sounds really thin and crunchy .. the german version is 10 times better

great sound , comes close to piper at the gates sound quality

My copy has the "blue labels with silver text" AND also has "druk nv interprint, harlem" on the back cover bottom right corner....but I don't see any listings for that variation.
Anyway, it's 3 songs from Floyd's first album and then a mix of A and B-sides not released on their regular studio albums.
It's not all Syd Barrett either as David Gilmour appears on tracks 7 and 9, the single "Julia Dream"/"It Would Be So Nice" (B2 and B4).

Hiding behind an album cover of unassuming simplicity is a nice collection of lesser-known early Floyd singles and related pieces. The original compilation dates to 1970, but this competent German pressing on dead silent vinyl was released in 1973. Mono originals are processed into faux stereo which introduces slight distortion to several cuts. Syd Barrett sings lead on 7 tracks but receives no performance credit in the notes, only a label surname tag on the songs he wrote.

A great collection of early singles marred by too much fake-stereo, the absence of the phenomenal "Point Me at the Sky", and one of the tackiest album covers imaginable. It's still a great listen and the best way to gather up terrific tracks like "See Emily Play","Paintbox", "Arnold Layne","Julia Dream", and "It Would Be So Nice" onto a single disc until the Powers That Be pull their thumbs out and finally issue the "Early Singles" CD from the 'Shine On" box set on vinyl.

Å, ÅM & MÅ is printed at the EMI factory in Åmål.

I prefer this to the matrices of the Dutch original; less sibilance, more full sound:)

Just gave this pressing a good wet clean and it sounds really good. Clear and instruments have nice presence.
How the hell did they get the dsotm prism the wrong way on the back cover you may wonder.
Who cares.
I find the Barrett era Floyd infinitely more interesting anyways.
Great compilation.

Great way to get all of the early hard-to-find singles etc. Nice sounding pressing, although my A Side appears to be cut slightly off centre which causes a whirring noise throughout (only really noticeable between tracks).

This is almost certainly not a UK release. Two reasons for saying this, firstly the catalogue number is a european number, not a UK Harvest number and secondly, there is no back catalogue record of this having being a UK release. I believe that this is actually a German release, originally under the 054-04 299 number.