non UK bidders please read my notes on postage at the end of the listing....returns policy only applies to UK  

FLOYD COLLECTORS PLEASE TAKE NOTE.......

IN STUNNING CONDITION.....

ISSUED FOR MAYBE 1 MONTH ONLY AND SO MUCH RARER THAN THE BLUE BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL ISSUES, WITH THE 1ST PRESS "GREY BACK" FLIPBACK SLEEVE AND "SOLD IN UK TXT" BUT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLY ON THE 1 BOX EMI COLUMBIA LABEL....... SO COULD THIS BE THE REAREST EXAMPLE EVER ISSUED OF THIS RECORD???

I WILL EXPLAIN WHY...THIS DISC WAS RELEASED IN 1967 AND SOLD WELL AND CONTINUED TO SELL UP UNTIL DELETION PROBABLY INTO THE 80'S, HOWEVER MOST SALES WERE ON OR AFTER RELEASE DATE SO MANY PRESSING ARE EITHER ON THE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL OR LATER COPIES ON THE TWO BOX EMI LABEL. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW COPIES, LIKE THIS ON THE ONE BOX EMI LABEL BUT THIS ONE IS A BIT DIFFERENT......

AROUND JULY 1969 COLUMBIA SWITCHED FROM THE BLUE/BLACK LABEL TO THE 1 BOX EMI LABEL, AT AROUND THE SAME TIME EMI REMOVED THE "SOLD IN UK..." TXT FROM ALL ITS RELEASES. BUT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLY THIS HAS BOTH THE ONE BOX EMI LABEL AND WITH THE SOLD IN UK TXT!!!    

THIS COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A VERY VERY SHORT TIME, PROBABLY FOR LESS THAN A MONTH IN JULY 1969 AND AT A TIME WHEN SALES WERE TAILING OFF!

SO I CANNOT STRESS WHAT A RARE COPY THIS MUST BE, YOU WILL GET BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA'S, ONE BOX AND TWO BOX EMI COPIES BUT HOW MANY OF THESE WILL YOU EVER SEE, A MUST FOR SERIOUS FLOYD COLLECTORS IF THEY DON'T ALREADY OWN ONE.

BY THE WAY I CAN ONLY THINK OF ONE COPY THAT MIGHT BE RARER, AND THAT IS A MONO ONE......SO FAR I DO NOT KNOW THAT A MONO 1 BOX COPY WITH SOLD IN UK TXT HAS EVER YET BEEN FOUND TO EXSIST....

For Auction here is the LP ' PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN' BY PINK FLOYD IN STEREO Cat. No is SCX  6157 FM 1967 (THIS ISSUE JULY1969) -THIS IS A UK  PRESSING ON the ONE BOX EMI COLUMBIA LABEL WITH "SOLD IN UK..." TXT AND IS IN STUNNING CONDITION 

THE CONDITION

LABELS: PERFECT, JUST SOME SPINDLE MARKS IN EVIDENCE, GRADES EX

VINYL: STUNNING, only a few marks are visable and then mostly under a bright light but in normal light could pass for mint, grades EX easy! ...UNABLE TO PLAYGRADE AT PRESENT WHILE WAITING DELIVERY OF MY NEW STYLUS SO ALL ITEMS SOLD AS SEEN...

SLEEVE: This is a stunning first issue E J DAY tri flipback example with a "grey" unlaminated rear which was actually changed to tri flipback with a white rear around this time (most 1 box EMI's appear with the tri-flipback white unlamited rear but not this one). There is a date written below the Cat number but in all other respects this sleeve is lovely and grades EX easy. Just the odd crease but no splits, see pics, no edge or spineware at all, just lovely!

Inner: EMI advertising with Cat number written top right.

A VERY RARE ITEM INDEED and in a CONDITION you will not be dissapointed with either, HOW MANY OF THESE DO YOU EVER SEE ON EBAY?? Good luck with your bids!

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….

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