PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother LP 1970 UK 1st Press STEREO NO EMI BOX + INNER

	£		102
	$		135

PINK FLOYD ''ATOM HEART MOTHER'' 1ST UK PRESSING CAT NO. SHVL 781 1970 EARLIEST 1st PRESSING (NO) EMI ON THE LABELS!! ''THE GRAMOPHONE CO...'' AROUND THE RIM -A1G - B1G  MATRIX ENDINGS! ORIGINAL GARROD & LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE!!

An awesome original rare to find 1st UK pressing genuine 40 years old superb and this is complete with the original cover in Excellent condition! Normally this is found in a terrible state and over played! This has been rarely ever played! Very very collectable and sought after like this!!

Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England!!

The original album cover shows a very ordinary cow standing in a very ordinary pasture, with no text nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. (Some later editions have the title and artist name added to the cover.) This concept was the group's reaction to the psychedelic "space rock" imagery associated with Pink Floyd at the time of the album's release; the band wanted to explore all sorts of music without being limited to a particular image or style of performance. They thus requested that their new album have "something plain" on the cover, which ended up being the image of the cow. Storm Thorgerson, inspired by Andy Warhol's famous "cow-wallpaper", has said that he simply drove out into a rural area near Potters Bar and photographed the first cow he saw. The cow's owner identified her name as "Lulubelle III". More cows appear on the back cover (again, with no text or titles), and on the inside gatefold.!!

The title track was to have been called "The Amazing Pudding", though Ron Geesin's original score referred to it as "Epic". Its name was changed after Ron Geesin, who co-wrote the piece and arranged the orchestration on the recording, pointed to a copy of The Evening Standard (dated Thursday 16 July 1970), and suggested to Roger Waters that he would find a title in there. The headline was: "ATOM HEART MOTHER NAMED".

The piece is a progression from Pink Floyd's earlier instrumental pieces such as "A Saucerful of Secrets". The "Atom Heart Mother" suite takes up all of side one, and is split into six parts, featuring a full brass section and choir which take most of the lead melody lines, while Pink Floyd mainly provide the backing tracks; a reverse of the 1960s pop music practice of using orchestration as the background, and putting the rock band in front. However, there is one section where a bluesy electric guitar solo by David Gilmour takes the lead!!.

Side two opens with three five-minute songs: one by each of the band's three resident songwriters, and closes with a suite with sound effects primarily conceived by Nick Mason, but credited to the whole group (and based mostly on musical ideas by Gilmour). Therefore, this album's concept is similar to their previous Ummagumma album, in that it features the full band in the first half, and focuses on individual members in the second half. Roger Waters contributes a folk ballad called "If" which he would play frequently at live shows in support of his Radio KAOS album, more than a decade later. This is followed by Rick Wright's brass-heavy "Summer '68", a critique of the "rock 'n' roll" lifestyle that would soon become characteristic of Pink Floyd. Next is David Gilmour's "Fat Old Sun", for which a 15 minute extended arrangement spent two years as a key part of the band's live set, and is a staple of Gilmour's various solo tours!!.

The final track, "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast", is divided into three segments, each with its own descriptive title, joined by dialogue and sound effects of then-roadie Alan Stiles preparing, discussing, and eating breakfast!!.

The original LP ends with the sound of a dripping tap which continues into the inner groove, and thus plays on indefinitely!!!

The matrix

Side1. ''SHVL 781 A-1G'' (1ST PRESS ONLY)

Side2. ''SHVL 781 B-1G (1ST PRESS ONLY)

The vinyl

On initial inspection it is hard to see a blemish, this looks awesome and gleems still retaining its sheen from new, It seems quite aparent that this has not been played at all! The vinyl lays perfectly flat on the turntable and is the original thick heavier and chunky type of vinyl only found on earliest pressings!

In strong there are NO very tiny faint lines whatsoever!!! only indeed it is obvious this vinyl has had very little, if any play!!!....would therefore grade as near as MINT!!!...LOOKS trotally UNPLAYED!!

The labels

These are the original Harvest labels! Emit EMI (only 1st press) later pressings feature this! Feature ''The Gramophone Co...'' around the label rim (only 1st UKpress) These are absolutely superb! With only the odd spindle line... the spindle hole is perfectly round!.. 

The sleeve

This is the original 1st Press unlaminated Garrod & lofthouse gatefold in Excellent++ condition with barely any storage wear to the edges and corners whatsoever .The corners are sharp and the sleeve is nice and square, rarely seen in this condition! Great spine with absolutley NO rubbing whatsoever... all text is clearly legible. This must be Excellent++ condition!!! there is however a small amount of label reomoval residue to the reverse, maybe this could be removed...see photos

COMES FULLY COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL HARVEST INNER IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!!!!

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