PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother LP 1970 HARVEST 1st Press

	£		227
	$		301

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Pink Floyd called "Atom Heart Mother" and is an ORIGINAL UK 1970 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Harvest label!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (WELL BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!) WITH MANY IMPORTANT DETAILS THAT ARE SIMPLY NOT PRESENT ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  IT ALSO COMES WITH AN ULTRA RARE HARVEST 'PROMOTIONAL' INSERT THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!!!!  IT IS ALSO AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING - CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN ALL THE VERY IMPORTANT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS BELOW:

FIRSTLY THE RECORD IS PRESSED ON MASSIVELY THICK VINYL (LATER ONES ARE THINNER) AND THE MATRIXES IN THE RUN OFF GROOVES END IN 1G/1G (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!!  SECONDLY THE LABELS HAVE 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT & NO EMI BOX ON THE LABELS (LATER ONES DO!)!!!!  THIRDLY THE COVER HAS THE EARLIEST '7010' & 'PATENTS' TEXT - WHICH WAS REMOVED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS LP WAS RELEASED!!!!  FOURTHLY THIS LP HAS A 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL - SHOWING THAT THIS LP WAS QUITE LITERALLY ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!!  FACTORY SAMPLES WERE SENT OUT WELL BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE TO MUSIC REVIEWERS & RADIO STATIONS - AND ONLY EVER IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS!!!!  AND IN THIS CASE - THE 1 PREVIOUS OWNER OF THIS LP WAS AN EX-MUSIC REVIEWER WHO RECEIVED THIS LP PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE FOR REVIEW!!!!  THIS LP ALSO HAS AN IMPOSSIBLY RARE HARVEST 'PROMOTIONAL' INSERT (SEE PICTURES) - WHICH WAS INSIDE THE LP WHEN THE EX-MUSIC REVIEWER RECIEVED IT DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  AND THIS INSERT REALLY IS AN ABSOLUTE ULTRA RARITY SHOWING & PICTURING ALL THE HARVEST LPS RELEASED PREVIOUSLY DIRECTLY BEFORE THIS LP (SHOWING THAT THAT IT WAS CLEARLY MEANT & DESIGNED FOR 'FACTORY SAMPLES' OF THIS LP ONLY)!!!!  AND LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' COVER DESIGN WHICH WAS ONLY EVER USED ON A TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY (WELL BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE)!!!!  THIS 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS COVER IS A 'ONE PIECE' GATEFOLD COVER WHICH FOLDS OVER AT THE BOTTOM AND IS GLUED AT MANUFACTURE ON THE INSIDE OF THE TOP!!!!  THIS ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' TYPE OF COVER WAS CHANGED IMMEDIATELY (EVEN BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE) TO THE STANDARD LATER COVERS THAT WERE FOLDED OVER AT THE TOP AND GLUED ON THE INSIDE OF THE BOTTOM INSTEAD.  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WITH ALL OF THESE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS DIFFERENCES!!!!  AND IT IS TRULY A 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME' CHANCE TO FIND ONE AS A 'FACTORY SAMPLE' EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING & COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'PROMOTIONAL' HARVEST INSERT!!!!   NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN STUNNING CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS HARVEST LABEL, 1ST PRESS NO EMI BOX ON THE LABEL (LATER ONES DO), 1ST PRESS 1G/1G MATRIX ENDINGS (LATER ONES DONT), 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, ULTRA RARE HARVEST 'PROMOTIONAL' INSERT, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' GATEFOLD COVER (WITH ALL OF THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS DIFFERENCES I MENTIONED ABOVE)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK Harvest 'Earliest' 1st Pressing from 1970 and is in STUNNING condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is SHVL 781 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Harvest label (see picture) and is a 1970 UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely MEGA faint touches of ULTRA low level background sound on the run on grooves and VERY occassional gap - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+!!!! SUPERB RECORD!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve!!!!  THE IMPOSSIBLY RARE HARVEST 'PROMOTIONAL' INSERT IS IN AMAZING CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The 'Earliest' 1st Press Gatefold Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), NO rubbing, NO ringwear, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), and NO writing (apart from an absolutely TINY 'x' in 1 corner)!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside is in AWESOME condition with NO writing, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, NO yellowing, and NO grubbyness!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent(Minus) if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP in this sort of condition!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "ATOM HEART MOTHER" BY PINK FLOYD, IN STUNNING CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: