PINK FLOYD Animals ELUSIVE FIRST WIDE-SPINE COVER ISSUE, EX+ LP - LOVELY SOUND.

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ALSO: I now apply the Ebay ‘2-day’ rule for non-payment to keep things moving – cash-flow is important for any small business. I will always keep my P&P prices as low as possible, and even after yet another Royal Mail price hike from April this year, I have NOT raised my prices and will never compromise on solid, safe packing that is invariably heavier than most you will get. My P&P offers probably the best value-for-money for vinyl records available, and I even will pay for full insurance on any record that sells for over £100 at NO extra cost – that is UK and abroad. Also I aim to post the very same day after payment is received. You WILL see the difference when my packet arrives.

FINALLY: Late payers, non-payers and ‘0’ bidders will now be blocked or cancelled at my discretion. As will any bidder who cancels a bid. I do not like this practice as it is most often used to phish out the price to beat. Ebay does not approve and neither do I – so only bid on my items if you want them.

Artist or Band: PINK FLOYD

Album Title: Animals

Producer(s): Pink Floyd

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Pigs on the Wing (1); Dogs.

Side 2: Pigs (three different ones); Sheep; Pigs on the Wing (2).

Label/Format: Harvest, customised examples with matt, smooth surfaces.

Label Conditions: Both very clean, fresh and attractive with only a small few fine, light and faint spindle marks. More unusually, this early copy appears little played and offers very clean sound – that seldom the case.

Cat Number: SHVL 815

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Weight of this Record: 120 grams. A typical weight for this album.

Country of Manufacture: England

Rarity: The title itself is common enough but the very early pressings in finer conditions are a different matter. I have always found this a difficult title to find with the original thicker spined cover (no bar codes) with little wear or damage. The original inner with the wide top opening recess (later ones were much narrower) with no edge splits or ringwear and lastly a record that plays very cleanly with very little unwanted. I remember buying a copy on the very first day of issue only to find surface noise and crackle and marked vinyl from that hard unlined inner. I was not the only one, several friends had the same experiences and this album is seldom heard devoid of some unwanted sounds. This a very fine all-round copy.

Original Year of Release: 1977

Matrix Nos: SHVL 815 A-2U / SHVL 815 B-2U

Mothers / Stampers: 3 AR / 2 GRR

Musicians: David Gilmour - lead guitar, lead vocals, rhythm, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, talkbox; Nick Mason - drums, percussion, tape effects; Roger Waters - lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar on Pigs, tape effects, vocoder, bass guitar; Richard Wright - Hammond organ, electric piano, Minimoog, ARP string synthesizer, piano, clavinet, harmony vocals.

Brief Info: Following the monumental titles that preceded release, this was never going to be an easy task to follow and being totally honest, I was somewhat disappointed when I first bought and heard this album and even to this day it is not one of my favourite Floyd albums. One that still divides opinion to this day. A testing and difficult album all-round – quiet passages and obviously mass-produced for an expectant market. This one is well-pressed and audio quality matches the production and recording levels. Overall a copy to please many collectors.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT: an unlaminated gatefold format and this has the very wide, thick spine (please see my picture). A heavyweight cover and robust, it was printed and made in England by Garrod & Lofthouse (the imprint inside the gatefold) and has NO bar coding on the back. Includes the original wide recessed opening inner sleeve.

Cover Front: An attractive, strong-coloured front with little wear, this often rubs badly which this has avoided. There is a crease on the left edge near the centre that is largely lost in the graphic. Any marks or blemishes are few, small and light, small corner tip rubs are hard to avoid completely. Overall a very fine and pleasing front.

Cover Back: Generally the same again with a small tip dink to the left tip. The lack of rubbing, and especially ringwear is major plus.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Little to fault inside bar the same small cornertip dinks.

Top Edges: Thick and straight with minimal wear, also flush and parallel. These thicker covers when folded off-square can look terrible, so glad to state that is not the case with this one.

Bottom Edges: As above.

Right Edge(s), and Type: The front has a real tucked and folded edge that has barely any hint of wear. The back entrance is clean, sharp with barely any hint of burring or thickening, this guaranteed untrimmed.

Spine and Text: This copy has the very thick robust spine, more often seen compressed and crushed, again this has avoided any of that. Still solidly erect and attractive, a quite fine central crease, that being the only one, the spine is not ‘broken’ and remains rigid. A little minor rub traces to the ends that is so difficult to avoid at best, this has little other wear with the graphic and text solidly intact. As stated, this has been perfectly folded, so all edges are flush, flat and parallel. Even the fold hinges have avoided rubbing of any note and are both scuff-free.

Corners: Small tip rubs with a small, quite minor dink on the bottom right. Very fine or better shape retained.

Cover Summary: A strong all-round example of this quite unforgiving 1970’s cover, one that could prove difficult to find significantly better. Somewhat ruthless for attracting (sometimes) heavy wear, many are found shabby, ringworn and tired looking with the trademark thick spine flat and battered. This attractive example should please many collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: EXCELLENT(++): a super example and still intense black with any creasing little, gentle and faint and NO edge splits. A pure fact is, many of these were often split when purchased new as the records moved in transit. It has the very wide recessed top entrance that later was made much narrower. These were unlined and harsh to the record’s playing surface, many of the more discerning collectors immediately stored the record inside a lined inner instead which was always a very wise move. Often if the record was left inside this inner, circular press marks set in (known as ringwear) and often severe. This has hardly even a record impression let alone ringwear and the matt black surface reveals all fingermarks freely and are very difficult to remove once there – this appears hardly even touched. An uncompromising lyric inner that could also prove hard to find better.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(+): a very impressive visual copy that is very clean with excellent shine and solidly pressed. One that has avoided scuffs and abrasions from the hard inner sleeve – the reason – the owner had the good sense to keep the record in a soft lined alternative sleeve, thus protecting the record’s surface and the inner sleeve itself. Any surface marks are ultra fine and faint as seen under bright angled light, there are no penetrating stylus marks. Visually a lovely record that should please many, if not most collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or miniscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This impresisve copy plays up to it’s high visual grading with very little to fault. This has minimal traces of any surface sound, and no pressing noises, overall, an exceptional all-round copy that was a pleasure to hear this clean. Offering strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound – a real high fidelity recording as per most of the Floyd albums. With almost guaranteed high sales, this album was mass-produced to meet demand, thus pressing quality often a secondary concern, and not all copies of this album played ‘perfectly’, even from new. That can be said of many major selling albums of course. However this has not suffered any issues, both playing surfaces are devoid of bumps or invisible audible ‘nasties’ and tracking issues*. Few available copies will match or outperform it I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I feel very sure this record has hardly been played and has been generally well stored and carefully handled, almost certainly in a non-smoking environment. Nothing spoilt the play-grade experience. Total silence is near impossible via vinyl but this copy gives of it’s very best and it will not be easy to find better. A copy that can be strongly recommended, do not underestimate how difficult this record is to find like this.

* As played-graded on a high-end Linn LP12 Sondek turntable with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge tracking at 2.2 grams.

Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay as I Play-Grade every record I offer in their entirety – also on higher-end equipment – not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean it’s good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. Room light factors can make things vary sometimes, that is hard to control, especially in winter. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Quintet Black moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2.2 grams). Amps: Naim Supernait 2 with Project USB phono stage and Tellerium Black interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with Tellurium Black terminated cable). All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional VPI-17 vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D5000 SLR Digital Camera.

PACKING - THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum (unless on holiday). I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail. The record’s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my new VPI-17 Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. All records are posted in professional boxes (NOT Mailers, these do not offer any real protection). The record(s) are REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. The boxes are then reinforced with at least TWO, ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection – these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords. Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible. When larger boxes are used, the thick record and stiffener ‘sandwich’ is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further. Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. I do not profit on posting, better quality packaging costs, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is minuscule in over 14 years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that. It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure. Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE – they offer next-to-no-protection, and should be banned, no ‘professional’ should consider using them in my opinion. I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FIVE records per box (one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight). All postage costs are below and at the top of the listing.

NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please ask me first.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of TWO days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the bid, again after the mandatory FOUR days and then offer the item to the runner-up or relist. The non-payer will also be blocked from my Ebay site as will any suspicious bids or bid withdrawals. Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.75

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £1 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £12.50 (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£50 maximum]) = £16.50 (£17.50 for double sets). Add £3 per extra LP. (enhanced Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help. Thank You.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT necessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, actually a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.