PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother UK Gatefold1stPres LP No 'EMI' Logo

	£		58
	$		77

PINK FLOYD

Title : Atom Heart Mother

Date Released : 1970

Label :  Early HARVEST no 'EMI' logo - Gramophone text rim

Catalogue No : SHVL 781

Matrix No :
SHVL 781 A-1G
SHVL 781 B-1G

Issue : UK 1st press in Stereo

Vinyl Grade - EX / MINT
Sleeve Grade - EX / MINT

Bands line up

David Gilmour
guitars, bass guitar, drums, lead vocals on "Fat Old Sun",
backing vocals on "Summer '68"

Nick Mason
drums, percussion, tape editing, tape collage, additional
engineering on "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"

Roger Waters
bass guitar, acoustic guitar on "If", tape effects,
tape collage, vocals on "If"

Richard Wright
Hammond organ,  piano, Mellotron, Farfisa Compact
Duo organ, orchestration, vocals on "Summer '68"

Sleeve Design by
Hipgnosis

Production by
Pink Floyd

Engineer
Peter Bown, Allan Parsons

Sleeve printed and made by :
Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

 This is Pink Floyd's fifth studio LP. A rare early original first pressing from 1970.
A UK stereo LP. Released on the early two tone green HARVEST label with No 'EMI logo and Gramophone label text rim. Housed in a superb full colour printed gatefold picture sleeve with inner printed sleeve notes.

Brief Album History :
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!!

This is now a super rare and difficult album to find, so don't miss out I only have this one for sale . . .

Vinyl :
This vinyl is in EX / MINT condition wonderful unmarked vinyl. Two clean HARVEST labels with No 'EMI' logo. Tidy undamaged centre label holes. The vinyl remains in superb condition retaining a glorious lustre after 40 years on!.

Sleeve :
This gatefold sleeve is in EX / MINT condition with some very light handling edge scuffs. The printing is exceptionally bold, and images are sharp. The whole cover feels very solid. The edges are very firm with sharp, spine has clear title text. No pen or tears any kind.

Inner Company Sleeve :
Comes with original EMI Harvest company inner paper sleeve. In very lightly creased condition. No tears or pen marks of any kind to inner sleeve.

Tracks :

ATOM HEART MOTHER