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The Early Years 1970 Devi/ation
(2017)
Pink Floyd
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Label: Pink Floyd Records
Duration: 4:32:00
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Originally released as part of the mammoth 2016 rarities clearinghouse The Early Years 1965-1972, 1970 Devi/Ation contains all the known unreleased music and video Pink Floyd recorded that year. Pink Floyd released the ambitious Atom Heart Mother and its title track suite is heard three times on the two CDs and is also in two different concerts on the visual component, which is presented as both DVD and Blu-ray; additionally, the original quad mix of the album is available on the DVD and Blu-ray. The second CD contains 16 unreleased tracks from their soundtrack to Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point, and this free-floating incidental music nicely contrasts with the exploratory but controlled BBC session from July that's on disc one.

AllMusic Review (Atom Heart Mother)
Appearing after the sprawling, unfocused double-album set Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother may boast more focus, even a concept, yet that doesn't mean it's more accessible. If anything, this is the most impenetrable album Pink Floyd released while on Harvest, which also makes it one of the most interesting of the era. Still, it may be an acquired taste even for fans, especially since it kicks off with a side-long, 23-minute extended orchestral piece that may not seem to head anywhere, but is often intriguing, more in what it suggests than what it achieves. Then, on the second side, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Rick Wright have a song apiece, winding up with the group composition "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" wrapping it up. Of these, Waters begins developing the voice that made him the group's lead songwriter during their classic era with "If," while Wright has an appealingly mannered, very English psychedelic fantasia on "Summer 68," and Gilmour's "Fat Old Sun" meanders quietly before ending with a guitar workout that leaves no impression. "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast," the 12-minute opus that ends the album, does the same thing, floating for several minutes before ending on a drawn-out jam that finally gets the piece moving. So, there are interesting moments scattered throughout the record, and the work that initially seems so impenetrable winds up being Atom Heart Mother's strongest moment. That it lasts an entire side illustrates that Pink Floyd was getting better with the larger picture instead of the details, since the second side just winds up falling off the tracks, no matter how many good moments there are. This lack of focus means Atom Heart Mother will largely be for cultists, but its unevenness means there's also a lot to cherish here.

Amazon Product Review
(5-Discs) Early Years Volume 4 : 2CD+2DVD+Blu-Ray & memorabilia. 'Atom Heart..' live, 'Zabriskie Point', BBC sessions, concert footage etc.
2 CD / 2 DVD / Blu-ray
At the end of 1969 and in the early part of 1970, Pink Floyd recorded and mixed their contribution to Michelangelo Antonioni's alternative view of US society, 'Zabriskie Point'. 3 songs were released on the soundtrack album, and a further 4 in the expanded CD edition in 1997. Never released on one Pink Floyd disc, this volume compiles remixed and updated versions of the 'Zabriskie Point' audio material.
In the same year, Pink Floyd scored their first UK Number One album with 'Atom Heart Mother', a collaboration with Ron Geesin, and the audio includes the first performance for the BBC, featuring an orchestra and choir, as well as, on DVD, the original Quad mix.

Video material includes a full hour of Pink Floyd performing live at San Francisco cable TV station KQED plus extracts from historic performances of 'Atom Heart Mother', and material from French TV coverage of the St. Tropez festival in Southern France.
-Atom Heart Mother band-only versions
-BBC Radio session, Zabriskie Point mixes
-Concert footage and improvisations
-Atom Heart Mother original 4.0 Quad mix
-Replica memorabilia from the period


TrackDuration
Atom Heart Mother Live In Montreux, 21 Nov 197017:58
Embryo [BBC Radio Session, 16 July 1970]11:09
Fat Old Sun [BBC Radio Session, 16 July 1970]5:52
Green Is The Colour [BBC Radio Session, 16 July 1970]3:26
Careful With That Axe, Eugene [BBC Radio Session, 16 July 1970]8:25
If [BBC Radio Session, 16 July 1970]5:46
Atom Heart Mother With Choir, Cello & Brass Encembre [BBC Radio Session, 16 July 1970]25:30
Atom Heart Mother (Live In Montreux, 21 November 1970)17:58
BBC Radio Session, 16 July 1970
Embryo11:10
Fat Old Sun5:52
Green Is the Colour3:27
Careful With That Axe, Eugene8:25
If5:47
Atom Heart Mother (With Choir, Cello And Brass Ensemble)25:30
Unreleased Tracks From The ‘Zabriskie Point’ Soundtrack Recordings
Take Off (From The ‘Zabriskie Point’ Soundtrack Recordings)1:20
Take Off Version 2 (From The ‘Zabriskie Point’ Soundtrack Recordings)1:12
Love Scene Version 2 (From The ‘Zabriskie Point’ Soundtrack Recordings)1:56
Love Scene (Take 1, From The ‘Zabriskie Point’ Soundtrack Recordings)2:16
Unknown Song (Take 1, From The ‘Zabriskie Point’ Soundtrack Recordings)5:56
Love Scene (Take 2, From The ‘Zabriskie Point’ Soundtrack Recordings)6:40
Crumbling Land (Take 1, From The ‘Zabriskie Point’ Soundtrack Recordings)4:09
Atom Heart Mother (Early Studio Version)19:27
On The Highway1:16
Auto Scene Version 21:13
Auto Scene Version 31:33
Aeroplane2:18
Explosion5:47
The Riot Scene1:40
Looking At Map1:57
Love Scene Version 75:03
Love Scene Version 13:26
Take Off1:20
Take Off Version 21:12
Love Scene Version 21:56
Love Scene (Take 1)2:16
Unknown Song (Take 1)5:56
Love Scene (Take 2)6:40
Crumbling Land (Take 1)4:09
Early Studio Version
Atom Heart Mother (Early Studio Version, Band Only)19:15
An Hour With Pink Floyd: KQED, San Francisco, USA, 30 April 1970
Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast13:01
Atom Heart Mother16:37
Summer '685:29
Cymbaline8:38
Grantchester Meadows7:37
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun12:37
Pop Deux Festival de St. Tropez, France, 8 August 1970: Part 1
Audio-Only: Atom Heart Mother Album Original 4.0 Quad Mix 1970
Instrumental Improvisations (1,2,3 Live In The Studio)3:28
Atom Heart Mother (With The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / John Alldis Choir)21:15
Cymbaline (Soundcheck)3:54
Green Is The Colour /12:21
Blackhill's Garden Party, Hyde Park, London, UK, 18 July 1970
Show Roland Petit, Paris, France, 5 December 1970
Pop Deux Festival de St. Tropez, France, 8 August 1970: Part 2
Original Release: 2017-03-24
Composer: Nick Mason, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Ron Geesin
Arranged By: Pink Floyd
Producer: Andy Evans
UPC: 190295929817, 889853843626