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Pink Floyd: Relics

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: EMI Records
Released: 1971.05.01
Time:
 48:38
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Norman Smith, Joe Boyd, Pink Floyd
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.pinkfloyd.com
Appears with: David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright
Purchase date: 1998
Price in €: 7,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Arnold Layne (Barrett) - 2:52
[2] Interstellar Overdrive (Barrett/Mason) - 9:30
[3] See Emily Play (Barrett) - 2:50
[4] Remember a Day (Wright) - 4:26
[5] Paintbox (Wright) - 3:30
[6] Julia Dreams (Waters) - 2:34
[7] Careful with That Axe, Eugene (Gilmour/Mason) - 7:45
[8] Cirrus Minor (Waters) - 5:09
[9] Nile Song (Waters) - 3:20
[10] Biding My Time (Waters) - 5:13
[11] Bike (Barrett) - 3:20

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


SYD BARRETT - Guitar, Vocals
ROGER WATERS - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
RICHARD WRIGHT - Keyboards, Vocals
DAVID GILMOUR - Guitar, Vocals
NICK MASON - Drums, Producer

JAMES GUTHRIE - Remastering Supervisor
TONY MAY - Photography
DOUG SAX - Remastering
JON CROSSLAND - Design
STORM THORGERSON - Desig

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1996 CD Capitol 35603
1996 CS Capitol 35603
1971 CD Barclay CDAX701290
1971 LP Harvest SW-759
1971 LP Capitol 16234
1971 CS Capitol C4-16234
1990 CS Capitol 16234
1971 Capitol 16234

This is a compilation for early Floyd songs. It has been finally made available on CD some time ago, as a remastered version.

RELICS collects Pink Floyd's first two singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play," in addition to tracks from their early albums (1967-1969).




A singles collection from the Syd Barrett era, containing the British hits "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play," among other psychedelic nuggets.

William Ruhlmann - All Music Guide



This compilation and "greatest hits" package has the odd distinction of being released well before the band hit its stadium-filling prime in the mid-to-late '70s. This album essentially bridges the considerable gap between original leader Syd Barrett's baroque psychedelic pop-single bent (exemplified here by the band's first chart hit "See Emily Play" and the cross-dressing mini-epic "Arnold Layne," both stellar singles left off the band's debut album) and the more ponderous musical pretensions of Roger Waters, the band's de facto leader after mental illness sidelined Barrett early on. It's a good introduction to the band's foundations for Floyd novices, and the inclusion of the early singles and two early outtakes ("Julia Dream" and "Biding My Time") make it a must for aficionados.

Jerry McCulley - Amazon.com



Relics ('71), das nach den fünf ersten Pink Floyd-Alben The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, A Saucerful Of Secrets, More, Ummagumma und Atom Heart Mother erschien, soll die frühen Raritäten-Highlights der britischen Avantgarde-Rocker zusammenfassen, enthält aber auch reguläre Albumtracks wie "Interstellar Overdrive" und "Bike" (beide vom Debüt) oder "Remember A Day" (von "A Saucerful Of Secrets"). Einen nicht geringen Teil der Tracklist machen allerdings tatsächlich rare Nummern aus, die größtenteils von Singles aus den Jahren '67 und '68 stammen. "Arnold Layne" und "See Emily Play" sind nicht nur die ersten beiden A-Seiten der Briten, sondern auch zwei ihrer wunderbarsten Popnummern, "Paintbox" stand ursprünglich auf der B-Seite der "Apples And Oranges"-Single, und "Julia Dream" und "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" sind die Rückseiten der '68er Singles "It Would Be So Nice" und "Point Me At The Sky". Insbesondere "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", ein völlig abgepfiffener, von genialen Vibes getragener Drogentrip, genießt heutzutage Legendenstatus und darf in keiner Floyd-Sammlung fehlen.

Michael Rensen - Amazon.de
 

 L y r i c s


ARNOLD LAYNE

Arnold Layne had a strange hobby
Collecting clothes
Moonshine washing line
They suit him fine
On the wall hung a tall mirror
Distorted view, see through baby blue
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?
Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne

Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person.
They gave him time
Doors bang - chain gang - he hates it
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know
Why can't you see?
Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne

Don't do it again


INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE

Instrumental


SEE EMILY PLAY

Emily tries but misunderstands, ah ooh
She often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Soon after dark Emily cries, ah ooh
Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Put on a gown that touches the ground, ah ooh
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play


REMEMBER A DAY

Remember a day before today
A day when you were young.
Free to play alone with time
Evening never came.
Sing a song that can't be sung
Without the morning's kiss
Queen - you shall be it if you wish
Look for your king

Why can't we play today
Why can't we stay that way

Climb your favorite apple tree
Try to catch the sun
Hide from your little brother's gun
Dream yourself away
Why can't we reach the sun
Why can't we blow the years away
Blow away
Blow away
Remember
Remember


PAINTBOX

Last night I had too much to drink
Sitting in a club with so many fools
Playing to rules
Trying to impress but feeling rather empty
I had another drink
Drink - a - drink - a - drink - a - drink

What a way to spend that evening
They all turn up with their friends
Playing the game
But in the scene I should have been
Far away
Away - away - away - away - away
Getting up, I feel as if I'm remembering this scene before
I open the door to an empty room
Then I forget

The telephone rings and someone speaks
She would very much like to go out to a show
So what can I do - I can't think what to say
She sees through anyway
Away - away - away - away - away

Out of the front door I go
Traffic's moving rather slow
Arriving late, there she waits
Looking very angry, as cross as she can be
Be - a - be - a - be - a - be - a - be
Getting up, I feel as if I'm remembering this scene before
I open the door to an empty room
Then I forget


JULIA DREAM

Sunlight bright upon my pillow
Lighter than an eiderdown
Will she let the weeping willow
Wind his branches round
Julia dream, dreamboat queen, queen of all my dreams
Every night I turn the light out

Waiting for the velvet bride
Will the scaly armadillo
Find me where I'm hiding
Julia dream, dreamboat queen, queen of all my dreams
Will the misty master break me
Will the key unlock my mind
Will the following footsteps catch me
Am I really dying
Julia dream, dreamboat queen, queen of all my dreams


CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE, EUGENE

Instrumental


CIRRUS MINOR

In a churchyard by a river,
Lazing in the haze of midday,
Laughing in the grasses and the graze.
Yellow bird, you are alone in singing and in flying on,
In and in leaving.

Willow weeping in the water,
Waving to the river daughters,
Swaying in the ripples and the reeds.
On a trip to Cirrus Minor, saw a crater in the sun
A thousand miles of moonlight later.


THE NILE SONG

I was standing by the Nile
Whe I saw the lady smile.
I would take her out for a while,
For a while.

Light tears wept like a child.
How her golden hair was blowing wild.
Then she spread her wings to fly,
For to fly.

Soaring high above the breezes,
Going always where she pleases.
She will make it to the island in the sun.
I will follw in her shadow
As I watch her from my window.
One day I will catch her eye.

She is calling from the deep,
Summoning my soul to endless sleep.
She is bound to drag me down,
Drag me down.


BIDING MY TIME

Wasting my time,
Resting my mind
And I'll never pine
For the sad days and the bad days
When we was workin' from nine to five.
And if you don't mind
I'll spend my time
Here by the fire side
In the warm light and the love in her eyes.
And if you don't mind
I'll spend my time
Here by the fire side
In the warm light of her eyes.


BIKE

I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, a bell that rings and
Things to make it look good.
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.

I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke.
There's a tear up the front. It's red and black.
I've had it for months.
If you think it could look good, then I guess it should.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.

I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
I don't know why. I call him Gerald.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.

I've got a clan of gingerbread men.
Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men.
Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.

I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.

I know a room of musical tunes.

Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork.
Let's go into the other room and make them work.

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