PINK FLOYD " PIPER AT THE GATES "SUPERB ORIG UK STEREO
  £   282
  $   374

 


£ 282 Sold For
Aug 10, 2011 Sold Date
Jul 31, 2011 Start Date
21   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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WOW ! THIS IS NOT ONLY A SUPER COPY  OF A MUCH RARER STEREO BLUE BLACK COMUMBIA LABELLED UK PRESSING BUT IS ALSO ONE OF THE BEST COPIES OF THIS INCREDIBLY RARE LP AND ALSO WITH INCREDIBLY EARLY MOTHER STAMPERS OF 1A 1R MAKING THIS ONE OF AROUND 300 PRESSED FROM ONLY THE THIRD AND SECOND LAQUERS EVER MADE FOR THIS LP   L@@K

IT IS NOT OFTEN REALISED THAT ORIGINAL COPIES ARE MUCH RARER IN STEREO , WHEN FIRST RELEASED AND FOR MOST OF THE 1960'S MONO WAS THE MORE DOMINANT FORMAT AND BECAUSE DEMAND WAS SO SMALL FOR STEREO'S BY COMPARISON FAR FEWER WERE PRESSED AND EVEN FEWER SURVIVE, SO TO FIND ANY EARLY STEREO COPY IN RELATION TO MONO'S IS HARD, TO FIND A SUPERB VINYLED EXAMPLE LIKE THIS IS ALMOST 

IMPOSSIBLE THESE DAYS L@@K !!!


GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS !!  

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN " 

ARTIST:  PINK FLOYD

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : SCX 6157

LABEL:   BLUE BLACK COLUMBIA  

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1967  

MATRICIES:  -1 -1

MOTHER/STAMPERS : 1A  1R

TAX : KT

VINYL WEIGHT: 145g

TRACK LISTING

 


 

 

CONDITION......

 

VINYL VISUAL : SUPERB FIRST PRESSED SHEEN ON THE VINYLS, MINIMAL HAIRLINES OR OTHER MARKS SAVE FOR ONE VISABLE MARK SIDE ONE THAT DOES NOT AFFECT PLAY. THERE IS A NAME BEAUTIFULLY ENGRAVED ( IT REALLY IS ENGRAVED ) IN THE RUN OUT ALSO SIDE ONE STILL GRADES EXCELLENT- 

  


 



LABELS: SIMPLY SUPERB, MINOR EVIDENCE OF PLAY, IT DOES HAVE A FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER AND AS I SEE MORE AND MORE OF THESE ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT APPEARS TO BE THE CORRECT SHAPE AND COLOUR ( UNLIKE MANY ) FOR THE PERIOD BUT OTHER THAN THAT I MAKE NO CLAIMS FOR IT SO YOU DECIDE AS IT IS SOLD VERY MUCH AS SEEN. LABELS GRADE EXCELLENT.


 



 

SLEEVE :  E J DAY SLEEVE IS EASILY ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN AND HAS FEW FLAWS JUST LOOK AT THE PICS GRADES EX-



 




 


A CHANCE TO GRAB ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I HAVE SEEN OF A RARER STEREO WITH THOSE MEGA EARLY STAMPERS, BE HARD TO FIND A COPY MUCH BETTER THAN THIS FOR LESS THAN 500 POUNDS ...GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

 

 

FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...  non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage! FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT due to ebays revised " buyer " protection policy even more sellers will start to refuse to sell internationally. I however will still sell internationally but i reserve the right to not to complete any international transaction if the buyer has any bad or witheld feedback or for any other reason that I choose and this is especially so for items that sell for near to GBP 150 or higher. So if you are an international bidder and win one of my auctions and then find I have completed the transaction elsewhere this will be because the new ebay/paypal policy now makes it almost impossible for sellers to sell safely overseas, thank you

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you.

DOMESTIC UK DISPATCH WILL BE VIA RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DELIVERY  TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT ! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW 

 

 (Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

 

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

 

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

 

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO BE READ, 

 

COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL HAS RECENTLY BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE SO TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS NOW USUALLY GBP 9.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE BASED ON A "DECLARED" VALUE OF UNDER GBP 50... ANY ADDITIONAL LP'S SENT VIA COMBINED POSTAGE WILL USALLY BE AROUND AN ADDITION G 2.00 PER LP

 

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