The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the first album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd . The album was released on August 5 1967 . 8 of the 11 songs were written by Syd Barrett. In 1994, the album was released only on CD. In 1997 for the 30th anniversary of the album a special sounding mono version (limited edition). In September 2007 the Piper-3CD-Box appeared because of the 40th anniversary of the album. In addition to a stereo and a mono version, there is a third CD with the first three singles plus b-sides of the group (except the b-side "Scarecrow," which is already on the album) and some interesting surprises, including the stereo of "Apples and Oranges".

Content
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 * 1 Tracklist
 * 2 Occupation
 * 3 References
 * 4 Trivia

[Tracklist edit ]
All music and lyrics written by Syd Barrett, except where indicated.

Occupation [ edit ]

 * Syd Barrett - vocals, guitar
 * Roger Waters - bass guitar, vocals
 * Richard Wright - keyboards, vocals
 * Nick Mason - drums

References [ edit ]
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, portrayed by Paul Bransom in the USedition of The Wind in the Willows byKenneth Grahame in 1913
 * Titled "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" refers to the title of the seventh chapter of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame .
 * The title, and mostly the lyrics of "Chapter 24" from Chapter 24 of the I Ching . Chapter 24 is called in the book "Fu", which change / success means. (Think lyric: "Change returns success, action Brings good fortune")
 * "Lucifer Sam" was originally called "Percy the Rat Catcher". Percy was the cat Syd. Jennifer Gentle from this number also refers to a friend of Syd, Jenny Spires. And further has also been made in this issue re-use texts from the "I Ching" book.
 * For "Matilda Mother" Syd literally read texts from "Cautionary Tales", a children's book of fresh Hillaire Belloc. However, when it became clear that Pink Floyd was not allowed to put this on the album Syd wrote his own version.
 * 'Dan Dare' as sung in "Astronomy Domine" refers to a cartoon character.