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.

Emi pulled out all the stops with this triple disc set commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of pink floyd s debut album the piper at the gates of dawn containing the stereo and mono mixes of the album on two separate digital platters and augmenting them with a bonus cd containing the band s three early singles plus two. In commemoration of the anniversary capitol emi will release piper as a deluxe 3 cd limited edition and a 2 cd stereo mono version. 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. 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 piper at the gates of dawn is the debut studio album by english rock band pink floyd released 4 august 1967 by emi columbia. The 40th anniversary edition of the piper at the gates of dawn overseen by producer james guthrie who engineered and co produced the wall and who first cleaned up piper for its 1994 reissue.