The group was known for their innovative and creative album covers, which became iconic in the music industry. Hipgnosis was an English art group founded in 1968 by Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell, and Peter Christopherson. Also the font-face/type has been printed with different variations.ĭifferences exist on the back cover of "Atom Heart Mother" where are that either one or three cows are on the album's back cover.Īlbum cover artwork was by Hipgnosis ( uncredited )
The surround sound information on this quadraphonic LP cannot properly be extracted by today's audio-video receivers using the Dolby Pro Logic setting.Ĭollecting the releases from different countries can be interesting, because the album front cover of "Atom Heart Mother" has been printed in different versions, some with the band-name and album-title on the cover, some without the band-name and album-title and some with only the band-name.
There was also a release of the quadraphonic version in the UK in fully discrete 4-channel form on the "Quad-8" format, a 4-channel variant of the stereo 8-track tape cartridge. The quadraphonic mix was released on LP in a matrix format compatible with standard stereo record players. As well as Amazon Japan, this is also available via CDJapan (note that Amazon Japan doesn’t except existing Amazon credentials, you have to create a new account)."Atom Heart Mother" was the first Pink Floyd album to be specially mixed for 4-channel quadraphonic sound as well as conventional 2-channel stereo. This presentation comes with a whole host of paper items including a reprint of the OBI-strip, a photo booklet of unpublished photos, a Hakone Aphrodite programme reprint, a reproduction of the venue guide map, an Osaka performance poster, a Hakone Aphrodite ticket reprint and access to a special digital booklet, Recollection Hakone Aphrodite 1971.Ītom Heart Mother limited Japanese-only CD+blu-ray will be released on 4 August 2021. In fact, if you order from Amazon Japan what they are calling a ‘mega-jacket’ (24cm x 24cm, or about 9.5 inches) is also included, although these are limited on a first-come-first-served basis. It comes in traditional Japanese ‘paper sleeve’ packaging but it’s seven-inch square, not standard five-inch, CD-size. The lavish packaging in the Japanese exclusive CD+blu-ray of Atom Heart Mother (click to enlarge)
This combo-pack features the album on CD and the video of the live performance on the blu-ray along with ‘Scott & Watts’ – Hakone Aphrodite B-roll footage.īecause this is a Japanese release, (exclusive – thought to be down to licensing issues), it is lavishly packaged.
The festival was on the 6 and 7 August 1971 and this was Pink Floyd’s first visit to Japan.
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