PINK FLOYD 'POINT ME TO (AT) THE SKY' Rare 1968 PSYCH FREAKBEAT UK *DEMO* 45
  £   251
  $   300

 


£ 251 Sold For
Jun 18, 2012 Sold Date
Jun 11, 2012 Start Date
£   200 Start price
6   Number Of Bids
  Sweden Country Of Seller
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PINK FLOYD
"POINT ME TO THE SKY" / "CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE EUGENE"

*DEMONSTRATION* 7" on the UK original  COLUMBIA RECORDS lable DB 8511 from 1968

Another FABULOUS psychedelic single from the resident UFO and 'Technicolour Dream' leaders. Post Syd, the group seemingly carried on their momentum with more intent and purpose, making seriously great records on LP and 45.
This double-sided GEM of a single came on the tail of a couple of reasonable 'hits', (which didn't necessarily get as well received by their hippy tripping followers).
This surely had a little less of a pop appeal and was leaning more to the progressive side, and I can see how it might steer the commercial audience closer to the darker, psych side, where oil lamps dripped and spaced-out spooky sounds combined with the lights to make even the most sober square feel their minds melting.
Psychedelia might have marginalised them into a fading era had they not themselved lead the genre with freak flag flying!
This was to be their final 7" for the sixties though, and it wasn't until 'Money' was influenced off the Dark Side of the Moon by a persuasive record company, and even that only made it to a demo sample issue - I believe because the album went huge, and the band shut down the single release as well.
BOTH sides are special, and this is a player as well as a very nice investment-quality collectible of the greatest psych band ever - destined to stand in history as modern classical geniuses (I played DSOTM today and still get as much as ever out of it, it's not aging or been superceded by anything better. Timeless!) 



The vinyl is in EX to NM- condition, FULL shine and no groove-wear.
The lables are super clean and bright EX, 2 spindle marks only!
Original EMI sleeve, torn in a couple of places but quite bright and clean.
A VERY clean and nice single, & a lovely player! 


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