Pink Floyd : Piper At The Gates of Dawn ( UK Mono Bonus Track Edition )

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

 is the debut

 studio album 

by the English

 rock band

 Pink Floyd

and the

 only one

 made under

 founding member 

Syd Barrett's 

leadership. 

The album,

 named after the

 title of chapter seven

 of Kenneth Grahame's

 The Wind in the Willows 

and featuring a

 kaleidoscopic 

cover photo 

of the band 

taken by

 Vic Singh

It was recorded from 

February to May 1967 

and released on

 August 5 1967. 

It was produced by

 Beatles engineer

 Norman Smith

 and released

 in 1967 by EMI 

Columbia in

 the United Kingdom

 and 

Tower 

in the United States,

 in August and 

October respectively.

The release of the album

 in the US 

was timed with

 the band's tour 

of the US.

 In the UK, 

no singles 

were released 

from the album, 

but in the US

 "Flaming" 

was offered

 as a single. 

The US version 

of the album

 has a 

rearranged track list, 

and contains 

the UK non-album single,

 "See Emily Play". 

Two of the album's songs,

 "Astronomy Domine" 

and

 "Interstellar Overdrive", 

became long-term mainstays 

of the band's live set list,

 while other songs 

were performed

 live only a 

handful of times.

Since its release, 

the album has been

 hailed as one of the best 

psychedelic rock albums.

BONUS TRACKS 

Arnold Layne

Candy And A Currant Bun

See Emily Play

Apples And Oranges 

Paintbox

Interstellar Overdrive 

(French Edit )

Apples And Oranges

 (Stereo Version )

Matilda Mother 

(Alternative Version ) 

Interstellar Overdrive (Take 6)

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