See Emily Play (for the first time in 42 years) – Rare Pink Floyd Footage Discovered

The BBC reports that rare footage of a Syd Barrett-led Pink Floyd, playing on Top of the Pops, has been unearthed and will be shown for the first the time in 42 years.

Image courtesy Capitol/EMI Archive

The damaged film stock, on 1 inch, reel to reel tape, was discovered in a private collection and has been restored to a state where it can once again be viewed.

The lost footage features two performances of the band’s second single ‘See Emily Play’, filmed on the 6th and 27th July 1967, and is of particular interest as there is so little film of Syd Barrett, the erstwhile singer, knocking around. The recordings of these two Top of the Pops Floyd performances had, until now, been presumed destroyed, as was much of the BBC’s output from the 1960s due to storage space.

The Pink Floyd footage will be shown at the BFI’s ‘Missing Presumed Wiped’ event on 9th July 2010.

Enjoy the original promo vid (minus an MIA Syd Barrett) for ‘See Emily Play’:

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