Embryo (Pink Floyd song)

"Embryo"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air
ReleasedMay 1970
Recorded26 November, 3-4 December 1968
StudioAbbey Road Studios
GenrePsychedelic folk
Length4:39
LabelHarvest (UK)
Songwriter(s)Roger Waters
Producer(s)Norman Smith

"Embryo" (sometimes called "The Embryo") is a song by Pink Floyd.[1][2] It was recorded in 1968 and regularly performed live in 1970–71,[3] but never released on any regular Pink Floyd studio album.

A studio version appeared in 1970 on the rare multi-artist album Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air.[4] Its next appearance was in 1983 on Pink Floyd's own compilation Works. It then appeared in 2007 on A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology 1969–1974 (one of only three tracks from the original sampler album to be included in the similarly-titled anthology).[5] Multiple renditions of "Embryo" appeared on the band's 2016 box set The Early Years 1965–1972; two versions were also included on the smaller 2-disc compilation The Early Years 1967–1972: Cre/ation (2016).

  1. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
  2. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  3. ^ Manning 2006, p. 227.
  4. ^ Kellman, Andy (2011). "Works - Pink Floyd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. ^ "A Breath of Fresh Air: A Harvest Records Anthology, 1969-1974 - Various Artists : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2012.