PINK FLOYD FINAL CUT INSANELY RARE 1-OF-A-KIND REJECTED GATEFOLD COVER PROMO 12"

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·       PINK FLOYD – SELECTION FROM THE FINAL CUT (YOUR POSSIBLE PASTS c/w THE FINAL CUT) – INSANELY  RARE ONE-OF-A-KIND, UNKNOWN TO EXIST, UNDOCUMENTED ORIGINAL 1983 PROMO-ONLY SINGLE-DISC "TEASER" RADIO SAMPLER 12" SINGLE FROM 'THE FINAL CUT" (GROUP'S FINAL ALBUM WITH ROGER WATERS);  WITH REJECTED AND ABANDONED GATEFEFOLD COVER WHICH MIMICS THE ORIGINAL ALBUM FOLDOUT -   ORIGINAL 1983 COLUMBIA PROMO-ONLY STEREO 12" , 33 rpm SINGLE AS-1635

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

WHAT WE HAVE HERE  TECHNICALLY DOES NOT EXIST AND HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN OR DOCUMENTED BEFORE; THIS IS THE FIRST, THE LAST AND THE ONLY KNOWN SPECIMENT OF THIS MOMUMENTALLY RARE ONE-OF-A-KIND GATEFOLD SAMPLER; WE HONESTLY DOUBT THAT ANOTHER SURVIVING COPY EXISTS ANYWHERE, AND WE WILL NOT HESITATE FOR ONE MOMENT TO CALL THIS A HOLY GRAIL IN ANY PINK FLOYD COLLECTION.

LET US OFFER A BIT OF A BACKGROUND TO THIS RELEASE: IN 1983 - JUST AS  COLUMBIA RECORDS HAD DONE WITH MANY OF THEIR OTHER ARTISTS (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN,  O'JAYS,  LEONARD COHEN, SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, JEFF BECK, JIM McGUINN, BOB DYLAN, ETC), THE LABEL ISSUED A BRIEF PROMO-ONLY "SAMPLER" (TEASER) FROM THE PINK FLOYD'S LATEST ALBUM ("THE FINAL CUT") TO WHET THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S APETITE FOR THE FORTHCOMING RELEASE WHICH INDEED TURNED OUT TO BE THE "FINAL CUT", AT LEAST FOR ROGER WATERS, THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE GROUP, WHO QUIT THE BAND FOR GOOD SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THIS PARTICULAR SAMPLER, TITLED, UNIMAGINATIVELY, "SELECTIONS FROM THE FINAL CUT' IS VERY WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED RELEASE AND WAS ISSUED IN A BLACK & WHITE SINGLE-POCKET JACKET, WHICH REDUCES THE FULL COLOR GATEFOLD COVER OF THE 12" ALBUM TO A DRAB BLACK & WHITE SINGLE-POCKET 12" SINGLE WITH ONLY TWO TRACKS ON IT.  AH, BUT WAIT! THE STORY DOES NOT END THERE.

UNBEKNOWNST TO THE WORLD, COLUMBIA RECORDS INITIALLY PLANNED TO RELEASE THIS SAMPLER IN AN UNPRECEDENTED GATEFOLD VERSION WITH FULL COVER INNER FOLDOUT (WHICH MIMICKED THE FOLDOUT OF THE ORIGINAL 12" ALBUM). WE SAY "UNPRECEDENTED" BECAUSE WE KNOW OF NO OTHER COLUMBIA ARTIST TO BE ACCORDED SIMILAR TREATMENT: BOB DYLAN DID NOT RECEIVE GATEFOLD SAMPLERS,  BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN DIDN'T RECEIVE ONE, JEFF BECK DIDN'T RECEIVE ONE, TONY BENNET DID NOT RECEIVE ONE, LEONARD COHEN DIDN'T RECEIVE ONE, AND SLY STONE DIDN'T  GET ONE EITHER. SO, TO CUT THE LONG STORY SHORT, WHETHER AS A COST-CUTTING MEASURE OR TO PREVENT THE MASS OUTBREAK OF ENVY AMONG COLUMBIA'S OTHER  RECORDING ARTISTS, COLUMBIA'S GRAPHIC DEPARTMENT DECIDED AT THE VERY LAST MOMENT TO SCRAP THE GATEFOLD VERSION OF THE SAMPLER AND ISSUE A CHEAP SINGLE-POCKET VERSION INSTEAD

THE  MOST INTERESTING ASPECT OF THE STORY IS ITS PROVENANCE: ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS UNIQUE PIECE, A LONG-TIME COLUMBIA STAFFER, TOLD US THAT HE RECEIVED IT AS A GIFT FROM THEIR GRAPHIC DEPARTMENT AFTER ONE OF THE COLUMBIA'S GRAPHIC DESIGNERS LITERALLY PICKED UP THE ALREADY-DISCARDED AND REJECTED SPECIMENT FROM THE FLOOR AND DONATED IT TO THE LUCKY NEW OWNER.

THE WINNING BIDDER GETS TO RECEIVE TWO (2) JACKETS (WITH ONLY ONE RECORD): THE REGULAR, RELEASED (KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED) SINGLE-POCKET COVER AND THE MYTHICALLY RARE GATEFOLD JACKET AND WILL HAVE A FIRST-HAND OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE AND DISPLAY THE TWO VERSIONS SIDE-BY-SIDE.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE TWO JACKETS ARE INCREDIBLY SIMILAR ON THE OUTSIDE (EVEN THE WIDTH OF THE SPINE IS IDENTICAL); UNLESS THE GATEFOLD JACKET IS SPREAD OPEN,  ONE MIGHT NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT IT IS, IN FACT, A GATEFOLD; OUR DETAILED GRADING (SEE BELOW) IS FOR THE GATEFOLD JACKET ALONE; THE SINGLE-POCKET JACKET IS STRONG NEAR MINT AND WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT FLAWS

SO THERE YOU  HAVE IT, FOLKS. ONE OF THOSE INCREDIBLE STORIES THAT STILL KEEP US IN RECORD-COLLECTING BUSINESS ***

·       ORIGINAL RED COLUMBIA LABEL WITH “COLUMBIA” IN YELLOW LETTERS WRAPPED AROUND THE RIM OF THE LABEL (70’s STYLE), WITH THE  PROMO BANNER ON IT, AND WITH MISPRINTED TITLE ON SIDE 1 (PRINTED "YOUR IMPOSSIBLE PASTS" vs. THE CORRECT "YOUR POSSIBLE PASTS").

·       *** IN ADDITION, , THE PROMOTIONAL BANNER ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, REJECTED GATEFOLD COVER (THE ONLY KNOWN COPY)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1C/-1B'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and  10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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THE PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed to the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals": the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.  In this case, though, this is a rather moot point,  since this rare promo-only MONO version of the album was never commercially released to begin with.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER (REJECTED GATEFOLD SPECIMEN)

THE COVER IS (WEAK) NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.

-        Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine (nothing significant) (VISIBLE ON FRONT SIDE ONLY)

-        Minor shelf wear noted on the top seam and spine (BARELY VISIBLE)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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