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MINT 60s TOP COPY STRIPED TOWER RECORDS STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER PINK FLOYD Piper At The Gates Of Dawn USA - striped TOWER RECORDS - ST 5039 TOP COPY STILL ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER HIGHLY collectible 60s FIRST PRESS on the highly collected orange TOWER RECORDS label...
The 1967 first Pink Floyd entry back in the heady days when the almighty Syd Barret flew the storied Pink Floyd deliciously upside down....
lime and limpid green, a second scene, a fight between the blue....
The first Pink Floyd entry back in the heady days when the almighty Syd Barret flew the storied Pink Floyd deliciously upside down....
lime and limpid green, a second scene, a fight between the blue....
Syd s influences included The Stones, Beatles, Byrds and Love.
A song from the debut Love album went on to inspire the chord pattern for Interstellar Overdrive .
Syd wrote virtually the entire Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Album , but within 12 months he d be out of Pink Floyd, and out of it altogether, to all intents and purposes.
Syd was the undisputed creative leader of Pink Floyd for their early clutch of singles, and this, the only full album he d participate in for the group.
Who knows what went on in the mind of Syd Barrett? What makes this one of the finest Psychedelic albums of all of time is that Syd had different thought patterns, he did things differently.
The way he played guitar was different, the way he sang was different resolutely English and his lyrics were certainly not something heard before.
Nursery rhyme lyrics almost, but very striking, not Rock n Roll lyrics as such.
Syd took too many drugs, but the drugs wore him down, ripped him apart.
See Emily Play is a striking infectious cut of popsike supreme with its kaleidoscopic keys and Syd s guitar work doesn t even sound like guitar half the time, the production and mixing effects, the level of experimentation turn this into something far more that the basic structure and entity of the actual song.
There s all this groovy bass and pit-patter drum sounds here.
It sounds like it s from outer-space, and it sounds pretty great, different for the time it was released, too.
Still different to this day.
And yeah, the song is truly fantastic, and don t even know what it s doing, but it doesn t seem to be doing anything usual .
The ending of the song is glorious, the layered vocals wonderful.
Lucifer Sam opens guitar heavy, the lyrics are stupendous other world poetry with a hint of nursery rhyme, making no sense, but sounding deep and heavy no doubt at all, provided you re out of your head If you aren t out of your head, they sound great anyway, there is a natural poetry about the lyrics of Syd Barrett, not a structured learned poetry, rather a very natural way with language.
Glorious guitar parts appear everywhere.
One can even begin to imagine how the song came to be.
Matilda Mother has heavenly harmonies, more great lyrics, an exciting and mind-blowing mid instrumental section.
Roger Waters wrote a couple of songs here, people sometimes forget that.
Well, he wrote Take Up They Stethoscope Walk and contributed to the band compositions, Intestellar Overdrive and Pow R Toc H .
Before those Flaming arrives, more Barrett lyric genius, more production and mixing experimentation - but it never obscures the melody of the song.
Pow R Toc H continues in this albums usage of strange effects and noises, but also continues with strong musical melodic content.
Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk , the sole Waters solo composition owes obvious debts to Barrett, the lyrics are clumsy and basic compared to Syd, though.
Roger would get better, and Take Up Thy Stethoscope benefits from a demented musical assault, especially the way the organ solo is taken Interstellar Overdrive is nine minutes of loosely structured experimentation and jamming, although the basic pattern of the song holds it together, allowing the room for improvisation.
Personally, Interstellar Overdrive is just something to get off on, not a piece of writing genius, just these sequences of sound.
Syd takes center stage for the closing sequence of songs.
The Gnome is a charming nursery rhyme song with strummed guitar and typically imaginative lyrics.
Chapter 24 indulges in mixing experimentation, it sounds fantastic harmonically.
Scarecrow opens with lots of ticking and clock noises, a simple, very simple childs melody, more nursery rhyme type lyrics, but then, these lyrics? Let s mention the sheer imagination behind them, the worlds and pictures and places they place in your brain.
Because they do.
Who needs drugs? And, that s Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Syd and Pink Floyd together for the only time for a whole album project, an album project that s been massively influential through the years, and something that s never quite been done again.
Side One: See Emily Play 2:53 Pow.R Toc.H 4:26 Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk 3:05 Lucifer Sam 3:07 Matilda Mother 3:08 Side Two: The Scarecrow 2:11 The Gnome 2:13 Chapter 24 3:42 Intersteller Overdrive 9:41 CONDITION: The Cover: solid all over with bright colors and MINT still in original factory shrink wrapper...hard to find THIS clean adding up to a great collection worthy LP from over 43 years....Has no split seams, no bends and no writing ...a collectible keeper The Vinyl: is still glossy top copy rated M- and play graded clean TOP LEVEL enjoyable here, without disctractions...has CLEAN Tower Records labels A cool addition to anyone s music library SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for head people...
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Thanks GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG ,VG , VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean trashed VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING
