''London '66–'67'' is an EP and film of Pink Floyd music, containing two "lost" tracks—an extended version of "

Interstellar Overdrive "Interstellar Overdrive" is an instrumental composition written and performed by Pink Floyd. The song was written in 1966 and is on their 1967 debut album, '' The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'', clocking in at almost ten minutes in length. The so ...

" and a previously unreleased track "Nick's Boogie". These tracks were originally recorded for Peter Whitehead's film '' Tonite Let's All Make Love in London'' in 1967, and the former appeared in edited form on the soundtrack album. Originally released in full on the 1990

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UK reissue of the soundtrack album, they were the earliest Pink Floyd recordings available commercially before the limited release of '' 1965: Their First Recordings'' in 2015. The EP was originally issued in 1995, then reissued by

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(SMACD924X, 2005) on 13 September 2005, as a remastered CD and a DVD featuring the entire film plus excerpts from the original movie. The EP is considered an early example of the jazz fusion genre, incorporating jazz-influenced improvisation to their psychedelic compositions.

Track listing

DVD

*''London '66–'67'', the original film with the full length video of "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Nick's Boogie". *Interview footage from the 1960s of

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. *Footage capturing the London Scene in the late sixties. *Overview by director Peter Whitehead.

Personnel

Pink Floyd * Syd Barrett –

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* Roger Waters –

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* Richard Wright –

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* Nick Mason – drums,

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Production *

Joe Boyd Joe Boyd (born August 5, 1942) is an American record producer and writer. He formerly owned Hannibal Records. Boyd has worked on recordings of Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Ba ...

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* John Wood –

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Certifications

References

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