Pink Floyd: ‘Atom Heart Mother’ CD/Blu-ray Special Edition Coming 12/8 — Originally Only Available in Japan (Pre-Order)

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On Dec. 8, Sony Music (US) will release a special edition of Atom Heart Mother, the 1970 album from English rock legends Pink Floyd.

This collection was originally only released in Japan in 2021.

Per a news release, the set contains some unique memorabilia – a special photo book containing many rare, never-seen-before photos, reproductions of the pamphlet, the poster, the concert ticket, and the flier distributed at the event.

The only Pink Floyd footage at Hakone Aphrodite that exists is that of the 16-minute-long suite “Atom Heart Mother.” The details including whereabouts of the master film and how it was shot had been a mystery for a long time. However, after fifty years, the original 16mm film of this video was discovered in a fan’s garage. The meticulous processes of digitizing, restoring and remastering was undertaken and finally this enhanced video will be released outside of Japan.

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The full track listing and memorabilia included in the collection:

1. Atom Heart Mother:
a) Father’s Shout
b) Breast Milky
c) Mother Fore
d) Funky Dung
e) Mind Your Throats Please
f) Remergence

2. If
3. Summer ’68

4. Fat Old Sun

5. Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast:
a) Rise And Shine
b) Sunny Side Up
c) Morning Glory

Blu-ray:

· Atom Heart Mother (Live: Hakone Aphrodite 1971) 16:08
· Scott & Watts (behind the scenes documentary clip) 3:11

PINK FLOYD “HAKONE APHRODITE”

JAPAN 1971
7″ paper sleeve containing:
CD: • “Atom Heart Mother” studio album
Blu-ray: • Filmed live performance of
“Atom Heart Mother”
• Scott & Watts (Hakone Aphrodite B-roll)
Includes the legendary first show in Japan by Pink Floyd
Also includes:
• 60-page photo book with unreleased photos
• Replica of Hakone Aphrodite pamphlet
• Replica of venue map flyer
• Replica of Osaka show poster
• Replica of Hakone Aphrodite ticket

Some more about the context of the material included in this set:

The set contains not only the original live footage (with audio taken from the gig at Hakone Aphrodite), but also behind-the-scenes footage of the band, travelling between the airport, the hotel, the press conference, the bullet train, the show set-up, and, of course, beautiful Japanese scenery.

At the time of the historic concert, Pink Floyd had just released “Atom Heart Mother” (in October 1970), and were yet to release “Meddle,” (released in November 1971). Pink Floyd appeared as the final act of the festival, and alongside ‘Atom Heart Mother’, they performed another five songs including “Careful With That Axe, Eugene”, “A Saucerful Of Secrets” and “Echoes” from then-unreleased album “Meddle.” Sadly, official footage of these songs has not resurfaced. The band’s mystical and fantastic show, enhanced by nature’s unwitting stage effects of fog emerging from the lake when they played, was talked about for years to come. For the show, Pink Floyd used huge PA systems not yet commonly used in Japan back then, and it is widely believed that this show greatly influenced Japanese audio and stage production after that.

See also:

Out Now: Pink Floyd: ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ 50th Anniversary CD/LP/Blu-ray, ‘Eclipse’ YouTube Doc

Out Now: Roger Waters Releases His Downbeat, Transformative ‘The Dark Side of the Moon Redux’ Album (Listen/Buy)

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