Pink Floyd first Xi insanely Rare Orig 79 Uk Box Set 2 Unique Lps only 1400 Made

This item have been sold for $ 1126.00

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Auction Details:
Code ID
#14316
Ebay Item #
141466671938
Sold Price
$1126.00
Bids
23
Auction End date
17 Nov 2014
Seller Location
US
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WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN 500 LISTED ITEMS Click here to see ALL our ROCK auctions Our PSYCH PROGRESSIVE auctions Our PUNK NEW WAVE auctions Our JAZZ auctions Our BLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions Our BLUES auctions Our CLASSICAL auctions Our COUNTRY auctions Our FUNK auctions Our LATIN auctions Our METAL auctions Our REGGAE auctions Our SOUL auctions Our STILL SEALED ITEMS Our PROMO auctions Our AUDIOPHILE auctions PINK FLOYD THE FIRST XI INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1979 UK- AND FRANCE- ONLY 11-LP BOX SET CONTAINING ALL ELEVEN 11 ORIGINAL BRITISH ALBUMS RELEASED FOR THE EMI/COLUMBIA AND HARVEST LABELS BETWEEN 1967 AND 1979: THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN - SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS - MORE - UMMAGUMMA - RELICS - ATOM HEART MOTHER - MEDDLE - OBSCURED BY CLOUDS - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - WISH YOU WERE HERE ANIMALS ORIGINAL BRITISH PRESSING -- ORIGINAL HARVEST 11-ALBUM, 12-LP STEREO BOX SET BOX PF-11 ORIGINAL U.K.
PRESSING THIS SET IS STILL PARTIALLY SEALED : ONE OF THE VOLUMES WISH YOU WERE HERE PICTURE DISC IS STILL SEALED IN ITS ORIGINAL BLACK SHRINK WRAP, WITH ITS UNIQUE MECHANICAL HANDSHAKE STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE WRAP THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE OPENED WE ARE NOT SURE IF THEY WERE EVER INDIVIDUALLY SHRINKWRAPPED OR SEALED RELEASED IN A ABSOLUTELY LAUGHABLE AND RIDICULOUSLY LIMITED PRESS RUN OF ONLY 1000 COPIES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE OF WHICH PROBABLY HALF SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES , AND 400 COPIES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, THIS IS BY FAR, BAR NONE, HANDS-DOWN, THE SINGLE RAREST OFFICIAL PINK FLOYD RELEASE EXTANT.
NOTHING ELSE COMES EVEN CLOSE THE BOX INCLUDES TWO ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE PICTURE DISCS DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - AND - WISH YOU WERE HERE NOT FOUND ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY ANYWHERE ELSE THESE PICTURE DISCS ARE NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SIMILAR CAPITOL S DSOTM AND COLUMBIA S WYWH PICTURE DISCS, RELEASED IN THE LATE 1970s, WHICH ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND UNRELATED TO THIS BRITISH RELEASE THE SET COMES WITH BOTH ORIGINAL DARK SIDE OF THE MOON POSTERS PINK AND BLUE BRITISH/JAPANESE VERSIONS, NOT RED AND GREEN AMERICAN VERSIONS AND BOTH DSOTM STICKERS AND IS BELIEVED TO INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL WISH YOU WERE HERE POSTCARD WISH YOU WERE HERE IS THE LONE VOLUME IN THE SET THAT IS STILL SEALED IT APEARS THAT THE ONLY TWO VOLUMES IN THE SET THAT WERE ACTUALLY INDIVIDUALLY SEALED WERE THE TWO PICTURE DISCS, OF WHICH ONE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON HAS BEEN UNSEALED THE COVER HAS A NIFTY HYPE ADVERTISEMENT STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE SHRINK WRAP ON WISH YOU WERE HERE AND DIRECTLY TO THE COVER OF DARK SIDE OF THE MOON .
THE ALBUMS ARE RELEASED WITH ORIGINAL BRITISH CONTENT AND PROPER UK SEQUENCING NOTABLY, THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS, WHICH WERE RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES WITH SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT TRACK LISTING, SEQUENCE AND ECHO/REVERB-LOADED MIX AND WITH HISTORICALLY ACCURATE BRITISH - NOT AMERICAN - COVERS: FOR EXAMPLE, RELICS COMES WITH THE BRITISH COVER ARTWORK, NOT AMERICAN ONE, WHILE MEDDLE AND OBSCURED BY CLOUDS HAVE DISTINCT BRITISH TEXTURED COVERS, AND OBSCURED LIKEWISE HAS ROUNDED CORNERS, NOT FOUND ON THE AMERICAN RELEASE.
ALL LABELS ARE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE EMI UK LABELS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS WHICH, FOR SOME ODD REASON, USE THIRD-GENERATION EMI/COLUMBIA LABELS CIRCA 1971 AND THE TWO PICTURE DISCS, WHICH DO NOT HAVE LABELS OF ANY KIND WE ASSUME THAT WISH YOU WERE HERE, WHICH IS STILL SEALED, DOES NOT HAVE A LABEL ANIMALS HAS A CUSTOM LABEL UNIQUE TO THIS TITLE RELICS HAS THE ORIGINAL TURQUOISE EMI/STARLINE BUDGET LABEL UNLIKE U.S., WHERE THE ALBUM WAS A FULL-CATALOG-PRICED RELEASE, IN THE U.K.
RELICS WAS A BUDGET RELEASE ON EMI S STARLINE BUDGET IMPRINT ALL INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES HAVE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE EMI/COLUMBIA/HARVEST INNER SLEEVES, WHICH ARE PROBABLY LEFTOVER ORIGINAL EMI STOCK ANIMALS HAS THE ORIGINAL CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE WE ASSUME THAT WISH YOU WERE HERE LIKEWISE HAS ITS OWN CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON WHICH, FOR REASON BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION, HAS FRENCH EMI INNER SLEEVE ALL INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES CARRY THEIR ORIGINAL, HISTORICALLY ACCURATE EMI/COLUMBIA/HARVEST CATALOG NUMBERS, MARKINGS AND SPINES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST, ONE AND ONLY U.K.
PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, A RECORD CLUB PRESSING, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL TEXTURED LEATHER-LIKE, INTENDED TO SIMULATE LUXURIOUS LEATHER FINISH , 2-INCH WIDE STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD BOX WITH THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON HEARTBEAT MOTIF SILK-SCREENED ON THE FRONT PANEL AND ON THE SPINE, WHICH SLIPCASES SIMILAR INNER BOX WHICH HOUSES THE 11 INDIVIDUAL ALBUMS DO NOTE THAT THE FRENCH VERSION HAS A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT ARTWORK FROM THE UK VERSION AND FEATURES DSOTM PRISM INSTEAD OF THE HEARTBEAT MOTIF FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the thickness of EACH volume as 7.
MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD ORIGINAL LAMINATED SLEEVES PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN, SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS, MORE, UMMAGUMMA , AND TEXTURED NIBBED OR COARSE SLEEVES: RELICS, MEDDLE AND OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.
THE SUFFIXES ENDINGS OF THE MATRIX NUMBERS RANGE FROM -2 PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN TO -7 MEDDLE CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS WE RECKON THAT THE DISCS, IF THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYED AT ALL IN THE PAST 36 YEARS, MAY HAVE BEEN PLAYED AT MOST ONCE OR TWICE PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on.
This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction.
What you see is what you ll get.
GUARANTEED For additional historical information on this album, including track listing CLICK HERE TO SEE IF WE HAVE OTHER LISTED ITEMS BY THIS GROUP OR ARTIST CLICK HERE CONDITION: RECORDS IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight a THE VINYL IS ABSOLUTELY, PERFECTLY MINT, as if never played before.
The original luster is totally intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles like brand new.
The labels look perfect, simply gorgeous, with absolutely no trace of wear around the spindle hole.
The record is TOTAL PERFECTION - ABSOLUTE VISUAL NIRVANA We are confident that, in this condition, the record we present here is truly once-in-a-lifetime find.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS GENERAL GRADE IS THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PICTURE DISC, WHICH IS SEPARATELY GRADED AS VG SIDE 1 and NEAR MINT SIDE 2 INDIVIDUAL COVERS SLEEVES THE CONDITION OF THE COVERS VARIES FROM STRONG NEAR MINT, WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES OR FLAWS ABOUT ONE THIRD , TO STILL SEALED WISH YOU WERE HERE , TO ABSOLUETELY, PERFECTLY MINT AND NEAR-IMMACULATE THE REST COVER BOX THE BOX IS WEAK NEAR MINT The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the outer box inner box is flawless and impeccable - Cover has a minor, but visible, bump dent on the spine, which is also visible on the back of the box there are NO cuts, tears, gaps or holes anywhere on the box and both boxes are complete, uncompromised and fully functional - Cover has a small, round , sticker residue small yellowish discoloration from the removed price or distributor s sticker we are certain that this residue can be wiped off neatly with a minor effort and a proper cleaning agent.
- Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.
- Visible shelf wear noted on the top seam the leather paper slick on the top of the box was misaligned on the back side, causing the slick s edge to fray lightly NO part of the slick is missing this is only a minor, cosmetic issue and may not even be visible unless the box is viewed under certain angle.
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER: - No split seams - No cut-out drill holes.
- No cut-out corners - No saw-marks or indents - No dirt/dust rubbing stains friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers - No wrinkles or creases - No yellowing from aging - No writing - No stamps - No peel-off marks - No mold or mildew spots - No stickers or labels - No water damage - No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or cuts.
- No warping - No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover - No glue traces or wax residue.
- No bar codes - No RIAA stamps or stickers.
POSTAGE SHIPPING: PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT OF THIS SET, THE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE FOR THIS SET WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL AND POSSIBLY PROHIBITIVE.
THIS SET DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR OUR USUAL SHIPPING REBATES AND COMBINED SHIPPING AND WILL HAVE TO BE INVOICED AND SHIPPED SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER ITEMS, UNLESS THE WINNING BIDDER PAYS SEPARATELY, BUT REQUESTS THAT THE SHIPPING BE COMBINED WITH OTHER ITEMS.
We offer THREE postage rates for both Domestic and International Mail: Media Mail, Priority Mail and Express Mail for domestic, and First Class, Priority International Mail, and Express International Mail for international orders.
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS PLEASE NOTE: WE RECOMMEND that you pay for USPS International Priority Mail OR International Express mail when making a payment in order to obtain tracking information, which is NOT available for First Class International shipments.
INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE rates vary from country to country.
For SPECIFIC international and domestic postage rates click here.
While you can be rest assured that our packaging is careful, sturdy and impact-proof, please note that damage, loss or theft in transit is always possible, and in the case of some countries even PROBABLE.
To discuss this potential problem and ensure flawless delivery, please contact us thru eBay BEFORE placing a bid.
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