![]() The original album cover shows a very ordinary cow standing in a very ordinary pasture, with no text nor any other clue as to what might be on the record. THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." WITH FACTORY SEALED AND FOLDED UNDER LEFT SIDE EDGEĬOMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED HARVEST COMPANY ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (141g) WITH THE FIRST ISSUE HARVEST LABELS WHICH CARRY "THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" TOP RIM TEXT BUT NO EMI BOXED LOGO LOVELY ORIGINAL COPY WITH BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN SOUND UK HARVEST (SHVL 781) FIRST PRESSING (October 1970) OF PINK FLOYD'S "Atom Heart Mother" ![]() This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s & beyond.PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother 1970 UK 1st PRESS, CLEAN GF, SUPERB SOUND Nr MINT THE PINK FLOYD The cover was designed by longtime art collaborators Hipgnosis, and was significant in that it was the first one to not feature the band's name on the cover, or contain any photographs of the band anywhere. There was also a release of the quadraphonic version in the UK in fully discrete four-channel form on the "Quad-8" format, a four-channel variant of the stereo 8-track tape cartridge. The SQ quadraphonic mix was released on LP in a matrix format compatible with standard stereo record players. This was the first Pink Floyd album to be specially mixed for four-channel quadraphonic sound as well as conventional two-channel stereo. ![]() Atom Heart Mother was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, and was the band's first album to reach number 1 in the UK, reaching number 55 in the US chart. ![]() It was released by Harvest and EMI Records 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Harvest & Capitol on 10 October 1970 in the US. This is a new vinyl LP pressing of Atom Heart Mother, the fifth studio album by Pink Floyd. ![]()
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