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Short story:
Pink Floyd record a version of Interstellar Overdrive at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, with producer Norman Smith. Later, they play at The Middle Earth club, Covent Garden, London, UK.
Full article:
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd] : That was nicked from Love, wasn't it? It was a cross between Steptoe And Son and that Love track on their first album, which I can't remember.
Peter Jenner (manager, Pink Floyd] : I was trying to tell him (Syd Barrett) about this Arthur Lee song I couldn't remember the title of, so I just hummed the main riff. Syd picked up his guitar and followed what I was humming, chord-wise. The chord pattern he worked out he went on to use as his main riff for Interstellar Overdrive.
Peter Bown (staff engineer, Abbey Road) : I got a call (that evening) from the studio manager, saying, 'Peter I Want You Back here at Studio 3 at 10. You will be doing a new group and it's underground music. You may find them very difficult to get on with. They don't communicate much.' So I get back to the studio and the Floyd were rehearsing Interstellar Overdrive. I nearly shit myself. By Christ, it was loud! I thought, 'How the fuck are we going to get this on tape?' I had certainly never heard anything quite like it and I don't think I ever did again. It was very exciting.
Jeff Dexter (London-based DJ) : John Peel was also DJ (at Middle Earth). And John hated ska and bluebeat and most of those records that I'd lived on. He thought they were awful. I was totally into what he was doing, but he didn't understand what I was doing. The thing is, people still loved to dance and you really couldn't dance to a lot of the new psychedelic records that were around. They were horrible to dance to. So to keep people moving I had to mix it up a bit.
John's records were strictly for listening to. I played to the audience. Any DJ worth his salt knows how put one record on after another so they seem seamless and, although that was becoming less important, to me it was still important that, once the place was full, I wanted those people to have a good time. I mixed the two together. ??All the bands of the day came there, and various media people. Middle Earth actually attracted more of the younger punters, people from the suburbs who would have normally gone to other clubs. UFO wasn't really for the punters so much. It was more alternative, but a lot of them didn't want to call themselves hippies. I definitely became a hippie. Peace and love was the most important thing to come out of my mouth. And be nice to each other.
(Source : http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/jeff-dexter)
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Peter Jenner (manager, Pink Floyd] : I was trying to tell him (Syd Barrett) about this Arthur Lee song I couldn't remember the title of, so I just hummed the main riff. Syd picked up his guitar and followed what I was humming, chord-wise. The chord pattern he worked out he went on to use as his main riff for Interstellar Overdrive.
Peter Bown (staff engineer, Abbey Road) : I got a call (that evening) from the studio manager, saying, 'Peter I Want You Back here at Studio 3 at 10. You will be doing a new group and it's underground music. You may find them very difficult to get on with. They don't communicate much.' So I get back to the studio and the Floyd were rehearsing Interstellar Overdrive. I nearly shit myself. By Christ, it was loud! I thought, 'How the fuck are we going to get this on tape?' I had certainly never heard anything quite like it and I don't think I ever did again. It was very exciting.
Jeff Dexter (London-based DJ) : John Peel was also DJ (at Middle Earth). And John hated ska and bluebeat and most of those records that I'd lived on. He thought they were awful. I was totally into what he was doing, but he didn't understand what I was doing. The thing is, people still loved to dance and you really couldn't dance to a lot of the new psychedelic records that were around. They were horrible to dance to. So to keep people moving I had to mix it up a bit.
John's records were strictly for listening to. I played to the audience. Any DJ worth his salt knows how put one record on after another so they seem seamless and, although that was becoming less important, to me it was still important that, once the place was full, I wanted those people to have a good time. I mixed the two together. ??All the bands of the day came there, and various media people. Middle Earth actually attracted more of the younger punters, people from the suburbs who would have normally gone to other clubs. UFO wasn't really for the punters so much. It was more alternative, but a lot of them didn't want to call themselves hippies. I definitely became a hippie. Peace and love was the most important thing to come out of my mouth. And be nice to each other.
(Source : http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/jeff-dexter)