It's hard to find this album in complete shape even in our country. The gate-fold cover is fine-textured on the surface of each side. This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s and beyond.Appendices: 'White Picture OBI”, “Fine Textured G/F Cover” & 'Booklet'ĭescription: This is scarce Japanese EMI Edition copy ( released in 1974 ) of their original album, coming with complete appendices. The cover was designed by 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. Ron Geesin, who had already influenced and collaborated with Roger Waters, made a notable contribution to the album and received a then-rare outside songwriting credit. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the United States, and again in 2011. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, and was the band's first album to reach number 1 in the UK, while it reached number 55 in the US chart, eventually going gold there. It was released by Harvest and EMI Records 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Harvest and Capitol on 10 October 1970 in the US. Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.

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