PINK FLOYD "Atom Heart Mother" 1970 UK 1st PRESSING

	£		80
	$		106

PINK FLOYD "Atom Heart Mother" 1970 UK 1st PRESSING
SUPERB AUDIO, NO EMI LOGO, 'GRAM CO' TEXT, G&L SOFT GF


PINK FLOYD
Atom Heart Mother

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, UK HARVEST (SHVL 781) FIRST ISSUE (October 1970) OF PINK FLOYD'S BEAUTIFUL "Atom Heart Mother" LP - ALL IN BARELY PLAYED CONDITION
AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY OF THIS WONDERFUL LP

THE FIRST ISSUE HARVEST LABELS HAVE NO EMI BOXED LOGO AND HAVE THE RIM TEXT BEGINNING 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD' AND THE DRIPPING TAP AT THE END OF 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' PLAYS CONTINUOUSLY INTO THE RUN-OFF GROOVE

THE LP IS PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH DEEP CUT GROOVES WHICH DELIVER ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS AUDIO REPRODUCTION, AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SOFT MATTE GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." DATE CODED "7010" (1970 OCTOBER) AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL HARVEST COMPANY INNER SLEEVE (which is becoming a bit of a rarity in itself)

TREMENDOUS UK FIRST PRESSING OF PINK FLOYD'S CLASSIC LP
MATRIX: SHVL 781 A-1G / SHVL 781 B-1G
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1, 4/HR and 1/HP

The original album cover shows a very ordinary cow standing in a very ordinary pasture, with no text nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. (Some later editions have the title and artist name added to the cover.) This concept was the group's reaction to the psychedelic "space rock" imagery associated with Pink Floyd at the time of the album's release; the band wanted to explore all sorts of music without being limited to a particular image or style of performance. They thus requested that their new album have "something plain" on the cover, which ended up being the image of the cow. Storm Thorgerson, inspired by Andy Warhol's famous "cow-wallpaper", has said that he simply drove out into a rural area near Potters Bar and photographed the first cow he saw. The cow's owner identified her name as "Lulubelle III". More cows appear on the back cover (again, with no text or titles), and on the inside gatefold

The title track was to have been called "The Amazing Pudding", though Ron Geesin's original score referred to it as "Epic". Its name was changed after Ron Geesin, who co-wrote the piece and arranged the orchestration on the recording, pointed to a copy of The Evening Standard (dated Thursday 16 July 1970), and suggested to Roger Waters that he would find a title in there. The headline was: "ATOM HEART MOTHER NAMED"

The piece is a progression from Pink Floyd's earlier instrumental pieces such as "A Saucerful of Secrets". The "Atom Heart Mother" suite takes up all of side one, and is split into six parts, featuring a full brass section and choir which take most of the lead melody lines, while Pink Floyd mainly provide the backing tracks; a reverse of the 1960s pop music practice of using orchestration as the background, and putting the rock band in front. However, there is one section where a bluesy electric guitar solo by David Gilmour takes the lead

Side two opens with three five-minute songs: one by each of the band's three resident songwriters, and closes with a suite with sound effects primarily conceived by Nick Mason, but credited to the whole group (and based mostly on musical ideas by Gilmour). Therefore, this album's concept is similar to their previous Ummagumma album, in that it features the full band in the first half, and focuses on individual members in the second half. Roger Waters contributes a folk ballad called "If" which he would play frequently at live shows in support of his Radio KAOS album, more than a decade later. This is followed by Rick Wright's brass-heavy "Summer '68", a critique of the "rock 'n' roll" lifestyle that would soon become characteristic of Pink Floyd. Next is David Gilmour's "Fat Old Sun", for which a 15 minute extended arrangement spent two years as a key part of the band's live set, and is a staple of Gilmour's various solo tours

The final track, "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast", is divided into three segments, each with its own descriptive title, joined by dialogue and sound effects of then-roadie Alan Stiles preparing, discussing, and eating breakfast. The original LP ends with the sound of a dripping tap which continues into the inner groove, and thus plays on indefinitely

Track Listing:
Side 1: Atom Heart Mother
Side 2: If / Summer '68 / Fat Old Sun / Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO unwanted marks/writing and just a couple of (mega) light spindle traces evident when angled under a bright light
VINYL Visual: The surfaces have their original DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN and are virtually UNMARKED (some light sleeve removal hairlines only)
VINYL Audio: The audio is OUTSTANDING - the soundscapes Pink Floyd create cover an AMAZING dynamic range from the almost silent details to the loudest crescendos, all delivered with CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY STRONG and BEAUTIFULLY VIBRANT audio reproduction. There are NO scratches, NO jumps or sticks, barely any clicks or pops (I haven't heard a first press, or indeed any press, which doesn't play with a little vinyl crackle in the quietest moments - but it is never intrusive) and the LP plays BEAUTIFULLY throughout to a very high standard and must be very critically graded EXCELLENT to (+) and NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use strict RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page)
SLEEVE: The original soft matte cover (factory sealed on the left side edge) is also in OUTSTANDING condition. Very CLEAN, BRIGHT and FRESH with NO unwanted marks/writing and only minimal wear to the top or bottom edges and only the smallest crease/light rubbing to the spine (below the catalogue number, please see pics). All the text on the spine remains CLEAR and BOLD. EXCELLENT+ example of this untreated and very easily worn sleeve
The original poly-lined Harvest advertising inner bag is also in TOP condition - CLEAN, BRIGHT and FRESH with NO splits


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THIS REALLY IS AN OUTSTANDING UK FIRST PRESSING AND I THINK YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED INDEED TO FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE. SUPERB
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