PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of The Moon LP 1973 EARLIEST EVER

	£		425
	$		563

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On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Pink Floyd called "Dark Side Of The Moon" and is an ORIGINAL 1973 UK QUADRAPHONIC 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Harvest label!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF PINK FLOYD'S RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL, IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES THAT ALL LATER QUADRAPHONIC PRESSINGS SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP HAS SOME INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES (INCLUDING THE COVER, LABELS, MATRIXES & INSERTS!) THAT ALL LATER ONES DONT HAVE - AND IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO EXAMINE THEM IN GREAT DETAIL!!!!  THIS LP WAS ONLY EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY - AND WAS CHANGED STRAIGHT AFTER RELEASE!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS ONE OF THE ULTIMATE PINK FLOYD RARITIES AND INCREDIBLY SOUGHT AFTER!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO AMAZINGLY RARE - AND ALSO SHOW THAT EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS LP HAS BEEN TOGETHER (WITH NO PARTS 'SWOPPED'!) SINCE THE DAY THIS QUADRAPHONIC 1ST PRESSING WAS MADE BACK IN 1973!!!! 

FIRSTLY THE MATRIXES ON THE RECORD, ARE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS MATRIXES - ENDING IN A-1/B-1 (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!!  SECONDLY THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE CORRECT 1ST PRESS 'QUADRAPHONIC' INNER SLEEVE - WHICH WAS CHANGED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  THIRDLY ALL PARTS OF THIS LP - INCLUDING THE COVER, LABELS & INNER HAVE THE CORRECT 1ST PRESS 'SQ' QUADRAPHONIC LOGO - AND THE INSIDE OF THE COVER (SEE PICTURES!) HAS THIS 'SQ' LOGO IN BLUE (SEE PICTURES!) WHEREAS LATER ONES WERE IN WHITE!!!!  FOURTHLY THE 'STICKERS' WERE PRINTED BY 'FASPRINT' AND HAVE 'CRACKBACK' TEXT ON THE REVERSE OF THEM (SEE PICTURES!) WHEREAS ALL LATER ONES DONT!!!!  FIFTHLY THE 'QUADRAPHONIC' COVER OPENS AT ONE END ONLY - WITH THE OTHER END BEING FACTORY FOLDED OVER AND SEALED (LATER ONES ARENT!)!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!   INCREDIBLY, NOT ONLY DOES THIS LP HAVE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1/B-1 QUADRAPHONIC MATRIX ENDINGS - BUT AMAZINGLY IT HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1/G 1/G MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS!!!!  AND THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THIS LP WAS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND ONE OF THE FIRST 300 COPIES EVER PRESSED, ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF PRESSING - WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST QUADRAPHONIC 1ST PRESSING OF THIS AMAZING LP THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET, AND ONE OF THE RAREST PINK FLOYD LPs EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION AND INCREDIBLY HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!!  IT IS ALSO 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS 2 POSTERS & 2 STICKERS - AND ALSO HAS ITS ORIGINAL & CORRECT 1ST PRESS 'DARK OF THE MOON' STICKER ON THE COVER FRONT!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1973 UK 'EARLIEST' QUADRAPHONIC 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'QUADRAPHONIC' HARVEST LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A-1/B-1 'QUADRAPHONIC' MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1/G 1/G MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'QUADRAPHONIC' INNER SLEEVE, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 2 POSTERS & 2 STICKERS, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'SQ' QUADRAPHONIC 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' GATEFOLD 'STICKERED' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Harvest UK 1st Pressing from 1973 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The Cat. No is Q4SHVL 804 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Quadraphonic' Harvest label (see picture) and is a UK Quadraphonic 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and AMAZINGLY only a 1 TINY spindle trace to either label!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely AWESOME 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 VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  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, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME 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 'Quadraphonic' inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 2 POSTERS AND 2 STICKERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'SQ' Quadraphonic 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Gatefold 'Stickered' Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO sticker tears, and NO writing!!!!  The 'Dark Of The Moon' sticker on the cover front is in MINT condition and has clearly NEVER been touched since new!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, and NO writing!!!!  There is perhaps some very VERY minor evidence of 'touching in' in a very VERY few places on the VERY edges of the cover ONLY - though this is IMPOSSIBLE to notice, and most people wouldnt even notice it, let alone mention it!!!!  And there is absolutely NO doubt AT ALL that this is an absolutely BRILLIANT conditioned cover and is EXTREMELY hard to find like this!!!!  The cover MUST grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE 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 1973 UK QUADRAPHONIC 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" BY PINK FLOYD, IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB 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!!!!!

 

 

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