1st press, PINK FLOYD PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN,

	£		160
	$		212

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  PINK FLOYD

  Title:

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

    This album with this information on it is one of the very first pressings to be produced

(Columbia Records stereo 1st issue)

Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: SCX 6157
Matrix Information:

Side One: YAX 3419-1 R 1

Side two: YAX 3420-1 G 1 (both stamped)
Release Date: August 5, 1967
Release Information:

First stereo issue on a black Columbia label with a blue Columbia trademark logo.
Songs:
Side 1:

Astronomy Domine, Lucifer Sam, Matilda Mother, Flaming, Pow R. Toc H., Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk.
Side 2:

Interstellar Overdrive, The Gnome, Chapter 24, The Scarecrow, Bike.
Description:
Front Cover:

Kaleidoscope picture of the band with "PINK FLOYD" at bottom. EMI logo in upper left corner. Laminated flipback cover.
Back Cover:

At bottom fold over of back cover it says "6709 TPS Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London SX 6157 / SCX 6157."
Inner Sleeve:

Black printing on white paper. On the front side is the EMI logo at the top center, 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 side is the 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.
Label:

Black Columbia label with silver text, and a blue "Columbia Records Magic Notes Trademark" at the top, and a blue "Columbia" in the center.
Underneath the blue "Columbia" it says "Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price lists."
Note: Some copies of this release have the song titles on the label in a larger font than other releases.
At the bottom of the label, it says "Made in Gt. Britain."
Text around the bottom edge of the label starts at 10 o'clock and says:

The Gramophone Co., Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorized public performance, broadcasting, and copying of this record prohibited.

Tax Stamp:

On side 1 within the circle that is stamped around the spindle hole are the letters "K" and "T," one on each side of the spindle hole.

A record with a "G" stamper such as this one, this letter indicates that the record was made from the first stamper.

This album is complete with it’s original inner sleeve which futures 16 album cover prints on each side, Herman’s Hermits, The Hollies, Cilla Black, Paul Jones, to name a few.

This inner sleeve is in Very good to ex condition with just a few creases in it.

The outer sleeve again is in very good ++ , it is nice and clean both back and front, with no marks, tears, peeling, the Pink Floyd on the spine is still fully readable, and this album is the one that has the FILE UNDER POPULAR MUSIC missing from the reverse side.

The front cover with the Kaleidoscope picture of the band with "PINK FLOYD" at bottom. EMI logo in upper left corner. Laminated flipback cover, designed by the late Syd Barrett, still retains it’s glossy shine with very very little marking or creasing to it.

The only thing I can fault with this sleeve is a slight amount of waviness towards the opening.

again the complete outer sleeve remains very clean and tidy.

The vinyl is excellent.

The labels on both the A & B side remain undamaged and free from marks, stickers, writing, just the very faintest spindle wear if you can detect it.

The playing surface has only the slightest of surface marking from nothing other than removal from it’s sleeve.

All together I grade this album as EXCELLENT ++.

Just the photos now:

And thank you for looking.

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