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53 years after the publication of the original, Pink Floyd is about to celebrate their seventh number one in the British album charts with the nestled film soundtrack “Pink Floyd at Pompeii-McMlxxii”.
With the new publication on May 2, the box set (2CD, 2LP, Blu-ray and DVD) shot to first place on the weekly list. An early triumph of an early multimedia icon. The current 4K restoration of the classic from 1972 was carried out by Porcupine-Tree boss Steven Wilson.
At the time, the matter was anything but easy.
Problems with the power supply, blocked supply streets through a pilgrim procession, a rather reluctant band. The now legendary concert film “Pink Floyd at Pompeii”, recorded in October 1971, had to deal with numerous adversity. Director Adrian Maben thought several times to give up the project-produced project in an empty amphitheater from three TV institutions (including the Bavarian Radio).
Pink Floyd in a phase of avant -garde experiments
Ultimately, the film was able to celebrate its premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1972. Supplementary songs were recorded in a Paris studio. The live album followed.
After the exit her Gallion figure Syd Barrett in 1968, Pink Floyd was in a phase of the avant-garde experiments, as the 1970 album “Atom Heart Mother” documents with the emblematic cow cover today. Her pompeii experiment was another step towards “legend”.
If the soundtrack remains in its current place (which is to be expected) and therefore also notes in the weekly counting, it would be the band’s seventh number and and old album in her home country.
Fourth number one for Pink Floyd?
Previously, they reached the top of the UK albumcharts with “Atom Heart Mother”, (1994), “Pulse” (Live) (1995) and “The Endless River” (2014). The “Dark Side of the Moon” listed for months in many countries for months, surprisingly, did not make it to the one in Great Britain.
When editing the classic, Steven Wilson used the original 35 mm film material and mixed up the sound.
Two additional tracks are supplemented: a previously unpublished and expanded version of “A Saucerful of Secrets” and a new version of “Careful with that Ax, Eugene”. The also restored film came to cinemas worldwide in April 2025.
Although today is characterized by the permanent feuds of the former guitarist/bassist: In a current case, Roger Waters, John Ware, the director of the documentary of the documentary “The Dark Side of Roger Waters” had as a “lie, behind the Palestinian”. designated. Ware was right in the subsequent defamation.