Side One "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"
Astronomy Domine
Lucifer Sam
Matilda Mother
Flaming
Pow R. Toc H.
Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
Side Two
Interstellar Overdrive
The Gnome
Chapter 24
Scarecrow
Bike
Side Three "A Saucerful of Secrets"
Let There Be More Light
Remember A Day
Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Corporal Clegg
Side Four
A Saucerful of Secrets
See Saw
Jugband Blues
DISCOVERY; Not sure I realised exactly what I was buying. I just liked the cover and knew that I should have some Pink Floyd. I'd only heard Dark Side of the Moon so naturally assumed it would all be in that vein. It only took a minute to adjust my expectations to something more organic and way cooler.
WHERE & WHEN; Early experimental Pink Floyd was always going to be more interesting for me. The first two albums were amazing and after that progressively less and less interesting until they released The Wall at which point I thought what's the point? The first two albums, especially Piper, always deliver, continually interesting records. They conjure a time and place otherworldly but very human.
HIGHLIGHTS; Every note of both albums!
STATUS; Not likely to see A Nice Pair on CD, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets are both essential to the collection
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