Astronomy Domine
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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 track includes their manager at the time, Peter Jenner reading the names of stars through a megaphone for the introduction. The title is correctly pronounced as, Astronomy 'Dommy-nay' (as opposed to Domine rhyming with 'so keen' or 'so fine').
The song was written by Barrett after his first acid trip, where he walked around carrying a lime and an orange, claiming they were planets[[Citing sources citation needed]].
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.
It was dropped from the live sets in mid 1971, but eventually reappeared as the first song in some sets on the band's 1994 tour. A version from a concert in Miami appears as the B-side on the "Take it Back" single, and a version from one of the London concerts appears on the live double CD Pulse.
The track is also featured on the 2001 Floyd compilation album, [[Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd]].
VoiVod covered this song in their 1989 album "Nothingface".
Recording Date(s)- April 11-13, 1967
| Pink Floyd |
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| Syd Barrett | David Gilmour | Nick Mason | Roger Waters | Richard Wright |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | A Saucerful of Secrets | Ummagumma | Atom Heart Mother | Meddle | The Dark Side of the Moon | Wish You Were Here | Animals | The Wall | The Final Cut | A Momentary Lapse of Reason | The Division Bell |
| Soundtracks: More | Zabriskie Point | Obscured by Clouds |
| Live: Ummagumma | The Man and the Journey | Delicate Sound of Thunder | P*U*L*S*E | The Wall Live |
| Compilations: Relics | A Nice Pair | Works | A Collection of Great Dance Songs | Shine On | [[Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd|Echoes]] |
| [[Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii|Live at Pompeii]] | The Wall | Delicate Sound of Thunder | La Carrera Panamericana | P*U*L*S*E |
| Bob Klose | Steve O'Rourke | Alan Parsons | Storm Thorgerson/Hipgnosis | Live performances | Trivia | Pigs | Publius Enigma |
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