Pink Floyd THE WALL 1979 UK 2LP 1st Press ALL -2U/-3U FINAL UPGRADE MINT AUDIO

	£		181
	$		239

PINK FLOYD - THE WALL

A GENUINE 1ST PRESS - PURCHASED 1ST DEC 79 (DAY AFTER RELEASE)

MAGNIFICENT MINT AUDIO

A TRUE FINAL UPGRADE GRADE COPY WITH A MINT MINUS  SLEEVE TO MATCH

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHDW 4111 / 4112
• MATRIX: SHSP4111 A-3U / B-2U / SHSP4112 A-3U / B-3U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS ;  2 G / 3 H / 4 OM / 1 RT
• TML-S / TML-M /  TML- X / TML -M (CROSSED OUT) X 

• SO WHAT MAKES A FIRST PRESS? 

STARTING WITH THE OUTER SLEEVE

1. THE SLEEVE MUST BE A CREAMY COLOUR NOT WHITE, LIKE THE LATER PRESSES

2. THE BRICKS DO NOT ALIGN RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE LIKE LATER PRESSES

3. THE SLEEVE IS MADE FROM ONE / TWO PIECES OF CARD SEALED INSIDE THE TOP / BOTTOM EDGE, THIS INNER SURFACE CARD MUST BE HEAVYWEIGHT, AND CREAMY IN COLOUR. LATER ISSUES WERE LIGHTER CARD AND BROWNER IN COLOUR

4.THE BRICKS ON THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD ON THE RIGHT PANEL HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION INSIDE

FIRST PRESS                                                  LATER PRESS

8TH BRICK 'PRODUCED BY DAVID GILMOUR'               8TH BRICK; ' WRITTEN BY ROGER WATERS'

9TH BRICK: WORDS AND MUSIC ROGER WATERS         9TH BRICK: EXCEPT YOUNG LUST, COMFORTABLY NUMB ETC

9TH BRICK: BOB EZRIN, ROGER WATERS

10TH BRICK: NO TEXT AT ALL                             10TH BRICK: PINK FLOYD (NAMES OF THE BAND)

THE INNER SLEEVE

1. THESE MUST HAVE ROUNDED EDGES NOT SQUARE

2. THERE MUST BE A LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE

3. A TRUE UK FIRST ISSUE WILL ONLY HAVE SHDW 4111/2 IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, NOT THE OTHER TWO CATALOGUE NUMBERS, WHICH APPEARED SLIGHTLY LATER

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE 100% UNMARKED. THE WHITE AREAS ARE PURE WHITE AND THE DEEP BLUE IS RICH AND VIBRANT. NO RUBBING TO ANY PART OF THE LABELS AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS JUST ONE TINY SPIDER LINE ON EACH LABEL SEEN ONLY WHEN ANGLED INTO A VERY STRONG LIGHT. PROOF IF NEEDED THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL ALBUM SET HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

BOTH DISCS HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND BOTH GLEAM LIKE POLISHED MIRRORS. IN DAYLIGHT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, NOT A MARK ON EITHER LP, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A FEW WISPY SURFACE SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES

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 DOUBLE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE BIDDING. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

BOTH OF THE LP'S PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL FOUR SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC IT SOUNDS.

THIS IS SUCH A HARD ALBUM TO COLLECT IN ANYTHING LIKE PRISTINE CONDITION, DUE TO THE HUGE NUMBER OF SILENT OR NEAR SILENT PASSAGES WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT ANY BLEMISH ON THE VINYL WILL BE TRANSMITTED AUDIBLY

THIS SET IS AS PERFECT AS I BELIEVE YOU WILL EVER FIND. IT IS 99.9% FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED NOISE WHATSOEVER

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT THIS HAS HAD IN THE LAST 40 YEARS HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM WHICH HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS ENSURING A TOTALLY DISTORTION FREE SOUND REPRODUCTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH DISCS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT, AND THE PLAY-THROUGH ON BOTH DISCS IS JUST 'FIRST PRESS' WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD IN OUTSTANDING CLARITY AND LOUDNESS.

LIKE I SAID THERE ARE SO MANY QUIET PASSAGES THAT IT IS VITAL TO HAVE A TOTALLY NOISE FREE SET, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE ANYWHERE AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES

NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT ON ANY SIDE

SO THE ODD .1% CONSISTS OF A COUPLE RANDOM MINUSCULE STATIC TICS 

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PRISTINE COPY OF THIS ALBUM, THEN I SUGGEST YOU TAKE A GOOD LISTEN IN FULL TO THE ALBUM THEN JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB VINYL MINT

THE SLEEVE

DESPITE ALL BEST INTENTIONS A 'WHITE' SLEEVE WILL BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THIS WALL SLEEVE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT USUALLY LOOKS IN POOR CONDITION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT I WILL DETAIL BELOW

FIRSTLY THE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT I HAVE ALREADY LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. BUT KEEPING THE WHITE SURFACE CLEAN IS A REAL ISSUE FOR THIS NON LAMINATED SLIGHTLY GLOSSY SLEEVE. FIRST OF ALL IF KEPT IN A SMOKERS ENVIRONMENT THE SLEEVE WOULD COLLECT NICOTINE STAINING AND TURN YELLOWISH, ALSO JUST KEEPING THIS SLEEVE EXPOSED TO THE AIR OVER TIME HAS A YELLOWING EFFECT USUALLY AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES.

FINGERMARK'S AND STAINS ARE ALSO IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT ONCE EMBEDDED IN THE SURFACE. SO YOU WILL USUALLY FIND THIS SLEEVE IN A POOR STATE ALL ROUND

THIS ONE HOWEVER HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE AND IN A NON SMOKERS ENVIRONMENT, AND IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS

THE CREAMY WHITE COLOUR IS JUST IMMACULATE. THERE IS NO YELLOWING TO THE SURFACE AND NO DIRTY MARKS OR HANDLING AT ANY POINT. A MINIMAL AND BARELY VISIBLE SHADE OF AGE ON THE SPINE

INCREDIBLY THE SLEEVE IS FREE FROM ANY CREASE LINES OR HEAVY CREASES, IN FACT ON THE FRONT SURFACE THERE ISN'T EVEN ANY SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THERE IS JUST ONE FINE AND BARELY NOTICABLE LINE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

NO RECORD SHAPE OR RING WEAR EITHER. ONE OF THE BEST COPIES YOU WILL EVER GET YOUR HANDS ON!!!

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO IN TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED CONDITION. FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND CLEAN AND UNMARKED. NO RUBBING EVEN TO THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND AGAIN UNWORN, NOT ONE SQUASH MARK ANYWHERE. BOTH ENDS ARE PRISTINE AND UNWORN

BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE 100% RAZOR SHARP AND NEITHER HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS ON THEM

THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN THE ORIGINAL COLOUR AND ALSO NO HEAVY CREASES. AGAIN NO SMALL LINES NEAR ANY OF THE PERIMETER EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES OR CREASES. 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER PAIR OF PANELS, SHOWING ONCE AGAIN THE FIRST ISSUE INDICATOR IN THAT THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE BAND MEMBER NAMES LIKE THERE IS ON LATER ISSUES

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE THE CORRECT FIRST PRESS CARD ISSUES AS DESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. BOTH ARE UN-CREASED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THERE ARE NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS AND THE TOP OPENING EDGES WITH THE LARGE THUMB NOTCHES ARE ALSO UNDAMAGED IN ANY WAY. THE RECORDS WERE REMOVED FROM THE INNER SLEEVES ON THE DAY OF PURCHASE AND STORED SEPARATELY WHICH HAS RESULTED IN NEITHER OF THEM HAVING ANY RECORD IMPRESSION AND THEY ARE BOTH PURE WHITE

I HAVE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

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

GARRY