100% TEXTURED 1971 ORIG PINK FLOYD Relics ACID PROG PSYCH SYD BARRETT GEM
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36
$ 36
Sold For
Apr 29, 2018
Sold Date
Apr 26, 2018
Start Date
$ 10
Start price
12
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USA
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~ ACID-POP & SPACE NUGGETS ~
1971 ((TEXTURED COVER)) FIRST PRESSING!!! ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
PINK FLOYD
RELICS
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USA - HARVEST RECORDS - SW 759
...................................................................................................... 100% ORIGINAL first press = 47 years old ...PLAYS CLEANMINT .... IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE
Scarce 1971 first pressing "Harvest Records" first pressing in thick textured cover makes for a GREAT 2 sides of psychedelic-space PINK FLOYD from their "acid" years... In the evolution of Pink Floyd this compilation album was always a kind of missing link, bridging the gap between the psychedelic pop band of the swinging '60s and the symphonic space-prog pioneers of the 1970s. At first glance it looks like an arbitrary grab bag of rare B-sides and familiar early album cuts, delivering exactly what the subtitle promises: "a bizarre collection of antiques and curios". But look closely at the track selection and you'll see a definite pattern at work, charting the progress of a band suddenly cut off from its primary source of inspiration and beating the air for a new identity. In short, it's a valuable portrait of Pink Floyd in transition, from the untethered genius of Syd Barrett to the craftsmanship of Roger Waters, by way of keyboard player Richard Wright, who briefly flexed his compositional muscles with a couple of the post- Barrett acid-laced pop songs included here. The differences between the two groups is immediately obvious from the pair of improvs framing the collection: Syd's "Interstellar Overdrive", from "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" LP, and the studio version of "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", a 45 rpm B-side circa "Saucerful of Secrets" (or thereabouts). The energetic jamming of "Overdrive" makes a startling contrast to the tightly controlled, artless raga of "Eugene", but the latter would resurface in a definitive live rendition on Disc One of "Ummagumma" (an album that performs a similar function to "Relics", and might even be considered a useful companion volume to it). All the songs here are presented in more or less chronological order, ranging from the group's first single (1967's "Arnold Layne") to the 1969 "More" soundtrack sessions. The notable exception to the sequence is "Bike", originally the closing track on "The Piper" LP and filling the same role here, as it later would for the more recent two-disc "Echoes" retrospective, and for a similar reason, I would guess. The song is quintessential Syd Barrett: playful, clever, and more than a little scary in its deeper autobiographical implications. But in the context of Pink Floyd's long, successful career it's also a painful reminder of the pure, brain-wave intuition and creativity lost to the band along with its founding member, and will always make a fitting eulogy to any true Floyd tribute. - Syd Barrett / vocals, guitar
- David Gilmour / vocals, guitar
- Nick Mason / drums, percussion
- Roger Waters / vocals, bass
- Richard Wright / keyboards Arnold Layne (2:56)
Interstellar Overdrive (9:43)
See Emily Play (2:53)
Remember a Day (4:29)
Paintbox (3:33)
Julia Dream (2:37)
Careful With That Axe, Eugene (5:45)
Cirrus Minor (5:18)
The Nile Song (3:25)
Biding My Time (5:18)
Bike (3:21)
CONDITION: The cover thickly textured first press is rated MINT in factory cellophane ... ALL very clean, stiff, NO bends, NO writing, NO delete marks and NO split seams.... original store price code on outer cellophane
The vinyl is all clear and shiny over both sides, rated M- and plays TOP LEVEL with NO audio problems...clean HARVEST labels too ..
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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