Description
PINK FLOYD The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Rare 1967 UK first pressing 11-track mono LP on the blue & black Columbia label. This copy comes in the second variant front laminated flipback picture sleeve, with ‘File Under Popular’ printed on topflipback in the right corner and with ‘6709 TPS Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London SX 6157 / SCX 6157’ at the bottom, also includes the black & white printed record company catalogue advertising inner SX6157)
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TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Background & Condition :-
The album was released on August 5th, 1967 and one month later it was released in stereo.
The album’s title comes from the title of the seventh chapter of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’!
The mono mixes of each track were done at separate sessions, as it was the main format.
The whole stereo album mix was a one day thing, so this really is the definitive mix of this classic album with significant differences to the stereo mix.
Subtle changes in effect abound, moment to moment gradations that can alter the flow of an entire track. For example, Syd Barretts whoops and shouts on ‘Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk’ are simply dripping with delay and the environment constantly morphs, unlike the stereo version which is ‘fixed’.
The coda of ‘Flaming’ is shorter than on the stereo version, as is ‘The Gnome’. There’s a whole layer of organ missing on the stereo mix at the start of ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ with a bongo fade-out and seriously different parts in ‘Pow R Toch H’.
As the engineer said many years later “The omission of things in the stereo mixes was really just because of the time – or lack of it – spent over these”
Mono was the de-facto standard and the stereo mix, like ‘Sgt Pepper’, was pretty much cobbled together as an afterthought.
The Sleeve :-
Still with the original EMI catalogue inner enclosed, the Ernest J. Day & Co. sleeve displays medium wear, the flipbacks are nice & secure (bottom flipback shows a little discolouration/sticker residue), the spine perfectly legible & despite a little creasing to the laminate, the print remains bright, vivid & unblemished, with ‘File Under Popular’ printed on the back & ‘6709’ release date bottom right. Overall a Very Good sleeve.
The Disc :-
The labels are the blue and black Columbia design with “The Gramophone Co Ltd” and “Sold In UK Subject To….” text. There are a few light spindle marks visible but otherwise the labels are clean & all text clearly legible.
The matrix numbers are:
XAX 3419-2 On Side One
XAX 3420-1 On Side Two
The vinyl has been professionally cleaned & played. The disc plays through a treat, despite a few marks visible to both sides, this does not affect play & the quiet passages between each track has just a little background sound. There are more hairlines/scuffs visible to Side 2 but again this does not affect the playback a great deal. The whole disc plays through just fine & is graded Very Good.
Great chance to grab a first issue MONO for a fair price!
Tracklisting :-
1. Astronomy Domin
2. Lucifer Sam
3. Matilda Mother
4. Flaming
5. Pow R Toc H
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
7. Interstellar Overdrive
8. The Gnome
9. Chapter 24
10. Scarecrow
11. Bike
Artist – Pink Floyd (click link for complete listing)
Title – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release – 1967
Format – vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label – Columbia
Catalogue No – SX6157 (click link for more)
Country of Origin – United Kingdom (UK)
Language – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info – Deleted, Picture Sleeve
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) – 5053201660400
Condition – This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
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Alternative Names – Pink Floid, The Pink Floyd.
Related Artists – Architectural Abdabs, Chimera [60S], Clare Torry, Dave Kilminster, David Gilmour, Easy Star All-Stars, Nick Mason, Perfect Children, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Ron Geesin, Storm Thorgerson, Syd Barrett, The Australian Pink Floyd, Unicorn, Zee.
GENRES
60s Rock, 70s Artists, 70s Rock, Progressive, Psychedelic, Rock.
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