Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

1LP Vinyl - 88875184221 (Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180 Gram, Gatefold)

“Ah, Friesians.” It was summer 1970 and LG Wood, managing director of EMI’s Record Division, was peering at the cover of Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother. It was EMI policy for Wood to sign off on all EMI album sleeves, but here was a cover missing a title and the group’s name. Instead, there was just a cow in a field. Presuming there were words somewhere, Wood turned the sleeve over, only to find more cows. According to one eyewitness, “Ah, Friesians” was all the baffled MD could muster.

Three months later, Atom Heart Mother became Pink Floyd’s first No.1 album. EMI’s powers that be already knew that strange-sounding hairy rock groups sold lots of records. Now, it seemed, they could do so without including their name or the album title on the cover. Just a cow. In a field.

Condition:

Media: Mint (M)

Sleeve: Not Graded

Track List: 

. Atom Heart Mother
B1. If
B2. Summer '68
B3. Fat Old Sun
. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast