PINK FLOYD - ATOM HEART MOTHER Harvest NO EMI orig. inner EX++ 1st UK press

	£		56
	$		74

PINK FLOYD -

ATOM HEART MOTHER

HARVEST  SHVL 781 (NO EMI on the label)

1st UK PRESS

 1970 Heavy vinyl

PINK FLOYD ''ATOM HEART MOTHER'' 1ST UK PRESSING CAT NO. SHVL 781 1970 EARLIEST 1st PRESSING NO EMI ON THE LABELS!! ''THE GRAMOPHONE CO...'' AROUND THE RIM OF THE LABELS ORIGINAL GARROD & LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE!!

Matrices: side 1.   A-1G and side 2.   B-1G.

Mother stampers: "RR" and "AG" indicating a very early first press.

An awesome original rare to find 1st UK pressing genuine 45 years old superb and this is complete with the original cover in Excellent condition! Normally this is found in a terrible state and over played! This has been rarely ever played! Very very collectable and sought after like this!! Only the earliest 1970 pressings have NO EMI on the labels and an original Harvest advert inner.

Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England!!

The original album cover shows a very ordinary cow standing in a very ordinary pasture, with no text nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. (Some later editions have the title and artist name added to the cover.) This concept was the group's reaction to the psychedelic "space rock" imagery associated with Pink Floyd at the time of the album's release; the band wanted to explore all sorts of music without being limited to a particular image or style of performance. They thus requested that their new album have "something plain" on the cover, which ended up being the image of the cow. Storm Thorgerson, inspired by Andy Warhol's famous "cow-wallpaper", has said that he simply drove out into a rural area near Potters Bar and photographed the first cow he saw. The cow's owner identified her name as "Lulubelle III". More cows appear on the back cover (again, with no text or titles), and on the inside gatefold.!!

The title track was to have been called "The Amazing Pudding", though Ron Geesin's original score referred to it as "Epic". Its name was changed after Ron Geesin, who co-wrote the piece and arranged the orchestration on the recording, pointed to a copy of The Evening Standard (dated Thursday 16 July 1970), and suggested to Roger Waters that he would find a title in there. The headline was: "ATOM HEART MOTHER NAMED".

The piece is a progression from Pink Floyd's earlier instrumental pieces such as "A Saucerful of Secrets". The "Atom Heart Mother" suite takes up all of side one, and is split into six parts, featuring a full brass section and choir which take most of the lead melody lines, while Pink Floyd mainly provide the backing tracks; a reverse of the 1960s pop music practice of using orchestration as the background, and putting the rock band in front. However, there is one section where a bluesy electric guitar solo by David Gilmour takes the lead!!

Side two opens with three five-minute songs: one by each of the band's three resident songwriters, and closes with a suite with sound effects primarily conceived by Nick Mason, but credited to the whole group (and based mostly on musical ideas by Gilmour). Therefore, this album's concept is similar to their previous Ummagumma album, in that it features the full band in the first half, and focuses on individual members in the second half. Roger Waters contributes a folk ballad called "If" which he would play frequently at live shows in support of his Radio KAOS album, more than a decade later. This is followed by Rick Wright's brass-heavy "Summer '68", a critique of the "rock 'n' roll" lifestyle that would soon become characteristic of Pink Floyd. Next is David Gilmour's "Fat Old Sun", for which a 15 minute extended arrangement spent two years as a key part of the band's live set, and is a staple of Gilmour's various solo tours!!

The final track, "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast", is divided into three segments, each with its own descriptive title, joined by dialogue and sound effects of then-roadie Alan Stiles preparing, discussing, and eating breakfast!!.

The original LP ends with the sound of a dripping tap which continues into the inner groove, and thus plays on indefinitely!!!

Gatefold Sleeve:  EX.  One of the  best copies you will ever find of this sleeve. Matt and perfectly flat without much wear, even the edges are excellent!!! There is a corner crease to the bottom right. The opening is super crisp. the spine is 100% legible. Please look at the pictures for your perusal.  NO splits, NO tears, NO writing, NO smears etc. The best you will find for this 45 year old classic!!!

This album still retains its original "Harvest"  poly lined inner sleeve with adverts of classic collectible records like e.g. Quatermass, Bakerloo, Syd Barrett etc. The inner is in VG++/EX condition and has no splits.

Vinyl:  EX.  Both surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen. A SUPERB VINYL COPY WHICH WILL PROVE HARD TO BETTER!!! Indeed, just two faint wispy hairlines that do not have any audible effect! We all dream of finding copies of classic albums that have been looked after but they are few and far between especially these days. The whole LP sounds absolutely stunning and plays to an extremely high standard with superb clarity, no groove-wear and no distortion and is very strictly graded a strong EX for audio and visual appearance - great copy!! I have played this on my very revealing setup with a Linn Sondek cartridge. Of course, NO skips, NO jumps, NO ticks, No crackle. The winner will be very happy with this vinyl.

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***This is a unique prime investment opportunity!!! Finding this classic album in any condition at all is nearly impossible!!! This is  a great and seriously collectable super album!!  You will buy into a piece of  superb prog history.*** 

This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next prog album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.

Important : International postage will be registered and insured if over GBP 20.00.  Please wait for my invoice before paying. Postage will be according to Royal Mail rates. Postage is NOT a money spinning exercise for me.

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