Pink Floyd ANIMALS 1977 UK LP 1st A-2U / B-3U MINT MINUS AUDIO, MINT SLEEVE HEAR

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PINK FLOYD - ANIMALS

MAGNIFICENT   MINT MINUS AUDIO

1ST PRESS A2U/B3U

STUNNING!!!  MINT SLEEVE!!!

 The first presses have matrix numbers that end in -2U up to -4U

so this is not the very first off the press but definitely one of the 1977 first issue albums

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 815
• MATRIX: SHVL815 A-2U / B-3U 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 RAO / 3 RAO
• FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BLUE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND IS UNMARKED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE LABEL ON SIDE TWO IS VERY SLIGHTLY OFF CENTRE

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS NO SPIDER LINES ON SIDE A, AND ONE MICROSCOPIC ONE ON SIDE B

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES IN DAYLIGHT WHERE IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A BANK OF SPOTLIGHTS  THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY  HAIRLINES ON SIDE ONE

PLUS ONE MICROSCOPIC WHITE SPECK ON SIDE A

AN OUTSTANDING RECORD

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ON BOTH SIDES,AS GOOD AS I HEAVE HEARD A COPY

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION ON THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST SUPERB CLEAR . CLEAN AND CRISP, WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION

THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE DISC HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED WITH A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS

NO  BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN JUST A COUPLE OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES AND I AM BEING PICKY HERE

I HEARD JUST TWO REALLY TINY STATIC TICS HALFWAY THROUGH TRACK TWO SIDE ONE, BUT AGAIN NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT

THE TINY WHITE SPECK ON SIDE A CAUSES ONE SINGLE ROTATIONAL LIGHT TIC AS THE STYLUS PASSES OVER IT

THIS PLAYBACK GRADES  MINT MINUS!!!

THE SLEEVE

 THIS IS THE VERY BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO LIST

NON LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE TO FIND IN ANYTHING LIKE A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. USUALLY THE COLOURS ARE BADLY RUBBED AND THE CREASE LINES AROUND THE SPINE AND PERIMETER EDGES MAKE THE WHOLE THING LOOK SHABBY

THIS SLEEVE  IS  IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. ABSOLUTELY MINT

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE , THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN PERFECTLY RETAINED. THERE IS NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF COLOUR ANYWHERE, 

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS. 

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE AND UNBLEMISHED

INVREDIBLY THERE ARE ZERO PRESSURE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE.

NONE  ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NONE ON THE RIGHT SEALED EDGE

NO DENTS OR BENDS  AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE AS PERFECT AS I HAVE EVEN SEEN THEM. NO RUBBING, NO BLEMISHES TO THE CORNERS, JUST PERFECT

THE WIDESPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. NOT EVEN ANY FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS. THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE COLOUR IS ALL RETAINED WITH THE ENDS REMEINING IN PERFECT CONDITION AS WELL

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE COVER

THE REAR SURFACE OF THIS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE IS  IN THE SAME IMMACULATE CONDITION AS THE FRONT. NO SPINE PRESSURE LINES, AND NO OTHER CREASE LINES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PAIR PRISTINE BLACK EDGES PANELS. 

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN PERFECT CONDITION 

THE INNER HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE SEAM SPLITTING. THIS ONE HAS NO SEAM SPLITS AT ALL. AND UNUSUALLY THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES BY THE EDGES

THE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS INNER HAS ROUNDED CORNERS, A THUMB NOTCH AT THE TOP AND THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. LATER ISSUES HAD SQUARE CORNERS, NO NOTCH OR CAT NUMBER 

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT