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A Nice Pair
A Nice Pair cover
Compilation album by Pink Floyd
Released December 1973 (U.S.)
January 1974 (UK)
Genre Psychedelic rock
Progressive rock
Length 81:24
Label Harvest/EMI (UK)
Harvest/Capitol (US)
Producer Various
Professional reviews
Pink Floyd chronology
The Dark Side of the Moon
(1973)
A Nice Pair
(1973)
Wish You Were Here
(1975)

A Nice Pair is a compilation album by Pink Floyd. The album is basically The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets sold in a new gatefold sleeve. "A Nice Pair" reached #36 in the U.S. and was certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. in March of 1994. Cover of the Pink Floyd album A Nice Pair. ... A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Harvest Records was a record label, formed by EMI in 1969 to promote progressive rock music and to compete with Philips Vertigo label and Deccas Deram labels. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... Harvest Records was a record label, formed by EMI in 1969 to promote progressive rock music and to compete with Philips Vertigo label and Deccas Deram labels. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... This article is about the album by Pink Floyd. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyds debut album and the only one made under Syd Barretts leadership, although he made some contributions to the follow-up, A Saucerful of Secrets. ... A Saucerful of Secrets is the second album by rock band Pink Floyd, and arguably one of the first progressive rock albums. ...


There are a few differences between the U.S. and U.K. issues on the first disc of "A Nice Pair" which makes the U.K. the preferred version. It appears[citation needed] that the U.S. division of the company tried to reconstruct the first disc from tapes that had already been altered for the U.S. version of the first Pink Floyd album in 1967. There is a note on the back of the U.S. version of "A Nice Pair" which explains some of this. Songs dropped from the first U.S. album ("Flaming", "Astronomy Domine" and "Bike") are restored here, but new mistakes were made. The 8 minute live Ummagumma recording of "Astronomy Domine" replaces the original 4 minute studio recording on the UK edition. Apparently Harvest/Capitol lost their copy of the studio recording. The U.S. version of "A Nice Pair" also fades out "Interstellar Overdrive" and adds a few seconds of silence before "The Gnome." The segue between these songs on the U.K. version was broken when they were re-sequenced for the group's first U.S. album. Flaming is a song by psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured in their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. ... Ummagumma is a progressive and psychedelic double album by Pink Floyd released in 1969. ...


The cover is by the Hipgnosis group, who did many other Pink Floyd covers, including Dark Side of the Moon. It was actually a series of covers that were not strong enough on their own, so they were put together. Each cover is divided into nine squares. Each of the images depicts a well-known phrase or saying in the form of a visual pun; for instance, the centre right-hand panel on the front depicts "a fork in the road", while the bottom right represents "a pretty kettle of fish", and so on. The top centre panel contains an image of a woman's breasts, which is, of course, a visual pun on the album title, "a nice pair". Initial copies had a picture of Dr. Phang's dental office on the cover, but he objected and the picture was replaced with one of a gargling monk. The U.S. covers had a purple and white Pink Floyd A Nice Pair sticker covering the pictures of naked women. U.S. LP editions during the 1980s featured both the nudity and the Dr. Phang photo. Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Yes, Styx, and Black Sabbath. ... This article is about the Pink Floyd album. ... This article is about comedic slapstick. ... A fork in the road is a place where one road divides into two, without either of them clearly being a turn off the main route. ...


The album was the next U.S. release for the band after Dark Side of The Moon, which confused many young fans[attribution needed], as it covers the early, different psychedelic sound of the Syd Barrett period of Pink Floyd, rather than the Alan Parsons-engineered production of "Dark Side." Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Alan Parsons (b. ...


Due to its superfluous nature[citation needed], seeing as The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets are sold separately on CD, A Nice Pair has long since been deleted. However, an unofficial CD version was released in European territories packaged in a miniature vinyl sleeve right down to the Harvest Records label recreated on CD.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Syd Barrett, except where noted. Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ...


The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

  1. "Astronomy Domine" – 4:14 U.K. version, 8:12 U.S. version
  2. "Lucifer Sam" – 3:07
  3. "Matilda Mother" – 3:08
  4. "Flaming" – 2:46
  5. "Pow R. Toc H." (Syd Barrett/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 4:26
    • Instrumental
  6. "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" (Roger Waters) – 3:05
  7. "Interstellar Overdrive" (Syd Barrett/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 9:41
    • Instrumental (no segue on U.S. version)
  8. "The Gnome" – 2:13
  9. "Chapter 24" – 3:42
  10. "The Scarecrow" – 2:11
  11. "Bike" – 3:21

Astronomy Domine is a song by British Psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... Lucifer Sam is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Matilda Mother is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Flaming is a song by psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured in their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Pow R. Toc H. is the fifth song on Pink Floyds 1967 album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and appears on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... Interstellar Overdrive is a psychedelic music composition by Pink Floyd, which appears on their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn at almost ten minutes in length. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... The Gnome is a song by then psychedelic music, later progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Chapter 24 is the title of a song from Pink Floyds 1967 LP Piper at the Gates of Dawn. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... The Scarecrow is a song on Pink Floyds debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), though it first appeared as the B-side of their second single See Emily Play (as Scarecrow) two months before. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Bike is a song by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ...

A Saucerful of Secrets

  1. "Let There Be More Light" (Roger Waters) – 5:38
  2. "Remember a Day" (Rick Wright) – 4:33
  3. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Roger Waters) – 5:28
  4. "Corporal Clegg" (Roger Waters) – 4:13
  5. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (David Gilmour/Roger Waters/Rick Wright/Nick Mason) – 11:57
    • Instrumental
  6. "See-Saw" (Rick Wright) – 4:36
  7. "Jugband Blues" – 3:00

Let There Be More Light is the first song on Pink Floyds second album, A Saucerful of Secrets and describes a close encounter with an alien spacecraft. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... Remember a Day is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun is a song by art rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... Corporal Clegg is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... A Saucerful of Secrets is a multi-part instrumental by the rock band Pink Floyd from an album of the same name, released in 1968. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... See-Saw is a song from Pink Floyds 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Jugband Blues is a song by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ...

Personnel

Ray Bowes: Cornet.
Terry Camsey: Cornet.
Mac Carter: Trombone.
Les Condon: Eb Bass.
Maurice Cooper: Euphonium
Ian Hankey: Trombone
George Whittingham: Bb Bass.

Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... Norman Smith is a musician and record producer. ...

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

Year Chart Position
1974 Pop Albums 36

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