A Nice Pair
is a
compilation album
by
re-issuing
their
first two albums,
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
and
A Saucerful of Secrets
in a new
Gatefold sleeve.
The album was
released in
December 1973
by Harvest
and Capitol
in
the United States
and the
following month
in the
United Kingdom
by Harvest
and EMI.
It reached
number 36
in the
US Billboard
album charts
and was
certified gold
by the
Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA)
in March 1994.
There are a
few differences
between the
US
and
UK issues
of the first LP
of this compilation.
In the US,
Harvest Records
and its distributor
Capitol Records
reconstructed
their edition
from tapes used
for the
US pressing
of the band's
1967 debut album
(Simply titled "Pink Floyd")
mixed with
other recordings
from the
UK version.
As explained
in a note on
the back cover
of the
US edition,
songs dropped
from the original
US LP,
"Flaming",
"Astronomy Domine"
and
"Bike"
were restored
for this re-issue.
However,
some of these
restored songs
are different
from the
UK version:
* The eight-minute
live recording of
"Astronomy Domine"
from
Ummagumma
replaces the
original four-minute
studio recording.
* On This..
I Put Back The
Original Four-Minute
Recording ...
"Interstellar Overdrive"
fades out
slightly early
(as it did on the original US LP)
and adds a
few seconds
of silence before
"The Gnome"
rather than the
immediate segue
found on the
UK version.
"Flaming"
is an
alternate mix
and edit
which
previously appeared
as a
US single,
and the only
track to appear
on this album
in mono.
In later pressings,
the correct
stereo version
of
"Flaming"
was restored.
The US version
of this album
was also released
in Canada.
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