RICHARD WRIGHT (PINK FLOYD) Wet Dream 1978 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS MINT
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£ 44
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Apr 4, 2014
Sold Date
Mar 25, 2014
Start Date
£ 20
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5
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Great Britain
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RICHARD WRIGHT (PINK FLOYD) Wet Dream 1978 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS MINT
G&L GATEFOLD, DATED INNER, ONE PLAY, STUNNING SOUND
RICHARD WRIGHTWet Dream
UK HARVEST (SHVL 818) ORIGINAL PRESSING (October 1978 ) OF RICK WRIGHT'S FIRST SOLO ALBUM
SUPERB COPY - ONCE PLAYED AND DELIVERING FLAWLESS SOUND THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE UK HARVEST LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: SHVL 818 A-2U STRAWBERRY / SHVL 818 B-6U STRAWBERRY
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL "G&L" GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPETE WITH THE ORIGINAL WHITE EMI INNER SLEEVE - DATE CODED '1078' (October 1978)
Following the release of Animals and its accompanying "In the Flesh" tour, Pink Floyd went on hiatus, having become popular enough to support solo albums by bandmembers who were inclined to make them.
Guitarist David Gilmour and keyboard player Richard Wright were.
For his album, Wright assembled some of the backing musicians who had been accompanying Pink Floyd for years, in particular reed player Mel Collins and guitarist Snowy White.
So it was no surprise that the resulting record, Wet Dream, sounded like Pink Floyd.
Wright's keyboards had always been a major element in the Pink Floyd sound, and his singing and songwriting had also been a big part of the group's music, despite the increasing domination of Roger Waters.
On Wet Dream, he was interested in providing typically slow, contemplative, keyboard-based arrangements and singing (on about every other tune) in a becalmed, echoey voice of marital discord and escape.
Wright's conflict with Waters shortly would lead to his being dismissed from Pink Floyd (and then, bizarrely, hired back as a sideman), and in a sense his release of Wet Dream could be seen as an attempt to step out on his own
Side 1:
Mediterranean C (3:51)
Against The Odds (3:57)
Cat Cruise (5:13)
Summer Elegy (4:52)
Waves (4:18)
Side 2:
Holiday (6:11)
Mad Yannis Dance (3:18)
Drop In From The Top (3:24)
Pink's Song (3:23)
Funky Deux (4:56)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, factory-fresh labels with one light spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new - Side Two has one tiny mark - of no audible significance - essentially 'as-new'
VINYL Audio: MINT
A beautiful LP of slow contemplative numbers and in keeping with its once played status my one careful play-check at loud volume found nothing to fault the crystal clear, clean, warm sound - lovely copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Apart from a slight touch or ring wear the gatefold cover is crisp and clean with no wear to speak of on either the edges or spine
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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526 (GS 6.6.6 (526))
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