Movies For The Ears Dept.

The Rolling Stones' movie Charlie Is My Darling, documenting their riotous Irish tour in '65, wasn't released until 2012, with editing and addition. The soundtrack plays like a radio show, with live recording interrupted by snippets of conversation, studio tracks and Andrew Loog Oldham showing off with the orchestrals. An amost unbelievable glimpse into/reminder of a wild, wild time in pop. "The screaming was a bit much."

Director Peter Whitehead also directed Swingin' London doc Tonite Let's All Make Love In London a couple of years later. This is the extended soundtrack with the commentary, not the original vinyl [at left - Ed.], famous for including early Pink Floyd unavailable elsewhere. Caveat: the tracks aren't tagged, only numbered. I just ain't got th' energy, pals. It plays swell as it is.

Pink Floyd's Live At Pompeii from '72 is better known, benefiting from a contemporary release which filled cinemas with the heady perfume of Afghan Black the length and breadth of the U.K. This Director's Cut, like the above, contains all the chat from the movie, and you'll hear both bands talking about the British breakfast/cup of tea obsession.