Zabriskie Point. Music From The Motion Picture - Various Artists

Vinyl L.P - MGM Records - MGM-CS-8120.

1970 - U.K.

Back cover

Label side 1

Label side 2

Liner notes:

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Presents A CARLO PONTI PRODUCTION

A MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI FILM

ZABRISKIE POINT

SIDE ONE

HEART BEAT, PIG MEAT

The Pink Floyd

BROTHER MARY

The Kaleidoscope

Excerpt from DARK STAR

The Grateful Dead

CRUMBLING LAND

The Pink Floyd

TENNESSEE WALTZ ⊙

Patti Page

SUGAR BABE

The Youngbloods

SIDE TWO

LOVE SCENE

Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead)

I WISH I WAS A SINGLE GIRL AGAIN ⊙

Roscoe Holcomb

MICKEY'S TUNE

The Kaleidoscope

DANCE OF DEATH

John Fahey

COME IN NUMBER 51, YOUR TIME IS UP

The Pink Floyd

Music Coordinated by Don Hall

℗ 1970

John Fahey—Courtesy of Takoma Records

Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)—Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

The Grateful Dead—Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records

Roscoe Holcomb—Courtesy of Folkways Records

The Kaleidoscope—Courtesy of Epic Records

Patti Page—Courtesy of Mercury Records

The Pink Floyd—Courtesy of Harvest Records

The Youngbloods—Courtesy of RCA Victor Records

⊙ The tracks marked ⊙ are mono recordings electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect on stereo equipment.

If seeing is believing, then experiencing is being. "Zabriskie Point" is not the kind of film one goes to see, for that implies a barrier between the film-maker and his audience. Instead, "Zabriskie Point" exists as experience. Michelangelo Antonioni draws his audience into his film, forcing its members to become involved participants rather than objective observers.  

Today's artists, such as Antonioni, deal in the presentation of total concepts. There cannot be any loose ends, for each  

factor must have the power to provoke and to evoke. Therein lies the importance of the music in "Zabriskie Point." It is more than just a case of a film of today demanding the music of today. Contemporary music doesn't merely tell a story or set a mood; it is the story and it is the mood.

In many ways, "Zabriskie Point" is the marriage of film and music. Each complements the other, for each is an integral factor in the total creation and communication of the experience.  

For these reasons, Antonioni employed the same sense of demanding discrimination to the preparation of the soundtrack as he did to the film itself. As a perfectionist, he wanted nothing less than the best of today's music groups. If the film is to work, then the music must work.  

It was not an easy task for us to assemble together the musicians heard on this soundtrack recording. Yet, each is as revolutionary within their field as Antonioni is within his. The Grateful Dead, for example, was one of the earliest proponents of the sound of San Francisco, which is one of the locales in "Zabriskie Point." Pink Floyd is internationally known for its experimentation with new forms of sound and music. As creators of a restful, idyllic musica-setting, the Youngbloods are beyond comparison. Kaleidoscope has woven the ethnic music of areas like the Middle East into its basic rock style. And the Rolling Stones, though not heard on the album, make an important contribution to the film, and are considered one of the most exciting groups in the rock field.

The result is more than the completion of a motion picture score or the release of a soundtrack album. The result is "Zabriskie Point." The film and the music are not really meant to be understood, but to be lived. Let the music on this album happen to you, and you'll hear, understand, and experience what I mean.

       Mike Curb

        President, MGM Records

Pink Floyd

Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright & Nick Mason

Pink Floyd Lyrics

Heart Beat, Pig Meat.

(Waters, Gilmour, Mason, Wright)

Instrumental.

Crumbling Land.

(Waters, Gilmour, Mason, Wright)

In a while I'll find the time to make the sunshine mine

In a smile I saw a single needle in the sky

Wheeling, soaring, gliding by.

On a hill a little man with many shining things

Shiny pool, a shiny car and shiny diamond rings

Wining, dining, shining king.

And the eagle flies in clear blue skys

Breathing in the clear blue air

Back here on the ground another dealer coughs and dies

And fifty more come rolling off

The Ford production line.

Then a man appearing like up in our on the sand

In his hand a moving picture of the crumbling land

Screaming, scheming, movie man.

Here we go, hold your nose and see if something blows

Close your eyes, count to ten and see the sunrise rise

Climbing, higher, to the sky.

Climbing all the birds a lake the dove the lies

On the finger of the king

On high the eagle spies the glitter of a gun

And wheeling in a climbing turn he flies into the sun.

Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up.

(Waters, Gilmour, Mason, Wright)

Instrumental.

Country Song.

(Waters, Gilmour, Mason, Wright)

He made his way to the border

In the shadow under the trees

Down by a stream in a hollow

Turn your head feel the breeze.

And the red Queen was waiting for the news

For the white King to move

And the balance hung upon the head of one who tried

To stay within the shadows

And keep his undercover secret tight.

They let him in by a backway

Into a chamber reserved for the Queen

She took the note that he gave her

Opened it slowly and started to read.

Run to the treasury and bring me back some gold

Give it to the pawn who came, she cried

He says the white King thinks the game of chess is wrong

And all the courtiers crowded her

and this is what she told the gathered round.

Go to the store by the dungeon

Take all the red paint take all the white

Make up a newborn colour

Cover your neighbor we'll be all right.

There will be no game today, she cried across the board

Everyday will be a holiday

And all the pieces cheered as tidings spread abroad

And the Pink Queen sat

and smiled at the cat who smiled back.

Unknown Song.

(Waters, Gilmour, Mason, Wright)

Instrumental.

Love Scene.

(Waters, Gilmour, Mason, Wright)

Instrumental.

The Movie

1970 Zabriskie Point - Michelangelo Antonioni

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