The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Columbia ( EMI) ( Europe)
- Capitol Records (USA)
New editions:
- EMI ( Europe)
- Capitol Records (USA)
Genres
- Psychedelic Rock
Occupation
- Syd Barrett - guitar, vocals
- Nick Mason - drums, percussion
- Roger Waters - bass, vocals
- Richard Wright - organ, piano
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut album by British band Pink Floyd. The album was released on August 5, 1967, and reached # 6 on the British charts.
General
The recordings for the album were from February to June 1967 in London's Abbey Road Studios instead. It is the only album that has arisen completely under the musical direction of the former band member and actual founder of Pink Floyd Syd Barrett. Guitarist David Gilmour joined the band in 1968.
The lyrics of the album range from childlike - naive stories of scarecrows, gnomes or a bicycle to futuristic visions of the universe. This is often accompanied by spherical music that was the basis for the psychedelic image of the early Pink Floyd.
The songs were written partly in collaboration with the architect and artist Mike Leonart. He asked Pink Floyd, his art exhibitions in which he experimented with lighting objects and light projections, live to be backed with improvised music. Accordingly, the songs were often extended to provide space for extended improvisations and also for later performances by Pink Floyd.
The album's title refers to the 1908 by Kenneth Grahame published the English children's classic " The Wind in the Willows", the seventh chapter ( The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ) is entitled " The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ". In it, the water rat and the mole in search of a stray animal and make it a religious experience: "Here I had my song - dream, this is the place where I heard the music, whispered the Rat, as in a trance. Here, in this holy place, if anywhere, here we are HIM surely find! " ( This is the place of my song -dream, the place the music played to me, whispered the Rat, as if in a trance. Hereford, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely we shall find Him ).
In 2003, the album by Rolling Stone Magazine in the choice of the 500 best albums of all time was selected at No. 347.
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On some versions of the LP the song See Emily Play is also included.
Published in 2007 a 40th Anniversary Edition. In the standard edition CD 1 contains the mono and 2 stereo CD version of the album. In the limited edition is a third CD with all those included in the original LP single tracks from the year 1967 ( the A and B sides of the singles Arnold Layne, See Emily Play and Apples And Oranges ), and three others, to then unreleased versions of popular songs included.