BBC 4 Broadcast Sat 17 Jun 2017 Astronomy Domine ("Look Of The Week", BBC Lime Grove Studios, Shepherd’s Bush, London, 14May67) Jugband Blues (Central Office of Information, Promo Film, Dec67) Paintbox ("Discorama", filmed at ORTF Studios, Buttes Chaumont, Paris, 21Feb68, broadcast by ORTF on 03Mar68) Improv ("The Sound Of Change", filmed in Barnes Common, London, 26Mar68, broadcast by BBC on 10Sep68) It Would Be So Nice extract ("Rome Goes Pop", filmed in Pipers Club, Rome, 06May68, broadcast by BBC on 18May68) Roger Waters interview ("Tienerklanken", filmed at Kastival '68 Festival, Kasterlee, 31Aug68, broadcast by BRT on 08Oct68) Flaming ("Tous en Scène", filmed at Chapiteau du Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, 30Oct68, broadcast by ORTF on 26Nov68) Let There Be More Light ("Surprise Partie", filmed at Le Bilboquet, Paris, 07Sep68, broadcast by ORTF on 31Dec68) Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun ("Forum Musiques", filmed at ORTF Studios, Buttes Chaumont, Paris, 22Jan69, broadcast by ORTF on 15Feb69) Careful With That Axe, Eugene (filmed at the Essener Pop & Blues Festival, Grugahalle, Essen, 11Oct69, broadcast by ARD on 27Dec69) Green Is The Colour ("An Hour With Pink Floyd", filmed in Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, 28Apr70, broadcast by KQED on 26Jan71) Atom Heart Mother rehearsals (filmed at Musik-Forum Ossiachersee, Villach, 01Jul71) Atom Heart Mother (Funky Dung / Remergence) ("pop Deux", filmed at Festival de Saint Tropez, 08Aug70, broadcast by ORTF on 10Oct70) Improv ("Roland Petit Special", filmed at ORTF Studios, Buttes Chaumont, Paris, 05Dec70, broadcast by ORTF on 03Jan71) Whot's... Uh The Deal (pictures taken at Château d'Hérouville, Feb72) Pink Floyd released their first single in 1967, and as their popularity around the world grew, they increasingly travelled outside the UK to perform live shows and make TV appearances. After The Dark Side of the Moon became a global smash, the band concentrated on the creative freedom of live performance, leaving the world of TV behind, but now, after painstaking research, tapes of those early historic appearances have been tracked down and compiled into a fascinating hour of early Pink Floyd. With front man Syd Barrett, they perform Astronomy Domine and Jugband Blues, and after Syd's departure, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason can be seen playing a full range of their eclectic material, from out and out pop in It Would Be So Nice, through instrumental improvisations, collaboration with choir and orchestra on Atom Heart Mother and enduring rock material like Wot's...Uh The Deal. Beginnings 1967-1972 tracks the fascinating gestation of one of the world's most creative and heralded groups in the less well-known period that preceded the triumphs of The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall.

• published: 28 Feb 2018
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