PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother RARER ORIG UK 1970 Pre-EMI HARVEST LP

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Album Title: Atom Heart Mother.

Producers: Pink Floyd.

Executive Producer: Norman Smith.

Engineers: Alan Parsons and Peter Bown.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Atom Heart Mother (a) Father’s Shout; (b) Breast Milky (c) Mother Fore; (d) Funky Dung; (e) Mind Your Throats Please; (f) Remergence.

Side 2: If; Sumer 68; Fat Old Sun; Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast (a) Rise and Shine; (b) Sunny Side Up; (c) Morning Glory.

Label/Format: Harvest – first issue with no EMI logo and ‘Gramophone Co Ltd’ rim text. These have matt, smooth surfaces.

Condition: Fair due to wear and staining on the sleeve but the vinyl itself plays well!

Cat Number: SHVL 781

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Weight of this Record: 135 grams. A typical more solid weight for this earlier pressing. Later EMI logo label copies were usually thinner.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Moderate: first issue copies harder to find. Although a less popular album (for some) in the Pink Floyd catalogue, most of the early ones seen are often ruined by usage on very basic, often heavy tracking mono record players, and the sound destroyed accordingly. This one plays well throughout. A complex album in terms of sound quality and quiet passages, few survive like this.

Original Year of Release: 1970.

Matrix Nos: SHVL 781 A-1G / SHVL 781 B-1G

Musicians: David Gilmour – guitars; bass guitar, drums, vocals; Roger Waters – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, tape effects, tape collage, vocals; Richard Wright – keyboards, piano, orchestration, vocals; Nick Mason – drums, percussion, tape editing, tape collage. Guest musicians and vocalists: John Aldiss Choir – vocals; Ron Geesin – orchestration; Alan Stiles – voice on ‘Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast’; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Abbey Road Session Pops Orchestra – brass and orchestral sections.

Brief Artist & Album Info: This still has to Pink Floyd’s most underrated and often under-appreciated work, ‘Atom Heart Mother’ was a very brave experimental piece. Partially written with avant-garde composer Ron Geesin and produced by Norman Smith and beautifully engineered by Alan Parsons. It featured the first in a series of impressive album covers, designed by the Hipgnosis studio, none of which featured photographs of the band on the front. The album’s first side is taken up with the title track broken down into six segments. Brass, choir, strings and sound effects are used throughout including a high powered motorbike near the beginning which roars from speaker to speaker, also horses and a high-speed train – all interesting for the audiophile listener. Side two offers four songs, the first three gentle more familiar period piece Floyd. ‘Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast’ is pretty strange however – a full English with a difference. A highly challenging record with so many quiet passages, so many first issues written-off from less-than-worthy, basic record players of the time. This copy plays well. . This one should please most fans and collectors.

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