Summer '68 Explained

Summer '68
Type:single
Artist:Pink Floyd
Album:Atom Heart Mother
Released:October 1970
Recorded:December 1968 – January 1969, 5–20 July 1970[1]
Studio:Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre:Baroque pop
Length:5:28
Label:Harvest
Producer:
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"Summer '68" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd on their 1970 album Atom Heart Mother.[2] [3]

Recording

Written and sung by Richard Wright, "Summer '68" was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in July 1970. Its lyrics describe Wright's meeting with a groupie in 1968.

On 4 December 1968, an incomplete version of this song, titled "One Night Stand", was started at Abbey Road Studios. The band kept working on it until 16 December, and it was eventually scrapped by the band on 16 January 1969 after a session at Abbey Road.[4]

Reception

In a retrospective review for the Atom Heart Mother album, Irving Tan of Sputnik Music gave "Summer '68" a positive review, describing it as "the catchiest and most-accessible track on the album."[5] Tan really enjoyed Wright's vocals, the "bombastic trumpet solo breaks", and believed the track had "a groovy chorus".

In another retrospective review for the Atom Heart Mother album, IGN described "Summer '68" as "a catchy, fast and happy pop tune written and sung by Richard Wright" that's "one of the few songs Wright has ever done for Pink Floyd and it's actually pretty fine."[6]

Personnel

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Guesdon, Jean-MIchel . Pink Floyd All The Songs . Running Press . 2017 . 9780316439237 .
  2. Book: Strong, Martin C. . The Great Rock Discography . . Edinburgh . 1-84195-551-5 . 1177 . 2004 . 7th.
  3. Book: Mabbett, Andy . The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd . . London . 0-7119-4301-X . 1995.
  4. Book: Guesdon, Jean-Michel . Pink Floyd All The Songs . Running Press . 2017 . 9780316439237 . English.
  5. Web site: Review: Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother Sputnikmusic. Tan. Irving. 18 September 2010. www.sputnikmusic.com. 23 July 2017.
  6. Web site: Reader Review: Atom Heart Mother . IGN . 14 August 2017 . 11 December 2003.