 

The cover is very much in the vein of Hypnosis, who did so many of Pink Floyd’s covers but I suspect I found this image on the Twitter site, Images that could be album covers.