The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 4 August 1967 by EMI Columbia. It is the only Pink Floyd album recorded under the leadership of founding member Syd Barrett; he was the sole writer of all but three tracks, with additional writing by members Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright. The album followed the band's influential 1966-67 performances at London's UFO Club and their early chart success with the 1967 non-album singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play". The recording sessions took place at EMI Studios in London's Abbey Road from February to May 1967 and were produced by Norman Smith. The results blended Pink Floyd's reputation for long-form improvisational pieces with Barrett's short pop songs and whimsical take on psychedelia. The album made prominent use of recording effects such as reverb and echo, employing tools such as EMT plate reverberation, automatic double tracking, and Abbey Road's echo chamber. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pip...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)