It was supposed to be released to the theaters in May, 1968 but for reasons unknown was pulled and, except for rare showings, was not given general release until it was issued on commercial DVD in September, 2005 causing much celebration. The subject matter of the movie is a philosophic meditation upon one’s conformity with the group and the expectations of living according to one’s culture. This film is beautifully shot in black and white and starts Paul Jones of Manfred Mann. The very first project they did as a four piece is the soundtrack for the movie The Committee. The band searched for a creative statement that would differentiate themselves from the first album and establish them as an important artistic power.

They were dropped by their management Blackhill Agency, who did continue to represent Barrett and even tried to persuade Wright to leave Pink Floyd and join Barrett. They played five or six gigs together before Waters and the others decided it would be best to carry on as a four piece without Syd and stopped picking him up for gigs. When the year began the band were actually a five piece, having recruited David Gilmour to play guitar to aid an ailing Syd Barrett. The Transitional Period-1968 era on Tarantura collects documents in an attractive box all of the most important tapes from the year when Pink Floyd underwent tremendous amount of change. Margiethal-Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, Holland – Saturday, December 28, 1968Ġ4 - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Top Gear, BBC Maida Vale Studio 4, London – Monday, December 2, 1968:

Tous En Forme, ORTF 2 TV, Paris, France – Thursday, October 31, 1968: Omnibus All My Loving, BBC 1 TV, The Tabernacle, London – broadcast Sunday, November 3, 1968:ġ2 - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Top Gear, BBC Studios, 201 Piccadilly, London, England – June 25, 1968:Ġ7 - The Murderotic Woman or Careful With That Axe Eugene Recorded at Sound Techniques StudiosChelseaLondonearly 1968:Ġ9 - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - 'Nightmare'īaton Rouge, ORTF 2 TV Studio, Paris, France – February 20, 1968:įirst European International Pop Festival, Piper Club, Rome, Italy – May 6, 1968:Ġ5 - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun Pink Floyd - 1968 - The Transitional Period

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