1st Press Piper at Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd MONO SX 6157 1/1 Mothers UK Vinyl Lp

	£		249
	$		330

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

VERY 1st MONO UK PRESS

SX 6157

1/1 MOTHERS

BLUE COLUMBIA LABEL

Here it is folks-the birth of Pink Floyd, with their debut album, released on August the 4th 1967. The very essence of prog rock with Syd Barret at the helm to throw in some more experimental elements too.

The album only reached the No. 6 position in the UK Album chart-so this means there aren't too many of these 1st MONO pressings out there...Their later released stereo counterparts have a much different dynamic arrangement in sections so this really is the true 1st release from The Pink Floyd (later to drop the 'The').

This MONO copy is widely regarded as the superior mix to the Stereo mix....

Catalogue Number: SX 6157

Matrix numbers:

Side 1 : XAX 3419-2

Side 2: XAX 3420-1

(The very 1st pressing matrix numbers here)

Mothers/Stampers:

Side 1: 1/O

Side 2: 1/T

**INCREDIBLY EARLY PRESSING HERE**

The Vinyl:

VG (visually) Plays VG+

Heavyweight quality 145g vinyl.

There are many visible light marks to the vinyl. I gave her a gentle vacuum clean, followed by an ultrasonic bath, followed finally by a little vacuum to get any of the last 57 years of grim up from the grooves-I then played BOTH sides of the vinyl to see what she sounded like..

The run ins had some crackle but once the tracks got going she a provided dynamic and powerful MONO playback.

I only noticed some very light bit of background crackle in the quieter sections-nothing offensive what-so-ever. The most noticeable section which has some soft crackle and some soft pops was right at the start of The Scarecrow, but this certainly did not affect my enjoyment of the glorious MONO playback.

*NO JUMPS, SKIPS or STICKS*

(my needle was on a very light setting too)

FLAT as the day she was born in 1967.

The Labels:

EX

Wonderful 1st pressing labels with the BLUE COLUMBIA bold and bright to the centre.

"The Gramophone..."rim text and Sold In The UK statement-showing this to be the very 1st pressing (if the incredibly early Mothers/Stampers and matrix numbers hadn't already given this away).

Just a handful of very light spindle marks-only visible when angled towards the light and looking for them.

Bold KT tax code to side 1.

NO WRITING

NO STICKERS

Very displayable.

The Sleeve:

VG+/EX-

Wonderful strong sleeve-free from rips, splits or tears.

It does have File Under Popular to the back top right flipback-which are in superb shape. As well as a small number to the top right corner-see if you can spot it in the detailed images provided.

There are some lines of spiderring to the front laminate-but nothing terrible at all.

Clearly legible title to the spine.

VERY DISPLAYABLE.

The Inner:

NMint!

Magical ORIGINAL PERIOD EMI advertising inner in stunning condition-free from splts, tears or writing.

It has the earliest "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" statement to the bottom of one side.

TOP NOTCH

SO FOLKS-HERE IS A VERY 1ST PRESSING OF AN ICONIC ALBUM...ALL COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL AND SOUNDS GREAT TOO.

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