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THE LUNATICS NEWSLETTER, Year I, N° 3, 05/04/2003

SUMMARY. Available in this number:

1) Welcome 2) Ummagumma Venezuela DSHLPB-9508 3) Delicate Sound of Thunder promo brazilian picture disc (2LP) 4) The OBIs in the first three japanese original records 5) Ummagumma german test-pressing 3LP

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1) Welcome. I'm glad to welcome a new members of the Lunatics Club: Augusto Rossi and Gianluca Ginnetti and his brother Fabrizio. The Lunatics Club is the first and unique virtual club for collectors and I hope that this special news can help every collector to find the best vinyl items without any trouble. Best of luck! SHINE ON! Stefano "Mr.Pinky" Tarquini ~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~ 2) Ummagumma from Venezuela DSHLPB-9508. (by Stefano Tarquini) Another special issue is known from Venezuela. You know the two Harvest Records 25005, but there is the Harvest DSHLPB-9508 with yellow-green Harvest standard label. Company: EMI-HARVEST RECORDS Catalog number: DSHLPB - 9508 Year: 1972 Cover. Front: original standard cover with the "Gigì" motif, in the bottom right shows the double black logo by EMI-Harvest; Back: standard with tracklisting in white letters, in the upper right shows the black text "File under POPULAR : Pop Groups" and "DeLuxe Doble" in white letters, below is the number "DSHLPB - 9508", "(1E 054 ° 04222)" and "(1E 054 ° 04223)" and "stereo"; Spine: "Ummagumma-Pink Floyd"; Label: yellow-green Harvest label, tracklisting in spanish, in the upper left shows the title "UMMAGUMMA" "PART 1" "PINK FLOYD", above the word "HARVEST" shows "(P) 1972", in the right shows a big "A", the catalog number "HSLP - 9508 A" with the additional one "SHDW.1.A"; Edge text: in spanish and in green letters, with "HECHO EN VENEZUELA". ~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~ 3) Delicate Sound of Thunder promo brazilian picture disc (2LP) (by Angelo Moretta) Rare original issue promo of "THE DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER". This comes with 2 LP picture-disc issued in Brazil in 1988 for a promotional use. 1 Lunatics I 03 It's extremely rare and hard to find. The cover is like the regular pressing, but very slight browning. Inside has the inner lyric sleeves. Catalog number: 177086. See the site http://digilander.libero.it/mrpinky for the pics.

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4) The OBIs in the first three japanese original records (by Yasuichiro Shimbo)

Finally, someone find all the OBIs of the first three japanese original albums.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. The original OBI is green, like the CD reissue, with white letters, it's VERY HARD to find, original price: ¥2,000, the back OBI has the price and the "HOJUHYO" (just like a recept on the back side of the OBI).

A Saucerful Of Secrets. The original OBI is all red, it shows the "ROCK NOW" series logo in the upper, yellow coloured, the text is on white letters, original price: "¥2,000" (in the upper), in the bottom shows the Odeon black logo, the back OBI comes with the price and the "Hojuhyo".

More. The original OBI is red, from the "ROCK NOW" series, with the yellow logo in the upper, white letters, and the original price of "¥2,000", price code: "H", in the bottom shows the black Odeon logo, the back OBI comes with the price and the "Hojuhyo". ~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~ 5) Ummagumma german test-pressing 3LP (by Stefano Tarquini - thanks to Ingo Brode) This is a rare german testpressing issue, with 3 LPs. Company: EMI-HARVEST RECORDS Catalog number: SMH 2212/13 Cover: The cover is like the original issue, with the "Gigì" motif; Sticker: the LP comes with a yellow-orange original sticker, with the text "2LP nur DM 29. incl. MWSt"; Inner: white with the text "EMI Records Hayes England STEREO Harvest Company EMI Group"; Labels: white labels, with the text "Unverkäufliche Musterplatte" on the left and "Seite 1" on the right, catalog number in the bottom handed writted; Edge text: it comes at 9 o'clock and says "DER VERKAUF DER PLATTE WIRD WEGEN VERLETZUNG (ST)(33) DES URHEBERRECHTS STRAFRECHTLICH VERFOLGT". The labels detail: - the first LP comes with the 2nd side of the original "Ummagumma" album live; catalog number: 188 04 222 B-1; matrix numbers: 04 222 B1. - the second LP comes with the 1st side of the original "Ummagumma" studio album; catalog number: 172 04223 A-1; matrix number: 04 223 A1. - the third LP comes with the 2nd side of the original "Ummagumma" studio album; catalog number: 188-04223 B-1; matrix number: 04 223 B1. ~·~·~·~·~·~ End of The Lunatics newsletter ~·~·~·~·~·~

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