A rare 1967 Italian first pressing of Procol Harum’s self-titled debut album, with a unique psychedelic cover and a song sung in Italian! During the second half of the 1960’s, artists including The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and Stevie Wonder recorded songs in Italian, in an effort to have hit singles in that market. The original Italian issue of Procol Harum’s debut featured a unique take on the regular album cover, printed in a beautiful psychedelic pink (and laminated), and the song “Shine on Brightly” (the title cut from their second album in the rest of the world) sung in phonetic Italian by the band’s singer, Gary Brooker, and retitled “Il Tuo Diamante”. Also unique to this release is that the song “Repent Walpurgus” was retitled “Fortuna” (“luck” in English).
A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 29 June 1968 by EMI Columbia in the United Kingdom and released on 27 July 1968 in the United States by Tower Records. The album was recorded before and after Syd Barrett's departure from the group. With Barrett's behavior was becoming increasingly unpredictable, he was forced to leave the band and David Gilmour was recruited in January 1968.
As a result, A Saucerful of Secrets became the only non-compilation Pink Floyd album on which all five band members appeared, the first for Gilmour, with him appearing on five songs ("Let There Be More Light", "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sunrise", "Corporal Clegg", "A Saucerful Of Secrets" and "See Saw"), and the last for Barrett, with him on three ("Remember A Day", "Jugband Blues" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"."Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" was the only song all five members appeared on together. The band's drummer, Nick Mason has declared A Saucerful of Secrets to be his favorite Pink Floyd album
Personnel: David Gilmour - Guitar, Vocals / Roger Waters - Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Syd Barrett - Vocals, Guitar / Nick Mason - Drums, Percussion, Vocals /Richard Wright - Piano, Keyboards.
Track Listing: Let there Be More Light/Remember the Day/Set The Controls For The Heart Of the Sunrise/Corporal Clegg/A Saucerful of Secrets (4 Parts)/See-Saw/Jugband Blues.
German first pressing of The Mothers of Invention’s 1972 compilation album Pregnant, on Metro/MGM Records. This compilation of the Mothers’ best Verve material is packaged in a laminated sleeve picturing Frank Zappa knitting while listening to the radio! Most people are quite certain that there has never been a US Pregnant releaase, here are the track listings for the single LP version:
