Sold Date: January 19, 2025
Start Date: January 12, 2025
Final Price: £23.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 9
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PINK FLOYD - PIPER at the GATES of DAWN - **RARE 2nd PRESS**  VINYL LP  

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One box EMI, 'THE PINK FLOYD' to labels

Labels are nice and clean, vinyl shiny with a number of light marks, one more obvious to side 2, pictured. Plays really well with only occasional light crackle at times

Sleeve looks great. Light browning to rear. Correct inner. See descriptions below. 

Black label with silver text, white EMI logo in small rectangle at bottom, and white "Columbia" in large rectangle with lines on each side at top.
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 6 o'clock and says: Made in GT Britain. Sold in UK Subject To Resale Price Conditions. See Price List.

Front cover: "PINK FLOYD" at bottom ('The Pink Floyd' on labels). EMI logo in upper left corner. Laminated.
Rear cover is grey with Syd Barrett drawing with song titles and credits. Printed and Made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London (see picture). Flipback rear with "File under POPULAR : Pop Groups" in small print in the top right corner (see picture)

Inner sleeve: Maroon printing on cream coloured paper. On the front side is the EMI logo at the top centre, 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 centre 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.

As always the photos give an honest representation of the whole; please use them as part of the description. 

Lots of great first press Floyd, Led Zep, Stones, Beatles in my other items. 

See vintage Omega gents watches and Dickens first editions in my other items.

Yes I do combine postage: 2nd, 3rd, 4th LPs go free post to UK, cheap overseas, usually £3-4 per LP

Tracked and signed postage to Europe £14, USA and the rest of the world £21

Overseas may incur customs