FOR NON UK BIDDERS PLEASE READ MY NOTES ON INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE BELOW....RETURNS POLICY APPLIES TO UK ONLY...RETURNS OUTSIDE OF UK REFUND WILL BE FOR ITEM COST ONLY, ALL INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE COSTS TO BE BORN BY BUYER

ONE OF THE MOST SORT AFTER FLOYD RARITIES, THEIR 1ST LP ON THE BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL AND IN RARER STEREO. THIS ONE HAS EARLY STAMPERS 1 O AND 1 M AND A FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER ON SIDE ONE.

FACTORY SAMPLE STICKERS HAVE BECOME A LITTLE DISCREDITED OF LATE SO I MAKE NO CLAIMS FOR THIS OTHER THAN IT LOOKS TO BE THE CORRECT TYPE AND IT IS CONSISTANT WITH THOSE EARLY MOTHERS STAMPERS ( FACTORY SAMPLES TEND TO BE MORE OFTEN ASSOSIATED WITH THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS OF A FIRST OR ANY SUBSEQUENT MATRIX ) HOWEVER REGARDLESS OF THE STICKER THIS LP IS RARE ENOUGH WITH OR WITHOUT IT !! 

IN 1967 MONO'S STILL FAR OUTNUMBERED STEREO'S - DISPITE HEAVILY TRYING TO PLUG STEREO LP'S OVER MONO'S THE UK RECORD INDUSTRY IN 1969/70 FINALLY HAD TO JUST ABANDON MAKING ANY NEW RELEASES IN MONO TO FORCE RECORD BUYERS TO GET OVER THEIR IRRATIONAL CONCERNS OVER THEIR MONO EQUIPMENT BEING INCOMPATABLE WITH STEREO RECORDS, BUT THIS IS A VERY RARE & SORT AFTER ITEM ANYWAY MONO OR STEREO!

For Auction here is the LP ''  THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN "  

artist: (THE) PINK FLOYD

Country:  UK 

Year: Sept 1967

Mono/Stereo: STEREO  

Cat. No SCX 6157

label:  BLUE/BLACK COLUMBIA 

Matricies: YAX 3419-1 3420-1

Mothers/Stampers: 1O 1M

TAC CODE:   KT

Weight: 140g

Condition:-

SLEEVE: A REALLY SOLID E J DAY EXAMPLE WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS SAVE FOR A NAME, ALAN, WRITTEN NEATLY ON THE REAR, PERFECT SPINE AND FREE OF SPLITS GRADES EXCELLENT- AT WORST!

VINYL VISUAL: SOME MARKS BUT RETAINS IT'S SHINE, GRADES VERY GOOD BOTH SIDES

VINYL PLAY: OTHER THAN SOME CRACKLES DURING ASTONOMY DOMINE THIS PLAYED THROUGH ON MY SYSTEM AS EXCELLENT BOTH SIDES

LABELS: FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER SIDE ONE AND SOME EVIDENCE OF PLAY BUT OTHER THAN THAT NOT DEFACED IN ANY WAY GRADES EXCELLENT

COMES WITH IT'S BLACK/WHITE EMI ADVERTISING INNER

A TRUE RARITY AND ESPECIALLY SO IN STEREO AND A SOLID EXAMPLE AS WELL. GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!

 (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 )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

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……. INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP ARE USUALLY GBP 8.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE.

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