Special Edition of Pink Floyd's THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN to Be Released By Capitol/EMI

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June 22, 2007 is Pink Floyd's 40th anniversary, and to mark this milestone, a 3-CD special edition of the
band's debut album, THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN, originally released on August 5, 1967, will be available on August 28 from Capitol/EMI in the U.S., and in the U.K. and Europe on September 3 from EMI Records. The 3-CD package includes mono and stereo mixes of the original album, plus the band's 1967 singles and previously unreleased and rare bonus tracks.

The packaging, designed by longtime Floyd collaborator Storm horgerson, resembles a cloth-covered book with the original Vic Singh hoto on the front, and holds the 3 CDs, along with an 8-page reproduction of one of Syd Barrett's notebooks.

Newly remastered by James Guthrie, Discs and 2 will contain the full 'Piper' album, represented in both stereo and ono versions. Disc 3 includes bonus tracks, including all of Pink Floyd's ingles from 1967 ("Arnold Layne," "See Emily Play," and "Apples And Oranges"), plus the B-sides "Candy And A Current Bun" and "Paintbox."

Other racks include an exclusive edit of "Interstellar Overdrive," previously available only on an EP released in France, and the 1967 stereo version of Apples And Oranges," which has never before been officially released.
 

The album's title, THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN, came from the eventh chapter of Kenneth Grahame's THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. It was the ledgling Pink Floyd's first album, charting at Number 6 in the U.K.

The and members were Syd Barrett, guitarist, singer, and main songwriter, with assist Roger Waters, keyboardist Rick Wright and drummer Nick Mason. The album was recorded in Abbey Road's Studio 3 and produced by EMI resident producer, Norman Smith, while the Beatles were in the studio next door
working on SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.