Pow R. Toc H.

Song_infobox
Name = Pow R. Toc H.


Artist = Pink Floyd
Album = The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Released = August 5 1967
track_no = 5
Recorded = February – June 1967
Genre = Psychedelic rock, experimental rock
Length = 4:26
Label = Columbia/EMI (UK) Capitol (US)
Producer = Norman Smith
prev = Flaming
prev_no = 4
next = Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
next_no = 6"Pow R. Toc H." is an instrumental song with vocal effects, from Pink Floyd's 1967 album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". The vocal effects are strikingly similar to those on the Beatles' "Lovely Rita" from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" which was recorded around the same time, in the same studio location, Abbey Road Studio, whose recording Pink Floyd briefly witnessed; therefore "Lovely Rita" likely influenced this composition. In addition to the vocal effects, piano is a prominent instrument in this piece.

Toc H. was the army signallers' code for "TH", representing Talbot House, a club where officers and enlisted men were equals. It later became an interdenominational Christian fellowship organization serving the community. "Pow R. Toc H." may have been a conscious effort by the band to produce a sequel to "Interstellar Overdrive", another instrumental from the same album.

Alternative and live versions

Pow R. Toc H. was renamed "The Pink Jungle" in the "Journey" part of "The Man and the Journey". Pink Floyd performed the song live from 1967 to 1969.

Personnel

*Syd Barrett – vocals, guitar
*Richard Wright – keyboards, piano
*Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals
*Nick Mason – drums, percussion