Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon LP First 1979 MFSL 1-017 NM Vinyl with inserts
  $   88

 


$ 88 Sold For
Dec 30, 2019 Sold Date
Dec 20, 2019 Start Date
$   49 Start price
14   Number Of Bids
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                                                         The Dark Side Of The Moon
                                                                       Pink Floyd
                                             Mobile Fidelity Original Master Recording
                                                            Half Speed Mastered LP
                                                                  First 1979 Issue
                                                                  Gatefold Jacket
                                Includes Poster and MFSL advertising gatefold vinyl protector
                                                       Average Discogs Rating 4.85/5


                                                                     Item Details
              Pressed in: Japan on JVC "Super Vinyl" originally formulated for CD-4 quadraphonic LPs
                           Mastering: Half Speed by Stan Ricker (SR) from original stereo tape
                                        Issued: First, June 1979 (based on matrix #s below)
                                             Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 1-017
                                                   Runout Deadwax Matrix Numbers: 
           Side 1: (etched:) MFSL-1-017- (crossed out:) A1? (etched:) 2-2 SR/~ (stamped:) 2 2 1 +
           Side 2: (etched:) MFSL-1-017- (crossed out:) B1? (etched:) B2-2 SR/~ (stamped:) 2 2 1 +

Half speed mastering allows the cutting head twice as much time to render the groove. 
This means more fine detail on playback (especially in the highs) and less waver on long 
sustained notes.

Was bought new by this seller many years ago and now offered from his private collection (you 
have absolutely known provenance). Has had limited plays only on an expertly setup high-end 
audiophile turntable, arm, and cartridge. Has never been exposed to heat or tobacco smoke 
and always stored vertically in a specially designed record cabinet (Rackit) to prevent warpage.


Was cleaned on a VPI HW 16 with Audio Intelligent solutions and ultra-pure water rinse 
(50X purer than distilled water) before my pre-sale sound check.

Very sensitive play testing was performed straight off my Ayre P-5xe fully balanced phono preamp 
over Sennheiser HD 600 headphones thru a Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 tube headphone amp fitted with 
Voskhod Soviet matched tubes (see last photo).

Track list
1: Speak To Me, Breathe, On The Run, Time, The Great Gig In The Sky.
2: Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse.

Grading 
Note: record grading by text characters is subjective and does not fully describe quality 
levels. Please see photos and my detailed descriptions below.

Outer Jacket: VG+ (Very Good Plus) Overall jacket surfaces show some light wear in the form of 
"white specks" on the surface The jacket back has more of them and a faint trace of ring wear on the 
lower left corner. There is light rubbing wear on the spine, corners, and jacket edges. The inside 
gatefold is all Near Mint. The inserted poster was never opened, but has a slight corner bend.

Vinyl: NM (Near Mint) Surface visuals were first inspected under high intensity halogen light.
Side 1 is visually perfect with no traces or jacket insert/removal rubbing wear. Side 2 has some super 
light traces thru track 2 that could barely be seen with the LP tilted and my eye about 2 inches from the 
surface. Spindle holes and labels have no wear as seen in the photos. All tracks were spot checked or
played fully though when I was digitizing my favorites into 192k/24-bit WAV files. The total listening 
quality has all the hallmarks of MFSL: quiet japanese vinyl, high dynamic range, and transparent 
audiophile-quality detail from the half speed mastering.

Packaging
Record will be placed outside the jacket to protect against seam splitting.
Original inner gatefold MFSL cardboard vinyl liner and plastic sleeve are included separately.
Record has been placed into a genuine new MFSL "Original Master" sleeve, as the original, even
if plastic lined, may be holding onto some dust. This will keep vinyl surface clean during shipping
and ultimate buyer usage.
Outer jacket is contained in a new clear polyethylene protective sleeve.
Sent in good quality record mailer with cardboard stiffeners.


Shipping
 Shipping will be via USPS Media Mail for a flat charge of $3.98 per single album sale.
A combined shipping discount is available on multiple sales completed within 5 business days 
($3.98 plus $0.50 for each additional LP). If you intend to buy more than one LP do not pay immediately
but wait for my all-combined invoice. A discount for the combined items will show on that invoice. 
Then, once payment is received, the items will ship.


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