Pink Floyd: "Interstellar Overdrive"

"Interstellar Overdrive" (Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason; Westminster Music/Tro.) [9:41]

Pink Floyd: Roger Waters (bass), Syd Barrett (guitar), Richard Wright (organ & piano), and Nick Mason (drums).

Released on Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1 August 1967.

Produced by Norman Smith with Peter Bown, engineer.

Pink Floyd. 1994. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn [7]. [Capitol CDP 0777 7 46384 5]

Sect.	Time	Meas.	Description
	0:00	4	Introduction: Establishing the tonic (E): guitars & bass
A	0:08	6 + 6	Exposition: Statement of principal themes "Little Red Book" Theme: guitars and bass
A	0:30	6 + 6	"Little Red Book" Theme: guitar, bass, and drums
B	0:52	21	Bass lead derived from "Little Red Book" theme: guitar solos over repeating bass riff
C	1:30	ca. 200	Development: Material from Sections A and B reinterated and interpreted tonic-dominant bass ostinato (E) as a reduction of the bass theme
	2:20	—	guitar loop (drop drums/bass)
	3:51	—	bass combines and inverts tonic-dominant pattern and bass theme
	6:06	—	organ imitates guitar loop (drums and bass drop out/in)
	8:00	—	Bridge: Material from Introduction, and Sections A and B reappear (e.g., chromatic descending guitar chords)
A	8:21	8	Recapitulation: Opening material reintroduced and transformed Original tempo/meter re-established
A	8:40	6 + 8	Section A with coda [recording pans from one side to the other as though circling the listener]