Zabriskie Point (album)

:"This article refers to the soundtrack album 'Zabriskie Point'. For the 1970 movie see Zabriskie Point (film); for the natural monument, see Zabriskie Point."Infobox Album
Name = Zabriskie Point
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Various Artists


Released = January 1970
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, Psychedelic
Length = 36 minutes (1970 release)
91:08 (1997 release)
Label = MCA
Producer =
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Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Pink Floyd soundtracks
Type = Soundtrack
Last album = "Soundtrack from the Film More"
(1969)
This album = "Zabriskie Point Soundtrack"
(1970)
Next album = "Obscured by Clouds"
(1972)

"Zabriskie Point" is a soundtrack album to the Michelangelo Antonioni film of the same name. It was originally released in January 1970 and is composed of songs from various artists. A 1997 re-release includes four bonus tracks each from Jerry Garcia and Pink Floyd that were used in the film, but not the original soundtrack. Jim Morrison of the Doors wrote the track "L'America" for the film, but was rejected by Antonioni (L'America was later released on The Doors album L.A. Woman). A Rolling Stones track, "You Got the Silver", is featured in the film but not present on this album.

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's contributions to the album were recorded in November and December 1969, after the release of "Ummagumma". "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up" is a re-recording of "Careful with That Axe, Eugene," originally released as a b-side in December 1968. "Love Scene (Version 4)" is a Richard Wright solo piano composition. "Country Song" is a ballad filled with chess metaphors. "Unknown Song" (also known as "Rain in the Country") is a relaxed instrumental. "Love Scene (Version 6)" is a bluesy instrumental. A track entitled "Fingals Cave" and another called "Oenone" were recorded but did not appear on the finished album.

Pink Floyd also recorded other unreleased material during the same sessions. Most notable is another Rick Wright composition which at that time was known as "The Violent Sequence" and would later be reworked into "Us and Them" from "The Dark Side of the Moon".

Track listing

Original 1970 tracklist

#Pink Floyd – "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" (David Gilmour/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 3:11
#Kaleidoscope – "Brother Mary" (David Lindley) – 2:39
#Grateful Dead – "Dark Star" (excerpt) (Jerry Garcia/Mickey Hart/Robert Hunter/Bill Kreutzmann/Phil Lesh/Ron "Pigpen" McKernan/Bob Weir) – 2:30
#Pink Floyd – "Crumbling Land" (David Gilmour/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 4:13
#Patti Page – "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart) – 3:01
#The Youngbloods – "Sugar Babe" (Jesse Colin Young) – 2:12
#Jerry Garcia – "Love Scene" (Jerry Garcia) – 7:02
#Roscoe Holcomb – "I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again" (Roscoe Holcomb/Traditional) – 1:54
#Kaleidoscope – "Mickey's Tune" (David Lindley) – 1:40
#John Fahey – "Dance of Death" (John Fahey) – 2:42
#Pink Floyd – "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up" (David Gilmour/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 5:01

Bonus disc from 1997 release

#Jerry Garcia – "Love Scene Improvisations" (Version 1) (Jerry Garcia) – 6:18
#Jerry Garcia – "Love Scene Improvisations" (Version 2) (Jerry Garcia) – 8:00
#Jerry Garcia – "Love Scene Improvisations" (Version 3) (Jerry Garcia) – 7:52
#Jerry Garcia – "Love Scene Improvisations" (Version 4) (Jerry Garcia) – 8:04
#Pink Floyd – "Country Song" (David Gilmour/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 4:37
#Pink Floyd – "Unknown Song" (David Gilmour/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 6:01
#Pink Floyd – "Love Scene (Version 6)" (David Gilmour/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 7:26
#Pink Floyd – "Love Scene (Version 4)" (David Gilmour/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 6:45