PINK FLOYD 'Atom Heart Mother' 1974 Japanese gatefold-sleeve vinyl LP w/insert, Quadraphonic 4 Channel pressing (also plays fine on regular equipment)

 

Label:
Odeon, EOZ-80008

Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold-sleeve, Quadraphonic 

Country:
Japan

Released:
1974

Genre:
Rock

Style: 
Classic Rock, Progressive Rock    

Condition: 
Very minor wear to vinyl, EX, textured gatefold-sleeve is very nice and clean, some minor spotting on the inside, EX-, 2 x B&W  inserts are VG+ with some spotting, original wide golden OBI is EX- with minor general wear

Comes with a single sheet in japanese explaining what is the quadraphonic, and a 6 pages booklet :

Page 1 : band's photo in the middle of instruments.
Page 2 : tracklists of both sides with japanese translations, total time of both sides (Side 1: 23:36 ; Side 2: 28:24), and a long text in japanese written by Tsuneo O'Mori in 1970/11 with some roman charachters (titles of the album's tracks, and others titles of Pink Floyd like "Let's Make Love in London Tonite", "The Commitee", "Zabriskie Point", "More") and also "Roland Petit" and "Rudolph Nureyev".
Pages 3-4 : Lyrics in english and japanese translations (note: there's also the lyrics of "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast", but not the translation).
Pages 5-6 : advertisings for 4 LP's of the Floyd (OP-8229, OP-4743, OP-8843 and OP-8912~8913) and 6 english texts about "Atom Heart Mother".

More interesting, the last one is the complete and very precise list of each instrument and material (amplifier, echo unit, speaker...) used by each members of the band: "Richard Wright (organ): Hammond M102 and Farfisa Double Duo, which are played through a Binson echo unit and two 100-watt Hiwatt amplifiers, with the Hammond augmented by a Leslie 147 speaker, which is put through the PA, a WEM outfit with 4x12 speaker cabinets producing 800watts. Dave Gilmour (lead guitar): Fender Stratocaster with two 100-watt Hiwatt amplifiers and four 4x12 WEM speaker cabinets, plus a Binson echo unit. Roger Waters (bass guitar): Fender Precision Bass with two 100-watt WEM valve amplifiers and four 2x15 WEM reflex bass cabinets. Nick Mason (drums) Ludwig double kit comprising 22 inch and 24 inch bass drums, 12 inch x 16 inch floor tom-toms, 14 inch snare drum and 16 inch, 18 inch, 20 inch and 22 inch Zildjan cymbals ad 1Z inch hi-hat.-" 

 

Tracklisting:

A Atom Heart Mother 23:38
A1.a Father's Shout
A1.b Breast Milky
A1.c Mother Fore
A1.d Funky Drug
A1.e Mind Your Throats Please
A1.f Remergence

B1 If 4:25
B2 Summer 68 5:29
B3 Fat Old Sun 5:19
B4 Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast
B4.a Rise And Shine
B4.b Sunny Side Up
B4.c Morning Glory 12:55

GRADINGS FOR VINYL RECORDS:

All vinyl items are graded VISUALLY using the following standard:

MINT: Brand new and unplayed, straight from the factory NEAR MINT: Virtually unplayed, no visible wear EX: Minor surface wear that shouldn't affect play at all VG: Some surface wear, might crackle a bit GOOD: Serious surface wear, will definitely skip FAIR: Basically unplayable, only for the serious collector

+/-: A bit better or worse than designated rating

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