Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

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Genre:	Rock
Style:	Psychedelic Rock, Experimental
Year:	1967

Tracklist

		Astronomy Domine	4:11
		Lucifer Sam	3:07
		Matilda Mother	3:08
		Flaming	2:46
		Pow R. Toc H	4:26
		Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk	3:06
		Interstellar Overdrive	9:40
		The Gnome	2:13
		Chapter 24	3:42
		The Scarecrow	2:11
		Bike	3:21

Credits (11)

Roger Waters
Bass Guitar, Vocals
Syd Barrett
Design [Rear Cover], Lead Guitar, Vocals
Nicky Mason*
Drums
Peter Bown
Engineer [Recording]
Rick Wright*
Organ, Piano
Vic Singh
Photography By [Front Cover Photo]

Notes

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd,
recorded 21 February – 21 May 1967 and released on 5 August 1967 by Columbia.

Please check carefully the existing vinyl releases before adding new releases to the database to avoid duplicates. There are many slightly different versions of this release, and especially the reissues / reprints with black Columbia labels from late 60's to early 70's are hard to tell apart. Some advice can be found in Pink Floyd Archives website, even though it is not official and can't be referred to as a source. Different coloured vinyl "Columbia" reissues with cat.# SCX 6157 are all unofficial releases.

Performed by:
Syd Barrett – electric guitar (1–7, 9–11), acoustic guitar (4, 5, 8, 10), percussion (4), vocals
Nick Mason – drums (1–7, 11), percussion (2, 4, 5, 8–11)
Roger Waters – bass guitar (all tracks); slide whistle (4), percussion (4), gong (9) (uncredited), vocals
Roger Waters – Farfisa Combo Compact organ (1–7, 9–10), piano (2, 5, 11), tack piano (4, 11), Hammond organ (3, 4), harmonium (9, 11), celesta (8, 11), cello (9, 10), Lowrey organ (4), vibraphone (8), Hohner Pianet (9), violin (11), percussion (4) (uncredited), vocals

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo, 1st Issue	Capitol Records – ST-6242	Canada	1967	Canada — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCTX 340.568, Columbia – SCTX 340.568 T, Columbia – SCTX 340568 +1 more label...	France	1967	France — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Mono	Columbia – SX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo, Scranton Pressing	Tower – ST 5093, Tower – ST-5093	US	1967	US — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SMC 74 321	Germany	1967	Germany — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Mono, 1st pressing	Columbia – SX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Mono	Capitol Records – T-6242	Canada	1967	Canada — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Mono	Tower – T 5093	US	1967	US — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCTX 340.568, Columbia – SCTX 340568, Columbia – SCTX 340.568 T +1 more label...	France	1967	France — 1967
	Pink Floyd (The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn) LP, Album, Mono	Odeon – MT-1119	Venezuela	1967	Venezuela — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCX6157	Denmark	1967	Denmark — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Repress, Stereo	Columbia – SCX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCX 6157	Israel	1967	Israel — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCXM.6157, Columbia – SCXM 6157	New Zealand	1967	New Zealand — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Mono	Columbia – JSX 6157	South Africa	1967	South Africa — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo, Rainbo Press	Tower – ST 5093, Tower – ST-5093	US	1967	US — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Odeon – PSCX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Cassette, Album, Stereo, Blue labels	Columbia – TC-SCX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo	Tower – 880-5093	US	1967	US — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo, Red	Odeon – OP-8229	Japan	1967	Japan — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Mono, Scranton Press	Tower – T 5093	US	1967	US — 1967	Needs Changes
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCX 6157	Singapore	1967	Singapore — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Rainbo Records Pressing	Tower – ST 5093, Tower – ST-5093	US	1967	US — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Mono, Rainbo Press	Tower – T 5093	US	1967	US — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Test Pressing, Stereo	Odeon – OP-8229	Japan	1967	Japan — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Odeon – OP-8229	Japan	1967	Japan — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCTX 340568	France	1967	France — 1967
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Test Pressing	Columbia – SMC 74 321	Germany	1967	Germany — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo, Rainbo Press	Tower – ST-5093, Tower – ST 5093	US	1967	US — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Rainbo Records Pressing	Tower – ST 5093, Tower – ST-5093	US	1967	US — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Mono	Columbia – SX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo, Scranton Pressing	Tower – ST 5093, Tower – ST-5093	US	1967	US — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo	Columbia – SCX 6157	UK	1967	UK — 1967	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Stereo, Rainbo Records Pressing	Tower – ST 5093, Tower – ST-5093	US	1967	US — 1967	Recently Edited
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Reissue, Repress	Columbia – SCTX 340.568, Columbia – SCTX 340.568 T, Columbia – SCTX 340568 +1 more label...	France	1968	France — 1968	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, L.A.	Tower – ST 5093, Tower – ST-5093	US	1968	US — 1968	New Submission
	The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP, Album, Repress, Stereo	Columbia – SCX 6157	UK	1969	UK — 1969	Recently Edited

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MalachiLui Oct 30, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Reissue, Red Vinyl) FA 3065
I'm assuming this is a bootleg? Even if so, it still sounds decent. Certainly digital, and I'm sure the 2016 is better (and an original or 'A Nice Pair' UK copy even better), but if you only listen to this album occasionally and this is the only copy you have, you could do worse.
chrislong56 Oct 6, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) FA 3065
What an amazing pressing, completely silent, absolutely wonderful sound can't recommend enough!!
guilala Sep 29, 2022
Edited 2 months ago
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo) ST 6242
i wish i still had an early 70s UK Columbia stereo pressing to compare this specific Canadian pressing with. to my ears and memory, that UK version has a waaaay wider stereo image than whats on this Canadian version. which would totally make sense as this pressing is re-cut at JAMF in Canada and has the purple labels. exactly as this specific Beatles LP that was also re-cut, at the same time and same place. and this Beatles LP variant is renowned for its fantastic "narrow stereo" mastering-

https://www.discogs.com/release/1122521-The-Beatles-Beatlemania-With-The-Beatles

if someone has the time to compare their UK pressing with one of these, that would be great if you can confirm what im actually hearing. Because this specific pressing sounds AMAZING!!
hgdecades Sep 12, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180 Gram) PFRLP1
Gran prensado de este grandioso álbum de culto... cero clics, ruido magnetizado apenas audible y muy pocos pops, equilibro entre frecuencias. Algunas veces se puede tener una obra remasterizada de gran calidad a un excelente precio.
Sobre el trabajo, el Piper es la obra cumbre de la psicodelia sesentera, si bien los maestros de la experimentación sonora y el mainstream alternativo nos tienen acostumbrados a joyas progresivas, este, su LP debut nos traslada a una ventana diferente, algo que pudo ser y que se quedó atrapado en la lisérgia de su creador, una mente incomprendida y sub valorada.
Subirse al Interstellar Overdrive y fluir por el cosmos, las luces brillan más.
triselectif Aug 17, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Reissue) 1C 064-04 292
According to this website http://pinkfloydarchives.com/DGerLPPF.htm#Piper5 : it could be the 7th or 8th German issue. Because the blue label has "LC 0162" next to the EMI/Columbia logo. Unfortunately, the website is not precise when it comes to the release date, but probably 1969 if we compare to other 1969 German versions listed on Discogs.
Old--School Aug 13, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Mono, 180 Gram) PFRLP38
Just got this in from a raffle I won and selected this beauty.

So glad I did. Playing it nice and loud and the sounds are very vibrant, everything seems to be in place, quiet where it needs to be.

Highly recommend.
1987fbird Aug 10, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album) OP-80281
Great sound, beautiful thick cardboard jacket. Mine has a Rock Now handbag order form inside. Amazing!
DavidHWood Aug 9, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Mono) SX 6157
Still no idea of value for the Mono version, SX 6157?
Galeans Jul 31, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Stereo, Scranton Pressing) ST 5093
I think this version is worse than the OG UK version. Worse track list and track order.

Eliminating "Astronomy Domine" was criminal!
guitarfreak1799 Jul 16, 2022
referencing The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Mono, 180 Gram) PFRLP38
Ok I compared this to my original UK mono press and difference is night and day. Original sounds so much better with more energy and dynamics, more emphasis on the high’s than the reissue, reissue puts priority on bass and eq’ing the living hell out everything to be completely equal aside from bass boosting. No dynamics. If you didn’t have an original mono to compare to you’d be very happy with the sound quality and pressing but after numerous listens and comparisons I can comfortably say 100% just save the money and get an original UK mono. The sound quality and mix difference is very noticeable. I know it’s not what most people want to hear but it’s the honest truth, even did blind tests with some friends and they were all able to immediately pick out the original as the better sounding/mixed pressing.