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Pink Floyd
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
FLAC LOSSLESS 24bit-96kHz
UK Mono PBTHAL Vinyl


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The title of Pink Floyd's debut album is taken from a chapter in Syd Barrett's favorite children's book, The Wind in the Willows, and the lyrical imagery of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is indeed full of colorful, childlike, distinctly British whimsy, albeit filtered through the perceptive lens of LSD. Barrett's catchy, melodic acid pop songs are balanced with longer, more experimental pieces showcasing the group's instrumental freak-outs, often using themes of space travel as metaphors for hallucinogenic experiences -- "Astronomy Domine" is a poppier number in this vein, but tracks like "Interstellar Overdrive" are some of the earliest forays into what has been tagged space rock. But even though Barrett's lyrics and melodies are mostly playful and humorous, the band's music doesn't always bear out those sentiments -- in addition to Rick Wright's eerie organ work, dissonance, chromaticism, weird noises, and vocal sound effects are all employed at various instances, giving the impression of chaos and confusion lurking beneath the bright surface. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn successfully captures both sides of psychedelic experimentation -- the pleasures of expanding one's mind and perception, and an underlying threat of mental disorder and even lunacy; this duality makes Piper all the more compelling in light of Barrett's subsequent breakdown, and ranks it as one of the best psychedelic albums of all time.


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DR10 -2.23 dB -14.33 dB 4:15 01-Astronomy Domine
DR11 -2.04 dB -14.57 dB 3:07 02-Lucifer Sam
DR10 -0.86 dB -13.90 dB 3:04 03-Matilda Mother
DR10 -0.96 dB -14.47 dB 2:45 04-Flaming
DR9 -2.12 dB -13.70 dB 4:23 05-Pow R. Toc H.
DR9 -1.60 dB -13.30 dB 3:07 06-Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
DR10 -0.70 dB -12.32 dB 9:41 07-Interstellar Overdrive
DR10 -1.87 dB -14.46 dB 2:13 08-The Gnome
DR10 -3.91 dB -16.23 dB 3:53 09-Chapter 24
DR10 -2.85 dB -16.98 dB 2:10 10-Scarecrow
DR10 -1.53 dB -15.11 dB 3:30 11-Bike

Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1445 kbps
Codec: FLAC