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Format: CD
Catalog: MT5 Musically Tuned
Misc.:<no info>
Date: 68
Cover: The cover is divided into 4 sections. The covers for the official releases of Piper and Saucerful (trimmed slightly and colored Pink) appear diagonally. AB BA
Sources: 1968, Mono LPs for Piper At The Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets
Hires-coverscans: <no info>
MP3-Soundsample: <no info>

Tracks:

      Disc:  1
       1. Astronomy Domine 
       2. Lucifer Sam 
       3. Matilda Mother 
       4. Flaming 
       5. Pow R Toc H 
       6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk 
       7. Interstellar Overdrive 
       8. The Gnome 
       9. Chapter 24 
      10. Scarecrow 
      11. Bike 
      12. Let There Be More Light 
      13. Remember A Day 
      14. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 
      15. Corporal Clegg 
      16. A Saucerful Of Secrets 
      17. See Saw 
      18. Jugband Blues 
          Total Time:                                         77:58
Band:
      Syd Barrett 
      Roger Waters 
      Rick Wright 
      Nick Mason 
      Dave Gilmour

Xref: The Piper At the Gates of Dawn (ROLO mono LP) A Saucerful of Secrets (ROLO mono LP) A Nice Pair of Monos The Piper At the Gates of Dawn
Quality:
  • Ex?
Comments: Quality is remarkably difficult to judge. What we have here is a very good presentation of material that, honestly, probably shouldn't have been put out. I mean, it's exceptionally uninteresting. Take the recent remastered Piper CD and compare it to this release and you'll just shake your head wondering what possessed somebody to bother releasing this thing. Ok, Ok... Some people have suggested that the mono LPs were mixed differently from the stereo LPs. That's true enough. They are a mono mix whereas the stereo LPs are a stereo mix. End of story. Another thing that bothers me is that this CD is not quite the correct speed. If you compare the length of this CD to the length of the combined remastered Piper & Saucerful CDs, you'll find that this CD is 3:28 shorter! That's approximately 4.5% too fast. Just enough to annoy me!


There just isn't enough to justify the expenditure. Unless you are a raving completist, you'll wish you'd spent your hard earned on something else. - SCOTT



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