From the time drummer Nick Mason visited Geesin's damp basement apartment in Notting Hill, to the last game of golf between bassist Roger Waters and Geesin, this book is an unflinching account about how one of Pink Floyd's most celebrated compositions came to life.Īlongside unpublished photographs from the Abbey Road recording sessions (the only ones taken) and the subsequent performances in London and Paris, Geesin describes how the title was chosen, why he was not credited on the record, how he left Hyde Park in tears, and why the group did not like the work much. The book, with a foreword by Nick Mason, is an unflinching account about how one of Pink Floyd’s most celebrated compositions came to life.Ī book description reads: The story behind Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother is one of brilliant but often fraught collaboration between the band and composer Ron Geesin, and here Geesin tells the full story. New book, The Flaming Cow, to be published on July 17th in the UK (October 1st in North America), offers a rare insight into the brilliant but often fraught collaboration between Pink Floyd and composer Ron Geesin, the result of which became known as Atom Heart Mother. Atom Heart Mother propelled Pink Floyd to stardom and became the band’s first UK #1 album.
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