PINK FLOYD Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP 1969 ONE BOX COLUMBIA MINT

	£		238
	$		284

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Pink Floyd called "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK Pressing on the 'One Box' Silver/Black Columbia label!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS PINK FLOYD'S FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BACK IN 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK, ALMOST EVERY 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP WAS MADE IN COMMON MONO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN MEGA RARE STEREO AT ALL!!!!  AND BECAUSE DEMAND FOR STEREOs WAS SO ABSOLUTELY TINY - MOST SHOPS DIDNT EVEN STOCK STEREOS AS STANDARD BACK IN 1967 - AND THEY WERE ONLY AVAILABLE BY 'SPECIAL ORDER' ONLY!!!!  AS A RESULT - FINDING AN EARLY UK PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP IN MEGA RARE STEREO IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!!!! 

THIS LP IS ALSO ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' PRESSINGS EVER MADE OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP!!!!   IT DATES FROM EARLY 1969 (ONLY 15 MONTHS AFTER RELEASE!) AND IS AN INCREDIBLE 48 YEARS OLD NOW!!!!  AND AS IT SOLD FAR FAR LESS THAN THE BLUE/BLACK VERSIONS, IT IS NOW FAR FAR HARDER TO FIND IN TOP CONDITION - LIKE THIS ONE IS!!!!  AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE 'ONE BOX' SILVER/BLACK COLUMBIA LABELS - IT STILL HAS THE 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS 1/1 MOTHER CODINGS, VERY HEAVY THICK QUALITY VINYL, 1ST PRESS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE, AND AN EXTREMELY EARLY 'FILE UNDER POP' FLIPBACK 'GREY BACKED' LAMINATED COVER (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!! 

IT ALSO THE ALL TIME RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT ON BOTH LABELS!!!!  ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS - BEFORE THIS TEXT WAS DELETED FOREVER!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION (WITH AN AWESOME RECORD!) - AND CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK STEREO PRESSING ON THE 'ONE BOX' SILVER/BLACK COLUMBIA LABEL, 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 1/1 STEREO MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' ADVERTISING WHITE INNER SLEEVE, AND EXTREMELY EARLY 'E.J.DAY' FLIPBACK 'GREY BACKED' LAMINATED 'FILE UNDER POP' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY IN MEGA RARE STEREO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!   This is the ORIGINAL Columbia UK Pressing from 1969 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is SCX 6157 on the ORIGINAL 'One Box' Silver/Black Columbia label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK STEREO Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 'Patents Applied For' Brown  Advertising White inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'E.J.Day' Flipback 'Grey Backed' Laminated 'File Under Pop' Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to a couple of the EXTREME corner tips, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO sticker tears, only a TINY touch of corner wear to the top right corner ONLY, NO sticker marks, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, VERY nice flipbacks, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better - and is very VERY close to a grade above (most would grade this cover EX+)!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP in this sort of condition!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK STEREO PRESSING OF "PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN" BY PINK FLOYD, IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have.  Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage!  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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