Pink Floyd - Meddle UK 1st Press Stone Mint Textured Sleeve A1-U B1-U Archive

	£		222
	$		294

I sell vinyl records with complete honesty and reliability. Above all things I am a record collector and music lover. I only sell records that I would want to receive.

 I know well the disappointment of receiving an over-graded record that turns up two weeks late. That is not the service you will receive here, so bid with total confidence. 

I don’t sell a lot of records because I spend a lot of time carefully finding, grading and listing them and do not like to rush this process, as many sellers must do to be able to sell 100 records a week!


I am mostly a collector of old time music, pre-war blues and folk, so buy job-lots that often contain rare records that aren’t to my taste so to eBay they go!

(On that note, if you have any early American blues or folk ((vinyl or shellac)) to swap or sell, please get in touch!)

I have only 20 records left to sell and these are my true gems. They came to me from a nuclear engineer who played them once to record to cassette, wrapped them outside of their sleeves and filed them away. 

They are, without a doubt, the most pristine records I have come across and I would hasten a guess the best in existence for most. Please keep watching if you want a chance of getting hold of some incredibly rare, museum quality vinyl.


Anyway, enough of the chit chat and on to the record at hand…

Pink Floyd

Meddle

And no one sings me lullabyes

And no one makes me close my eyes

So I throw the windows wide

And call to you across the sky....

5th November 1971

UK 1st Pressing

SHVL 795

Harvest

Stereo

Here we have what most be the most pristine example of Meddle in existence. It is a solid MINT throughout with a vinyl and sleeve that can’t be compared!

This is a one in a million in that it is THE earliest possible copy and is in MINT condition throughout!

 A true UK 1st pressing that is denoted by the following criteria:

·         A fully textured gatefold sleeve.

·         The Gramophone Co. Rim text running around the Harvest labels.

·         Sleeve contains the credit text:

Recorded at Air Studios, EMI Studios Abbey Road and at Morgan Studios London 1971.

? 1971

E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd)

Hayes - Middlesex - England

Made and printed in Great Britain

7110 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Limited.

Patent No. 1224339

This is your final upgrade!

Matrix Numbers

Side 1:  SHVL 795 A-1U

Side 2:  SHVL 795 B-1U

Stampers

Side 1:  2   H

Side 2:   2   GR

Sleeve Condition.

The 1st press fully textured iconic sleeve is simply the best you will come across. It is simply perfect. It looks as new! 

The bottom and top sides are pristine, sharp and without ANY shelf wear. The spine is perfectly straight, without a single sign of any wear, rubbing or aging. The corners are sharp and square. 

The only thing to mention that makes this not look shop bought today is a small cataloguing sticker which could be removed but I’m not willing to risk it on such a stunning sleeve.

The front is beautiful, with all colours still vibrant and fresh. He first press sleeves being completely unlaminated are so often found ripped, worn and tissue thin but this one is still strong boxed and simply perfect.

The rear is as good as the rest, so often open to discolouring and ripping but not here, it is near perfect!

All in all, a true 1st pressing in museum archive quality! Impossible to be mint in my opinion by its very nature, but as close as you will ever get to shop bought.

Nr MINT

Inner Sleeve Condition.

The first press ‘plastic bags can be dangerous’ inner sleeve is near to been as new as you can get. There are no rips, tears or splts. There is no foxing, writing or stains and it holds the vinyl perfectly as it should. 

It is correctly dated as 9/71 which would indicate being pressed in September and held till after the US release in October to be released in November within the UK

MInt

Label Condition.

The first press green Harvest labels are simply perfect. There are no rips, wear or writing at all.  

There is no centre hole damage at all. Under a strong halogen I can see 1 ghost spindle line. Unheard of!

MINT

Vinyl Visual Condition.

The record itself looks perfect on eye inspection!  It still retains its factory shine and lustre and looks as new. 

You really can distinguish between a Nr mint and Excellent grading, only when holding a true near mint record that just radiates perfection!  

Under a strong halogen, there is barely any sign of use at all. Just the lightest of removal ghosts to be seen. In reviewing this copy, 

I have probably removed it more times than it has been in its 50-year age!

MINT

Vinyl Audio Condition.

The record sounds truly amazing from start to finish!  The songs just jump off the record with no distortion, clicks, pops or skipping at all. It is an audiophiles dream on all frequencies.  

Echoes is one of the most 'grammatically correct' and innovative songs composed and written by Pink Floyd and needs to be listened to in first press, on a top end system with this very record.. 

You won’t hear it any better!

Nr MINT

So there we have it. An absolutely stunning example of the earliest of earliest 1st presses you can get of Meddle in archive quality.

A true time warp of a psychedelic relic!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Happy Bidding!

All my records are sent first class, tracked and signed for. Where insurance is needed, the cost will be covered by myself. I will endeavour to post all records a day after payment is made.

Records will be sent in defenda-box mailers which are strong corrugate cardboard boxes ensuring that no bending can take place. They are in essence bomb proof!

Records will be sent housed in new poly-lined inners outside of the sleeve to protect both the sleeve and original inner

I hand clean records with Clear groove and a microfiber cloth, however, if you use your own system or machine and would prefer I didn’t, then please ask.

In the unlikely case you have reason to disagree with my grading, then do not hesitate to get in touch for a no quibble full refund, although I do ask that return postage is covered by the buyer.