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This is the BEST quality version available with a correct soundtrack and...
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This is the BEST quality version available with a correct soundtrack and a stray piece of footage (that had escaped into a random section of the video) of Syd miming put back in it's rightful place.
All other YouTube copies of this either feature the WRONG version of 'Jugband Blues' and one, which has the right soundtrack, is all squashed up.
This was screened in perfect but still very scratchy condition on BBC's '7 Ages Of Rock' documentary. It was also shown wider than it is here with more of the picture on the sides. They didn't show it complete though, just sections. This version is the only way to see the whole thing, in slightly lesser quality. A better quality version of complete clip has yet to surface.
Filmed in December 1967, the soundtrack didn't survive (as this film was found in a shed in the late 90s covered in mould) so someone edited on the BBC version as the soundtrack, this was NOT the version they were miming to. Someone has put back on the album track and matched it up as best they could.
This is from the text file that was included with the film, written by the person who corrected the soundtrack:
"However, there was another strange story involving "Jugband Blues". Sometime in November 1967 when "Apples" had flopped, the Floyd were commissioned to make a promo film for the "Ministry Of Information". The motives were unknown, never mind what the film would be used for. The Floyd did indeed make this film and the song they chose was "Jugband Blues"!
This became a bit of a legend over the years since virtually nobody had ever seen it and it was presumed missing and lost. The very idea of a film performance of this song was mind boggling and many of us presumed it could well be a jokey rumour. Then, in 1999 a copy of the film turned up in Manchester!
It was in a rough battered state, the soundtrack was virtually non-existent, but the pictures were watchable. Whoever found it took it upon himself to redub the film and chose the version they recorded for the BBC in December 1967. I finally got a copy of it last year and it immediately bugged me because the soundtrack didn't exactly fit at all well.
So, I took it upon myself to try and resolve this issue. First, the film was shot before the BBC session, so there was no way that could have been the soundtrack. Then I did some research into their recording sessions and discovered that it had already been mixed into mono, which was still the main format for the time. The mono mix of the song is slightly longer and since there was no way it would have used the stereo mix, the mono mix HAD to be the original soundtrack, but when I tried to synch it up, it didn't quite work.
I carefully looked at the film again and did some experiments. I found a rather stray shot in the chaotic section. I found that this brief shot actually was the beginning of an earlier shot where the camera pans down onto Syd. So, I cut this shot out and put it back into its rightful place and then tried synching it up again. To my astonishment, it fit perfectly! Now, Syds lips were actually in synch as well as all the camera cuts! But there was still the problem of the first 20 seconds which wouldn't synch at all. For this, I had to use pitch shifting to get it into place... (this explains the slightly peculiar sound in the first section) I was stunned when I finally played it back and a shiver went up my spine seeing Syd miming perfectly to those killer final lines and turns away from the camera.
So now I had a new master of this film. I have checked around and noticed that all copies in circulation are still using the wrong soundtrack... it seems nobody else had actually taken the time and trouble with it like I had!
So, here it is, for the very first time as far as I know, the promo film of Pink Floyds' "Jugband Blues" with its proper soundtrack in place. A great film and a fascinating slice of Floyd history that deserves a better fate... see what you think!"
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