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Pink Floyd Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 2nd Stereo UK Pressing Very Rare.

Grades higher then an excellent I would grade exc +

Minor flaws to the wax itself

Labels has spindle marks (see pics)

Cover has top left fold (very flimsy) bend

Flip back laminate

Believed to be less then 1000 pressed very rare mega rare

Bid it up need some cash divorce ✌️

Title: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Columbia Records 2nd issue stereo)

Record Company: Columbia Records

Catalog Number: SCX 6157

Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)

3419-1 / 3420-1:

1) YAX 3419-1 T 1 / YAX 3420-1 T 1 (both stamped) [148g]

2) YAX 3419-1 GG 1 / YAX 3420-1 GG 1 (both stamped)

3) YAX 3419-1 GR 1 / YAX 3420-1 GR 1 (both stamped)

4) YAX 3419-1 GA 1 / YAX 3420-1 GA 1 (both stamped)

Release Date: 1969

Release Information: Second stereo issue on a black Columbia label with a white Columbia logo.

Description:

Front Cover: Kaleidoscope picture of the band with "PINK FLOYD" at bottom. EMI logo in upper left corner. Laminated flipback cover.

Back Cover: At top foldover of back cover it says "File under POPULAR : Pop Groups." At bottom foldover of back cover it says "6709 TPS Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London SX 6157 / SCX 6157."

Inner Sleeve: [front] [back] Reddish brown printing on cream colored paper. On the front side is the EMI logo at the top center, with "Add these outstanding LPs to your collection" at the top, 16 LP covers pictured in the middle including The Beatles-Sgt. Peppers, and "Remember-the new Emitex cleans and preserves your records," and "Patents applied for" at the bottom. On the back side is the EMI logo at the top center, with " - the greatest recording organization in the world" at the top, 16 LP covers pictured in the middle including Pink Floyd-Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) Hayes - Middlesex - England, Made and Printed in Great Britain" at the bottom.

Spine: White with The Pink Floyd.

Labels: Black Columbia labels with silver text, white EMI logo in small rectangle at bottom, and white "Columbia" in large rectangle with lines on each side at top. The letters "KT," which was a tax stamp, do not appear on this issue.

Text around the top edge of the label starts at 8 o'clock and says:

The Gramophone Co., Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting, and copying of this record prohibited.

Text around the bottom edge of the label starts at 7 o'clock and says:

Made in GT Britain - Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price lists.