PINK FLOYD The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1978 UK 5th ISSUE MINT AUDIO
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57
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76
£ 57
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Mar 2, 2012
Sold Date
Feb 21, 2012
Start Date
£ 22
Start price
14
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Great Britain
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PINK FLOYD The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1978 UK 5th ISSUE MINT AUDIO
LOVELY COPY, ONCE PLAYED, FLAWLESS SOUND THROUGHOUT
THE PINK FLOYDThe Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
1978 UK COLUMBIA (SCX 6157) 5th ISSUE OF PINK FLOYD'S CLASSIC DEBUT "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn"
A BEAUTIFUL COPY WHICH HAS PROBABLY ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE
DELIVERING FLAWLESS MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE BLACK/SILVER COLUMBIA LABELS WHICH CARRY TWO EMI BOXES
MATRIX: YAX 3419-2 / YAX 3420-2
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3/HR and 5/GDD
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE 'HIPGNOSIS' DESIGNED, FRONT LAMINATED (NON-FLIPBACK) SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL (and correct for this issue) EMI INNER SLEEVE DATED '678' (June, 1978)
Recording of the album began on the 21 February 1967 in studio three of Abbey Road Studios at the same time The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper's and The Pretty Things were recording S.F. Sorrow.
The album was produced by Norman Smith, an EMI staff member who had previously engineered all of The Beatles recordings up to 1965's Rubber Soul. Smith would go on to produce Pink Floyd's follow up album, A Saucerful of Secrets.
"Interstellar Overdrive" and "Matilda Mother" were two of the first tracks recorded, as the latter was viewed as a potential single.
In April, the band recorded both "Percy the Rat Catcher" (this would later be called "Lucifer Sam"), and a currently unreleased track called "She Was a Millionaire".
At some point during the album's creation, Nick Mason recalled that they were "ushered" into studio 2 where The Beatles were recording "Lovely Rita".
Several conflicting views surround how efficiently the recording of the album actually went. In his book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, Nick Mason recalled that the sessions went smoothly and that the whole process was extremely efficient. Norman Smith however, condemned both the album's recording and the band members' musical abilities. Smith later stated that the sessions were "sheer hell". However, both "The Gnome" and "The Scarecrow" were recorded in one take.
A large proportion of the album is credited solely to Barrett, with tracks such as "Bike" having been written in late 1966 before the album was even started. The last recording session took place on 5 July 1967, with "Pow R. Toc H." one of the last songs added to the album.
Side 1: Astronomy Domine / Lucifer Sam / Matilda Mother / Flaming / Pow R. Toc H. / Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
Side 2: Interstellar Overdrive / The Gnome / Chapter 24 / The Scarecrow / Bike
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean and unmarked labels with just one light spindle traces per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with barely a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: MINT
A wonderful copy - possibly only played the one time, the audio delivery is flawless throughout - strong, deep and rich with silent playing surfaces, run-ins and track divisions
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Superb example. The laminated front is like new with a deep glossy sheen, the edges and spine are crisp, sharp and square and the white back is very clean. The original owner has placed a 'rating' sticker on the back but it is not particularly intrusive (and could probably be removed - but I will leave that up to you)
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Clean and white and practically untouched
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
POST & PACKING
UK: 1st Class: £4.00 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £6.00 or £11.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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