A LOCAL cinema will be the only one in the world to use the original PA rig and mixing desk to screen a famed Pink Floyd gig at Pompeii in Italy.
A newly-restored film, which shows the iconic band’s performance from 1972, will be shown on April 24.
In conjunction with CH Vintage Audio, Parkway Cinema, on Eldon Street, will be recreating the original huge PA rig at the cinema and mixing the sound live during the show.
Digitally remastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage, with enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson, the upcoming theatrical release is the ‘definitive version’ of this pioneering film, according to Parkway owner Rob Younger.
He said: “The film has been meticulously hand restored, frame-by-frame, from the original 35mm cut negative - discovered in five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd’s own archives.
“This momentous breakthrough unearthed the very film that rolled through the cameras during those sweltering days amidst the ruins of Pompeii over 50 years ago.”
