Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn SCX 6157 LP '67
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Have a look in my Shop for a selection of Rock, Folk, Psych & Jazz Lp's. If you would like to receive an email of my future listings, please add me to your Favourite Sellers list... Album Information Artist Pink Floyd Title The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Label Columbia Records (Blue on black label) Cat. number SCX 6157 Stereo Producer Norman Smith Country UK Sleeve Ernest J Day & Co. Ltd (1st ed. sleeve - no 'File Under pop ..' text) Released 1967 Matrix number Side 1 YAX 3419-1 (Stamper marks - 1 R) Side 2 YAX 3420-1 (Stamper marks - 1 G) Album Condition Label None Minor Moderate Substantial Grade Spindle Wear Side 1 X Ex Side 2 X Ex Other info. Cover None Minor Moderate Substantial Grade Ringwear
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X Ex Back X Ex+ Inner Laminate/ card creasesFront
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Ex Back X Ex+ Inner Shelf Wear? Edges X Ex+ Spine X Ex+ Corners X Ex+ Other info. 1st ed. sleeve - no 'File Under pop ..' text Disc None Minor Moderate Substantial Grade Paper Scuffs Side 1 X Ex+ Side 2 X Ex Surface Marks Side 1 X Ex Side 2 X Ex Scratches Side 1 X
Ex Side 2 X Ex+ More Details? Side 1 Hairline scratch over Tk 6 - not audible Side 2 A couple of hairline scratches - not audible Sound None Minor Moderate Substantial
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Suface Noise Side 1 XEx+ Side 2 X
Ex+ Clicks or Pops Side 1 X Vg Side 2 X Vg Audible scratches Side 1 X Ex+ Side 2 X Ex+ More Details? Side 1 Side 2 Lp Information
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The title of Pink Floyd's debut album is taken from a chapter in Syd Barrett's favourite children's book, The Wind in the Willows, and the lyrical imagery of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is indeed full of colourful, 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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