In 2008 my dad was asked to recreate the track for a performance in Chelsea, London, with Italian tribute band Mun Floyd, renowned cellist Caroline Dale, 40 piece choir and 10 piece brass. For a long time my dad was never given due credit, in fact only a songwriting credit, when there was so much more involved (arrangement, production et al). The whole thing turned out to be an albatross around my dad’s neck as it dug the band out of a hole but they were the first to give it a bad press, despite it being the band’s first big seller. This led to being asked to finish off the track Atom Heart Mother the band were under pressure to go on tour (label and management) and had some unconnected segments to go over a backing track and my dad was asked to weave them together with orchestration. The connection started in 1969 when my dad was asked to compose the soundtrack to the film The Body, and he enlisted the help of Roger Waters. Many regular readers will know of my connection with Pink Floyd, as my dad Ron Geesin was heavily involved with the Atom Heart Mother album.

Pink floyd: atom heart mother live