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Pink Floyd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - 1st (a) UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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Background & Condition :-
This remarkable first pressing in in astonishing condition and has obviously been kept in a clean smoke free environment for the last thirty years & very carefully looked after. The album was released on August 5, 1967 and one month later it was released in stereo. The album's title comes from the title of the seventh chapter of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows' !
The mono mixes of each track were done at seperate sessions, as it was the main format.
The whole stereo album mix was a one day thing, so this really is the definitive mix of this classic album with significant differences to the stereo mix.
Subtle changes in effect abound, moment to moment gradations that can alter the flow of an entire track. For example, Syd Barrett’s whoops and shouts on 'Take up thy Stethoscope and Walk' are simply dripping with delay and the environment constantly morphs, unlike the stereo version which is 'fixed'. The coda of 'Flaming' is shorter than on the stereo version, as is 'The Gnome'. There's a whole layer of organ missing on the stereo mix at the start of 'Interstellar Overdrive' with a bongo fadeout and seriously different parts
in 'Pow R Toch H'. As the engineer said many years later 'The omission of things in the stereo mixes was really just because of the time - or lack of it - spent over these' - Mono was the de-facto standard & the stereo, like 'Sgt Pepper', was pretty much cobbled together as an afterthought.
The Disc :-
The overall condition is fantastic. There are some hairline marks visible on very close inspection that are completely inaudible & probably caused by being removed & replaced in the original EMI paper advert inner. There is a small pressing flaw evident on side two, being a 'lump' in the vinyl which does produce an audible noise for a few seconds, but this is unobtrusive. The labels are clean & bright with the KT tax code clearly visible & just a few light spindle marks around the centre hole as evidence of play.
The matrix numbers are :
XAX 3419-2 On Side One
XAX 3420-1 On Side Two
The Sleeve :-
Still with the original unsplit EMI advert paper inner, the sleeve is fantastic with negligible scuffing to the edges [to the point of being almost non-existant!], bright clear laminate withno sign of shelfwear & secure undamaged flipbacks.
The sleeve back is clean, unscuffed & unstained with NO 'File Under Popular: Pop Groups' text. The Ernest J. Day & Co. sleeve is dated 6709, just creeping into the period of the first release of the stereo version.
This truly is a staggering copy, by far the best we've ever seen & one which you'd be unlikely EVER to find better. An investment grade item !!
Tracklisting :-
1. Astronomy Dominé
2. Lucifer Sam
3. Matilda Mother
4. Flaming
5. Pow R Toc H
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
7. Interstellar Overdrive
8. The Gnome
9. Chapter 24
10. Scarecrow
11. Bike
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| Condition : |
This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
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| Year of Release: |
1967 - 57 years old |
| Artist: |
Pink Floyd (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (click here for more of the same title) |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Columbia |
| Catalogue No: |
SX6157 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Additional info: |
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
PINLPTH114878 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Genres: |
60s Rock, 70s Artists, 70s Rock, Progressive, Psychedelic, Rock
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| Related Artists: |
Architectural Abdabs, Clare Torry, Dave Kilminster, David Gilmour, Easy Star All-Stars, Nick Mason, Perfect Children, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Ron Geesin, Storm Thorgerson, Syd Barrett, The Australian Pink Floyd, Unicorn, Zee |
| Complete Stock List: |
Pink Floyd |
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| Alternative Names: |
PINK FLOID, THE PINK FLOYD |
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