Pink Floyd announce a new San Tropez Orange Marble vinyl edition of their landmark 1971 album Meddle, for this year’s National Album Day, via Sony Music. Out on October 17th, you can pre-order Meddle Here.
A pivotal moment in the band’s development, Meddle was the sixth studio album by the British rock group, originally released in 1971. Produced between touring commitments and widely regarded as a notable progression from their previous work, the band devised a series of novel recording and writing experiments, which also inspired the album’s signature track, ‘Echoes’.
Alongside this, it’s also announced that a newly restored high-resolution version of the iconic ‘Echoes’ sequence, the final chapter from cult-classic 1973 surf film Crystal Voyager, will be available via Pink Floyd’s YouTube channel on 17th October. The 1973 documentary directed by David Elfick was written and narrated by futuristic surfer, photographer and filmmaker George Greenough. Its iconic closing sequence shot by Greenough showcased his innovative new technique for filming in the water, involving a self-developed and built seventeen pound camera rig, which allowed the audience to see footage from inside a wave for the first time ever.
Greenough was looking for an appropriate soundtrack for this groundbreaking footage, and stumbled across a record his mother had bought for him. Upon hearing the closing track, and noting its perfectly matched 23-minute run time, he knew he had found what he was looking for. Then came the necessity of getting permission to use the song. Elfick travelled to London to meet with the band, and disclosed the fact that they didn’t actually have the money to pay them for use of the song. An agreement was proposed, whereby Elfick and Greenough could use the song, if Floyd could use the footage as background visuals for their live shows. With both parties happy, the deal was made, and ‘Echoes’ became an iconic accompaniment to a legendary film.
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