PINK FLOYD SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS MONO EARLIEST 1st PRESSING 1G 1G, 1968

	£		285
	$		378

PINK FLOYD SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS MONO EARLIEST 1st PRESSING 1G 1G, 1968

Saucerful of Secrets. Mono.

Label: Columbia black and blue.

Catologue number: SX 6258.

Issued June 29th 1968

Day of release first mono issue on a black Columbia label with a blue Columbia trademark logo. Gilmour is written as "GILMORE" on both the record label and cover. Some early labels were printed with the misspelling "Let There Me More Light." This is one of those very earliest with the misspelling.

Matrix numbers:

side 1 is XAX 3633-1.With 1G Mother stampers.

side 2 is XAX 3634-1.With 1G Mother stampers.

This is one of the first few hundred pressed with the 1G 1G mother stampers, Mono heavy weight vinyl.

THIS IS THE SECOND ALBUM FROM PINK FLOYD ISSUED IN 1968. THIS IS THE RAREST POSSIBLE EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM FOR SEVERAL REASONS. FIRSTLY, THIS IS A GENUINE UK FIRST PRESSING ON THE BLUE AND BLACK COLUMBIA LABELS. ALSO, THIS HAS THE VERY FIRST 1 G 1G MATRICES, MOTHER AND STAMPERS! AND FINALLY THIS HAS THE “LET THERE ME MORE LIGHT” MISSPELLING ON SIDE 1 LABEL. NOT A COPY THAT CAN BE FOUND EASILY, IF AT ALL. THIS IS AS RARE AS THIS ALBUM CAN GET.

THE REALITY HERE IS THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED TO BE PRESSED.

THESE ALBUMS ONLY SELDOM APPEAR ON THE MARKET ESPECIALLY IN THIS VERY EARLIEST ISSUE. JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER COPY WITH THE FIRST 1G AND 1G STAMPERS! THIS IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE.

Gatefold Sleeve

Original 1st issue Hipgnosis Garrod & Lofthouse gatefold sleeve. Laminated flipback with "File under POPULAR : Pop Groups." At bottom fold-over of back cover it says "6807 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending SX6258 / SCX6258"

Inner Sleeve

Original 1st issue Cream coloured inner sleeve. On the front is an EMI logo at the top centre, with "Add these outstanding LPs to your collection" at the top, 16 LP covers pictured in the middle including Both Sides of Herman's Hermits, and "Remember-the new Emitex cleans and preserves your records," and "Patents applied for" at the bottom. On the back is an EMI logo at the top centre, with " - the greatest recording organization in the world" at the top, 16 LP covers pictured in the middle including the Beatles-Revolver, and "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) Hayes - Middlesex - England, Made and Printed in Great Britain" at the bottom.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION:-

GATEFOLD COVER:

GRADED AS VERY GOOD +. THE LAMINATE IS IN FINE SHAPE WITH MINOR CREASING. THERE IS SOME SHELFWEAR TO EDGES. SPINE HAS CLEAR TEXT WITH SOME CREASING, SOME FEATHERING OF THE OPEN EDGES, IN KEEPING FROM A NEAR 50 YEAR OLD RECORD.

INNER SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GENUINE EMI ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A LITTLE CREASING AND FADING ONLY.

LABELS

LABELS ARE VISUALLY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Some spindle marks, sticker remoVal mark on Side 2 label HAS LIFTED LABEL SLIGHTLY.

VINYL

DEEP GLOSSY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION . THERE ARE A FEW SCUFFS, SLEEVE REMOVAL AND HAIRLINES UNDER STRONG LIGHT, NO SIGNIFICANT SCRATCHES. FOR ITS AGE, THIS IS A NICE CLEAN COPY.

AUDIO PERFORMANCE

I HAVE PLAYGRADED ON A REGA 3/ ARCAM BASED SYSTEM, WHICH IS QUITE REVEALING. IT PLAYS WELL, WITH SOME OCCASIONAL SURFACE NOISE IN THE QUIETER PASSAGES, CONSIDERING ITS AGE. NO LOUD POPS OR CLICKS. I WOULD GIVE A PLAY GRADING OF VG+ AND MOSTLY NEAR EX. NO STICKS OR JUMPS.

All vinyl will be sent in PROFESSIONAL OVERSIZE BOX with stiffeners, all postage will be registered signed for AND THE DISC WILL TRAVEL IN A NEW HI FIDELITY POLY LINED SLEEVE.