Udgivet 7.August 1967 i monoProduceret af Norman Smith
Optaget i EMI Abbey Road Studios, April 1967
Coverforside foto: Vic Singh
Coverbagside design: Syd Barrett
Højest på hitlisterne: 6.plads
Genudgivet i 2007 i både stereo og Mono
Udgivet 7.August 1967 i mono
Produceret af Norman Smith
Optaget
i EMI Abbey Road Studios, April 1967
Coverforside foto: Vic Singh
Coverbagside design: Syd Barrett
Højest på hitlisterne: 6.plads
Genudgivet i 2007 i både stereo og Mono
I 2007 havde denne udgivelse så 40 års jubilæum. Selvfølgelig blev der så
lavet en jubilæums udgave. Oprindelig var denne plade lavet i mono (Det gjorde
man altså i 1967) Den blev kort efter mixet i en stereoudgave, men det var uden
Pink floyds og især uden Syds medvirken.
Den cd man længe har kunnet købe,
var stereoudgaven. Nu har man altså adgang til den originale monoversion og en
genmixet steroeudgave.
Den tredie cd, i denne jubilæumsudgave, er en samling single hits. De fleste kender vi allerede, men enkelte er selvfølgelig "aldrig udgivet før" ! Så har vi fans en god undskyldnig for at fare ud og købe en plade vi har haft i samlingen altid !
Mere interessant er coveret, der er en hel bog og er designet af Storm Thorgeson, hvilket aldrig er kedeligt. Men endnu mere interessant er at der er et lille hæfte med som er en reproduktion af en af Syd Barretts notesbøger. Tilten er Fart Enjoy og originalen blev solgt på Ebay i starten af 2009 for 12.600£ som gik til velgørenhed.
Tilbage i 1967 : I et at de andre studier på Abbey Road var Beatles ved at lægge sidste hånd på "Sgt. Peper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Floyd fik lov til at møde de store stjerner mens de var i gang med at mixe "Lovely Rita". Efter sigende stod Floydmedlemmerne bare som en flok små skoledrenge og stirrede i beundring....
Et ofte rost nummer på denne plade er Instellar overdrive, der forøvrigt
også findes i et utal af bootleg udgaver. Dét nummer har med garanti været vildt
fedt når man sad knokleskæv til en af deres koncerter - dengang. Jeg var for
lille til at være med dengang og jeg har aldrig været skæv!
Et andet nummer
der går igen mange steder Astronomy Domine. Jeg blev mildest talt
overrasket da jeg inde i Parken under Pulse-touren i1994, hørte det nummer
tone frem . Jeg syntes at det var modigt gjort og jeg syntes bestemt at det
var et rigtigt fedt nummer som altså holder så mange år efter.
Igen; Dét var jo også live...men i dag nyder jeg da det nummer når jeg
lytter til PULSE.
Titlen "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" er en ægte Barrett-titel. Den kommer fra
børnefortællingerne "Vinden i piletræerne" (The Wind in the Willows) hvor det
er overskriften på kapitel 7. Og jeg må da give Barrett ret i at det er en ret
syret titel, hvor man kan undre sig over hvordan den passer ind i en børnebog.
Bagsiden af coveret er faktisk et stykke Syd Barrett kunst / grafik. En dag
udenfor EMIs studie blev der taget en del billeder af de fire medlemmer der
rendte rundt og teede sig som verdensstjerner. På nogle af billederne stod de
en en række bag hinnanden med hænderne op i vejret og ud til siden. Det er de
billeder Barrett har brugt til at lave sin grafik med.
Jeg har ikke lige
fundet de billeder, men her ved siden af er et fra samme dag.
Numre på denne plade
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Astronomy Domine (Barrett) 4:12
Lime and limpid green, a second scene a fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter
and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania.
Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten.
Blinding signs flap, flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.
Stairway
scare Dan Dare who's there?
Lime and limpid green, the sounds surround the icy
waters underground
Lime and limpid green, the sounds surrounds the icy waters
underground.
Lucifer Sam, siam cat.
Always sitting by your side
Always by your side.
That cat's something I can't explain.
Ginger, ginger you're a witch.
You're the left side
He's the
right side.
Oh, no!
That cat's something I can't explain.
Lucifer go to sea.
Be a hip cat, be a ship's cat.
Somewhere,
anywhere.
That cat's something I can't explain.
At night prowling
sifting sand.
Hiding around on the ground.
He'll be found when you're
around.
That cat's something I can't explain.
There was a king who ruled the land.
His majesty was in command.
With
silver eyes the scarlet eagle
Showers silver on the people.
Oh Mother,
tell me more.
Why'd'ya have to leave me there
Hanging in my infant
air
Waiting?
You only have to read the lines
They're scribbly black
and everything shines.
Across the stream with wooden shoes
With
bells to tell the king the news
A thousand misty riders climb up
Higher
once upon a time.
Wandering and dreaming
The words have different
meaning.
Yes they did.
For all the time spent in that room
The doll's house, darkness, old perfume
And fairy stories held me high on
Clouds of sunlight floating by.
Oh Mother, tell me more
Tell me
more.
Aaaaaaaah
Aaaaaaaah
Aaaaaaaah
Pow R. Toc H (Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason) 4:26
(Instrumental)
Alone in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown.
Yippee! You can't
see me
But I can you.
Lazing in the foggy dew
Sitting on a
unicorn.
No fair, you can't hear me
But I can you.
Watching
buttercups cup the light
Sleeping on a dandelion.
Too much, I won't
touch you
But then I might.
Screaming through the starlit sky
Traveling by telephone.
Hey ho, here we go
Ever so high.
Alone
in the clouds all blue
Lying on an eiderdown.
Yippee! You can't see
me
But I can you.
Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk (Waters) 3:06
Doctor doctor!
I'm in bed
Achin' head
Gold is lead
Choke on
bread
Underfed
Gold is lead
Jesus bled
Pain is red
Are
goon
Grow go
Greasy spoon
You swoon
June bloom
Music
seems to help the pain
Seems to cultivate the brain.
Doctor kindly tell
your wife that
I'm alive - flowers thrive - realize - realize
Realize.
Interstellar Overdrive (Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason) 9:41
(Instrumental)
I want to tell you a story
About a little man
If I can.
A gnome
named Grimble Crumble.
And little gnomes stay in their homes.
Eating,
sleeping, drinking their wine.
He wore a scarlet tunic,
A blue
green hood,
It looked quite good.
He had a big adventure
Amidst
the grass
Fresh air at last.
Wining, dining, biding his time.
And
then one day - hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Oooooooooomray.
Look at the sky, look at the river
Isn't it good?
Look at the
sky, look at the river
Isn't it good?
Winding, finding places to go.
And then one day - hooray!
Another way for gnomes to say
Oooooooooomray.
Ooooooooooooooomray.
A movement is accomplished in six stages
and the seventh brings return.
The seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is
increased by one.
Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune
Sunset
The time is with the month of
winter solstice
When the change is due to come
Thunder in the other
course of heaven
Things cannot be destroyed once and for all
Change
returns success
Going and coming without error
Action brings good
fortune
Sunset, sunrise
A movement is accomplished in six stages
and the seventh brings return
The seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one
Change returns success
Going
and coming without error
Action brings good fortune
Sunset, sunrise
The black and green scarecrow as everyone knows
Stood with a bird on his
hat and straw everywhere.
He didn't care.
He stood in a field where
barley grows.
His head did no thinking
His arms didn't move except
when the wind cut up
Rough and mice ran around on the ground
He stood
in a field where barley grows.
The black and green scarecrow is sadder
than me
But now he's resigned to his fate
'Cause life's not unkind -
he doesn't mind.
He stood in a field where barley grows.
I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, a bell
that rings and
Things to make it look good.
I'd give it to you if I
could, but I borrowed it.
You're the kind of girl that fits in with
my world.
I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.
I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke.
There's a tear up the front. It's
red and black.
I've had it for months.
If you think it could look good,
then I guess it should.
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my
world.
I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.
I
know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
I don't know why. I call him Gerald.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
You're the kind of
girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you
want things.
I've got a clan of gingerbread men.
Here a man, there
a man, lots of gingerbread men.
Take a couple if you wish. They're on the
dish.
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll
give you anything, ev'rything if you want things.
I know a room full
of musical tunes.
Some rhyme, some ching. Most of them are clockwork.
Let's go into the other room and make them work.
