MINT OLD *COLUMBIA* PINK FLOYD PIPER GATES OF DAWN 1967 ACID Prog Psych BARRETT

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158

 HIGH QUALITY BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORDS COLLECTIBLE

     WITH DIFFERENT TRACK LISTINGS TO USA ISSUE

                        SUPER MINT CLEAN!

                  PINK FLOYD

      Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

\                               UK - (silver & black) COLUMBIA Records - SCX 5167

EXTRA CLEAN ALL OVER!!!

SCARCE TOP COPY ...super MINT clean all over... 40 year old scarce collectible

Certainly a hard to find, old, vintage collectible on the collected black & silver Columbia label from England...one of the *BEST* sound quality pressings that you can hope for of the very first PINK FLOYD album -- they of their psychedelic sounds with a different tracks and different running order from the U.S. 'Tower' release:

The 1967 first Pink Floyd entry back in the heady days when the almighty Syd Barret flew the storied Pink Floyd deliciously upside down...."lime and limpid green, a second scene, a fight between the blue...."

Syd's influences included The Stones, Beatles, Byrds and Love. A song from the debut Love album went on to inspire the chord pattern for 'Interstellar Overdrive'. Syd wrote virtually the entire 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Album', but within 12 months he'd be out of Pink Floyd, and 'out of it' altogether, to all intents and purposes. Syd was the undisputed creative leader of Pink Floyd for their early clutch of singles, and this, the only full album he'd participate in for the group. Who knows what went on in the mind of Syd Barrett? What makes this one of the finest Psychedelic albums of all of time is that Syd had different thought patterns, he did things differently. The way he played guitar was different, the way he sang was different ( resolutely English ) and his lyrics were certainly not something heard before. Nursery rhyme lyrics almost, but very striking, not Rock n Roll lyrics as such. Syd took too many drugs, but the drugs wore him down, ripped him apart.

Astonomy Domine with its space-age type radio chatter and sound effects start this journey. Arty lyrics and very English singing. Crisp sound quality, e.g. drums. Unlike Beatles stuff and the stereo quality is awesome to these ears. It sounds like it's from outer-space, and it sounds pretty great, different for the time it was released, too. Still different to this day. And yeah, the song is truly fantastic, and don't even know what it's doing, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything 'usual'. The ending of the song is glorious, the layered vocals are wonderful. 'Lucifer Sam' opens guitar heavy, the lyrics are stupendous other world poetry with a hint of nursery rhyme, making no sense, but sounding deep and heavy no doubt at all, provided you're out of your head! If you aren't out of your head, they sound great anyway, there is a natural poetry about the lyrics of Syd Barrett, not a structured learned poetry, rather a very natural way with language. Glorious guitar parts appear everywhere. One can even begin to imagine how the song came to be. 'Matilda Mother' has heavenly harmonies, more great lyrics, an exciting and mind-blowing mid instrumental section.

Roger Waters wrote a couple of songs here, people sometimes forget that. Well, he wrote 'Take Up They Stethoscope & Walk' and contributed to the band compositions, 'Intestellar Overdrive' and 'Pow R Toc H'. Before those "Flaming" arrives and is whimsical with fantasy lyrics...sort of English theatre folk music. There's a harpsichord type instrument and what sounds like a bicycle bell later on. Love the melodies in this and the vocals and guitar strums. 'Pow R Toc H' continues in this albums usage of strange effects and noises, but also continues with strong musical melodic content. 'Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk', the sole Waters solo composition owes obvious debts to Barrett, the lyrics are clumsy and basic compared to Syd, though. Roger would get better, and 'Take Up Thy Stethoscope' benefits from a demented musical assault, especially the way the organ solo is taken! 'Interstellar Overdrive' is nine minutes of loosely structured experimentation and jamming, although the basic pattern of the song holds it together, allowing the room for improvisation. Personally, 'Interstellar Overdrive' is just something to get off on, not a piece of writing genius, just these sequences of sound. Syd takes center stage for the closing sequence of songs. 'The Gnome' is a charming nursery rhyme song with strummed guitar and typically imaginative lyrics. 'Chapter 24' indulges in mixing experimentation, it sounds fantastic harmonically. 'Scarecrow' opens with lots of ticking and clock noises, a simple, very simple childs melody, more nursery rhyme type lyrics, but then, these lyrics? Let's mention the sheer imagination behind them, the worlds and pictures and places they place in your brain. Because they do. Who needs drugs? And, that's 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' Syd and Pink Floyd together for the only time for a whole album project, an album project that's been massively influential through the years, and something that's never quite been done again.

Side One:

Astronomy Dominé 4:12

Lucifer Sam 3:07

Matilda Mother 3:08

Flaming 2:46

Pow R Toc H 4:26

Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk 3:05

Side Two:

Interstellar Overdrive 9:41

The Gnome 2:13

Chapter 24 3:42

Scarecrow 2:11

Bike 3:21

CONDITION: The Cover: Very fragile and laminated, a TOP COPY rated M- all clean around the edges front & back cover = has 4 sharp corners. No bends, no writing, no split seams, no delete marks. Bright original colors...this is a 40 year old scarce collectible.

The Vinyl: TOP COPY super clean and smooth, beautiful M- that plays TOP level, and has clean Columbia labels  

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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