A Nice Pair of Monos



Format: CD
Catalog: MT5 Musically Tuned
Misc.: SIAE
Date: 67-68
Cover: Front: Quartered, top left and bottom right the cover of A Saucerful of Secrets, top right and bottom left the cover of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Rear: pink silhouette from Piper and track list.

Sources: 1967, 68 LP's 1-11 - mono LP of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 12-18 - mono LP of A Saucerful of Secrets

Tracks:
1. Astronomy Domine 3:56
2. Lucifer Sam 2:57
3. Matilda Mother 2:54
4. Flaming 2:36
5. Pow R Toc H 4:12
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk 2:58
7. Intersteller Overdrive 9:24
8. The Gnome 2:08
9. Chapter 24 3:40
10. The Scarecrow 2:03
11. Bike 3:19
12. Let There Be More Light 5:14
13. Remember a Day 4:16
14. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 5:23
15. Corporal Clegg 3:58
16. A Saucerful of Secrets 11:29
17. See-Saw 4:25
18. Jugband Blues 2:57

Band:
  • Syd Barrett
  • Nick Mason
  • Roger Waters
  • Rick Wright
  • David Gilmour

    Comments: Sound a bit dark and muted (could it be the nature of mono recordings?) with some hiss/pops from the vinyl source. Nice to hear how the mono mixes sounded. Most notably different tracks are "Pow R. Toc H." and "Corporal Clegg." All in all a very enjoyable CD.