PINK FLOYD"PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN"1970STEREO REPRESS.-1/-1 MATRIXES+FLIPBACK

	£		27
	$		36

ATTENTION PINK FLOYD AND PSYCHEDELIC/PROGRESSIVE ROCK COLLECTORS!  AFTER MANY YEARS OF COLLECTING,DUE TO A DAUGHTER AT UNIVERSITY,I AM GRADUALLY SELLING OFF OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS SOME HAND PICKED ALBUMS,SINGLES AND RELATED ITEMS. BEING A WELL KNOWN COLLECTOR AND DEALER YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME AMAZING AND IN SOME CASES VERY HARD TO FIND GEMS-ALL WITH CAREFUL GRADINGS AND IN DEPTH INFORMATION!

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1970 STEREO REPRESS EDITION OF THE DEBUT AND ESSENTIAL PINK FLOYD ALBUM FROM 1967:"THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN" BUT UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF EDITIONS OF THE EARLY 1970s, THIS ONE HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AND HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENCES TO LATER REPRESSES AND INDEED EARLIER ISSUES AS DETAILED BELOW! 

THE VINYL IS STRICTLY GRADES AS EXCELLENT+++ CONDITION.THERE ARE COUPLE OF ULTRA FAINT AND TINY SURFACE HAIRLINE MARKS IN VERY STRONG LIGHT BUT HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE! THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT EDGE WARP BUT THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE SOUND.  THE LABELS HAVE THE "GRAMOPHONE CO.LTD" RIM TEXT THAT WAS REPLACED BY "EMI RECORDS" WITHIN A YEAR OF THIS REPRESSING! MUCH THICKER VINYL THAN LATER REPRESSES!  THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR-JUST A FEW LINES FROM THE CENTRE HOLE WHICH IS DOWN TO A PRESSING FAULT RATHER THAN ACTUAL HUMAN LABEL DAMAGE!.

COLUMBIA SCX 6157 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MATRIXES:YAX 3419-1/YAX 3420-1.

THE STEREO MIXES ARE BRIGHT AND HAVE A DEPTH OF BASS AND RANGE THAT CD CANNOT COMPETE WITH AND IN MY OPINION ARE THE BEST WAY TO HEAR THIS ALBUM AS A LOT OF THE EFFECTS AND STEREO "PANNING" IS LOST IN THE RATHER MURKY MONO MIXES THAT EXIST! HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMI LPs INNER THAT ADVERTISES 1970 ISSUED LPs INCLUDING THE BEATLES "LET IT BE" BOX SET AND THE FIRST PAUL McCARTNEY SOLO ALBUM.

  DURING THE EARLY 1970s,RECORDS WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT,SOMETIMES TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS HAD NOT MANY PLAYS WITH NO NASTY DISTORTION AS PRESENT ON THE MAJORITY OF COPIES THAT SURVIVE! NO CLICKS,NO JUMPS,NO STICKS!HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE!

 THIS COVER HAS THE LAMINATED  FRONT AND STILL HAS THE FLIPBACK WHICH WAS ENDED ON REPRINTS FROM THE END OF 1971 ALTHOUGH IT STILL HAS THE DATE CODE 6709 AND THE DUAL MONO/STEREO NUMBERS SO THIS MAY WELL BE OLD FACTORY STOCK FROM BEFORE 1970!    THERE ARE SOME EDGE CREASES,A SPLIT AT SOME OF THE TOP EDGE,SOME STAINING AND RING WEAR BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS! LATER REPRINTS OF THE 1970s WERE MATT ONLY WITH NO FLIPBACK!

GREAT VOCALS AND GUITARWORK WITH  WARM SOUNDING VINYL + AMAZING BASS!

GREAT INVESTMENT!!!

TOTALLY FLAT VINYL! GET IT WHILE YOU CAN WITH A LOW,REALISTIC STARTING PRICE OF JUST £12 AND IDEAL IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO PAY THE DUBIOUS HIGH PRICES REACHED ON EBAY FOR ORIGINAL FIRST EDITIONS THAT MAY NOT BE AS STRICTLY GRADED AS YOU WOULD HOPE FOR!

READ ON CAREFULLY FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS GEM!! 

YOU MIGHT FIND CHEAPER COPIES BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL BE AS GOOD AS THIS EXAMPLE! 

YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!! .  

I WILL POST ANYWHERE!THICK CARD USED-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK!

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BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE FROM A DEALER THAT OTHER DEALERS LOOK TOWARDS FOR INSPIRATION AND FREQUENTLY COPY!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS  LP AS GOOD AS THIS!!

NO, NOT"IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND"AS STATED OVER AND OVER ELSEWHERE ON EBAY, BUT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE MIGHT WELL BE THE CASE!!

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