Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs - First Press - VERY RARE
  £   134
  $   177

 


£ 134 Sold For
May 30, 2021 Sold Date
May 23, 2021 Start Date
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Description

Syd Barrett ?– The Madcap Laughs

 

Outer and inner sleeve in Very Good condition with some signs of acceptable ware on both. Vinyl in Excellent Condition. Some VERY minor scuffs. Plays very well. There is a small mark present on Side 2, Track 5. Please refer to the hi-res images provided.

 

The vinyl has been cleaned professionally with a Loricraft cleaning machine.

 

* Record will be posted in a plastic wallet and heavy weight card record mailer with reinforcement panels.


Recommended Retail Price: £100 - £350

Reserve: £100

 

Please feel free to ask questions if you have them.


PLEASE NOTE: I am not a vinyl expert or professional valuer/trader etc, although I have received some advice from my local record store and tried my best to provide an honest and fair appraisal of the record.


I also have a very nice rare copy of Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (SX 6157) that you might be interested in, so check out my other listings. Good luck!



 

Details:

 

Label: Harvest ?– SHVL 765

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: UK

Released: 03 Jan 1970

Genre: Rock

Style: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock

 

First Press (UK)

Specific to this release and not found on subsequent releases are:

Released in a front laminated gatefold sleeve with the disc housed in the rear opening and the front opening is glued shut with no inner flap.

The back cover states printing date 6911 (November 1969). This was clearly in advance of the 1970 release date.

White inner sleeve with:
Variation 1: 'PATENT APPLIED FOR' and 'MADE IN ENGLAND'.
Variation 2: 'PATENT No. 1,125,555' and 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN'.

Only first pressing labels have all of the following:

1. Green/yellow Harvest Label with no 'EMI' Logo and 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.' at 11 o'clock on the outer rim.

2. 'SYD BARRETT' appears just above the 'HARVEST' logo at 9 o'clock. Later pressings move this higher up the label.

3. Side 2 label has credits 'Barrett except + Joyce'. Later pressings have 'Barrett + Joyce'.

4. On each label side there is no gap between 'Lupus Music Ltd' and 'Produced by...' Later labels have a gap.


  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): S HVL 765 A-2G
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): S HVL 765 B-2G



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