Pink Floyd\'s the Piper at the Gates of Dawn

ThroughaseriesofinterviewswithawiderangeofpeopleconnectedtoPinkFloydintheirearliestdays(includingNickMason,PeterJenner,JennyFabian,StormThorgerson,DuggieFieldsandPeterWhitehead),JohnCavanaghpaintsavividpictureofhowthisremarkabledebutalbumwascreated.Hebringstolifethestoriesbehindeachtrack,aswellasPinkFloyd\'sgroundbreakingliveperformancesofthetime.EXCERPTThePiperattheGatesofDawnisawondrouscreationoftenseenthroughthedistortedviewoflaterevents.ThesethingshaveservedtoovershadowtheachievementofThePinkFloydontheirdebutalbum:anoutstandinggroupperformance;amilestoneinrecordproduction;andsomethingmadeinmuchhappiercircumstancesthanIhadexpectedtofind...Thisisnotanotherbookabout\"madSyd\".This,instead,isacelebrationofamomentwheneverythingseemedpossible,whencreativeworldsandforcesconverged,whenanalbumspokewithanentirelynewvoice.\"SuchmusicIneverdreamedof,\"asRatsaidtoMole.,