PINK FLOYD "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" EX+ AUDIO

	£		27
	$		35

 
PINK FLOYD "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" EX+ AUDIO EARLY 70s PRESSING, 'GRAM CO' RIM TEXT, -1/-1 MATRIX

THE PINK FLOYD
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn


UK COLUMBIA (SCX 6157) EARLY 1970s PRESSING OF PINK FLOYD'S CLASSIC DEBUT, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" IN BEAUTIFUL, LIGHTLY PLAYED CONDITION AND DELIVERING ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL RICH, WARM AUDIO WITH A TREMENDOUS LOUD CUT - STUNNING SOUND QUALITY

THE LP IS PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH THE BLACK / SILVER COLUMBIA LABELS WITH 2 BOXED EMI LOGOS
AND AS THE LABELS STILL HAVE THE EARLY "The Gramophone Co Ltd" RIM TEXT (which was later changed to "EMI Records" in 1974)  I GUESS THIS PRESSING IS FROM AROUND 1971/73
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE 'HIPGNOSIS' DESIGNED, FRONT LAMINATED (NON-FLIPBACK) SLEEVE, "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
FIRST ISSUE MATRIX: YAX 3419-1 / YAX 3420-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/RP and 1/GT

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 the track "Pow R. Toc H." being one of the last songs added to the album.

Track Listing:
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: CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO unwanted marks/writing and only a few light spindles evident when angled under a bright light - LIGHTLY PLAYED COPY
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces retain their original DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and are practically UNMARKED. BEAUTIFUL RECORD
VINYL Audio: Absolutely STUNNING audio reproduction - CRYSTAL CLEAR, DEEP, RICH and VIBRANT SOUND - CUT NICE AND LOUD - EXTREMELY FRESH AND IMMEDIATE. As usual, the soundscapes PINK FLOYD create are SENSATIONAL with an astonishing dynamic range and the LP sounds really AMAZING. On playback at a LOUD volume there are NO scratches, NO sticks/jumps and barely any clicks or pops or surface noise (really, hardly any). The record plays to an extremely high standard with NO groove-wear and NO distortion and is graded a very strong EXCELLENT+ for audio - GREAT COPY
SLEEVE: The non-flipback, front laminated cover, "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd" has a few marks to the unlaminated back (please see photos) but the laminate on the front has a BEAUTIFUL DEEP GLOSS with only light record impression. There are a couple of creases to the spine but all text - just, The Pink Floyd - is CLEAR. EXCELLENT sleeve

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