PINK FLOYD PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN MONO UK 1ST PRESS
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PINK FLOYD - PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (COLUMBIA SX 6157 MONO UK 1967) . ORIGINAL FIRST MONO PRESSING OF THE LEGENDARY FIRST PINK FLOYD ALBUM. ORIGINALS HAVE RECENTLY SOLD FOR OVER £1000+. THIS PRESSING HAS MATRIX NUMBER: SIDE ONE XAX 3419-2 GD1 AND SIDE TWO: XAX 3420-1 G01, THIS MAKES IT THE VERY LAST STAMPER OF THE FIRST PRESSING! - ACCORDING TO THE PINK FLOYD ARCHIVES http://pinkfloydarchives.com/DUKLPPF.htm#Pipermono1. THE ERNEST DAY PRINTED SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. HAS SOME LAMINATE CREASES HERE AND THERE. MOST EDGES ARE SHARP AND NO TEARS OR STAINS. HAS LIGHT RING WEAR. THE SPINE IS CLEAN WITHOUT TEARS. THE BACK SLEEVE HAS THE "FILE UNDER POPULAR" CREDIT AND HAS 3 WHITE LAMINATED BACK FLAPS. THE BACK COVER IS OTHERWISE NOT LAMINATED AND IN GREY. THIS IS VERY CLEAN APART FROM VERY LIGHT YELLOWING TOWARDS THE LEFT EDGES. THE DISC LABELS WITH COLUMBIA IN BLUE WITH SILVER LETTERING ALSO HAS THE "SOLD IN UK" CREDIT AND TAX CODE "K/T" EMBOSSED ON SIDE ONE. THE LETTERING FONTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RE-SET FOR THIS STAMPER, AND IS NOTICABLE ON THE "SOLD IN UK" CREDIT AS IT IS MUCH SMALLER THAN EARLIER LABELS. THE LABELS ARE CLEAN NO WRITING ON BUT SOME SPINDLE MARKS EVIDENT ON BOTH SIDES. THE DISC LOOKS ON SIDE ONE IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION AND AUDIBLY VG++ WITH ONLY SOME LIGHT CRACKLE. SIDE TWO HAS A CLEAR SCUFF ACROSS THE DISC AND LOOKS VERY GOOD CONDITION. AUDIBLY IT SOUNDS VERY GOOD. AND THE SCUFF MARKS DO NOT SOUND. THE RECORD COMES COMPLETE WITH A BROWN MAROON EMI COMPANY BAG AND A CUT OUT LATE 1967 PHOTO OF PINK FLOYD FROM THE PERIOD. OVERALL, A GREAT ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS COPY TO OWN OF THE 1960S UK PSYCHEDELIC MASTERS DEBUT ALBUM. LOOK OUT FOR THE OTHER MONO AND THE STEREO ALBUM UP FOR AUCTION AND OTHER RARE FLOYD ALBUMS! ALL LP'S ARE SENT SECURELY USING HIGH QUALITY CUSTOM-MADE LP PROTECTORS ENSURING THEY ARRIVE WITH YOU THE SAME WAY THEY LEFT US!
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