“The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” Pink Floyd‘s debut album released in the summer of 1967, will be reissued as a three-CD 40th anniversary set this summer.
The first two discs will contain the entire album as mono and stereo mixes. Both will be remastered by longtime Floyd producer James Guthrie.
The third disc will include bonus tracks, including all of Floyd’s singles from 1967 (“Arnold Layne,” “See Emily Play,” and “Apples and Oranges”), plus the B-sides “Candy and a Currant Bun” and “Paintbox.”
Other tracks include an exclusive edit of “Interstellar Overdrive,” previously available only on an EP released in France; and the ’67 stereo version of “Apples and Oranges,” which has never before been officially released.
Packaging for the reissue will be by Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson and will resemble a cloth-bound book with the original Vic Singh photo on the front. It holds the three CDs, along with an 8-page reproduction of one of Syd Barrett‘s notebooks.
The current single-disc version of “Piper” will be replaced with a new two-disc version that will feature mono and stereo versions of the album. This package will not include the Barrett booklet or the third disc of extras.
EMI Records will release the remastered “Piper” on Tuesday, Aug. 28 in the United States, and Sept. 3 in the U.K. and Europe.
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