Pink Floyd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 40th Anniversary Edition

2007 marks the 40th anniversary of pink floyd s first album piper at the gates of dawn and kicks off a long term pink floyd catalog campaign.

Pink floyd the piper at the gates of dawn 40th anniversary edition.

The piper at the gates of dawn was pink floyd s debut album and the man behind the guitar and main vocal mic at the time was a pleasant charming fellow named roger syd barrett. 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. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2013 vbr file release of the piper at the gates of dawn 40th anniversary complete edition on discogs. 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.

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. In commemoration of the anniversary capitol emi will release piper as a deluxe 3 cd limited edition and a 2 cd stereo mono version.