Sunday, December 27, 2020

Pink Floyd - Yet Another Lost Album (2012)

Yet another album from Magna Qualitas Recordings, this one started off as a fun project by creamcheese in 2012, experimenting with different snippets from many early Pink Floyd songs and trying to separate single instruments from those pieces. These are his notes on the project:
The original idea was to make a LP-side long suite from Embryo.
This idea was dropped later when someone (god bless him) suggested the 'Birmingham Suite' to reconstruct as a studio recording.
Obviously the Floyd had been working on two suites at the beginning of 1970, which both contained rejected material from the Zabriskie Point sessions, one being what later became 'Atom Heart Mother', the other one being the 'Birmingham Suite'. This second one was dropped from the setlist after a few shows because it obviously was not strong enough to become an early Floyd classic (but even more obviously became an early Floyd collectors' classic because it was played so rarely and even never was properly taped). But what could it have sounded like, if Pink Floyd had not dropped it and had recorded it in studio?
A few words on song titles: The work title of 'In The Sky' was 'Vibes/Organ/Birds'. After having completed this album we at MQR thought it might be nice to rename it. 'In The Sky' sounded very nice and was kept for this reason. Absolutely no idea if Pink Floyd would have given it a similar title. In the end they didn't even play it that way...
We knew about the 'Birmingham Suite' being referred to as 'Halcyon Piano in Niagara Dellof' but we didn't like that title and there is no evidence for this title being an original band idea. So we sought after a title that referred to something to eat just as the other suite's working title 'The Amazing Pudding', that would later become the almost equally stupid titled 'Atom Heart Mother'.
After a few attempts like 'Zabriskie Stew' and 'Zabriskie Soup' WRomanus came up with the fantastic and inimitably stupid 'Zabriskie Roastbeef'...

The samples used for the tracks are:
In The Sky
Organ Loop: Love Scene 1 from MQR'sZPoV
Vibes: 1 Channel of Love Scene 5 from  MQR's Zabriskie Point of View - The Complete Collection
Birds: Cirrus Minor from 'More' 2011 Remaster CD
Embryo
Song: Studio Rec. from 'Picnic - A Breath of Fresh Air' Vinyl restored by creamcheese & wromanus
Percussion: Nick's Boogie from original TLMALIL-EP
Playground Athmo and Seagull Guitar: 'Embryo' from 'Since we were Teenagers', Santa Monica 1970-05-01
Gong: 'STCFTHOTS' from 'Since we were Teenagers', Santa Monica 1970-05-01
Cymbaline
Sleep Section: Amsterdam 1969-09-17
Song: Studio Recording from 'More' 2011 Remaster with Center Channel extracted and Oilcan-Echo-treated to achieve a similar effect as heard on many live recordings
Bass: 'Sleep/Nightmare' from Amsterdam 1969-09-17
Organ Improvisation Section: 'Sleep/Nightmare' from Amsterdam 1969-09-17
Foot Steps: 'Cymbaline' from 'Since we were Teenagers', Santa Monica 1970-05-01
Birds: Cirrus Minor
Zabriskie Roastbeef
a) Heart Beat, Pig Meat
Loop: Heart Beat, Pig Meat Original Studio Recording from ATZPoV
Pictish Noises: Pink Room Corrosion from French TV 1970-12-04/05
Piano: 'Sysphus' Studio Recording from non-remastered CD.
Gong: 'STCFTHOTS' from 'Since we were Teenagers', Santa Monica 1970-05-01
b) Oenone:
Restored Oenone Studio Recording from MQR'sZPoV
Love Scene 3 Studio Recording from MQR'sZPoV
c) Cleaned, Restored and Stereoized Moonhead from 'What if it's just green cheese' 1969
d) Violent Sequence:
Piano: The Violent Sequence Studio Recording from MQR'sZPoV
Bass: The Violent Sequence Live Recording from Paris 1970-01-23
Windchimes and Gong: A Saucerful of Secrets Studio Recording from 'ASOS' 2011 Remaster
Organ Loop: Interstellar Overdrive: Unreleased Ummagumma Live Recording
Slide Guitars: Atom Heart Mother Quad Mix from Quad-Reel DVD-A
Ride Cymbals: 'Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up' Studio Recording from MQR'sZPoV
Percussion: Nick's Boogie from original TLMALIL-EP



Track listing

01 In The Sky
02 Embryo
03 Cymbaline
04 Zabriskie Roastbeef


5 comments:

  1. This is very cool. Thanks for the upload.

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  2. Many thanks for sharing pj....have a good day my friend.

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  3. Hi,
    I love all the stuff you post and am constantly and consistently blown away by not only the quantity lol but also the quality of your posts as well as your attention to detail with your incredibly helpful and descriptions. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! And this is another great post! I am a huge fan of MQR's and am trying to make a complete collection of their output. I current have about 90% of all their stuff- about 19 albums (if you'd like any let me know...I love to share as much as you do!)But to possibly fill in a hole...do you have what number MQR this one is? It seems to be MQR-009 (which I have) ... but I wanted to make sure. Thanks again for everything! Michael

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    1. Yes, it is MQR 009.

      Maybe they have projects that are not represented on their current website (which granted hasn't been updated in about five years), because at maximum, I count 13 albums there, so if you could please email me the list of the albums you have at punx5570@gmail.com, and I'll see if anything interests me :) unless you want to just list off and everyone can make their requests? [shrugs] LOL

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