Ron Geesin: The Making of Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother

Wir berichteten darüber, dass Ron Geesin an einem Buch über die Entstehung des ersten Nummer 1 Albums von Pink Floyd arbeitet. Er dürfte damit sehr viel weiter sein als angenommen, denn es gibt für den 17. Juli einen Veröffentlichungstermin! Das 144seitige Buch verspricht ein echter Leckerbissen zu werden. Es enthält ein Vorwort von Nick Mason, bisher unveröffentlichte Fotos von den Aufnahmen im Abbey Road Studio und eben Geesin’s Insider-Wissen!

Ron Geesin – The Making of Atom Heart Mother

The Flaming Cow offers a rare insight into the brilliant but often fraught collaboration between Pink Floyd and composer Ron Geesin, the result of which became known as Atom Heart Mother – the Floyd’s first UK number one album. From the time drummer Nick Mason visited Geesin’s damp basement flat in Notting Hill, to the last game of golf between bassist Roger Waters and Geesin, this book is an unflinching account about how one of Pink Floyd’s most celebrated compositions came to life. Alongside unpublished photographs from the Abbey Road recording sessions (the only ones taken) and the subsequent performances in London and Paris, Geesin goes on to describe how the title was chosen, why he was not credited on the record, how he left Hyde Park in tears, and why the group did not much like the work.

The Flaming Cow rose again, firstly in France, then in London in 2008. After 40 years Atom Heart Mother remains a much-loved record, and The Flaming Cow explores its new-found cult status that has led to it being studied for the French Baccalaureat.

The Flaming Cow: The Making of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother

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