or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
Express Checkout with PayPhrase
What's this? | Create PayPhrase
More Buying Choices
48 used & new from $12.43
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition)
 
See larger image and other views 
See all product images
See 1 customer image
Share your own customer images

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition)

Pink Floyd
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews) | More about this product
List Price: $24.98
Price: $22.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
You Save: $1.99 (8%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Want it delivered Thursday, February 11? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
38 new from $12.47 8 used from $12.43 2 collectible from $39.00

Amazon's Pink Floyd Store

Music

Image of album by Pink Floyd

Photos

Image of Pink Floyd

Biography

Pink Floyd emerged from England's hippy scene in 1967 formed by Syd Barrett on guitar and vocals, Roger Waters on guitar, Nick Mason on drums and Rick Wright on keyboards and joined by guitarist David Gilmour as Syd Barrett's health deteriorated.

Their early albums, including The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets established them as psychedelic pioneers, charting in the UK with… Read more in Amazon's Pink Floyd Store

›
Visit Amazon's Pink Floyd Store
for 128 albums, photos, discussions, and more.

Frequently Bought Together

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition) + A Saucerful of Secrets + Atom Heart Mother
Price For All Three: $51.97

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition) ~ Pink Floyd

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

  • A Saucerful of Secrets ~ Pink Floyd

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

  • Atom Heart Mother ~ Pink Floyd

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Special Offers and Product Promotions

  • Shop for t-shirts featuring this artist and other classic rock artists in our Music T-Shirts Store.

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

A Saucerful of Secrets

A Saucerful of Secrets

~ Pink Floyd
4.1 out of 5 stars (160)  $14.99
Ummagumma

Ummagumma

~ Pink Floyd
3.9 out of 5 stars (196)  $20.99
Obscured by Clouds

Obscured by Clouds

~ Pink Floyd
4.4 out of 5 stars (160)  $13.99
Atom Heart Mother

Atom Heart Mother

~ Pink Floyd
4.3 out of 5 stars (285)  $13.99
Relics

Relics

~ Pink Floyd
4.2 out of 5 stars (84)  $13.99
› Explore similar items

Product Details

  • Audio CD (September 4, 2007)
  • Original Release Date: September 4, 2007
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Capitol
  • ASIN: B000T05R90
  • Also Available in: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,994 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
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. Insteller Overdrive
8. The Gnome
9. Chapter 24
10. Scarecrow
See all 11 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Astronomy Domine
2. Lucifer Sam
3. Matilda Mother
4. Flaming
5. Pow R. Toc H.
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
7. Insteller Overdrive
8. The Gnome
9. Chapter 24
10. Scarecrow
See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

At the time The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was originally released in 1967, it was one among many aurally ripped, acid-tripped albums including Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced, Cream's Disraeli Gears, Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing at Baxter's, and, of course, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which the Beatles were recording down the hall from Pink Floyd at Abbey Road. But as those albums have gracefully slipped into the mainstream of our music consciousness, Piper, along with The Velvet Underground and Nico, still sounds like it broke through from another dimension. Pink Floyd were employing musique concrete techniques, inventing glissando guitar, and exploring areas of trance with tunes like "Interstellar Overdrive," actually two takes of an extended rave-up laid on top of each other. Mixing sci-fi imagery with swinging London metaphors and pastoral fantasies (the title is lifted from The Wind in the Willows), Pink Floyd's music was even more dappled, swirled, and surreal than the light shows that accompanied their performances. Piper represented Syd Barrett's vision as the sole composer of all but three songs. He was yet to have his acid-induced meltdowns, and all things were possible and beautiful. Barrett mixed whimsy on "Bike" with cynicism on the wordless but ominous "Pow R. Toc H."; goofy innocence on "The Gnome" and mysticism on "Chapter 24." But there's no doubting the contributions of Richard Wright with his swirling, reverb-drenched organ fugues and jazz ellipses and Roger Waters's earth-rooted bass. Nick Mason's underrated drumming, time-shifting polyrhythms, and colorful flourishes pushed Barrett's elliptical pop even further over the edge, especially on the space-music opus "Astronomy Domine." The original album was recorded on only four tracks, making stereo effects and panning somewhat rudimentary and often annoying. But this expanded release includes a full mono mix of the album which provides a more coherent sound and, surprisingly, a bit more depth. Some of the songs are just wacky, some of the technology and tape edits rough-hewn, but The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is one of those albums that actually appears more radical in retrospect. --John Diliberto

Product Description

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. In commemoration of the Anniversary, Capitol / EMI will release Piper as a deluxe 3 CD Limited Edition and a 2 CD stereo / mono version.
Related Artists on Tour(What's this?)
Product Ads

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(16)
(8)
(8)
(7)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(4)
(3)
(2)
Agree with these tags?
See all 21 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

15 Reviews
5 star:
 (8)
4 star:
 (7)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.5 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
60 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Beware: "Emily" absent, September 5, 2007
The first track on the 1967 American release of "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" [Tower ST 5093] is the Syd Barrett gem, "See Emily Play." This is arguably the best song the Floyd ever recorded, but in England it was originally released only as a single. Since this new 2 cd re-release of Piper is the English album, "Emily" is not included. Floyd lovers may prefer to purchase the 3 cd set, "LIMITED EDITION - EXTRA TRACKS" scheduled for 9/11/07 release which includes "Emily" along with other singles from the period.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Floyd's debut gets sonic overhaul for its 40th birthday, December 24, 2007
By Terrence J. Reardon "Classic rock and old sch... (Lake Worth (a west Palm Beach suburb), FL) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
Pink Floyd's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was originally released in August of 1967 and was re-released in two different versions for its 40th anniversary in September of 2007 by Capitol Records.
In August of 1967, Pink Floyd released their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in the UK and a month later in the US as The Pink Floyd.
This was the first introduction to a band that would conquer the world in a few years time. The band consisted of bass player Roger Waters, drummer Nick Mason (credited as Nicky on this album's original sleeve), keyboardist Rick Wright and guitarist/vocalist and main songwriter Syd Barrett, whom was the mad genius of the band.
The members of the band were in groups known as The Abdabs, The Megadeaths and The T-Set among others until Syd hooked up with childhood friend Roger and Roger's architectural school classmates Rick and Nick and another friend Bob Close to form the group The Pink Floyd which was named after two old Georgia bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. Bob Close left after recording Syd's demo of "Lucy Leave".
Throughout 1966, the band were a concert sensation in London's underground music movement and proceeded to get a deal with EMI in Europe and was signed to EMI's US affiliate Capitol under the subsidary Tower (way before the record chain existed).
The band's first two singles were "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" which were both Top 20 hits in England.
Then, the group's entered Abbey Road Studios to record their debut sometime in March of 1967 with producer Norman Smith, whom worked with The Beatles from 1962-65. Ironically, The Beatles were in the same building finishing their classic contribution to rock history Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
All but one track on Piper was written or co-written by Syd Barrett. His songs were whimsical works of art.
The original UK album started with "Astronomy Domine", which was about going into space to explore the universe (strangely this song was eliminated off of the original American vinyl release). Next is "Lucifer Sam", a tale about a Siamese cat. "Matilda Mother" and "Flaming" (which was also left off of the original US vinyl release) follow and are great songs. Next is the first of two instrumentals "Pow R Toc H" which grabs the attention. Next was Roger Waters' first song written for the band "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" which is a silly song with some excellent jamming.
The second half of the album starts with "Interstellar Overdrive" which was a number the band had played live before signing with EMI and was written by the band. "The Gnome" follows and is about a gnome named Grimble Crumble. "Chapter 24" follows and is my favorite Syd track. "The Scarecrow" follows and is a funny but great song. The album concludes with the whimsical "Bike" (also left off the original US vinyl release in favor of "See Emily Play") which then turns into a collage of sound effects and duck-call noises.
The album showed Syd at his best before LSD caused his behavior to become erratic and unpredictable and his songwriting skills started to go down the drain.
The US version of the album hit the lower reaches of the Billboard Top 200 while the UK version hit #6 in England and the UK version would eventually be released in the US on the double album A Nice Pair in 1973 and properly on CD on its owm in 1987.
The 2-CD set has two different mixes of the album both newly remastered by longtime Floyd associate James Guthrie. The first disc is the original monaural mix that the late Syd Barrett commissioned for the band and has some different mixes on some of the tracks as opposed to the original stereo mix we are familiar with which is on disc two of this 2-CD remaster. The new remaster is ten times superior to the original CD, the 1994 remastered CD and the 1997 mono CD remaster by a longshot.
Excellent start to an outstanding career.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars See Emily Play With The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, September 8, 2007
First lemme say that if you had bought the original US release of PIPER back in the day on the TOWER label, you bought a bastardized version of the album. TOWER dropped ASTRONOMY DOMINE from the original tracking as SEE EMILY PLAY was a hit single in England at the time of its US release. Gotta have them singles on those albums if you wanna sell here in the good ol USA!

The current track listing IS the ORIGINAL EMI track listing as released in England back in 1967.

This kinda reminds me of when EMI/CAPITOL decided to release all the BEATLE albums with the original European track listings.

...also, you really didn't need to wait for this release to get EMILY on disc. The song also appears on a limited edition release called "EARLY SINGLES". It was also released in the SHINE ON Boxset on a bouns disc as well as appearing on the release of "RELICS", which came out a few years back.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Space is the place
Is it me, or is the critical literature about Syd Barrett a bit misleading? I mean, coming to this album based on what I'd read about it, I expected some kind of quaint, pastoral,... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Matthew Watters

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly performed and highly original, if somewhat inconsistent
Pink Floyd's debut THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN really does seem to capture the Zeitgeist of its 1967 release date. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Christopher Culver

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE FEW AUTHENTIC MONO MIXES
I really like mono. Some of the CD productions don't really sound authentic to me. Too many of them sound just flat and one dimensional. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Syd

5.0 out of 5 stars Wheres "Early morning Henry"
The album is superb. No way you can give that less than 5 stars at any given time

Why no early Floyd outtakes? Read more
Published 9 months ago by Joseph Morris

4.0 out of 5 stars The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition) being Pink Floyd's 1967 release and their debut album is a classic example of psychadelic rock and sounds as experimental... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Bjorn Viberg

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall, very good..
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, overall, is a very good CD. I have listened to both the Mono and Stereo mixes and prefer the Stereo mix. It has a fuller sound. Read more
Published 11 months ago by D. Gervasi

5.0 out of 5 stars Pink Floyd
INCREDIBLE! I bought this for my son who is 27 and he loves it! I would recommend this for any Pink Floyd fan.
Published 12 months ago by Pleased with my Purchase

5.0 out of 5 stars Pink Floyd, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn", 1967
Relesed in August of 1967 this would be the first and last album feautring Syd Barrett before he got too crazed on LSD. Read more
Published 20 months ago by pinkfloyd

4.0 out of 5 stars A promise of genius to come, and great in its own right
I wouldn't call myself a Pink Floyd expert, and it was only recently that I began listening to this album. Read more
Published on October 19, 2007 by Fruit Batwoman

4.0 out of 5 stars The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd
Who could not like Pink Floyd ? This is older work that they re-masterd in stereo like Bike. It's a great addithion for my collection. Read more
Published on October 4, 2007 by trigatupp

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
Buyer Beware!!!! 0 July 2007
› See all discussions...  
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
   

SoundUnwound Says...

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn opens new browser window is Pink Floyd's opens new browser window 1st studio release. Browse Pink Floyd's Discography opens new browser window and watch Pink Floyd videos opens new browser window on SoundUnwound.

View your Amazon music library opens new browser window, recommendations and new releases on SoundUnwound opens new browser window - the personal music encyclopedia.

SoundUnwound Logo

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition)
60% buy the item featured on this page:
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (40th Anniversary Edition) 4.5 out of 5 stars (15)
$22.99
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
19% buy
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 4.4 out of 5 stars (49)
$34.99
Meddle
8% buy
Meddle 4.6 out of 5 stars (417)
$13.99
Obscured by Clouds
7% buy
Obscured by Clouds 4.4 out of 5 stars (160)
$13.99
Explore similar items

Look for Similar Items by Category

Look for Similar Items by Subject

Search Music by subject:














i.e., each title must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...
 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.