to clear up any confusion caused by a bad edit on my part: peter jenner was the manager and pete bown the engineer. what’s your favorite pink floyd album? comment below!

Any album that begins with flight announcements for the signs of the zodiac and ends with ducks having group sex is probably going to be an interesting listen.

As a 15 year old Brit in 1967, hearing this album changed my life.

Piper has always been my favourite pink Floyd album.

Interstellar Overdrive is IMO the best musical representation of a psychedelic trip.

"For all the time spent in that room The doll's house darkness old perfume And fairy stories held me high On clouds of sunlight floating by..."

This is my favorite, most played Pink Floyd album. Actually I bought "A Nice Pair" when I was a young lad. The first 2 albums are as good as anything they have ever recorded!

I feel honoured to have at least some of Syd's brilliance in this world. He was a true diamond and he shone much brighter than most people

Syd Barrett in such a short time would influence so many musicians, singers and future musical movements he didn't last long with Pink Floyd but he definitely made a huge impact

Growing up in the 70's and 80's Syd Barrett name was commonly used among many rock fans. Back then I thought Syd Barrett was just a fictional character like Ziggy Stardust, Major Tom, Jonny (of Bad Company fame) I only ever heard one single Barrett era song Astronomy Dominae assuming, at the time it was a younger less skilled Dave Gilmore on guitar. it was in the 1990's when I watched a Floyd documentary with a chapter on Barrett, after that I scooped the their "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" debut and heard it in its entirety for the first time. I was totally blown away. Far more so than hearing Dark Side Of The Moon in 1973 at age 9. I was Saddened at what happened to Syd in the wake of Pipers release. similar to Brian Wilson with Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. another similar mind blowing album. Recently, I purchased a new limited edition vinyl MONO version of Piper. Personally, I think the Mono sounds better than the standard stereo Lp. More raw, More Low Fi. like muffly AM radio sound,. Im sure there's a MONO CD of Piper too.

Early Pink Floyd is all I ever listen to from that band anymore. I could explain, boy howdy could I explain in great detail, but the internet has enough negativity without me pitching in.

The reissue Mono version is incredible, I recommend ✌️🇬🇧🇺🇸

While they and the Beatles recorded their masterpieces, the Pretty Things were recording the first rock opera SF Sorrow. A masterpiece in its own right.

“🎶We dumped the tea in the harbor 🎵” had me laughing! Always great, Abbie!

One of the best 1967 albums! Symbol of the Summer of Love with the ones of The Doors, The Jefferson Airplane, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move, The Grateful Dead! The first Pink Floyd album , the PIPER..., is a MUST!

Piper... one of my all-time favourite albums, a feat of the Summer of Love's psychedelia, Syd had a charming voice that suited their whimsical psych rock, from the off-kilter opening of Astronomy Dominé, to the raucous freakbeat of Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk and Bike. It's a shame he dipped out after beginning the sessions of Saucerful. Syd's influence on rock itself can be heard in XTC, John Lydon (who named his hamster Syd, and then his own friend.), Magazine, and so many more. Syd's solo albums are also great too, Madcap Laughs is a chunk of Syd's post-psychedelic lo-fi pop, and so much more. Vegetable Man (recorded after this album) is primal proto-punk and there's helluva lot more stuff about Syd that i'd ramble on about but a comment can't express it all. Edit: i'd also say there's a Syd-esque gem in the Dukes of Stratosphear as well, it's XTC's own rejig of the Summer of Love mixed with Syd-era freakouts.

I love 70's album titles, they make absolutely no sense but they sound very deep and insightful 😮

I have always wanted a large square poster of the front cover to this LP. it totally looks like there SHOULD be a poster of it, but I have yet to see one. also, "take up" has one of my favorite lyrics of all time "real eyes realize real lies". I wish I had thought of that line.

6:08 Rick Wright did co-lead vocals also on "Astronomy Domine," "Flaming," "The Gnome," "Chapter 24," "Scarecrow," and "Bike" (as well as "See Emily Play" and the pre-album single "Arnold Layne"/"Candy And A Currant Bun"). It was kind of the signature sound (or at least part of it) of early Floyd to have Syd and Rick singing unison and splitting to harmonies... in part to beef up Syd's vocals on stage, but obviously also in the studio as well. Shortly before his death, Rick Wright did a radio interview (reacting to the 40th Anniversary rerelease) in which he recounted he was shocked during initial release that "vocals" weren't part of his credits on the album and that this had only been rectified for the 40th Anniversary release in 2007. I've popped on "& Vocals" on my personal copy of Piper, doing justice to my favorite of the Floyd. ^_^

Stellar revisit with added depth. I knew of Syd from an old UK book about big acts o' the 70s that featured a good chunk of Syd's story. The school photo of the five piece had him dried out and absent among the cooler looking others and it haunted me. Late '70s in Townsville did not include very early Floyd (and no solo material) in record shops. Eventually, I borrowed an original mono UK copy from one of my sister's Uni friends. It took a lot of liking with the bigger semi-instrumental tracks asking too much of me. But then the Syd showcase completely charmed me (those were the songs I taped). Worth recalling that one of the features of the UK (and Australian) punk I was into then ditched the rock convention of singers trying American accents as one of the ways they stood out. Syd's middle class home counties voice was like a drink of cool water on a hot day (see also, Greg Lake and Peter Gabriel) and I loved the strong melodies. If you were listening out for Syd's signs of future unconventionality just go to Gnome and Bike where the bar line gets less respect than in other songs. Finally when Piper was re-released with the original cover art, I got my copy and reacquainted myself with it as a whole album and got into it. The what-ifs here are more interesting than normal (a supported Syd making it through more records with the band as a kind of transition period gets to me) but the big dark cloud of his illness always rolls over them and its back to looking the other way or treasuring the best of what we were left with. This LP, Relics, and the solo re-releases got into the water supply of every early '80s band who loved their psyche without the rock posturing. He walked among us, once again. Sorry for talking your kneecaps off it's just that Syd gets me talking. Great video (loved the take on the Bike lyric). For which, thanks.

I like how in early interviews there's a more relaxed, open feel, with Syd, Rick and 'Nicky' all chipping in witticisms, while Roger adds surly asides. It's the same in their playing, the early stuff often surprises by its creativity, and that includes Waters' bass playing. By the way, Rick was regarded by the management as the second creative force, and when things fell apart they came to Rick and suggested he and Syd dumped Roger and Nick and formed a new band, an idea which Rick rejected (ironic that Roger eventually sacked him from the band). But in the early days Rick was the second songwriter, coming up with a real gem in Paintbox, and a real stinker with It Would Be So Nice.

Wonderful review of one of my all time favorite albums. What a debut, huh?...thank you for all the history and research you put in.

The original vinyl monday episode was what kickstarted my deep dive into Pink Floyd, this is still my favourite album of theirs, I’m still looking for a US copy of this record cause my favourite song from Pink Floyd is See Emily Play 😭

i listened to this album every single day from 2016-2018 often with my friend Lucy. My fav album ever.

Norman Smith was The Beatles former sound engineer and was given a promotion to Producer and Pink Floyd was his 1st production.

U-FO club was the place to be, a guy called David was waiting in the wings. Relics is great album for their singles 🇬🇧🌈🎸

This is, hands down, the greatest music channel on this platform. Your attention to the details, contextualization, the information you bring about the record you are reviewing, the production of your videos, the trivias... Everything is in the right place. I've been a music head for a long time, I love to read the history behind my favorite bands and records, and even when I watch your review on records I know every well, I learn something new. I can only wish you the best, you deserve it.

I adore this beautiful album by Pink Floyd, along with "A Saucerful Of Secrets" they helped me immerse myself in other artists beyond the popular ones like The Beatles in 1967, The Mothers Of Invention, Captain Beefheart, The Count Five, The Electric Prunes, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Love, The Pretty Things, The Small Faces, Hawkwind, etc, to rare and underground artists of the psychedelic era such as Sacred Mushroom, Tomorrow (where Steve Howe of Yes came from), Weed, Comus, Frijid Pink, The Incredible String Band, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Os Mutantes, Ash Ra Temple, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Kaleidoscope, Sunforest, La Seconda Genesi, Le Stelle di Mario Schiano, etc, and Krautrock crazy things like Brainticket, Faust, Aktuala, Embryo, Amon Düül I & II, etc, to modern things like Ozric Tentacles, The Beta Band, King Gizzard, Melody's Echo Chamber, etc.

A good Beatles/Pink Floyd fan from Peru, Ronieco Psicodelio (rest in peace bro) said Piper was the best debut album of all time, along with Please Please Me. For me, it takes me back to Winter 1990 in Peru, when I discovered the studio version of Astronomy Domine in a Chilean cassette. Man the record blew my mind.

Being 17 in 1967 and surfing around Santa Monica ( Venice, Will Rogers ) there was this club on Navy St. named " The Cheetah Club ( formerly The Aragon Ballroom ) where if you were an up and coming band you made sure you ' dropped ' in ( pun intended ). The list of heavies that played there was absolutely incredible. Me, my sibs and friends would check out the line-up then really check out the line-up. we saw " The Pink Floyd " in the fall of that year and while consulting with my sis we determined they played the U S version entirely. To quote from " Free Four " from " Obscured by Clouds " 1972 " The memories of a man in his old age, are the deeds of a man in his prime ". Genius takes many forms and produces visual and audio art that some may deem comes from crazy, If that is the case than i am all in for crazy. BTW " Lucifer Sam is about Syd's Siamese cat's " Jennifer Gentle " is the other one on the track. Dig your style,aloha

Lovely Rita Highlight omg so cute

I was born in '74, so the "A Nice Pair" cassette was my intro to this album. Thus, for me, the live Ummagumma version of Astronomy Domine is the definitive version.

Architecture students. I didn't know that. Graphic arts also include a band called: Wire, Peter Townshend , Ray Davys, Jimmy page, Ron wood, Ringo, John Lennon, The Talking Heads. All of whom also started by playing in bars also. Great show thx alot.

"We dumped your tea in the harbour" haha - love it! Great vid

While there might be better Floyd albums out there, Piper still is up there as my favourite, it just has this whimsical yet timeless sound to it, a bit like Sgt Pepper's. Also probably cos I'm not really big into prog rock in general. Even to this day, it still upsets me greatly about what happened to Syd, he was such a gifted and talented man who mentally capitulated in front of his bandmates and the crowds he played to. Sure, he might not have done himself any favours through doing "the Syd" but I agree that his bandmates should've looked out for him, too. As someone who's also fought mental health battles over the past few years his story is very touching and I'm really glad that the attitude towards stuff like that is changing, and yet, we still have a long way to go. Syd feels like a ghost on the later albums, you think he's playing in the background with the rest, but yet, he never appears...

Thank you for the review. This record and A Saucerful of Secrets along with ALL of Syd Barret's solo stuff left a solid impression on Pink Floyd, and us. Thanks for the info on Syd.

Fave Floyd - my gf is a hardcore Syd fan and she didn't melt down during the episode so... YA DID GOOD, KID😂❤

One of my all time favorite records, so it's wonderful to hear all of the details from you. You do an INCREDIBLE job compiling information and stories about these release. SO stoked to watch this great video. This is EASILY my favorite Pink Floyd record (I only also care for Dark Side and Animals, but TBH.. the rest can suck it), and I have to say... I love every song on this album and love the track listing; Pow R. reminds me of exotica (it takes you to a place), Gnome is like watching the sun come up (after Interstellar Overdrive), Chapter 24 is a beautiful meditation, and Scarecrow is a perfect segue to Bike. For me; this album is perfect. The heavy guitars, the whimsey (maybe my favorite aesthetic component to all art), and the level of imagination. I feel like it's still ahead of its time. Long live Syd :)

Syd was something else. With him the band had a leader with a truly odd yet commercially viable pop sensibility when he applied himself to writing a single like See Emily Play or Arnold Layne. No one else in the band had that talent. Thank god we have this album to witness his immense talent and thank god we have that BBC interview clip so we get a sense of what a terrific, eloquent person Syd must have been to be around.

Me when I wanna talk about Syd Barrett for 30 more minutes but the audience isn't quite ready for Madcap Laughs yet.

Love See Emily Play. Took a while to like the album but now it is a gem. Love it

15:52 not me watching this just in the middle of my hyperfixation on The move. I really enjoy your videos❤

i think Piper is a timeless classic. ahead of it's time and still an enjoyable listen. love this album! :) ps. Gnome is a great track

I LOVE that you’ve the solo records on vinyl! I’m so jealous. When I was growing up, I lived in such a rubbish one-horse town in the Southeastern United States that I couldn’t even get Syd’s solo records on CD-I had to drive 45 min to the nearest university town to pick them up. To my considerable pleasure, they were also able to order the *Opel* collection for me. It still wasn’t till the early ‘00s that I got to hear the likes of ‘Lucy Leave”, or the HILARIOUS ’Bob Dylan’s Blues’. I was incredibly fortunate to have downloaded and made a CD of the aforementioned Pink Floyd rarities ‘Scream Thy Last Scream’ and ‘Vegetable Man’. Thank you, Napster! Anyroad, although ‘Opel’ has a wonderfully bizarre chord progression, and it’s one of the few songs in which Syd doesn’t bugger up the timing, and gets all the lyrics right, nobody ever overdubbed bass, keys, and/or lead guitar. I don’t know why. It’s one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs in his oeuvre, and could have been his masterpiece. Even reading the lyrics STILL gives me a very specific ‘lost’ feeling- like I’m lost in a grey place between two worlds, tethered to either by the merest thread. As I’m floating there, I feel something seem to crawl up my back. The music just adds to this.

Yes, please do Syd's solo albums. They are both beautiful and tragic, two partially hidden gems of early 70s that were eclipsed by albums like Meddle and Atom Heart Mother.

The Bob Close line up actually did a demo of 6 songs including Lucy Leave, they can be found on both a RSD single and in the early years box. Both Lennon and McCartney used to go see them in 66 at the UFO club, dressed incognito of course. So who influenced who? I know no one will ever agree with me, but being the runner of the Syd Barrett Archives since 97, I have a bit of knowledge of this stuff. Love the redux.

This essay neither cringes nor panders - bravo. 🏆

So my Floyd journey was ... an interesting one. In late childhood and approaching the teens, I was aware of "classic" Pink Floyd and the mixed aftermath (The Final Cut to The Division Bell). But throughout my teens, I went through everything before Meddle. It was probably the best way to approach them as I got to hear the open and creative Floyd at a time when I was experimenting in my own way. It's interesting you associated "Lucifer Sam" with James Bond. When I was a teen - and thus very aware of Piper - I thought that the biggest transgression Austin Powers ever did was *ignore* this song, particularly during The Spy Who Shagged Me. Then again ... maybe it was for the best? But still, it was a missed opportunity to have something from that time and would fit better than "American Woman" (especially the then-current Lenny Kratviz cover). And "Bike" ... when I saw The Green Mile in the theatres, I turned to my date - who was also aware of my adventurous music tastes - and called "Mr. Jingles" "Gerald". And speaking of "what's canon": which Piper mix - mono or stereo? Honestly, I go back and forth between the two. The case for the mono was that this was most likely the edition most people bought back in 1967 and it does sound "more proper" in that it was something the EMI engineers knew how to do. The case for the stereo was that this would end up being the most commonly available version worldwide, cuts from there would feature on various compilations, and as mixing in stereo was new and fresh, there was a sense that "anything went" and you could whatever the [duck quack] you want. Listening to the stereo mix would drive current day engineers [duck quack] bat-[duck quack] crazy with basses and drums not always in the center and weird panning effects (see end of Interstellar Overdrive). And in the end, if Pink Floyd were a band that marched to their own drummer (so to speak), wouldn't it make sense to have a presentation that would showcase their eccentricities. I joke too about "horse man yelling about dead dad constantly", but Roger has always spoken of Syd fondly. There is, of course, Wish You Were Here and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" in particular that was his most heartfelt and sincere tribute to his friend. But from Syd, I got the sense that after 1975 or so, he just wanted to be left alone. I know it's easy to make him into some creative martyr. But in the end, Syd was just a man like any other. Very special and one-of-a-kind, of course. But he wasn't God. And I kinda wonder if Syd's antics were in part a kind of harbinger and warning to the rest of the band: "Hey, lads, I know you want to be rich and famous. But I don't think it's worth it at all". In other words, Syd realised what Roger would come to realize in about half-a-decade later. And it's no surprise that the two of them responded in their own particular ways: Syd with his unexpectedness whimsy and Roger with his [duck quack] dourness. At any rate, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ... what a trip indeed =]

Your original video about (the) Piper was my indrodutction to your videos. Keep up your work, you're doing it definetely better than then!

I know it's not on this album, but the first time i ever heard Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun was in the very early 80s, when i used to listen to college radio stations from East Orange NJ at 2 in the morning in my bedroom in our house out in the deep county, surrounded by midnight forests where bobcats would sometimes scream for reasons only bobcats understand (with my radio at very low volume b/c my mom was a very light sleeper and would yell at me if i woke her up with weird ass music). One night, the first transmissions from one of the Voyager space craft as it sauntered past the rings of Saturn had returned to Earth. Of course, in space there's no actual sound but someone at NASA had the absolutely brilliant idea of modifying the received signals to the audible sound spectrum. A heroic dj at East Orange college decided to play this transmission...while playing Heart of the Sun at the same time. I'd never heard the song before so I had no idea which sounds were the song and which were the Saturnine emissions. But it didn't matter b/c they fused so organically and perfectly. To this day whenever I listen to the song I still hear the mysterious whisperings of Saturn echoing in the far reaches of my mind, unbidden by memory, it's just how my mind hears it. Saturn's voice will never leave that song for me. I wish Syd could've heard it.

Voi Vod did a great cover of Astronomy Domine

A very good episode about a very important album. I first bought it on vinyl in the early 1980s in HMV record shop in Oxford Street, in London's West End. I liked it then and I love it today still. I have bought it a few times since on CD. I am far less critical of the album than you, but, yes, it is very dated. However, that is also part of its great charm. It is of its time and place. I say "place", as it is very, very culturally English. The band are so obviously from middle-class Cambridge. It never ceases to amaze me that this stuff is understandable to Americans. Thanks for reviewing this beloved old relic.

Piper is my favorite Pink Floyd album and always has been. Those Syd Barrett solo albums are great too. He had a very irregular head.

One song of theirs I like a lot is `Candy and A Current Bun` the `B` of their UK single `Arnold Layne`.

I miss the artistic creativity and childlike whimsy of the Piper album. Their next album, A Saucer Full of Secrets, the great visionary Syd withdrew and sang lead only on his song "Jug Band Blues." A telling self-commentary about his state of mind then and a sad, tragic-comic song.

the Beatles were a half decent Rutles tribute band

Perfect episode! Last April, I spent 15 days in London and learned that the pub I frequented was Barrett's favorite.

Gnome and Chapter 24 are the two songs that give an amazing insight into Syd's psyche. Not just the lyrics, but the movement of the songs. the two tunes play off each other and the sequencing of Chapter 24 coming right after Gnome is important to that. In Gnome we have a happy go lucky character who enjoys being at home. Until one day he had a big adventure. This was Syd's life up until he took on the adventure of being in a traveling rock band. The adventure includes an epiphany moment, where the gnome looks at the sky, and looks at the river, and he realizes it's good. This epiphany is then explained in Chapter 24 with the phrases from I, Ching. Life is so much bigger than pop stardom and trendy clothes, etc.

Jimi Hendrix called Syd “The laughing Syd Barret” I’m assuming he was joking? Yet according to David Gilmore there is home movie footage of them all tap dancing in a dressing room before a gig. Be fantastic to see that along with any film when Floyd were a five piece band in January 1968.

Oh my God!! That was such a satisfying installment!! Thank you! Love Syd!

Yep, an album more 1967 than any other. Released a year before, or the year after it would have sunk without trace. For anybody interested in learning more about Syd and what happened to him in the years after Pink Floyd, there is an interview with Rosemary Breen, Syd's sister on YT. It's not hard to find.

I absolutely LOVE Chapter 24 and the children’s songs, and the variety they add to the other tracks. Just like the Wind In The Willows, these are more than just children’s stories. The Piper…..chapter is a real pagan trip.

How much do l love this album? Back in the days when l played singer/songwriter gigs, l did "interstellar Overdrive" solo on acoustic guitar. If you've got an echo unit and a fuzz pedal velcro'ed to the guitar, you can TOTALLY make it work!

I am shocked--Shocked! To find the guitarist of the Yardbirds copying anything from another musician. 🙃

The first time I took LSD I listened to this album on repeat for 8 hours. Completely alone. It was one of the most fun and profound experiences of my life.

Barrett's childish songs provide a clue to his own personality - he was using music to hark back to his childhood, the time of his life when he felt most happy.

Syd was everything. So inventive and creative. The madcap rules! ❤❤❤

I don't think I've ever enjoyed a review of Piper more than this one! You have a new fan! Fun but very concise... Great job!

really enjoyed your take on Piper

To appreciate the lyrics of Scarecrow and the Gnome you really need to be in a psychedelic state imo. It actually hits incredibly tender when you 'get it' because he's essentially singing you children's tales and providing a child like mindset. If you can work with that the songs expand into quite an experience.

“It’s not nasty, it’s disgusting” lol. Loved your “Piper is special because” summary at the end. Well said. I do find the Redux idea on the repetitive side and would prefer you dove deeper into lesser known releases. Keep up the good work! Rock history is art history.

Your reviews are top notch! You have a lot of records, but you also have a lot of style! That Floyd debut is somewhat dated but a classic!

YAY. Good morning Abby. Thanks for this one

1967 was one of the best album years. Glad to see this one get some recognition.

From someone who remembers when everyone thought badly of Paul McCartney as a conservative narcissist (1971- 81), I appreciate you seeing the human side of the now much-misaligned Roger Waters.

I still have my first pressing import mono copy of Piper, which I bought for only $4 back in 1979. And congratulations on getting over 10,000 views on this one, somewhere in the universe, Syd's spirit must be smiling 😊

Great re-review, thanks. I’m glad ‘we’ got Bike 😉😎

I said this about the clash too but: I FUCKING LOVE PINK FLOYD THANK YOU

I adore your style! You nailed the 60s/70s look, and you're super pretty! I don't know how your channel missed my radar but I look forward to your other vinyl reviews, especially the Pink Floyd ones.

listened to the album while watching your video with subtitles... very trippy indeed

Fantastic work as always Abby. I've listened to every track on that album, many times, but not together as an album. I probably should try that one day.

You get IT more than most people i know. This channel is brilliant.🤘

What a wonderful surprise this morning! Piper is such a fun LP! Ok gonna go watch

Beautiful album.

Interstellar Overdrive’s live performances ROCKED. The album version doesn’t do the song service, just like Run Like Hell from the wall

Great video Abby I wasn't a fan of Piper at first but it grew on me keep it up Abby ❤❤❤

Chapter 24 is pure Lsd descriptives and exactly focused--pure glass hand dissolving

Visual quotes from Pierre Cardin's "Cosmos" collection ? I definitely feel like I've landed on the right channel.

thank you for your reactions & in depth reviews. Much appreciated.

As a 12 year old kid I was addicted to this album. "Pow R. Toc H" is a grower. I always prefered from "Interstellar Overdrive". "Interstellar Overdrive" in turn of course is tough and it suffers a bit from coming over as a "very dry mix" for what we might consider "spacey music". The live version on the "Tonite Let's All Make Love In London" soundtrack does the concept a better service. At least the Floyds at the time were on the forefront of one might call free from rock music and along with the Velverts and the Mothers put a blueprint on what later generations could ride on. Stuff like this was unheard of at the time and it was daring and if not performing in the comfort zone of the UFO club even confrontational. but what do I tell here. you know it all.

One of my new favorite channels for sure😋

I read that a neighbour of syd's mother said when syd went back to live with his mother in cambridge that he reapetedly kept smashing the windows in the house and almost single handedly kept the local glazers in buisness, its a good job dave gilmour made sure syd recieved his royalties!!. I like the album and used to listen to it a lot in the days when i used to like a smoke ♈️🙋‍♂️

WOO HOO!! This album singlehandedly got me into the world of psychedelia!

Your first review of Pink Floyd was just great. It is when I first started watching.Kate Bush has a history later on with Pink Floyd 's David Gilmour

Beautiful earrings and great review

Thank you for all the great information

My favourite Floyd LP. Just discovered your channel - great content.

Probably my favorite of 67 other than Are You Experienced and The Doors

You rock the BEST outfits! Love it!

Legendary rock photographer Neal Preston said Bill Graham once reamed him out so bad, “I just got over it last week.”