1969 - More (Soundtrack)

Pink Floyd More Ordering Information (from Amazon.com)
Release date: July 27th, 1969

Recorded in: Pye Studios, London, England, United Kingdom (March 1969)

Always one of the most under-rated items in the Pink Floyd canon, More is something of a gem. Recorded during one week at Abbey Road Studios in March 1969 for Barbert Schroeder's movie of the same name, More was an intermission in the Floyd's quest for the Great Work (they took time off from recording their intended magnum opus Ummagumma to work on this soundtrack album). It exhibits the more pastoral side of Pink Floyd, and showcases them at their most relaxed. Waters in particular — who composed the lion's share, including such in-concert staples as "Cymbaline" and "Green Is the Colour" — displays impressive development as a songwriter.

More is also one of the Floyd's most musically varied albums, ranging from straight heavy metal like "The Nile Song" through to acoustic ballads ("Crying Song"), via abstract electronics ("Quicksilver"), blues pastiches like "More Blues" and novelty songs like Gilmour's "A Spanish Piece".

On the Capitol pressing of the More LP (SW-11198), the record (but not the sleeve) has following titles for "Up the Khyber" and "Quicksilver": "Up the Kyber (Juke Box)" and "Quicksilver (Water-Pipe)". It has been speculated that the song "Up the Khyber" was meant to accompany a scene of anal sex in the movie. 'Khyber' is Cockney rhyming slang for 'arse'.

The song "Cymbaline" is self-referential: the lyrical question "...will the final couplet rhyme?" is answered when the final couplet, in fact, is the only one that doesn't. The movie version of this song has slightly different lyrics: it has the line "Standing by with a book in his hand/ it's an easy word to rhyme" instead of "Will the tightrope reach the end?/ Will the final couplet rhyme?".

The album cover sleeve was designed by Hipgnosis.

Tracks:

• Cirrus Minor (Waters)
  
  [05:09] Vocals by Gilmour.
• The Nile Song (Waters)
  
  [03:22] Vocals by Gilmour.
• Crying Song (Waters)
  
  [03:31] Vocals by Gilmour; Wright does the harmonies.
• Up the Khyber (Mason, Wright)
  
  [02:10] Instrumental.
• Green is the Colour (Waters)
  
  [02:55] Vocals by Gilmour.
• Cymbaline (Waters)
  
  [04:46] Vocals by Gilmour.
• Party Sequence (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason)
  
  [01:07] Instrumental.
• Main Theme (Waters, Wright, Gilmour)
  
  [05:28] Instrumental.
• Ibiza Bar (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason)
  
  [03:13] Vocals by Gilmour.
• More Blues (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason)
  
  [02:12] Instrumental.
• Quicksilver (Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason)
  
  [07:07] Instrumental.
• A Spanish Piece (Gilmour)
  
  [01:02] Vocals by Gilmour.
• Dramatic Theme (Waters, Wright)
  
  [02:16] Instrumental.

Total Playing Time: 45'01

Musicians Featured:

• David Gilmour: Guitars, Vocals
• Nick Mason: Drums
• Roger Waters: Bass Guitar
• Rick Wright: Keyboard, Vocals

Pink Floyd More catalog numbers:

• LP: Columbia SCX 6346
• CD: EMI CDP 7 46386 2

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