PINK FLOYD STUNNING 1975 UK 1st 'WISH YOU WERE HERE'

	£		90
	$		119

Mega Rare **Near Mint Unplayed** Original 1975 UK A1//B3 Matrix 1st Pressing 'Wish You Were Here'' by Pink Floyd!!! This is the Very Earliest True First Pressing Of This Seminal Album You Are Ever Likely Too See - and the Vinyl is Stone Cold Mint!!!. It is on UK 1st Press Floyd/Harvest Labels with 1st Press A1//B3 Matrix, 1st Issue Inner Sleeve with Die Cut Clipped Edges, 1st Issue Postcard With Serrated Edges & 1st Issue Garrod & Lofthouse Non- Laminated Sleeve! Impossible To Find as a Fully Complete UK A//1 1st Press And Especially in This Kind of Mint Vinyl Condition!!!

Here is another rare treasure from this amazing original UK 1st press Psych/Prog./Rock collection we are currently listing in our vintage vinyl section. Click here to see more from this collection. All these rare UK 1st pressings must be sold over the coming weeks, most will be Nr Mint and all will be very rare... bookmark our pages as there are some sensational records coming up... Please also take a look at our other vinyl categories, we have some very rare modern vinyl currently at unbelievable trade sale prices for 2 weeks only...

Cat No:

SHVL 814

1st Press Matrix:

Side 1 - SHVL 814 A//1

Side 2 -  SHVL 814 B//3

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Just look at those matrix numbers... You are about to bid on a very, very special record. It is a record that in my opinion is harder to find as a true complete UK 1st pressing than even the solid blue prism label Dark Side of The Moon UK 1st press. It is a stunning Near Mint Unplayed example of the earliest UK 1st pressing of 'Wish You Were Here'. A truly amazing record worthy of only the most serious Pink Floyd collection. As so many copies of this record were pressed worldwide, sorting out the very rare UK 1st pressing amidst all the later & foreign pressings has become extremely confusing, especially as there are so many sellers who delight in deliberately trying to pass off later re-presses as 'UK 1st pressings'. Please read on as I am going to describe what makes this record so vary rare... Aside from being what is the ONLY MINT UNPLAYED A1//B3 copy I have ever seen, there are a number of other features that identify this record as a truly special record worthy of inclusion on my eBay pages.  

Firstly let's begin with that A1/B3 matrix. This is as early as it gets for this record. I regularly see eBay sellers trying to pass of records with later matrix as 1st pressings. The bottom line is that if it does not have an A//1 matrix on Side 1 then it is not a UK 1st pressing! The matrix numbers go very high on this record. So many copies were pressed that you regularly see them as high as A14//B16 Matrices and above. Finding a record with as A//1 matrix is almost impossible, believe me I have spent a very long time looking! This record also comes complete with the correct 1st issue Garrod & Lofthouse postcard that only came with the 1st issue. This has the serrated edge to it and the correct centre text reading; 'Album sleeve insert for Pink Floyd. Wish You Were Here. Harvest. EMI Records Ltd. SHVL 814'. All other non- serrated postcards omitting this text are either from later UK repressings or are non UK. I have given you a detailed breakdown on the condition below, but the bottom line is that this is the real deal; the earliest 1975 UK A//1 B//3 1st pressing of 'Wish You Were Here' that you are ever likely to see - and it is highly probable that you will never see another mint unplayed copy of this rare record. Worth pushing the boat out for....

An mentioned above, this vinyl is in stunning immaculate condition!!! The Classic 1st press Blue/Silver stereo unboxed Decca centre labels are in pristine Near Mint condition with NO Tears, NO Peeling, NO Grubbyness, NO Scribbles and NO unwanted writing of any kind!!! There are NO  spindle alignment lines at all on either label! This record has never been played before!!!  The gramophone rims containing the all-important 1st press Matrix are also obviously Mint!!!

As described above - the thick & chunky 1st press vinyl itself is in Stunning Nr Mint Unplayed condition!!! There are NO Hairlines, NO Scratches, NO Groovewear, NO warping, in fact - NO blemishes at all - not ever a paperline!!! I have to keep reminding myself that I am describing a 40 year old record here, not one made last week!!! I can say nothing else about this chunky 1st press record - it's absolutely perfect and Near Mint!!! This vinyl is a museum quality piece. These A1//B3 1st pressings were straight from the masters and nothing even gets close to them today, especially when you find one in this kind of pristine audio condition! They play with a very loud punchy but also deep clear warm chiming clarity and have to be heard to be believed! This is the best pressing you will hear and is far, far superior to the more common later repressings.  Absolutely beautiful!!! The thick quality pressed chunky 1960's vinyl looks and feels great (it is very heavy!).

The 1st press Garrod & Lofthouse unlaminated sleeve is in unblemished condition (again very rare, as these sleeves are prone to severe grubbiness and discolouration). There are no unwanted writing or scribbles, a nice clean spine with Near Mint legible spine text. Check out the images below, this this sleeve grades a s a very strong Excellent. As this is such a superb copy I can't let it go without a quick mention of the amazing artwork on this album; having a copy so clean brings a whole new dimension to the awesome imagery contained on the black wrapper, sleeve, inner and labels. It is a testament to the band but also a great shame that Wish You Were Here contains images that are now so well embedded in popular culture that their meaning is often overlooked. And it's especially amazing to think that the band originally wanted this mind-blowing artwork to be shrouded in an anonymous, all-black plastic wrapper. Of course, this idea was rejected by EMI, who were appalled at the suggestion that they deliberately hide their product, so an additional image featuring the band name over top of two robotic hands in front of the four elements was included as the sticker on top (which, as mentioned above, is completely intact on this copy). Removing this outer wrapper then revealed the proper artwork with its now-famous cover: the flaming businessman, shaking hands with his counterpart (as in the robot image). Three other photographs on the back and inner sleeve represented the remaining elements: a faceless salesman selling Pink Floyd products in the desert (earth); a naked female figure in a grove, barely visible behind a windswept red veil (air); and a splash-less diver half submerged in Mono Lake (water). All four photos in this design appeared to have each element 'breaking' (or burning) into the surrounding white margins.

As mentioned above, the inner sleeve and postcard are both Near perfect. Not a blemish in sight. We all know how grubby the predominantly white artwork becomes on this album, so to find an original inner sleeve that is as brightly white as this is impossible, you will not be disappointed with this Inner! It also has NO seam splitting (again very common with his inner). The rare serrated edged 1st issue postcard is also in stunning Near Mint condition. An exceptional example

Please see below for an overview of our strict packaging procedure - rest assured it will arrive to you in exactly the condition you see it now! The bottom line is that this is the absolute best unplayed vinyl pressing of the elusive UK A//1 B//3 1st of 'Wish You Were Here' that you will ever see - don't miss it!

This record is worthy of only the most serious Mint 1st press Pink Floyd collection. It is a very serious record indeed and the bidding will be high so bid early to avoid disappointment. Do not underestimate the rarity of this record as an A1//B3 UK 1st pressing in unplayed condition. **True** complete UK 1st press copies are impossible to find today. If you have never heard the UK 1st pressing of 'Wish You were Here', you are truly missing something very special. If you are a collector/investor, the price of this record will just rise and rise. An absolutely essential Pink Floyd UK 1st pressing. A very rare opportunity, don't miss this one!!!

I will be selling my entire UK 1st Press collection of 1960/70's Psych/Prog./Beat/Rock & Folk over the coming months, most of these records are in Mint- condition, many having 3 figure book prices. All will be listed here on eBay UK, most with a £2.99 start and No Reserve - bookmark my pages. Like the vast majority of my collection, this record has been archived upright in a thick outer PVC sleeve in a smoke & damp free environment since purchase!

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All our records have No reserve, a Low Start and No Surcharges!  

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