PINK FLOYD Animals 1977 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS A-2U/B-2U - CLEAN SOUND
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£ 176
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Nov 17, 2014
Sold Date
Nov 7, 2014
Start Date
£ 20
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PINK FLOYD Animals 1977 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS A-2U/B-2U - BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN SOUND
PINK FLOYDAnimals
UK HARVEST (SHVL 815) FIRST PRESSING (January 1977)
BARELY PLAYED AND DELIVERING EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SOUND
PRESSED WITH THE HARVEST CUSTOM PICTURE LABELS
MATRIX: SHVL 815 A-2U / SHVL 815 B-2U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2/T and 1/AA
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GARROD & LOFTHOUSE PRINTED, WIDE SPINE GATEFOLD SLEEVE (date coded '7701' (1977, January) WITH FACTORY SEALED AND FOLDED UNDER LEFT SIDE EDGE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS
Of all of the classic-era Pink Floyd albums, Animals is the strangest and darkest, a record that's hard to initially embrace yet winds up yielding as many rewards as its equally nihilistic successor, The Wall.
It isn't that Roger Waters dismisses the human race as either pigs, dogs, or sheep, it's that he's constructed an album whose music is as bleak and bitter as that world view.
Arriving after the warm-spirited (albeit melancholy) Wish You Were Here, the shift in tone comes as a bit of a surprise, and there are even less proper songs here than on either Wish or Dark Side.
Animals is all extended pieces, yet it never drifts -- it slowly, ominously works its way toward its destination.
For an album that so clearly is Waters', David Gilmour's guitar dominates thoroughly, with Richard Wright's keyboards rarely rising above a mood-setting background (such as on the intro to "Sheep"). This gives the music, on occasion, immediacy and actually heightens the dark mood by giving it muscle. It also makes Animals as accessible as it possibly could be, since it surges with bold blues-rock guitar lines and hypnotic space rock textures. Through it all, though, the utter blackness of Waters' spirit holds true, and since there are no vocal hooks or melodies, everything rests on the mood, the near-nihilistic lyrics, and Gilmour's guitar
Side 1: Pigs On The Wing (Part One) / Dogs
Side 2: Pigs (Three Different Ones) / Sheep / Pigs On The Wing (Part Two)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and unmarked labels with just one or two spindle traces per side
VINYL Visual: MINT
Immaculate surfaces - not a mark to be seen
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding audio - crystal clear, rich, warm and strong and my play-check at volume found practically nothing to fault - just an occasional light tick - nothing really - the framing intro and outro acoustic tracks 'Pigs On The Wing' Parts 1 and 2 both play as beautifully and as quietly as you could wish for
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The thick card gatefold cover has some light creasing to the extremities and some storage edge rub - nothing major - still in fine condition
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Superb condition, especially for this first issue inner. It's clean and fresh with very few signs of handling and no seam splits
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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