Description
Offered for sale is a still sealed U.S. stereo pressing of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the first album by Pink Floyd.
Note: While the full title appears on the back cover, the spine and label simply list the title as The Pink Floyd.
About this copy: This copy of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a U.S. stereo pressing on the Tower label.
As the album is still sealed, the record is presumably new and unplayed.
Label variation is unknown, but the number “9” appears on the back cover. This suggests that the album was pressed at Capital Records’ Jacksonville, Illinois pressing plant and the album likely has the second “striped” Tower label.
The wrap is fully intact with no rips or tears. There are no punch holes in the cover. There are a couple of breathe holes in the shrink wrap; this is common on 1960s albums pressed by Capitol.
A nice copy of a very rare Pink Floyd LP and the first sealed copy we’ve had for sale in many years.
Background: Released in 1967, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was the first album by Pink Floyd, which then included Syd Barrett on guitar and vocals.
The album reached #6 on the UK album chart and #131 on the U.S. chart.
The album was released in the U.S., UK, and Canada in both stereo and mono in late 1967. The U.S. version, issued by Tower Records, went out of print in 1970 when Capitol Records shut down their Tower Records subsidiary label. The album has not been reissued on vinyl in the U.S. since the original release.
The UK album had 11 tracks, but the U.S. version deleted three of them (“Astronomy Domine,” “Flaming,” and “Bike”) and added “See Emily Play,” which had been recently issued as a single. The track appears in rechanneled stereo on this LP.
UK version has these eleven tracks:
- Astronomy Domine
- Lucifer Sam
- Matilda Mother
- Flaming
- Pow R. Toc H.
- Take Up They Stethoscope and Walk
- Interstellar Overdrive
- The Gnome
- Chapter 24
- The Scarecrow
- Bike
The U.S. copy (this one) has these nine tracks:
- See Emily Play
- Pow R. Toc H.
- Take Up They Stethoscope and Walk
- Lucifer Sam
- Matilda Mother
- The Scarecrow
- The Gnome
- Chapter 24
- Interstellar Overdrive
Allmusic.com gave The Piper at the Gates of Dawn a 5 star review:
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn successfully captures both sides of psychedelic experimentation — the pleasures of expanding one’s mind and perception, and an underlying threat of mental disorder and even lunacy; this duality makes Piper all the more compelling in light of Barrett’s subsequent breakdown, and ranks it as one of the best psychedelic albums of all time.
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| Country of origin: | U.S. |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Tower |
| Catalog Number: |
ST5093 |
| Year of Release: | 1967 |
| Format: | Stereo |
| Share: |       |
