Pink Floyd DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1st PRESS A2/B2 SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE EXCELLENT

	£		920
	$		1,219

PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

1ST PRESS SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE A2/B2

WITH AN OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS SLEEVE !!!!!

VINYL PLAYS EXCELLENT!!!

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 815
• MATRIX: SHVL815 A-2U / B-2 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 GDA / 4 GGG 
• VERY EARLY FIRST PRESS ONLY A2/B2 INDICATES THIS AS THERE WERE NO RELEASED -1 COPIES

AS I AM SURE YOU ARE ALL AWARE THE VERY VERY FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM HAD THE SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE IN THE CENTRE OF THE LABEL, WHICH WAS VERY QUICKLY WITHDRAWN DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SILVER TYPEFACE COULD NOT BE READ.

IT WAS REPLACED WITH THE OUTLINE LABEL, BUT OF COURSE THIS WAS ONE ONE THE BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME AND WAS MASS PRODUCED. MATRIX NUMBERS RUN UP TO -15 FOR REALLY LATE REISSUES

WHAT YOU DO HAVE HERE IS AN EXCELLENT COPY  OF A VARY RARE ALBUM INDEED. PLAYED NO MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF TIMES SINCE 1973

SO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A FIRST ISSUE VINYL IS WITHOUT QUESTION. WHAT BIDDERS NEED TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE CAREFUL ABOUT IS THE SLEEVE THAT GOES WITH IT. IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES WERE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOUR TO THE MORE COMMON REISSUES. THE SURFACE WAS A DELICATE POWDERY MATT BLUE BLACK FINISH AS OPPOSED TO THE SHINY JET BLACK FINISH OF THE REISSUES. AS A RESULT THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES WERE VERY EASY TO DAMAGE AND MANY COPIES WILL BE FOUND VERY SHELF WORN. IN PARTICULAR WHERE THE USUAL LINES APPEAR NEAR THE SPINE, THESE WILL HAVE MOSTLY BE SEEN AS WHITE LINES ON THE SURFACE WHERE THE COLOUR HAS COME OFF. ALSO RING WEAR BLIGHTS THIS SLEEVE USUALLY. SO IT HAS BEEN KNOWN THAT SOME HAVE SWAPPED POOR 1ST ISSUE SLEEVES FOR BETTER REISSUES. THIS ONE HOWEVER IS A GENUINE FIRST ISSUE ON ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.

FINALLY THE POSTERS AND STICKERS. THE POSTERS MUST HAVE A MATT SURFACE TO THE PAPER. LATER ISSUES WERE GLOSSY AND AGAIN ONLY A TRUE FIRST ISSUE WILL HAVE THE MATT ONES. THE STICKERS MUST BE STAMPED ON THE BACK WITH THE WORDS 'CRACK BACK' AND THE BROWN LINES MUST RUN DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE PAPER. AGAIN HERE YOU HAVE TWO GENUINE ORIGINALS

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 SILVER TYPEFACE IS AS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AS IT SHOULD BE ALLOWING FOR THE FACT THAT THIS IS WHY THE FIRST PRESS WAS REPLACED, AND A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST TEN OR SO REALLY SMALL SPIDER LINES, SHOWING THAT THIS LP HAS HAD LIMITED PLAY IN THE 39 YEARS IT HAS BEEN AROUND

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL STILL RETAINS ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN, BUT AS IMMACULATE AS THE SLEEVE IS, I AM CERTAIN THIS VINYL HAS SPEND SOME TIME OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE, AND PROBABLY OUT OF THE INNER SLEEVE RESTING AGAINST OTHER VINYL FOR IT DOES HAVE VERY FINE SURFACE MARKS AND HANDLING SIGNS

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

ONLY A VERY FIRST PRESS DARK SIDE OF THE MOON HAS THIS INCREDIBLE AUDIO REPRODUCTION. I HAVE PLAYED IT BACK TO BACK WITH A LATER PRESSING AND THERE IS JUST NO COMPARISON. A TRULY AWESOME STEREO SOUND AND A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND . THERE IS NO DISTORTION ANYWHERE AND THIS IS WHY I HAVE LISTED THIS VINYL

CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE EITHER, AND NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS LIGHT BACKGROUND CAUSED BY THE SURFACE LINES. THIS IS BEHIND THE MUSIC IN MOST PARTS AND IN SOME PARTS OF THE PLAY INAUDIBLE

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 4 RANDOM TINY LITTLE DUST POPS, AND ONE LOUDER TIC JUST AS SIDE ONE STARTS 

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL EXCELLENT!!!

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS  ALBUM BEFORE YOU BID, AND THEN YOU CAN JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

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 HAS IN THE MAIN BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE AND HAS THUS BEEN KEPT IN A VERY COLLECTIBLE CONDITION.

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.THAT IN ITSELF IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS. AND THERE ARE JUST TWO MICROSCOPIC LINES VERY CLOSE TO THE SPINE

THE SLEEVE IS THE CORRECT BLUE/BLACK ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE WITH THE SEALED FLIPBACK INSIDE THE FRONT EDGE.

THE BOTTOM EDGE WHICH WOULD USUALLY BE FOUND BADLY RUBBED, HAS VIRTUALLY NO COLOUR LOSS WHATSOEVER, WHICH BACKS UP THE FACT THAT THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROPERLY PROTECTED IN AN OUTER COVER . THE VERY TIP OF THE RIGHT CORNER HAS SLIGHTLY RUBBED, AND THATS ALL!!!

THE TOP EDGE IS IN THE SAME INCREDIBLE CONDITION, AGAIN WITH JUST THE RIGHT TIP HAVING MILD RUB

THE SPINE IS ONE THE BEST I HAVE SEEN. AGAIN THIS WOULD USUALLY BE FOUND IN AN AWFUL WORN STATE BUT HERE ON THIS COPY IT IS MINT. COLOURS UNRUBBED AND A TOTALLY FLAT SURFACE WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOUR PRESERVED

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP HAS PROBABLY BEEN KEPT SEPARATE TO THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE OF THIS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT, WITH JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PAIR OF PRISTINE BLACK INNER PANELS!!

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THE INNER HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE SEAM SPLITTING. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS BUT THE SLEEVE DOES HAVE SOME CREASES TO THE CORNERS, AND AGAIN I AM CROATIAN THAT THIS IS BECAUSE THE LP HAS SAT INSIDE THIS SEPARATE FROM THE SLEEVE

THE POSTERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION AND ARE THE ORIGINAL MATT SURFACE ORIGINALS NOT LIKE THE LATER SHINY ONES.

THE STICKERS ARE THE CORRECT CRACK BACK ISSUE WITH THE DIAGONAL LINES RUNNING ACROSS THE BACK

A SIMPLY SUPERB ORIGINAL SET

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!!!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY