Manzanera worked on the new Pink Floyd album 'The Endless River', which is the band's first LP since 1994's 'The Division Bell'. The album, which will be released on November 10, will include music recorded with multi-instrumentalist Richard Wright, who died in 2008 aged 65.
One such piece is an organ solo he recorded at the Royal Albert Hall during a rehearsal for the band's show on June 26, 1969. The show was billed as 'The Final Lunacy!' and featured performance art pieces including a roadie dressed as a gorilla and the band sawing planks of wood on stage. In a new interview with Uncut, Manzanera says: "At the time, playing the organ at the Royal Albert Hall was very controversial. When the Mothers of Invention played there, Don Preston went up and played 'Louie Louie' on the organ and it was considered sacrilege! It was a great moment of rebellion. It sounds silly, doesn't it? But it was a big deal for a rock band to get into the Royal Albert Hall."
WE AIN'T GOT PINK FLOYD, BUT WE DO HAVE DON PRESTON
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