PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of The Moon LP 1973 HARVEST MISPRINTED 1000 COPIES ONLY

	£		184
	$		244

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Pink Floyd called "Dark Side Of The Moon" and is an INCREDIBLY rare 1973 UK RAREST EVER 'Transparent Triangle' Pressing - and has a completely UNIQUE 'MISPRINTED' LABEL, that was NEVER used before or since!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF PINK FLOYD'S MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE (LIKE THIS!)!!!!  HOWEVER THIS LP IS MADE REALLY SPECIAL INDEED AS IT IS THE RAREST POSSIBLE VERSION OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND WAS ONLY PRESSED LIKE THIS FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS SO MASSIVELY RARE!!!!

THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN 1973 - JUST BEFORE THE HARVEST LABEL CHANGE - FROM THE 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, TO THE 'EMI RECORDS' EDGE TEXT.  IN FACT THIS LP IS ONE OF THE LAST LPs EVER TO BE RELEASED WITH THE 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT ON THE HARVEST LABEL!!!!  AND, AS MANY PEOPLE WILL ALREADY KNOW - THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP HAD A 'SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE' - AND THIS WAS CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER RELEASE (TO MATCH THE COVER!).  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT WAS CHANGED AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME - AND DROPPED IN FAVOUR OF 'EMI RECORDS' TEXT THAT FOLLOWED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  AND AT THIS POINT - THE RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE WAS ACCIDENTLY PRINTED!!!!  WHILST EMI HARVEST WERE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE LABEL TEXT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LABELS - SOMEONE MADE A MASSIVE ERROR, AND FORGOT TO ADD ANY 'LABEL EDGE' TEXT AT ALL!!!!  AND AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IN MY PICTURES THE LABELS LOOK POSITIVELY BARE, AND LOOK VERY VERY STRANGE INDEED WITH NO OUTSIDE 'LABEL EDGE' TEXT!!!!  IN FACT, MANY PEOPLE LOOKING AT THESE LABELS MIGHT BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THESE LABELS ARE FOREIGN LABELS.  BUT NO!!!!  THESE ARE THE ALL TIME RAREST UK 'MISPRINTED' LABELS, AND HAVE THE CORRECT UK A-3/B-3 MATRIXES & UK MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS TOO!!!!  ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL WERE EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS - AND IT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE VARIATION OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!! 

OF COURSE AT THIS POINT - PEOPLE MIGHT BE ASKING JUST HOW RARE THIS LP REALLY IS?  WELL ACTUALLY IT IS VERY SIMPLE TO EXPLAIN!!!!  THE SECRET CODE FOR ALL EMI PRESSINGS WAS 'GRAMOPHLTD' FOR THE STAMPER LETTERS ON EACH LP - AND EACH STAMPER MADE ABOUT 300 COPIES EACH.  SO FOR EXAMPLE A RECORD WITH MOTHER NUMBER '1' AND STAMPER LETTERS 'GTA' - TRANSLATES TO 'G(1)T(9)A(3)'.  IN OTHERWORDS THE 193rd STAMPER.  AND AT 300 COPIES PER STAMPER - YOU SIMPLY TAKE 193 x 300 AND THAT WILL EQUAL 57900 - CLEARLY SHOWING A RECORD WITH THESE STAMPERS WAS THE 57900th COPY IN THE ORDER OF PRESSING!!!!  AND SO - BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE STAMPERS ON THE 'EARLIEST' PRESSINGS OF THIS LP EXISTS - WE CAN CLEARLY SHOW HOW MANY WERE MADE!!!!  SO HERE IS THE CONCLUSIVE DATA FOR ALL OF THE 'EARLIEST' PRESSINGS OF THIS LP EVER MADE:-

1) 1973 'SOLD BLUE TRIANGLE' 1ST PRESSING - THIS IS KNOWN TO EXIST FROM MOTHER & STAMPER CODE 1/G (FIRST 300 COPIES) RIGHT UP TO MOTHER & STAMPER CODING 5/TT ON THE LOWEST SIDE.  EACH MOTHER HAS GONE INTO 3 FIGURES ON EACH STAMPER (MOST MAKING 150 STAMPERS) - SO AT THE VERY LEAST THERE WERE AROUND 750 SEPARATE STAMPERS USED ON THIS PRESSING.  THEREFORE 750 x 300 = 225,000 COPIES.  WHICH AS IT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF RELEASE (AND THIS LP WAS A HUGE SELLER!) ISNT SURPRISING.  SO 1ST PRESS COPIES SOLD = 225,000 (conservative estimate - probably more)

2) 1973 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' 2ND PRESSING - THIS 'CROSSED OVER' FROM THE 1ST PRESSING ABOVE, AND RANGES BETWEEN A2-B2 MATRIXES, AND A-3 B-3 MATRIXES.  AGAIN TAKING THE LOWEST SIDE 1 COMPLETE MOTHER WAS USED, AND A QUARTER OR HALF OF 4 OTHERS.  AGAIN THERE IS EVIDENCE OF EACH MOTHER USING OVER 100 STAMPERS EACH.  SO AT THE VERY LEAST AROUND 250 STAMPERS WERE USED ON THIS PRESSING.  THEREFORE 250 x 300 = 75,000 COPIES.  WHICH AS IT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF RELEASE (AND THIS LP WAS A HUGE SELLER!) ISNT SURPRISING.  SO 2ND PRESS COPIES SOLD = 75,000 (conservative estimate - probably more)

3) 1973 'MISPRINTED' 3RD PRESSING WITH COMPLETELY MISSING 'LABEL EDGE TEXT' (THIS ONE!)  INCREDIBLY THIS PRESSING HAS ONLY EVER BEEN FOUND ON 4 STAMPERS - EVER.  IT HAS NEVER EVER BEEN SHOWN TO EXIST ON ANY OTHER STAMPER - AND ALL HAVE BEEN FOUND ON A-3 B-3 MATRIXES ONLY!!!!  THEREFORE 4 x 300 = 1200 COPIES.  AND THIS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT EVERY SINGLE STAMPER WAS FULL USED (WHICH IS UNLIKELY AS THIS ERROR WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICED AND PRESSING HALTED!)!!!!  AND SO AS ONLY 1200 COPIES (OR MORE LIKELY LESS!) WERE EVER MADE - JUST DOING BASIC MATHS SHOWS YOU THAT THIS 'RAREST EVER' PRESSING IS 187 TIMES RARER THAN THE 'SOLD TRIANGLE' 1ST PRESSING, AND 62 TIMES RARER THAN THE 2ND PRESSING!!!!  AND IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE ONE PRESSING OF THIS LP THAT ANY PINK FLOYD COLLECTOR WILL NOT HAVE IN THEIR COLLECTION!!!!  SO AS YOU CAN SEE - THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE ALL TIME RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE, WITH ONLY 1200 COPIES EVER MADE (AND FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE 1000 COPIES OR EVEN LESS!)!!!!

THIS LP IS ALSO 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'COLOUR' POSTERS, 'CRACK-BACK' STICKERS (LATER ONES ARE DIFFERENT!), AND BLACK DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE!!!!  INCIDENTALLY - ALTHOUGH THEIR IS NO 'SILVER' TEXT ON THE INNER IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY CORRECT TO THIS PRESSING!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  AND THE POSTERS & STICKERS DONT EVER LOOK TO HAVE LEFT THE COVER!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1973 UK 'RAREST EVER' COMPLETELY MISPRINTED 'TRANSPARENT' PRESSING ON THE HARVEST LABEL WITH NO LABEL EDGE TEXT AT ALL, BLACK INNER SLEEVE, A-3 B-3 MATRIX ENDINGS, ULTRA RARE 'COLOUR' POSTERS & 'CRACK-BACK' BACKED STICKERS, AND 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS IS EASILY THE RAREST POSSIBLE VARIATION OF THIS LP EVER MADE (1000 COPIES ONLY!) AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Harvest UK Pressing from 1973 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is SHVL 804 on the ORIGINAL Harvest label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO stickers, NO wear (apart from a TINY 'touched in' trace around 1 centre hole!), 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 absolutely BRILLIANT 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, only 2 or 3 MEGA light 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 SHINES LIKE NEW!!!! It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound in places (as is normal and expected on this LP)!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT 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 what looks to be its ORIGINAL Black Inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 2 'COLOUR' POSTERS (& 2 STICKERS!) ARE ALL IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HAVENT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Gatefold Cover is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO sticker marks, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO ringwear, NO sticker tears, only 1 ULTRA light indentation by the back right cat number, NO rips, NO tears, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO splits, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corner tips, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, and NO writing!!!!  The cover MUST grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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