PINK FLOYD ANIMALS LP 1st UK PRESSING copy

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PINK FLOYD ANIMALS LP 1st UK PRESSING copy RARE ORIGINAL IN AMAZING CONDITION Hi my name is Steve and I have been collecting LP's and 7" singles for nearly 30 years, and until just recently I have had emails from bidders that have emailed me stating that their records have some surface noise when played.

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PINK FLOYD: Animals Rare 1977 UK 5-track LP including original card lyric inner, gatefold picture sleeve. This copy has custom 'Factory Sample' stickered sleeve & label. The sleeve shows some marked shelfwear with some edge scuffing, but the vinyl issuperb with only light inaudible surface marks to indicate play! SHVL815.


“ It wasn't a great, one of the most productive periods of our life I don't think. We used those two tracks, which went back to '74 and changed the names and doctored them around and stuff and stuck them on the album. I like them, I love that album. It's exciting and noisy and fun and it's got really good bits of effects and stuff on it but it's not one of our creative high points really. ”
- David Gilmour, May 1992, Pink Floyd: The 25th Anniversary Special, Westwood One.


“ I didn't really like a lot of the music on the album. I have to say I didn't fight very hard to put my stuff on and I didn't have anything to put on. I played on it. I think I played really well but I didn't contribute to the writing on it and also I think Roger was kind of not letting me do that. I think it was the start of the whole ego thing in the band, Animals. ”
– Rick Wright, November 1994, BBC Omnibus Pink Floyd Special 1994.



Animals is a concept album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 23 January 1977 in the UK and on 2 February 1977 in the U.S.



The album proved a success in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 2 in the era of punk music. It was also a success in the U.S., reaching number 3 on the Billboard album charts (number 1 and number 2 were Hotel California by The Eagles, and the soundtrack to the Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born). However, it was on the American charts for only six months even though it has continued to sell solidly, to the extent of its having gone quadruple platinum, according to the RIAA.



In the UK, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album Gold (100,000 units) in 1977. It has yet to achieve Platinum.


A Little Album information


Animals is a concept album, based on the flaws of capitalism. Various castes in society are represented as different types of animals (Dogs as the businessmen, sheep as the powerless pawns, and pigs as the ruthless leaders). Although this album mainly attacks capitalism, several components are similar to George Orwell's novel "Animal Farm": In the book various animals (mainly pigs, sheep, dogs, etc.) represent different roles assumed by individuals in a communist society.



While singer and guitarist David Gilmour is only credited for the music of one track, the epic "Dogs" (previously known as "You Gotta Be Crazy"), this song and "Raving and Drooling", a Waters song which would later become "Sheep", were created at the same time as "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and originally destined for Wish You Were Here. Their creation process was similar to the method the band used during the late sixties and early seventies. They would adapt and expand their compositions by performing them live, and later in the studio find a more coherent form and concept for the whole album, with Waters writing the lyrics. Animals was the last Pink Floyd album created in this way, as the subsequent The Wall and The Final Cut, were primarily conceived by Waters and worked out in the studio with some input from Gilmour. Although Rick Wright admittedly did not contribute much compositionally, he had some influence on the arrangement of the songs, including solo playing on "Dogs" and "Sheep". As with "Welcome to the Machine" and "Wish You Were Here" on Wish You Were Here, Waters wrote "Pigs on the Wing" and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" to tie together the other songs in the album's concept. His dominance in the writing credits and the discrepancy with the actual creation process is directly related to the increasing tensions within the band.[citation needed].



The three core songs are bookended by a pair of love songs written by Waters for his then-wife Caroline:[citation needed] "Pigs on the Wing, Part 1" and "Pigs on the Wing, Part 2". Both are in stark contrast to the misanthropic middle three songs, and suggest that companionship can help us overcome our flaws – though the final lines suggest that the singer is or was once one of the dogs. For the 8-track cartridge release, which looped, Parts 1 and 2 were linked by a guitar bridge performed by Snowy White (subsequently available on White's 1996 album "Goldtop: Groups & Sessions"), and the 17:08 song "Dogs" was cut into two tracks.



The giant, helium-filled pig seen on the cover was actually flown over Battersea Power Station for the photo shoot (under the direction of Storm Thorgerson). On the first day of shooting, a marksman was on hand in case the pig broke free. However, according to Thorgerson, this was considered an "insurance problem", and he was not hired for the second day of shooting. Ironically, on December 3, 1976, during the second day, a gust of wind broke the pig free of its moorings. Because there was no one to shoot the pig down, it sailed away into the morning sky. A passenger plane reported seeing the pig, causing all the flights at London Heathrow Airport to be delayed[citation needed]. A police helicopter was sent up to track the pig, but was forced to return after following the pig to an altitude of 5,000 feet. A warning was sent out to pilots that a giant, flying pink pig was loose in the area[citation needed]. The CAA lost radar contact on the pig near Chatham in Kent, at a height of 18,000 feet and flying East. It finally landed in a farmer's field, without much damage. They then repaired the pig, and flew it up for a third time. The resulting pictures were not deemed suitable on their own (as the clear, blue sky from day three was thought to be much less evocative), and the final image was made as a composite of the power station picture from day one and the pig from day three.



The album had custom picture labels, using drummer Nick Mason's handwriting as a typeface, as did the lyrics on the liner sleeve. Side one's label depicted a fish-eye lens view of a dog and the English countryside. Side two's was similar, but featured a pig and sheep instead of the dog.


Originally released on Columbia Records in the U.S. and Harvest Records in the UK, Animals was then remastered in 1992 for its inclusion on the Shine On box set. The remaster was subsequently released on its own by EMI in 1994. In 1997, Columbia Records issued an updated remaster in the United States, Canada, Australia, South America and Japan. Animals was again re-released in April 2000 by Capitol Records in the US, and on the EMI label in Japan, Canada, South America and Australia again using the 1992 Shine On remaster along with the artwork from the 1994 EMI Europe reissue.


THE COVER: The cover shows faint wear to the top and bottom edges. There is also a small amount of wear to the top corner of the spine. The corners are slightly rounded. The cover remains free though of any writing splits or tears.
I have graded the cover in Excellent condition.

First issue without a scancode on the cover. Original release has a thick cardboard cover with the left side of the gatefold sealed with a foldover, and in the lower right corner of the inside cover it says "made and printed in Great Britain 7701 TM Garrod & Lofthouse ltd."

THE BACK COVER: The back cover remains in the same condition as the front.
Except for small blemish to the bottom left corner of the LP. I have also graded this in Excellent condition.

THE INNER SLEEVE: Black cardboard inner sleeve with lyrics on it. Original issue has round corners, and a 9-inch notch on the edge that opens. In the lower right corner of the second side, it says "SHVL 815(1).

Only seen on First Pressings..

THE VINYL: The lp's vinyl still retain a fantastic shine to both playing surfaces and shows only some very faint marks viewed under strong light where the LP has been taken from its paper sleeve. There are no scratches to either side of this LP. I have graded the LP in Near Mint condition.

THE LABELS: Barking dog picture label.
Text around the top edge of the label starts at 9 o'clock and says:
EMI Records Ltd. All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
Text around the bottom edge of the label starts at 7 o'clock and says:
Made in Great Britain. Unauthorized public performance, broadcasting, and copying of this record prohibited.

Both labels show no spindle marks and looks totally unplayed. Both labels are in excellent condition with no writing on either surface.

MATRIX NUMBERS:
SIDE 1 SHVL 815 A-3U
SIDE 2 SHVL815 B-4U
THE SOUND:
Played and listened to on a Elite Rock II, Linn Ittok with Clearaudio Sigma cartridge.
Amplification. Lavadin amp.
Speakers Horn loaded hand made by Resolution Speakers.
SIDE 1: Played all the way through without skipping or jumping the sound was solid, tight and crystal clear with no distortion.
There is some very faint surface noise but this doesn't spoil the pleasure of listening to this classic LP. There is again some surface noise in between tracks but again not excessive.
SIDE 2: Again played all the way through with no skips or jumps the sound once again sounding solid, sharp and crystal clear with no evidence of distortion.
Surface noise was heard once again on the run in groove to the first track.
Again inbetween tracks some faint surface noise was heard but again it did not interrupt or detract from the listening pleasure.
Overall the the sound of this LP is truly stunning concidering its age and i can only grade it as Near MInt .


Very tight full sound.

Tracklisting:
Side one
1. "Pigs on the Wing 1" – 1:24

2. "Dogs" (Gilmour, Waters) – 17:06

Side two

1. "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" – 11:28

2. "Sheep" – 10:21

3. "Pigs on the Wing 2" – 1:27


All songs written by Roger Waters except where noted.
All lead vocals performed by Roger Waters, except "Dogs" with lead vocals by David Gilmour and Roger Waters.


Year of Release: 1977 - 31 years old
Artist: Pink Floyd
Title: Animals
Format: LP
Record Label: Harvest
Catalogue No: SHVL815
Additional info: Deleted
Country of Origin: UK

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