The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

	Release date: August 5th, 1967
	Highest Chart Position:
	US - | UK 6

The album's title is from the the seventh chapter of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows"(the book is said to be a favorite of Syd's).

Nick Mason:"We spent three months recording it, which was quite a long time in those days. Bands used to have to finish albums in a week, with session players brought in to play the difficult bits. But because The Beatles were taking their time recording Sgt Pepper in the studio next door, EMI thought this was the way people now made records. We were taken in to meet them once, while they were recording Lovely Rita. It was a bit like meeting the Royal family."
Dave Gilmour:"The words just used to pour out of Syd. He was very clever, very intelligent."

Song	Writer(s)	Time
Astronomy Domine	Barrett	04:12
Lucifer Sam	Barrett	03:07
Matilda Mother	Barett	03:08
Flaming	Barrett	02:46
Pow R. Toc H.	Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason	04:26
Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk	Waters	03:05
Interstellar Overdrive	Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason	09:41
The Gnome	Barrett	02:13
Chapter 24	Barett	03:42
The Scarecrow	Barrett	02:11
Bike	Barrett	03:21

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