Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd 1967

When punk rock came along Pink Floyd represented the enemy of music. Johnny Rotten had a t-shirt with I Hate Pink Floyd on it. I had never owned a Floyd album and any leaning towards Dark Side was ruined when I spent 24 hours supporting a mate who was listening to it 24 hours straight to raise money for charity.  However, I did like the early singles that were introduced to me by  Bowie's Pin-Ups album. See Emily Play being the song he covered. (not a touch on the original I daresay)
In the early 80's I picked up an NME annual that had an article by Nick Kent on Syd Barret. It was the time of the paisley underground and before now I'd never seen a copy of Piper. But there it was in the second-hand record shop so I bought it dead cheap. And it was just fantastic. Suddenly I got what people were raving about. I couldn't stop playing the thing. I was living in Clarke street Prahran with a girl from my school and I swear I probably drove her out of the house listening to it.
More's the pity that is the only Syd Barret Pink Floyd album we were gonna get as his mind kinda exploded soon after this. But then I found a copy of Relics in my own collection. One of those cheap albums from K-Mart that had been lurking around the back of my collection for years and only been aired for the singles.
I even learned to like a few newer Pink Floyd songs when my wife turned out to be a Pink Floyd fan. Though as hard as I try I could never listen to Animals nor The Wall straight through. Too much punk rock in me.