PINK FLOYD Piper At The Gates Of Dawn NM ORIGINAL UK COLUMBIA 1967 LP PSYCH PROG
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PINK FLOYD Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Original UK 1967 LP
A very nice first issue Stereo example of Pink Floyd’s 1967 UK, Debut Album Release, on the Black with Blue Print Columbia Record Labels, with the Gramophone Co Ltd Label Rim and ‘Made in Great Britain’ printed to both record labels, with circled P Date 1967 on both labels and 1 R-1 A mother stampers.
Both record labels with The Pink Floyd Credits, are in Excellent Plus condition, and bright and undamaged record labels, showing just a few signs of play, side 1 record label has the embossed KT Tax Code on the centre of the label.
Side 1 stamped matrix: YAX 3419-1 and Side 2: YAX 3420-1
Side 1 stampers: 1 R and Side 2: 1 A
The LP comes in it’s original E.M.I. Printed Inner Bag, and is protected in it’s original, early E.J. Day & Co Ltd, London, front laminated three flip-back picture sleeve.
CONDITION:
The laminated flipback cover is in EX condition. It has writing on the back - see picture.
The record is in NM condition. Superb copy!
AllMusic Review by Steve Huey:
The title of Pink Floyd's debut album is taken from a chapter in Syd Barrett's favorite children's book, The Wind in the Willows, and the lyrical imagery of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is indeed full of colorful, childlike, distinctly British whimsy, albeit filtered through the perceptive lens of LSD. Barrett's catchy, melodic acid pop songs are balanced with longer, more experimental pieces showcasing the group's instrumental freak-outs, often using themes of space travel as metaphors for hallucinogenic experiences -- "Astronomy Domine" is a poppier number in this vein, but tracks like "Interstellar Overdrive" are some of the earliest forays into what has been tagged space rock. But even though Barrett's lyrics and melodies are mostly playful and humorous, the band's music doesn't always bear out those sentiments -- in addition to Rick Wright's eerie organ work, dissonance, chromaticism, weird noises, and vocal sound effects are all employed at various instances, giving the impression of chaos and confusion lurking beneath the bright surface. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn successfully captures both sides of psychedelic experimentation -- the pleasures of expanding one's mind and perception, and an underlying threat of mental disorder and even lunacy; this duality makes Piper all the more compelling in light of Barrett's subsequent breakdown, and ranks it as one of the best psychedelic albums of all time.
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