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9 April 1968 «Horoscope », Granada TV, London, England
Astronomy Dominé was used in this TV show as stated by the May 1968 Fan-Club newsletter

Fan-Club newsletter, May 1968

11 April 1968 « All My Loving », BBC TV Studio 4, London, England
Broadcasting of the infra-red version filmed on 28 March by Tony Palmer.

Source : « Set The Controls 1968 »

Source : « Set The Controls 1968 »

Tony Palmer (Director):

«The so-called 'redwash' sequence was used by me as part of a documentary about the social and political context of rock music in 1968 called 'All My Loving', although in fact it was originally shot for a programme called 'Twice A Fortnight', starring Terry Jones & Michael Palin, which was the very first try out of what became their films for 'Monty Python’. I used the sequence again in 'All You Need Is Love' in 1975».

11 April 1968 « My Generation », BBC TV Studio 4, London, England

The band had recorded a pilot for the Beebs with another bands. This tape seems to be never broadcasted. Actually, according the BBC policies for this kind of material, it was wiped .

12-14 April 1968 BRT TV Sudios, Amerikaans Theater, Bruxelles, Belgium

30 April 1968 « Moef Ga-Ga », VARA TV Studios, Zaandam, Netherlands

Broadcast broadcast on May 1st. The group played It would be so nice. We can find a testimony of the passage of Pink Floyd in the Dutch book « Dit Was Veronica ».

6 May 1968 « First European International Pop Festival », Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italia

The band's performance, and promo for It Would be so Nice recorded in April (see below), were broadcasted on the BBC on 18 May. It was rebroadcast on 3 November 1968.
18 minutes were broadcast, which meant that Interstellar Overdrive was not included. This title was apparently reserved for ZDF (BAVARIA FILMS co-produced the filmed coverage of the festival).
A local German channel in Dortmund rebroadcast it in 1983-84. The Franco-German channel ARTE wanted to re-broadcast the tape in 2005, but the second German channel, whose archives are based in Wiesbaden, finally refused, apparently for technical reasons (digital transfer is complicated). For one reason or tour, the BBC didn’t use this tape in 1994 for the documentary « Omnibus».

Interestingly, following research initiated by Grolsch (a very famous Pink Floyd collector), it turns out that unused tapes of this event still lie dormant in the TV archives (for a duration of one hour and five minutes) but it’s still unearthed in 2023. Available on the « Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972 » box set.

Source : « Rome Goes Pop »

Source : « Rome Goes Pop »

18 May 1968 « Release », BBC TV, London, England
The show used the clip It would be so nice in a feature called « Rome goes Pop ».

31 May 1968 « Open Eye », Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A very brief sample from a TV news. We can barely recognise Pink Floyd except some fleeting glimpses of Waters and Mason.

June 1968 BBC TV Centre, London, England

There's talk of Let There Be More Light being filmed on the London Underground. Unconfirmed.

28 June 1968 « Release », Studio 7, BBC TV Centre, London, England

The band is playing A Saucerful of Secrets in a studio (in color). The show was broadcast on 29 June with an interview with Roger Waters by Tony Palmer. The programme also aired Set The controls for the Heart of the Sun, which was broadcast later in the year as part of the Omnibus programme. Parts of this programme were repeat on « Late Night Line Up » on 5 July 1968.

29 June 1968 « Free Festival », Hyde Park, London, England

A very very brief b&w film clip of Jethro Tull's performance appeared on a documentary about Tull called « Fish n' Sheep n' Rock n' Roll » made for Channel 4 on British TV back in 1987. It looks like it comes from a newsreel but suggests there is probably more footage of the event in existence. We can barely see a couple of frame about who show David Gilmour and Nick Mason.

Source : « British Pathé Video Archive »

Source : « British Pathé Video Archive »

5 July1968 « Late Night Line Up », BBC TV Studios, London, England
Some extracts from the « Release » show, originally broadcast on 29 June (with Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun).

24 July 1968 « Philadelphia Music Festival », Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, USA

Broadcasted in October, the 5th for « The Hy Lit Show ». The Tape is owned by Rich Patz in decent condition. No chance to be released since he made the promise never share it! The samples seen on Youtube seems to be a fake.

Nick, Roger and Roger photographied by George STROUT at the airport before departure to US.

22 August 1968 Heathrow Airport, London, England

For the band's return from its American tour, the band's management organised a media event with a television crew. There is no record of this event, if it took place at all.

Fan-Club newsletter, August 1968

31 August 1968 « Kastival'68 Festival», Kasterlee, Belgique

An extract come from the broadcast during the «Tienerklanken» TV Show, October the 8th on BRT network. We can see an interview by E. Dillens with Roger Waters and the band playing Astronomy Dominé. We can see the band who play this title and an interview of Roger by a dutch journalist. This extract wasbroadcasted in the Mar Ysae documentary. A new source appeared in 2015.On the boxset « Pink Floyd - Early Years 1965-1972 ».

6 September1968 « BBC Documentary Preview », BBC TV Studios, London, England
The band attend the preview a documentary about them with a TV crew. No more details about what was shown.

6 September 1968 « Samedi et Compagnie », ORTF Studios, Buttes Chaumont, Paris, France

The band perform Let there be more Light and Remember a Day (in play-back) It is known that the Floyd also played Flaming but this part never reappeared. The programme was rebroadcast on 18 October 1968. So it seems that the tape we know comes from the partial rebroadcast as part of « Point Chaud » (A French TV show dedicated to the pop music) on August 1974. Available on the « Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972 » box set.

«Les Pink Floyd à Paris vint, un samedi de la fin septembre, pour honorer de sa présence l’émission d’Albert Raisner «Samedi et Compagnie». C’est là que devant un auditoire de frais bambins (les mêmes depuis quinze ans) aux mains calleuses (à force de taper dans leurs mains n’importe comment), le Pink Floyd interpréta, ou plutôt mima, avec une réjouissante mauvaise volonté, deux des chansons de son prochain 30 cm («A Saucerful of Secrets» - tout à fait extraordinaire, à sortir chez EMI). La musique du Pink Floyd est tout à fait en marge de la pop-music britannique. Le groupe produit une masse sonore imposante, ne laissant une quelconque prééminence à aucun des quatre musiciens. Leurs influences sont visiblement très nombreuses de la musique d’église (A Saucerful of Secrets), du jazz moderne - mais point free -(les Jazz Messengers en particulier), celle de la musique indienne, et pas mal aussi de la musique moderne (plutôt style Stockhausen). Les thèmes sont le plus souvent très fournis et parfaitement baroques. Les paroles qu’ils mettent dessus - les chansons du Pink Floyd sont généralement des récits - tournent le plus souvent autour de la science-fiction. Ils sont tous les quatre d’ailleurs passionnés de S.F, avec un net penchant pour Asimor (sic), Van Vogt, Arthur C. Clarke (…) La musique du Pink Floyd, c’est le premier space-opéra en pop-music. C’est eux qui auraient dû faire la musique de «2001»»

«Pink et Hopkin», Rock & Folk, November 1968.

Gerard Salmon (opérateur à l’ORTF):

«J’étais programmé sur une émission qui passait en direct du studio 4 à Cognacs-Jay (il me semble que c’était «l’invite du dimanche»). Nous répétions le samedi et nous attendions un groupe, je ne me rappelle plus quel mois c’était mais il faisait très chaud et nous avions ouvert les grandes portes du studio qui donnent sur le rue de l’Université. Arrive un semi-remorque, étonnement de notre part. (…) Les Floyd sont arrivés et ils ont pu rentrés tout leur matos et répéter mais le problème c est que des les premières notes tout le studio vibrait. C’était fantastique, les gens dehors commençaient à s’agglutiner devant les portes du studio toujours ouvertes; les gens qui tournaient sur les studios au-dessus de nous sont venus voir ce qui se passait , enfin tout est rentré ds l ordre et là j’ai découvert la musique des Pink Floyd, c’était magique»

«Interview by RarePinkFloyd», Avril 2020

17 September 1968 « BBC Documentary Preview », BBC TV Studios, London, England

The band attend a preview for a documentary about them. No more details knew.

21 September 1968 « Samedi et Compagnie », ORTF TV Studios, Buttes Chaumont, Paris, France

A possible appearance to this show dedicated to Juliette Greco (most likely a rebroadcast of a previous show; maybe Flaming recorded the same month.

26 September 1968 « Rhône Alpes Actualités », ORTF TV Studios, Buttes Chaumont, Paris, France

A report on Le Théâtre du Huitième and the future concert of Pink Floyd.

2 October 1968 « Tomorrow's World », BBC TV Studios, London, England

The band was possibly invited to this show.

8 October 1968 « Si ça vous chante », ORTF, Paris, France

Talking about the band during the show

9 October 1968 « Tomorrow's World », BBC TV Studios, London, England

The band was possibly invited to this show.

12 October 1968 « A l'affiche du Monde », ORTF TV Studios, Buttes Chaumont, Paris, France

Broadcasted on Saturday 12 October. In this show entitled « Spécial Angleterre : la nouvelle vague de la pop-music », we can see the band wandering in the London Tube with Let there be More Light as soundtrack. On the boxset« Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972».

21 October 1968 « German TV shows »
The press at this time report the appearance to two special German TV shows.

1st November 1968 Hanover Grand Film and Arts theatre, London, England

A special screening of « All my loving » was made pour the crew and the cast. Maybe with an, appearance of the band (unconfirmed).

3 November 1968 « All My Loving», BBC TV, London, England

« All my loving » is re-broadcasted. BBC rebroadcast «All my loving».

17 November 1968 KunstHaus, Zurich, Suisse

While visiting Zurich and just before their participation to the « 2nd Pop and Rhythm and Blues Festival » (afternoon show), the band visit a contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the revolution. They were filmed by Swiss television without that the broadcaster being known (or if the film was even broadcast). We can see in the photographic archives of « Uilster Bild » a snapshot who attest the presence of a TV crew.

26 November 1968 « Tous en Scène», Antenne du chapiteau du Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France

A big 90-mn TV show recorded on 31 October with Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, Les Charlots (French comics band) and Pink Floyd who played live Let there be more Light and Flaming. Rebroadcasted for the first time by the french TV channel « Jimmy » on 14 March 1992, then rebroadcasted in better quality since (in complete version). Some thoughts the band played their single Point me at the sky (released at the same time) but it’s untrue. On the « Pink Floyd - The early years 1965-1972». boxset.

30 November 1968 « Surprise Partie », Psychedelic Club, Paris, France

First broadcast for the Christmas Special of 1968 (titled «Surprise Partie»). The band played Let there be more Light and Flaming (not filmed by the french TV). This tape was shown firstly in « Point chaud » TV show in 1974 and for the exhibition « Insterstellar » hold in France in 2003. On the « Early Years » boxset.

Source : DVD « Surprise Party 1968 »

Source : DVD « Surprise Party 1968 »

Early December 1968 Barrett’s flat, London, England

Some footage was lately found by Mick Rock and was included in hist last movie « Shot! The psycho-spiritual Mantra of Rock »

Mick Rock:

« The first pictures i ever shot of Syd Barrett were moving. I co-owned a windup 16-mm Bolex with two friends. I shot a rambling apartment opposite South Kensington tube station which Syd and I shared with several artists in the winter of 68/69. By then Syd had left Pink Floyd. The film was experimental with no soundtrack and edited to 4 or 5 minutes. There were lots of close-ups of Syd laughing and at one point he appears to jump through a mirror, like a Jean Cocteau movie. I haven’t seen it in a decade, but I feel sure I still have it, buried like a pirate’s treasure»

« Mick Rock: A photographic record», Mick Rock, 1993.

8 December 1968 « Apollo VII News », BBC TV Studios, London, England

A report about the lunar Apollo VII mission who use the music of Lucifer Sam.

17 December.1968 « For schools and college - Science Fiction : Let's Make Pop », Studios 3, EMI Recording Studios, London, England
On 17 December 1968, the BBC devoted one of its science programmes (entitled « Science Session ») to new recording techniques (the episode was subtitled « Let's make Pop »).
The producer Morton Surguy visited the Floyd with David Symonds and Edward at EMI studios while the band worked on the studio portion of « Ummagaumma ». The first session, which took place from 2.30pm to 6.00pm, was recorded while the band were working on Roger's scene. A song that was to evolve into Grantchester Meadows. But listening to Roger, he seems to be continuing to work on Roger's Boogie (with its chordal descent into Em) which eventually became the basis of Cirrus Minor.
While the video tape has not been saved by the BBC archive, an audio copy has been circulating for many years under the name « Laying down tracks »

In 1974, the French producer Albert Raisner dedicated his programme to Pink Floyd with two shows (24 August and 7 September), probably because of the band's recent appearance on the « Gini tour ». These shows were an opportunity to replay excerpts of the band's appearances on French television since 1968. All these tapes are now known and in much better quality.

However, in the opening credits of the first programme, two very short clips of David and Roger (interspersed with other footage) are shown in what looks like a test-shot of the cameras while the band rehearses (or passes the time).

Some have suggested that this could be footage from the famous UK programme « For schools and college - Science Fiction: Let's Make Pop » recorded on 17 December 1968 at EMI Studios and broadcast on the BBC on 5 March at 2.05pm. What pleads for this hypothesis is Roger's look (length of his hair and his scarf), the instruments used (David's white strat, Nick's drum head) and the decor behind Roger which looks like one of the rooms of the recording studio as it was at the time (the glass of the control room is visible).

Finally, it was not uncommon for French and British TV (ORTF and BBC) to exchange musical sequences for their own programmes (the French programme « Discorama » of March 1968 uses a sequence of the band miming Paintbox in playback on a BBC set for example). By synchronising the audio and video tapes it appears that this is indeed an extract of this programme that has been saved!