Piper at the Gates of Dawn LP by Pink Floyd. Ultra rare Times New Roman labels

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109

THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE 1ST STEREO VERSION OF PINK FLOYD’S “PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN” WITH THE RARE Times New Roman font on the LP labels.

  AS AN EXPERT ONCE STATED ON AN EBAY AUCTION FOR A SIMILAR COPY: “The Times New Roman font is incredibly rare for this LP, this (his auction copy) is only the second copy I have personally seen.” 

As the same ebay source also stated: “ORIGINAL STEREO LP’S ARE FAR RARER THAN MONO, EVEN AS LATE AS 1967 STEREO'S WERE OUTPRESSED BY MONO'S BY MANY 10'S TO ONE AS MOST POP BUYERS ONLY HAD MONO DANSETTES RATHER THAN THE STEREOGRAMS OF SOME OF THEIR PARENTS AND BOUGHT ACCORDINGLY.”

ON SIDE # ONE IT HAS THE STAMPER “A” AT (ABOUT) 3 O’ CLOCK

YAX 3 419-1 AT 6 O’CLOCK AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE # “1” AT 9 0‘CLOCK.

ON SIDE # TWO IT HAS AN “M” AT 3 O’CLOCK A YAX 3420-1 AT 6 O’CLOCK AND AGAIN, WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE #1 AT 9 O’ CLOCK

For Auction here is the UK LP '' PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN"

ARTIST: THE PINK FLOYD

 STEREO

Cat. No : SCX 6157

LABEL: UK COLUMBIA

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1967

MATRIX : -1 -1

SEE BELOW (AND PHOTOS ) FOR HOW THE TRACK LISTINGS ON THE LP LABELS IN THE TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT ARE SET UP DIFFERENTLY FROM THE MORE COMMON SANS SERIF LABELS.

TRACK LISTING AS IT APPEARS ON SIDE ONE: 

PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

1.ASTRONOMY DONOMIE (Barret) 2. LUCIFER SAM (Barret)

3. MATILDA MOTHER (Barrett)  4. FLAMING (Barrett)

5.POW R. TOC (Barrett-Waters-Wright-Mason)

6.TAKE UP THY STETHOSCOPE AND WALK (Barrett)

TRACK LISTING AS IT APPEARS ON SIDE TWO:

PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

1. INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE

(Barrett-Waters-Wright-Mason)

2. THE GNOME (Barrett) 3. CHAPTER 24 (Barrett)

4.THE SCARECROW (Barrett) 5. BIKE (Barrett)

(From my own research I believe this to be the first stereo version, and have been told as much by two local experts, however, I myself am not an expert, so if anyone w/ more knowledge of the stamper and Matrix #‘s sees this sale please feel free to email me so that I can ammend any discrepencies...)

Condition: Please examine all photos carefully and contact me w/ any questions, as I myself am not an expert-

THE SLEEVE CONDITION: GOOD SLEEVE, A RECORD STORE SOURCE GRADED IT VERY GOOD, DESPITE THE NAME BLINMAN PRINTED IN MARKER IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER ALONG THE SLEEVE OPENING AND A 1/2” BY 1/8” MARK/STAIN OVER “PRODUCED BY: NORMAN SMITH (SEE PHOTOS) ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLEEVE.

FLIPBACK ORIGINAL. There is also a slight tear as shown in photo #4 and bumping of the lower right corner in photo #5

The spine is uncreased and intact. The mylar covered cover photo does have some waves due to the different shrinkage rates of the cardboard and mylar plastic

From the same record store source :

VINYL VISUAL : MANY MARKS ARE VISABLE but he graed it: VERY GOOD++ .

 Another source felt the vinyl was more Just a plainVERY GOOD, SO I’D PREFER TO GO WITH THAT, so all in all: 

VERY GOOD GRADE FOR THE SLEEVE

 VERY GOOD GRADE FOR THE VINYL.

LABELS : THERE IS THE NAME BLINMAN WRITTEN IN BLACK FELT PEN IN THE BLACK PORTION OF THE OUTER LABEL, WHICH, THE LABEL ITSELF BEING BLACK, MAY BE HARD TO SEE IN THE PHOTOS... THE WRITING DOES NOT GO OVER THE SILVER 33 1/3 RPM AND BARELY TOUCHES INTO THE TOP OF THE BLACK MUSICAL NOTE IN THE BLUE CIRCLE AT 12 O’CLOCK. ON SIDE #2 THERE IS SOME RESIDUE ( FROM A SMALL LABEL? APPROXIMATELY 1/2” X1/4”) ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BLACK MUSICAL NOTE IN THE BLUE CIRCLE. IT MAY COME OFF WITH ALCOHOL OR OTHER SOLVENT...

Please contact me with any questions.

Shipping to the UK/Canada may be considerably more that the $4.00 quoted above...

mmickhm/Mike