PINK FLOYD "Animals" 1977 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS w/INNER

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	$		150

 
PINK FLOYD "Animals" 1977 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS w/INNER + 92 PAGE SONGBOOK w/EXTENSIVE PHOTS/MUSIC & LYRICS

PINK FLOYD
Animals

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, UK HARVEST RECORDS (SHVL 815) FIRST PRESSING (January 1977) OF PINK FLOYD'S TREMENDOUS “Animals” LP

***** THIS COPY ALSO INCLUDES AN ORIGINAL 92 PAGE SONGBOOK 'PUBLISHED BY PINK FLOYD MUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD., 27 NOEL STREET, LONDON W1V 3RD' and PRINTED IN THE US BY 'VICKS LITHOGRAPH AND PRINTING CORPORATION'
WHICH INCLUDES EXTENSIVE BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR PHOTOS OF THE BATTERSEA POWER STATION 'EVENT' AND BAND REHEARSALS AS WELL AS THE MUSIC AND LYRICS FOR ALL THE SONGS ON THE LP AND A TWO PAGE DETAILED 'EUROPEAN TOUR 1977' 'PINK FLOYD EQUIPMENT AND TECHNICAL RYDER'

SUPERB ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE LP

THE LP HAS THE HARVEST CUSTOM PICTURE LABELS
FIRST ISSUE MATRICES: SHVL 815 A-2U / SHVL 815 B-5U (one of the many matrix combinations used for this first pressing)
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GARROD & LOFTHOUSE PRINTED, WIDE SPINE GATEFOLD SLEEVE (date coded '7701' (1977, January) - NO BARCODE ON THE BACK
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE

A BEAUTIFUL COPY - NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN ANYTHING APPROACHING NEAR MINT CONDITION AS THE THICK GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS SO EASILY WORN AND RUBBED, THE INNER SPLIT AND THE VINYL SO OFTEN DISPLAYING LOTS OF SURFACE NOISE AND CRACKLE - BUT NOT THIS COPY WHICH RANKS AS ONE OF THE FINEST I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG WHILE - VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

FIRST ISSUE CRITERIA:
SLEEVE: NO barcode on the cover. Original release has a thick cardboard cover with the left side of the gatefold sealed with a fold-over, and in the lower right corner of the inside cover it says "Made and printed in Great Britain 7701 TM Garrod & Lofthouse ltd." (7701 = January 1977)
INNER SLEEVE: Black cardboard inner sleeve with lyrics. 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)." Later issues have square corners, no notch, and no catalog number on side 2
LABELS: Barking dog picture label. Inconsistent rough/smooth finish sometimes roughly pressed
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.

SUPERB UK FIRST PRESSING WHICH SOUNDS SENSATIONAL THROUGHOUT

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

Track Listing:
Side 1: Pigs On The Wing (part one) / Dogs
Side 2: Pigs (Three Different Ones) / Sheep / Pigs On The Wing (part two)

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO wear, NO marks/unwanted writing and NO evident spindles. THIS COPY HAS CLEARLY HARDY BEEN PLAYED
VINYL Visual: The vinyl has a DEEP, virtually AS-NEW, GLOSSY sheen and is practically UNMARKED - some light sleeve removal hairlines only which have NO audio consequence. SUPERB COPY
VINYL Audio: OUTSTANDING AUDIO - CRYSTAL CLEAR, RICH, WARM and STRONG. As usual, the soundscapes PINK FLOYD create are STUNNING with an astonishing dynamic range. There are NO scratches, NO sticks or jumps and barely any clicks or pops (really, hardly any). The framing intro and outro acoustic tracks - 'Pigs On The Wing' Parts 1 and 2 both play as beautifully and as quietly as vinyl possibly can. The album plays THROUGHOUT to a very high standard with SUPERB CLARITY, NO groove-wear and NO distortion (it's hardly been played) and must be critically graded EXCELLENT+ for audio - BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN SOUNDING COPY OF A TREMENDOUS LP AND I THINK A FINER UK FIRST PRESSING WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO LOCATE INDEED - VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
SLEEVE: The THICK CARD gatefold cover is in GREAT condition with NONE of the common ring wear/rubbing so often associated with this easily worn sleeve. The THICK spine is straight and true with all text CLEAR and BOLD. There are some light indentation marks on the back but nothing major (please see photos). Overall, EXCELLENT+
INNER SLEEVE: Again, SUPERB condition, especially for this first issue inner. CLEAN, BRIGHT and FRESH with very little signs of handling and NO splits to any of the edges (very rare) - BEAUTIFUL condition. EXCELLENT+
SONGBOOK: EXCELLENT with NO marks or unwanted writing/notes etc. All pages are CLEAN and UNMARKED


PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I USUALLY TAKE QUITE A FEW SO YOU CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF THE RECORD, SLEEVE & INNER
I HAVE UPLOADED AS MANY PICTURES AS I CAN BUT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPLY ANY ADDITIONAL PHOTOS ON REQUEST
SUPERB *COMPLETE* UK FIRST PRESS OF PINK FLOYD'S CLASSIC WHICH SOUNDS SENSATIONAL THROUGHOUT AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE ORIGINAL SONGBOOK - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
AS WITH ALL MY RECORDS THIS HAS A LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE
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