Dawn of The Piper Cover
Dawn of The Piper Cover
01 Lucy Leave
02 King Bee
The original 5-member Pink Floyd line-up.
With Bob Klose on lead guitar and Syd Barrett on rhythm guitar.
recorded at Regent Sound studio around May 1965
03 Interstellar Overdrive
Taken from the film "San Francisco".
Recorded at Thompson Private Recording Studios on 31 October 1966.
04 Arnold Layne
05 Candy and a Currant Bun
Taken from the original acetates demoed to EMI.
Recorded at Sound Techniques studio from 23-25 January 1967.
EMI signed Pink Floyd to a recording contract on 1 February 1967.
When they created this Arnold Layne acetate, they cut the organ solo.
EMI would object to the drug references to Let's Roll Another One,
Syd rewrote them to create this Candy and a Currant Bun acetate.
06 Interstellar Overdrive
Recorded live at UFO on 27 January 1967 by Granada TV
This version lacks the narrator commentary.
First broadcast on 8 March 1967
07 Interstellar Overdrive
Taken from the French EP released 11 April 1967.
The French version was edited from the same source for the LP
(recorded 27 February 1967), just a different mix.
08 Flaming
Taken from the US single, released 2 November 1967.
The original US of Piper at the Gates of Dawn did not Flaming.
It was released later as a single.
09 Pow R Toc H
10 Astronomy Domine
Taken from the BBC's "Look of the Week" television program
(14 May 1967).
11 See Emily Play
Taken from acetate #2 of 21 May 1967 at Sound Techniques.
Two acetates are known.
This second acetate features a slightly extended ending.
12 Experiment
Much about this recording is unknown, including the title.
Traditionally, it's been called Experiment (as we do here) or Sunshine.
13 Sunshine
Sunshine is really the last section of Matilda Mother.
Matilda Mother had been rerecorded on 7 June 1967.
Norman Smith decided that the instrumental section was too long.
During editing session on 29 June, he cut the tape into three pieces.
The first part was called "Matilda Mother",
the second part, deleted, was called "Wondering and Dreaming",
The third part was called "Sunshine
Parts one and three were then spliced together in the official version.
14 Scream Thy Last Scream
Recorded at Abbey Road on 7 August 1967. T
his track is taken from a stereo mix done my Peter Jenner in 1974.
15 Set The Controls
16 Reaction in G
Taken from the BBC's inaugural "Top Gear" Radio 1.
Program aired on 1 October 1967 Tracks recorded at the BBC's
Playhouse Theatre on 25 September 1967.
The DJs on these tracks are Pete Drummond and John Peel.
17 Vegetable Man
Recorded at De Lane Lea on 9-11 October 1967.
18 Remember a Day
Taken from the DVD of the Syd Barrett spoof film "Remember a Day"
starring Darryl Read. Recorded at De Lane Lea on 9-11 October 1967.
19 Apples and Oranges
Recorded at Abbey Road on 26-27 October 1967.
This track is the stereo version taken from the Masters of Rock LP.
20 Pow R Toc H
Taken from the BBC's "Top Gear" Radio 1
Program aired on 31 December 1967.
Recorded 20 December 1967 at the BBC's Maida Vale studio.