The Pink Floyd: the Piper At The Gates Of Dawn .1967 Columbia Mono Blue/black

ATTENTION PINK FLOYD,1960s BRITISH PSYCHEDELIA AND PROGRESSIVE ROCK COLLECTORS AS WELL AS CONDITION UPGRADERS HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1967 MONO 2ND PRESSING 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 EXCELLENT CONDITION AS THIS UPGRADER STANDARD EXAMPLE .
IT S ONE OF THE BEST COPIES I HAVE FOUND AND HEARD IN NEARLY 30 YEARS AS A DEALER DIRECT FROM THE COLLECTION OF A MAJOR COLLECTOR WHO HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL HAVING CARED AND CHERISHED HIS RECORDS-MOST BOUGHT NEW AT THE TIME WITH MINIMAL PLAYS AS OFTEN THE CASE WITH LARGE COLLECTIONS.THEY WERE STORED UPRIGHT ON STRONG SHELVING AWAY FROM LIGHT,HEAT,DAMP AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A NON-SMOKER THIS IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE HAS AMAZINGLY NOT HAD MUCH USE IN 48 YEARS AS WELL AS A CLEAN COVER WITH THE FILE UNDER POPULAR-POP GROUPS THAT WAS NOT ON THE EARLIEST COVERS AND THE 6709 SEPTEMBER 1967 DATE CODE ON THE FLIPBACK AS WELL AS A PATENTS APPLIED FOR INNER SLEEVE ISSUED ON THE THICK VINYL EMI PRESSED COLUMBIA BLUE/BLACK LABELS:SX 6157 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE RAISED PRINT K T TAX CODE ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL AND -2/-1 MATRIXES.THIS IS STILL PRESSED UP WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF ISSUE THE COVER PRINTED BY ERNEST J.DAY IS IN GREAT SHAPE UNLIKE JUST ABOUT EVERY PREVIOUS COVER I HAVE SEEN.
LOCATING A REALLY OUTSTANDING 1967 MONO 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 SOME SLIGHT USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES,JUST A FEW FAINT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT.
HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE EVEN IN BETWEEN THE TRACKS THE MONO MIXES HAVE FAR MORE BASS THAN THE STEREO PRESSINGS.
THE RECORD HAS NO LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS.STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS EXCELLENT CONDITION THICK VINYL.THERE IS HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND NO LABEL WRITING,STAINING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT.
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL CURVED EDGES EMI LPs ADVERT INNER SLEEVE WITH THE PATENTS APPLIED FOR CREDIT DENOTING ON OF THE FIRST PRINTED FOR THIS LP WITH NO WRITING,RIPS,REPAIRS OR STAINING.THE COVER HAS SOME SMALL CREASES NEAR THE EDGES 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 100 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.SPECIAL DELIVERY AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR POSTAGE ONLY ON THIS LP.
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