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http://urlsnippy.com/ringtone.php 9981In January 1967 prior to recording The Piper at the Gates of Dawn the band had produced at Sound Techniques Studio in London a single entitled Arnold Layne. The single was later released in March of that year and reached 20 in the British charts. Also in January the band had recorded a 16 minute version of Interstellar Overdrive and an improvised jam called Nick 39 s Boogie for Peter Whitehead 39 s documentary film Tonite Let 39 s All Make Love in London. The latter track wasn 39 t released until 1991 on the CD reissue of the film 39 s soundtrack . The band 39 s live show consisted mainly of instrumental numbers and blues covers however they had started to introduce songs which were written primarily by lead guitarist and lead vocalist Syd Barrett. Many of these songs written by Barrett appeared at the Games For May concert several months before the release of the album.Recording of the album began on the 21 February 1967 in studio three of Abbey Road Studios at the same time The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper 39 s Lonely Hearts Club Band and The Pretty Things were recording S.F. Sorrow. The album was produced by Norman Smith an EMI staff member who had previously engineered all of The Beatles recordings up to 1965 39 s Rubber Soul. Smith would go on to produce Pink Floyd 39 s follow up album A Saucerful of Secrets. Interstellar Overdrive and Matilda Mother were two of the first tracks recorded as the latter was viewed as a potential single. Interstellar Overdrives kinetic and spacey production came from the insistence of the normally conservative Norman Smith whose work on the record is often criticised because it is seen that he tried to make the album more pop orientated citation needed . An early unoverdubbed shortened mix of the album 39 s Interstellar Overdrive was used for a French EP released that July. In April the band recorded both Percy the Rat Catcher this would later be called Lucifer Sam and a currently unreleased track called She Was a Millionaire. At some point during the album 39 s creation Nick Mason recalled that they were ushered into studio 2 where The Beatles were recording Lovely Rita. Several conflicting views surround how efficiently the recording of the album actually went. In his book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd Nick Mason recalled that the sessions went smoothly and that the whole process was extremely efficient. Norman Smith however condemned both the album 39 s recording and the band members 39 musical abilities. Smith later stated that the sessions were sheer hell. However both The Gnome and The Scarecrow were recorded in one take. Indeed a large proportion of the album is credited solely to Barrett with tracks such as Bike having been written in late 1966 before the album was even started. Bike was originally entitled The Bike Song and it was recorded on 21 May 1967. The last recording session took place on 5 July 1967 with the track Pow R. Toc H. being one of last songs added to the album.Vic Singh photographed and designed the album cover unlike subsequent Pink Floyd albums. The album remains one of the few to actually feature the band members on the front cover. The album 39 s title comes from the title of Chapter Seven THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN of Kenneth Grahame 39 s The Wind in the Willows where Rat and Mole while searching for Portly the lost son of Otter are drawn to a place where the 39 Piper 39 is playing on his reed flute. This is the place of my song dream the place the music played to me 39 whispered the Rat as if in a trance. Here in this holy place here if anywhere surely we shall find Him 39 The 39 Piper 39 referred to is the Greek god Pan. Portly was found near Pan.The title was later referred to by Stevie Wonder in the song Power Flower from the 1979 album Journey through the Secret Life of Plants Fire and air earth water I prepare/I am the piper at the gates of dawning by Van Morrison in the song Piper at the Gates of Dawn from his 1997 album The Healing Game and also by the metal band Iron Maiden in the song Wicker Man from the 2000 album Brave New World The piper at the gates of dawn is calling you his way . Furthermore Pink Floyd 39 s later song Shine On You Crazy Diamond dedicated to Barrett and detailing his decline refers to him as you piper you prisoner this may also be an allusion to the album 39 s title.Lyrics: Lime and limpid greena second scene A fight between the blueyou once knew.Floating down the sound resoundsAround the icy waters undergroundJupiter and Saturn Oberon Miranda and Titania Neptune TitanStars can frighten...youBlinding signs flap flicker flicker flickerBlam pow powStairway scare Dan Dare who 39 s there Lime and limpid greenThe sound surrounds the icy waters underLime and limpid greenThe sound surrounds the icy watersUnderground