Originally released as part of the mammoth 2016 rarities clearinghouse The Early Years 1965-1972,
1969 Dramatis/Ation contains all the known unreleased music and video Pink Floyd recorded that year. During 1969,
Floyd released
More and
Ummagumma, and the first CD opens with songs from
More that were heard in the film but not on the album, then it rounds out with a BBC session from May and a performance at Amsterdam's Paradiso in August. A second CD contains an excellent live set of "The Man" and "The Journey" from Amsterdam in September 1969. The DVD/Blu-ray features a London rehearsal of "The Man" and "The Journey," plus a terrific set from Belgium in October -- the highlight is
Frank Zappa sitting in on "Interstellar Overdrive" -- along with footage from Germany from earlier that month. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine