Pink Floyd Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

The title of pink floyd s debut album is taken from a chapter in syd barrett s favorite children s book the wind in the willows and the lyrical imagery of the piper at the gates of dawn is indeed full of colorful childlike distinctly british whimsy albeit filtered through the perceptive lens of lsd.

Pink floyd piper at the gates of dawn.

Astronomy domine 0 00 lucifer sam 4 29 matilda mother 7 41 flaming 10 51 pow r. The only album made under founding member syd barrett s leadership it takes its title from chapter seven of kenneth grahame s 1908 novel the wind in the willows which refers to the nature god pan and was recorded at emi studios in london from february to may 1967. Barrett s catchy melodic acid pop songs are balanced with longer more experimental. The piper at the gates of dawn is the debut studio album by english rock band pink floyd released 4 august 1967 by emi columbia.

This cd re mastered in 2011 has excellent sound quality especially when replayed through my 5 1 sound system that can synthesise a surprisingly good surround effect from proper stereo. 13 42 take up thy stethoscope and walk 18 08 copyr. Piper at the gates of dawn was the first commercial album released by pink floyd. He wrote most of the material and his songs unlike later pf songs that made good use of the melancholy and the menacing were rooted in whimsy and english folklore.

Records the gramophone company ltd hayes middlesex england made and printed in great britain at the bottom. Pink floyd the piper at the gates of dawn label. The piper at the gates of dawn was british rock band pink floyd s first and only lp spearheaded by the creativity and peculiarity of frontman syd barett consisting of twelve tracks the material.