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Pink Floyd to rerelease restored 1972 Pompeii concert film in Imax
Iconic performance amid Roman antiquity has been restored from original negatives, with a soundtrack newly mixed by prog star Steven Wilson
Forgoing the usual concert film format, director Adrian Maben decided to have the group perform without an audience, in the eerily deserted Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii: the first band to play there. As well as suitably trippy shots of the city’s classical antiquity and the band walking through its landscape, the film also features footage of them working on The Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road studios, including the songs On the Run, Us and Them and Brain Damage. Entitled Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, and boasting Wilson’s new mix, the soundtrack will be reissued on 2 May on CD, vinyl and streaming, including in the Dolby Atmos spatial audio format.
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