PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1ST SOLID BLUE EX
£
510
$
676
£ 510
Sold For
Aug 28, 2011
Sold Date
Aug 21, 2011
Start Date
£ 100
Start price
17
Number Of Bids
Great Britain
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Description
PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LP - HARVEST SHVL 804
COMPLETE ORIGINAL FIRST DAY UK PRESSING MARCH 1973Label:Harvest
Catalog#: SHVL 804
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve
Country: UK
Released: 24 Mar 1973
Tracklist
a I Speak To Me
a II Breathe
b On The Run
c Time
d The Great Gig In The Sky
e Money
f Us And Them
g Any Colour You Like
h Brain Damage
I Eclipse
A GREAT COMPLETELY ORIGINAL 1ST DAY RELEASE COPY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. THIS COPY HAS ALL ITS ORIGINAL INSERTS AND IS IN EXCELLENT+/NEAR MINT CONDITION.THE DETAILS...
THE SLEEVE: VERY FIRST UK PRESS 'MIDNIGHT BLUE' GARROD & LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH THE RARE LEFT SIDE SEALED SLEEVE - BACK COVER HAS 'SHVL 804 (IE 064-05249) STEREO' IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. INSIDE GATEFOLD HAS 'PRINTED AND MADE BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LTD' IN BLUE TEXT IN LOWER LEFT CORNER.
THIS SLEEVE IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN. ONE OF THE RARE FIRST PRESS 'BLUE' SLEEVES. THESE 1ST PRESS SLEEVES ARE FAR MORE MATTE THAN GLOSS (THE LATER ONES ARE MORE GLOSSY) AND A LOT BLUER THAN THE LATER ONES. EVEN SLIGHTLY LATER 1ST PRESSINGS CAN BE DARKER. GREAT INNER GATEFOLD. THE SLEEVE WOULD BE GRADED AS EXCELLENT + BARRING A 2"NAME SCRIBBLED OUT IN SIDE INNER SLEEVE GIVEN THIS THE SLEEVE GRADING = EX
INNER SLEEVE: ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS PLAIN BLACK POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE WITH WHITE PATENT TEXT (SUBSEQUENT PRESS CHANGED TO WHITE INNER SLEEVE). THESE OFTEN SUFFER FROM SEAM SPLITS (OFTEN ALL 3 SIDES DUE TO THE DELICATE NATURE OF IT) THIS INNER SLEEVE HAS NO SPLITS AT ALL AND THE LINING IS INTACT. NO WEAR OR OTHER ISSUES. A GREAT COPY OF THIS DELICATE INNER. INNER SLEEVE GRADING = EX SEE PICTURES.
VINYL: 1ST PRESS A2/B2 MATRIX NUMBERS. SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE (ONLY PRESENT ON FIRST PRESS - CHANGED TO BLUE OUTLINE ON SUBSEQUENT PRESS TO IMPROVE LEGIBILITY), GRAMOPHONE RIM TEXT (ALSO ONLY PRESENT ON FIRST PRESS) & MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN TEXT. FULL GLOSS LIKE NEW SHINE. VINYL IS IN GREAT CONDITION,JUST A COUPLE OF VERY VERY LIGHT LINES WHRN HELD UNDER STRONG LIGHT AGAIN THE BEST COPY I'VE EVER HAD. GREAT AUDIO VINYL GRADING = EXCELLENT SEE PICTURES.
LABELS: BOTH SIDES PERFECTLY CLEAN, NO WRITING, NO MARKS, JUST MINIMAL SPINDLE WEAR. LABEL GRADING = NEAR MINT SEE PICTURES.
POSTERS: 2 TRULY ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS POSTERS (THESE ARE THE VERY EARLIEST 1ST DAY RELEASE POSTERS - 1 BLUE PYRAMID POSTER AND 1 GROUP POSTER WITH SHVL 804 IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. CONDITION N/MINT.
STICKERS: 2 ORIGINAL (THE FASTPRINT PERMANENT ONES WITH THE 45 DEGREE BROWN LINES). BOTH STICKER SETS ARE CORRECT FOR FIRST PRESS CONDITION EX
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