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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

The Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn: Remixed (1967) [A Prof. Stoned Comp] (UPDATE 28-6-2023)
















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140 comments:

  1. Oh I can't wait to hear this one. Thanks in advance kind sir!

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  2. Wow! As with many who follow you I have bought several versions. Really looking forward to giving this favorite a listen tonight! Thank you!

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  3. Can't wait to hear this. Your mixes always end up being my go-to versions and as this album is an old favorite, I am sure this will be no exception.

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  4. Awesome! Thanks PS!!

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  5. Thank you very kindly. I bought this record when it first came out, but never liked it and sold it in a moving sale. It will be interesting to hear what you have done with it. I really like your touch and am looking forward to hearing it again after over 50 years.

    dr blues

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  6. Much obliged, Prof S - I'm really looking forward to hearing this one.

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  7. Many thanks, prof. I am looking forward to spending many hours with your remix of an old favourite.

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  8. Prof, I thought tackling The Beatles was going to be the apex of your projects but it seems that your just warming up. Sir, you are incredible.

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  9. listening now,excellent job.your comments were spot on,especially the improvement with drums.TY

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  10. Buenas noches!! Cómo puedo bajarlo o escucharlo ?? Muchas Gracias saludos

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  11. I've just been re-listening to early Floyd, so thanks so much for this. Can't wait to hear what you've done with it!

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  12. Far out Prof! I'm going to love this one. Thanks for your work and sharing with fans

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  13. Thanks for doing this wonderful record.

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  14. oh yes this is right up my street, many thanks for tackling this seminal record

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  15. Thanks Prof looking forward to this. FYI pretty sure there is a stereo Apples & Oranges & Paintbox think I have them from an official release

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    1. This is remixed from that. PS

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  16. yay! thanks for this! Antonyj

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  17. Thanks for this - your mixes are always stellar!

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  18. Thanks Prof! Much appreciated!

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  19. "HTTP error, access denied"

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  20. A HUGE THANK YOU!!!!
    This is absolutely Magnificent! Finally its possible to hear the Stereo Mix with the dynamic of the Mono Mix!
    I LOVE this album and its one of my top 3 of all time.
    THANK YOU so very much!

    Ben

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  21. Whats the actual source for this? Is it the original vinyl?
    Thanks

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    1. Read info file

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    2. Thanks. Its such a pity you have used digital sources rather than analogue as this does significantly change the sound quality. But needs must. Great work. Thanks

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    3. You are of course entitled to your opinion, but as a high-end dealer/collector of 2nd vinyl who sold many copies of this title, I strongly disagree. The original UK pressings of this album do not sound as good as the sources used here, not even on the best equipment. Furthermore, it's analog that demonstrably colors the sound, not the other way around. Digital is exact, for better or worse.

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    4. Geez, another vinyl vs digital nonsense talk. What's this remix really needs is rolled off high end and surface noise.

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  22. Great stuff Prof, especially impressed with you managing to retrieve the drums from Apples and Oranges. Any plans to do anything similar with Vegetable Man and Scream Thy Last Scream?

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    1. Nope sorry, but I did remaster the 2010 remixes of those. See elsewhere here.

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  23. Arguably the best rock album of 1967 which is another way of saying best rock album of all-time. Can't wait to listen to this!

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  24. Thank you for your effort and sharing. Great Job. Your ears are really perfect. I appreciate the person who love music like you. You are the sun...

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  25. After a late-night listening session over headphones, my excitement increased even more.....!!!
    Apples & Oranges: it sounds so different....so right....the drums and the bass carry the song now, and are not buried in the mix like on the original mono.
    I've always liked the song, and I still like MoR lp mix....but your remix is ​​the first time I heard the song and literally felt what Waters was saying, the song had potential but poor production.
    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
    Ben

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  26. Thanks for another brilliant effort Prof! Eternally grateful for all your posts.
    Bradford Goodman

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  27. Fabulous. About to settle into a heat blasted Sunday afternoon with a ice cold beer. Going to enjoy this I'm sure/

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  28. Superb - HIGHLY recommended!

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  29. Thank you, Professor!!

    I’ll say it once, respectfully and hopefully: Are You Experienced stereo remix, pretty please with a cherry on top, whenever it may fit in your workflow. :prayer hands:

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  30. I'm so excited to hear this! One of my favorite albums of all time. Thank you Prof.!

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  31. Danke Professor!

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  32. I am not an expert on the various sources and sound quality of this release. I have a few I have acquired or listened to over the years. This sounds tremendous. I think different is better in this case, but it's all IMO. Thanks so much for this and sharing all of your work through the years. I am glad you are still "at it"!

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  33. I'll have to check it out. I personally think the mono mix as of this writing was the best version.

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  34. Piper now feels complete. I don't think it can sound any better after your treatment. Thank you very much!

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  35. Many thanks! I'll be listening to this a lot over the summer.

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  36. Cheers Prof. Really looking forward to this one.

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  37. Sounds great, cheers!

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  38. Thanks for your hard work Prof, sounds wonderful.

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  39. Thank you so much for this. Such a pleasure to listen to!
    Folks at Y! are very happy with your work as well:
    http://yeeshkul.com/forum/showthread.php?49936-Piper-at-the-Gates-of-Dawn-Mono-Stereo-hybrid-remix
    :)

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  40. Many thanks! Bought this when it came out in UK (mono) - and several times since. Will be very interesting to hear this version.

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  41. Prof: Just when my mind/ears were almost recovered from the last post, here you are again! :) Thank you kind Sir!

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  42. Absolutely fantastic! Thank you, Prof Stoned.

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  43. I just can't wait to hear this. Thank you, Professor.

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  44. Outstanding. Simply outstanding. Once again you blow my mind.

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  45. Wonderful! Thank you!

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  46. Your stereo remixes of See Emily Play and Candy & A Currant Bun are a revelation. It's impossible to thank you enough!!

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  47. Awesome! Thanks PS!!!

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  48. What a great. In particular, See emily play and Apples & Oranges were excellent sounds. Thanks!

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  49. Amazing. Thanks Prof for this and everything else.

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  50. Thank you! I haven't listened to this in a long time, and it brought back lots of memories. Matilda Mother made me cry.

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  51. I played this through a couple of times and your remix really works for me. The only thing that kept nagging at me was the final section of Interstellar Overdrive - the part you explain had to be a compromise because of the panning. To my ears it just sounds noticeably feeble when the group kick back into the main riff. I took the liberty of tweaking the volume on this section, just enough to avoid any clipping, and for me, it has made a difference. I no longer perceive this section as sounding feeble, although it does still sound a little lo-fi. No criticism intended - you can only work with what you've been given, after all.

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  52. Thanks so much. Sounds great!

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  53. Thanks for your hard work!

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  54. I can clearly remember the first time I listened to this album: I was 13-14 years old (I'm 31 now), I knew nothing about Pink Floyd's music and I didn't liked it. Forward to a couple years later, in my seventeen's, now a Pink Floyd fan thanks to the Pompeii concert: I'm listening ti this album, walking on the street and suddenly the final part of Interstellar Overdrive hits me in the brain. I swear I almost fell, it was dizzing, the panning was horrible. Since those times I've grown to love this piece of art, even more in this year, listening for the first time to the mono mix and wondering why did I miss it all this time (less than one month ago I listened to this version while doing LSD and it was a cosmic experience). I want to tell you that you did a fantastic job, it is a superior job to the previous stereo version. One of my favorite songs here, Flaming...oh man, you really did it. Thank you, you are great.

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  55. Thanks for all you've done, Prof! I'm really enjoying this. Sounds amazing and powerful

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  56. I love this! Your new mix will definitely my prefered version from now on. Thank you very much :)

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  57. This sounds so amazing, Prof!
    I had downloaded this and given it a quick listening-through when you first posted it, and was impressed then by the added dimensions and clarity you gave to the stereo mix.
    Since then, I've upgraded an aspect of my stereo equipment, and I re-visited this just now and I'm simply blown away. This is my go-to stereo mix of Piper forevermore!
    Much love back to you for this labor of love you have given to all of us. - David S CA

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  58. Thank you so much. You do some wonderful work here.

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    1. How do you download it? Help I would love to hear this thank you

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  59. Just put the kettle on for a cuppa.
    Shall sit down and listen to this.
    [late edit the tea was good...and so was the Music] Thank You

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  60. Ahhh, this one is really nice too. Thank you Professor! :-D

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  61. A milion thanks for this!

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  62. Sweet! Much appreciated, PS!

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  63. Wow ! I never was much fond of this album, but your remix really rock !!

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  64. Awesome. I wish Ingo Brode could hear this.

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  65. v1.0: 15-07-2022
    v1.1: 25-02-2023 (phase problems on Lucifer Sam vocals repaired)

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  66. Ta, Prof! Looking forward to hearing this! IMO any tweak,no matter how minor,is a MUST HAVE! :)

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  67. Thanks for the updated work.

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  68. Blistering mix! Thanks so much for all your work on the remixes so far.

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  69. great work as usual

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  70. There's a thread on Hoofman's board that touches on the subject of remixing Piper and someone mentions my release:

    https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/do-the-master-tapes-from-the-piper-at-the-gates-of-dawn-still-exist.1168824/

    One guy posts a youtube link which bring us to a fan-made stereo remix of Lucifer Sam that was created from the original stereo mix.

    https://youtu.be/lGkigDASF3A

    So I listen, and this remix demonstrates precisely why the stereo is unusable as the source material for a demixed version. You hear how the sound changes everytime, the drums disappear and come back? That is an unwanted artifact created by the panning and phase trickery of the original recording.

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  71. Thanks for going where no Piper has gone before!

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  72. thanks for the update! the improvement is noticeable

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  73. What can I say except thank you?

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  74. Many thanks, Professor! Missed this the first time 'round I think. This is one of those albums that I feel like I really should like a lot but always kind of bounce off of. Happy to give it another try with your new version, which I'm sure will be the best presentation there is.

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  75. Well, this should be interesting. Thank you so much, Sir! Mike F

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  76. There is something about the abrupt end of Matilda Mother that puzzles me (example when listening to the original mono mix ending), but really it's a minor trifle. Maybe you had something on your mind about it? Genuinely intrigued.

    The overall result as always is a positive blast and an honor made to this masterpiece, thank you again!

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    1. I stumbled upon your comment about Piper in the Beatles Rubber Soul remix post, it seems to fit my guess that the limitations must have been challenging to deal with.

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  77. WOW! Mind Officially Blown!!!! Great stuff, Prof!

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  78. Thank you for your version of this classic album. Many times what was released, even with recent upgrades, sound too sterile and cold. This does not. Bravo.

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  79. Many many thanks to you for this!

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  80. Once again, thank you for sharing your labor of love. An incredible amount of time, thought and energy. Finally have a stereo I'm very happy with and I'm sure it's going to be a lot of fun.

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  81. Thank you for doing this, I'm looking forward to listening.

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  82. Thank you Prof! I look forward to listening to this.

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  83. Incredible work on Piper, Prof Stoned! It's been a favorite for over 40 years and you've made it new to my ears again. Thank you for sharing.

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  84. v1.2: 28-6-2023 (repaired drum transcients which deviated to left channel on Tr. 1; this is the last fix, I promise)

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  85. A drum transients fix for track 1? I’ll take it!!

    Prof, Stoned, I was actually listening to your fine remix earlier this week, and was just dropping by now to say that it has given me incalculable joy. I’m happy to also find an update.

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  86. Have We Got It Yet? Oh YES we have. Thank you once again prof!!

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  87. thanks, appreciate all your work

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  88. Great album, thank you for this reworking. Saw them live in '68, performing this music.

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  90. Thanks once more, prof Stoned (prof Sober?). Thought I knew this albuym, but I guess not....

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  91. Hoffman Forums brought me here. Thank you for your dedication!

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  92. Your dedication and expertise are very much appreciated. You are one of the reasons God gave us ears.

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  93. Dear Prof Stoned, this is Julian Palacios (author of 'Dark Globe: Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd'). Always been a fan of the stereo mix done by Norman Smith & classical engineer Graham Kirkby in a 9-hour sessions. Everyone else on earth likes the mono mix. THIS version that you have fiendishly concocted in your laboratory is what I have been waiting for. Its amazing. And I've heard every damn version of 'Piper' imaginable, but this is the one.

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    1. Thanks Julian! Love your book, incredible research. Cheers!

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    2. Hah, ace comment/endorsement right here.

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    3. Wow...just...wow...excellent book, and phenomenal endorsement. Cheers, gentlemen!

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  94. Thank you very much for your hard work on this amazing project.Aces!

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  95. You've made an amazing record even more amazing. Thank you for sharing!

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  96. Fantastic work! Thought about doing something similar and very glad to have found it was already done and much better than I could have hoped to attain. Thank You!

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  97. This is great, absolutely a super presentation of one of my favorite psych albums!. Thought you had hit an alltime high with your 13th Floor Elevators mix, but this is even more fascinating. THANKS! (And please keep up the fantastic work!)

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  98. what a great listen, thanks so so much

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  99. Prof, I'm listening now to your brilliant work on the early singles. I have to ask: In the notes to this wonderful comp, you say that "Piper at the Gates is easily in my top 5 of all-time best records." What, if I might ask, are the other four?

    Cheers -- and keep up the fantastic work! My ears thank you. :) :) :)

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    1. Oh, I dunno. Let's say Stooges Fun House, Beatles Rubber Soul, The Who Leeds 1995 CD & Led Zep2.

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  100. Thanks so much looking forward to experiencing...

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  101. This sounds terrific. Thank you!

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