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Pink Floyd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - 1st (a) - VG UK Vinyl LP

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PINK FLOYD The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Rare 1967 UK 11-track first press MONO vinyl LP on the blue & black Columbia label, housed in the front laminated flipback picture sleeve manufactured by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd without the 'File Under Pop' text on the back SX6157)
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#Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Background
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 seperate sessions, as it was the main format. The whole stereo album mix was a one day thing, so this really is the definitive version of this classic album with significant differences to the stereo.
Subtle changes in effect abound, moment to moment gradations that can alter the flow of an entire track. For example, Syd Barrett's 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.

Condition
The Disc :-

The labels are the blue and black Columbia design with "The Gramophone Co Ltd" and "Sold In UK Subject To" text, with no 'KT' tax code.

The matrix numbers are :
XAX 3419-2 On Side One
XAX 3420-1 On Side Two

Vinyl :-

The vinyl plays superbly & grades VG+/EX- with some faint cosmetic signs of play in the past not interfering with playback in the present on its intended mono setting.

The Sleeve :-

The sleeve remains in nice condition with undamaged edges, little sign of shelfwear and secure undamaged flipbacks.
The back cover does not have the later 'File Under Popular: Pop Groups' text. The Ernest J. Day & Co. sleeve is dated 6709, just creeping into the period of the first release of the stereo version.

A very agreeable VG+/EX- copy of this rare mono issue at a competitive price.

Tracklisting :-
01. Astronomy Dominé
02. Lucifer Sam
03. Matilda Mother
04. Flaming
05. Pow R Toc H
06. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
07. Interstellar Overdrive
08. The Gnome
09. 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) - 5053200542752
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.
RareVinyl.com Ref No - PINLPTH456589
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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