THE PINK FLOYD"THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN".LATE 1960s GERMAN COLUMBIA STEREO

	£		33
	$		44

ATTENTION PINK FLOYD,1960s BRITISH PSYCHEDELIA AND PROGRESSIVE ROCK  COLLECTORS AS WELL AS CONDITION UPGRADERS!     

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL LATE 1960s GERMAN 2ND PRESSING IN STEREO OF THE RARELY SEEN(IN THIS CONDITION) ESSENTIAL DEBUT ALBUM BY THE PINK FLOYD:"THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN". IT VERY RARELY TURNS UP IN AS OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT CONDITION AS THIS UPGRADER STANDARD EXAMPLE!.  IT'S THE BEST GERMAN COPY I HAVE FOUND AND HEARD IN NEARLY 30 YEARS AS A DEALER! TOTALLY DIFFERENT LABEL DESIGNS TO THE UK ISSUE+A FULLY LAMINATED COVER AS UK ONES ONLY HAD FRONT LAMINATION! BEAUTIFULLY THICK AND QUIET VINYL!   THIS IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE HAS AMAZINGLY NOT HAD MUCH USE IN OVER 45 YEARS AND OF UPGRADER STANDARD! EARLIEST GERMAN ISSUES HAD GOLD RIM LABELS,BUT THIS ONE IS STILL FROM ABOUT 1969 OR 1970 AS IT HAS MUCH THICKER VINYL THAN LATER REPRESSES AS WELL AS THE COVER HAVING STEREO PLAYABLE MONO TYPE TEXT NOT ON LATER COVERS! THE STEREO MIXES HAVE MUCH TO OFFER WITH EFFECTS AND WIDER SPREAD OF THE STEREO IMAGE THAT IS OFTEN LACKING IN THE MONO VERSIONS! SERIOUS COLLECTORS WILL WANT BOTH MIXES!

LOCATING A REALLY OUTSTANDING GERMAN STEREO COPY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS HAD MINIMAL USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES,JUST A COUPLE OF ULTRA FAINT,TINY SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT. HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE EVEN IN BETWEEN THE TRACKS! THE STEREO MIXES TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO THE MONO ONES. THE RECORD HAS NO CLICKS,STICKS OR JUMPS.

STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION!

THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT. JUST TINY INITIALS IN PEN ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE WITH NO WRITING,RIPS,REPAIRS OR STAINING.

THE COVER HAS SOME TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO WRITING,STAINING RIPS OR REPAIRS!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! A LOW,REALISTIC £20 STARTING PRICE FOR SUCH A SUPERB COPY WITH MORE 1960s RARE UPGRADER STANDARD LPs FROM ME FOR AUCTION ON EBAY THIS WEEK AND TO FOLLOW.

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