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The band envisioned Barrett staying on in a Brian Wilson type role – writing material for the band and working in the studio. The band drafted guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour to cover Barrett on live performances. Syd Barrett’s LSD-exacerbated mental health issues made him unreliable on stage.

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is an acquired taste – it’s very 1967 and sometimes indulgent, but it took Pink Floyd a few attempts to make a stronger record and it’s the only full-length document of Barrett’s time as Pink Floyd’s leader. The most arresting material is Barrett’s nursery rhyme style songs like ‘Lucifer Sam’ and ‘Bike’, but the spiralling, spacy jams like ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ are also effective. Piper is occasionally indulgent but has many flashes of brilliance and the weakest tune is the song that Barrett didn’t write – Roger Waters’ ‘Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk’. It’s a difficult listen initially, careering between tuneful ditties like ‘The Gnome’ and ‘Bike’, and the droning intensity of ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ and ‘Astronomy Domine’. I always find psychedelic-era albums tough to digest and Piper is no exception. Named after the most surreal chapter in Kenneth Grahame’s children’s book The Wind in the Willows it’s aptly titled – Syd Barrett’s persona bounces between childlike innocence and acid fuelled mania.

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Pink Floyd’s debut was their only full album recorded with original frontman Syd Barrett. Overlooked Gem: Obscured By Clouds The Piper at the Gates Of Dawn The Piper At The Gates of Dawn | A Saucerful of Secrets | More | Ummagumma | Atom Heart Mother | Meddle | Obscured By Clouds | The Dark Side of the Moon | Wish You Were Here | Animals | The Wall | The Final Cut | A Momentary Lapse of Reason | The Division Bell | The Endless River Pink Floyd were consistently creative and interesting, earning their legendary reputation. Their sound is spacier and minimalist compared to contemporaries like Yes and King Crimson, and stadium rock is also a good descriptor for albums like Animals and The Wall. Pink Floyd’s early work is psychedelic in style, while their 1970s albums have elements of progressive rock. But as the 1970s ended, Pink Floyd felt more and more like Roger Waters’ backing band, and 1982’s The Final Cut was effectively a Waters solo album. Waters left Pink Floyd and Gilmour took charge for 1987’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, and two subsequent albums. Roger Waters emerged as the band’s leader and conceptualist for 1973’s Dark Side Of The Moon, where his more straightforward lyrics about everyday life resonated with a wider audience, coupled with Alan Parsons’ pristine production. The group then spent a few years finding their feet without their leader, during which they were always intriguing but sometimes indulgent.

After their epochal debut Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Barrett burned out on LSD and was replaced by David Gilmour. Eventually, they joined forces with Syd Barrett, naming their band Pink Floyd after two bluesmen in Barrett’s record collection. Their’s origins go back to 1963, when Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason, London architecture students, formed a band. But the group’s catalogue is much deeper than their 1970s big sellers like Wish You Were Here and Animals. Several generations have appreciated the studio wizardry of 1973’s The Dark Side of the Moon and the themes of alienation and self-examination of 1979’s The Wall. Pink Floyd are one of classic rock’s most renowned bands.

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