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  Cover PinkFloyd-album-piperatthegatesofdawnjpg
  Artist Pink Floyd
  Album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
  Released August 5 , 1967
  Track No 1
  Recorded April 11 - 13 , 1967
  Genre Psychedelic Rock
  Length 4:12
  Writer Syd Barrett
  Label Columbia/EMI (UK) Capitol &nbsp(US)
  Producer Norman Smith
  Next Lucifer Sam
  Next No 2


"Astronomy Domine" is a song by British Psychedelic Rock band Pink Floyd . The song, written and composed by original vocalist/guitarist Roger 'Syd' Barrett , was the first track featured on their debut album, '' The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn '' ( 1967 ). The lead vocal was sung by Barrett and keyboard player Richard Wright .

The song has a very unusual chord progression for 1960s pop music, which is in sharp contrast to every kind of pop, folk and blues progressions: E E flat G A. The sound of this chord progression in conjunction with the use of a Binson Echo Machine for the guitar had a very distinctive psychedelic character.

The track includes their manager at the time, Peter Jenner reading the names of stars through a megaphone for the introduction. "Domine" (meaning "Lord") in the title is correctly pronounced as it is in Latin (, rather than or ).


ALTERNATIVE AND LIVE VERSIONS

It was a popular live piece, and regularly included in the set, appearing as the first track on the live side of the album '' Ummagumma '' in 1969 . By this time, David Gilmour was singing the lead vocals together with Wright, the song had been extended to include the first verse twice, and the instrumental in the middle included a very quiet organ solo before getting louder again back to the last verse.

  • U---L---S---E" class="copylinks">P---U---L---S---E ''. David Gilmour played the song at some of his appearances during his 2006 tour, again sharing the lead vocal with fellow-Floyd member Rick Wright .


  • The '' Ummagumma '' live disc has an extended version of the song, somewhat reflecting the band's progressive style at the time. Verses are repeated and the keyboard section is extended leading to an 8 minute version of the song. Vocals are sung by Richard Wright and David Gilmour instead of Syd Barrett and Wright. This version can also be found on the American release of '' A Nice Pair '', a compilation album made in 1973.

  • The '' P---U---L---S---E '' version reverts back to the original 4 minute length, with Gilmour taking lead vocals.

  • The song was also played by David Gilmour's solo band (which includes Rick Wright with Guy Pratt on Bass and Steve DiStanislao on Drums) at the Abbey Road Studios sessions, which has just recently been released as part of a CD/DVD '' On An Island '' package.



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