1967 PINK FLOYD Tower Records PROG PSYCH Syd Barrett A+

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Old TOWER RECORDS vintage VINYL collectible!   

           PINK FLOYD  

   Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

...USA - striped TOWER RECORDS - ST 5093 

OLD COLLECTIBLE "Tower Records" VINYL vintage sixties pressing still in keper condition! One of the all-time psychedelic rock gems, this album influenced scores of trippy little followers, though nothing really equaled it.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd's 1967 debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett's leadership, although he made some contributions to the follow-up, A Saucerful of Secrets. It has been regarded as one of the most influential albums ever made, being a tremendous influence on the psychedelic rock scene of the time and much of what followed. The album has whimsical lyrics about space, scarecrows, gnomes, bicycles and fairytales, along with psychedelic instrumental passages ala gushy organ, acidy special sound effects, fuzz guitar and complex propelled rhythms layered over whimsical psychpop melodies...

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 Lonely Hearts Club Band 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. An early, unoverdubbed, shortened mix of the album's "Interstellar Overdrive" was used for a French EP released that July. 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. Indeed 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. "Bike" was originally entitled "The Bike Song", and it was recorded on 21 May 1967. 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.

Side one

1. "See Emily Play" – 2:53
2. "Pow R. Toc H." – 4:26
3. "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" – 3:05
4. "Lucifer Sam" – 3:07
5. "Matilda Mother" – 3:08

1. "The Scarecrow" – 2:11
2. "The Gnome" – 2:13
3. "Chapter 24" – 3:42
4. "Interstellar Overdrive"  – 9:41

CONDITION: The cover is SOLID ~ all clean "EX" (excellent!) with absolutely no problems, looks as a great display item! .

The vinyl: is VG++ few little hair thin scuffs is all, the main body on both sides is very shiny!  

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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