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Pink Floyd rarity on Harvest Records CD reissue Print E-mail
Written by Matt   
Thursday, 12 April 2007

harvest logoLong sought after, and afforded almost legendary status amongst Floyd collectors, is the compilation album Picnic: A Breath Of Fresh Air. This was released in June 1970 and was particularly notable for the inclusion of the otherwise unreleased classic Pink Floyd track, Embryo.

On the release of the album, the band were reportedly aghast, as it was an unfinished demo of the track which Harvest used without checking first.

Let's hope that the band are now happier that fans hear the track, as EMI/Harvest reissue the album, expanded to a 3CD set, this coming Monday, April 16th, in the UK!

breath of fresh airThe new version is called "A Breath Of Fresh Air: A Harvest Records Anthology 1969 - 1974", and as well as Embryo, it also includes the Floyd's Careful With That Axe Eugene, Syd Barrett's Octopus and Baby Lemonade, Roger Waters and Ron Geesin's Breathe (from The Body soundtrack), and tracks from the likes of Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, and Deep Purple.

Definitely one for the collection, it can be ordered through the following special links: Amazon UK/Europe, Amazon US/International, Canada, France, or Germany. If you are outside these countries, don't worry - they ship worldwide. Any item bought through these links at Amazon (not just Floyd items) helps with the running costs of the site, and we really appreciate it!

Here's the full track listing for you...

Disc: 1 
1. Evil - Edgar Broughton Band 
2. Listen Learn Read On - Deep Purple 
3. Druid One - Third Ear Band 
4. Station Song - Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments 
5. Rainmaker - Michael Chapman 
6. Singing A Song In The Morning - Kevin Ayers 
7. Foresaking Our Captain Cried - Shirley & Dolly Collins 
8. Careful With That Axe Eugene - Pink Floyd 
9. Armchair Theatre - Tea & Symphony 
10. Big Bear Ffolly - Bakerloo 
11. Round And Round - Panama Ltd. Jug Band 
12. Octopus - Syd Barrett 
13. Painter - Deep Purple 
14. Country Morning - Pete Brown & Piblokto 
15. Francesca - Roy Harper 
16. Bad Penny - Forest 
17. Backwood - Chris Spedding 
18. Real Cool World - Greatest Show On Earth 
19. Breathe - Roger Waters & Ron Geesin 
20. Taking Some Time On - Barclay James Harvest 
Disc: 2 
1. There's No Vibrations But Wait - Edgar Broughton Band 
2. Soulful Lady - Michael Chapman 
3. Entropy - Quartermass 
4. Black Sheep Of The Family - Quartermass 
5. Grass - Pretty Things 
6. Salisbury Plain - Shirley & Dolly Collins 
7. Embryo - Pink Floyd 
8. Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave - Dave Mason 
9. Speed King - Deep Purple 
10. Magic Woman Touch - Greatest Show On Earth 
11. Aeroplane Head Woman - Pete Brown & Piblokto 
12. Baby Lemonade - Syd Barrett 
13. Don't You Grieve - Roy Harper 
14. October 26 - Pretty Things 
15. Song From The Bottom Of A Well - Kevin Ayers 
16. First Leaf Of Autumn - Michael Chapman 
17. Call Me A Liar - Edgar Broughton Band 
Disc: 3 
1. She Said - Barclay James Harvest 
2. South Africa - Roy Harper 
3. Evening Over Rooftops - Edgar Broughton Band 
4. Do Ya - Move
5. When The City Sleeps - Bombadil 
6. Lady Rachel - Kevin Ayers 
7. 10538 Overture - ELO 
8. City - Marc Almond 
9. Spaceship - Spontaneous Combustion 
10. Macbeth - Third Ear Band 
11. Fresh Air - Jan Akkerman 
12. Twelve Hours Of Sunset - Roy Harper 
13. Wells Fargo - Babe Ruth 
14. Showdown - ELO 
15. Jet Silver And The Dolls Of Venus - Be Bop Deluxe

 
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