PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of Moon SOLID TRIANGLE 100% COMPLETE ORIGINAL 2 X POSTERS

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Original UK 1st pressing on the iconic solid blue triangle label!
NICE PLAYING COPY - NO JUMPS, NO STICKS!

• Matt gatefold sleeve with folded and sealed left opening edge - top condition
• A2/B2 matrix with early mothers/stampers
• 2 original glossy posters with correct markings - mint condition
• 2 original stickers with rarer markings on rear - mint condition
• Correct inner sleeve with correct markings
• The Gramophone Co. Ltd and MADE IN GT BRITAIN on labels
• Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd on inner gatefold

refer to the Pink Floyd Archives site here for the most comprehensive information you could wish to find on this iconic and highly collectable album, I will reference each element of this album below with pages from this superb site for Pink Floyd fans and collectors

A side matrix (stamped):
S H V L   8 0 4   A - 2     A  G  (at '3 o'clock')        2 (at '9 o'clock')

B side matrix (stamped):
S H V L   8 0 4   B - 2     A  M  (at '3 o'clock')        1 (at '9 o'clock')

(The very earliest possible pressing is an A-2 G 1/ B-2 G 1 pressing. The letters after the A-2 went up sequentially using the first few letters of The Gramophone Co. Ltd; G R A M O P H L T D - giving a total of 10 letters that could be used in varying combinations; so the version listed above uses A and G for the A side and A and M for the B side. A single letter is very rare, 2 letters rare, 3 letters more common).

A SIDE

PLAYGRADED IN FULL: Read the track by track audio review....(playgraded on top quality headphones)

1. Speak To Me - light background crackle, one 'ffuff' sound under heartbeat intro, just light background crackle then whilst spoken background is playing. No pops or clicks.

2. Breathe - light background crackle (very faintly audible under music). Lovely volume and tone, particularly bass frequency. Plays with no pops or clicks at all.

3. On The Run - light background crackle (very faintly audible under music). Lovely volume and tone, particularly bass frequency. Very nice stereo separation, particularly on headphones! No pops or clicks.

4. Time - light background crackle (audible during quiet parts of intro, faintly audible under music). Lovely volume and tone, particularly bass frequency. No pops or clicks.

5. The Great Gig In The Sky - light background crackle, audible during quiet parts of intro, several faint clicks which stop just before the "I'm not frightened of dying..." vocal. Sounds great during Clare Torrey's spine tingling vocals. Background crackle on quiet ending.

Vinyl looks in VG condition, with several light hairlines and a few surface scuffs but nothing deep, feelable or horrendous looking. A reasonably well played copy.

B SIDE

PLAYGRADED IN FULL: Read the track by track audio review....(playgraded on top quality headphones)

1. Money - light background crackle (very faintly audible under music). Lovely volume and tone, particularly bass frequency. Sounds awesome during the solos. Plays with no pops or clicks at all.

2. Us And Them - light background crackle (audible under quiet music, drowned out by louder sections). Plays with no pops or clicks at all. Superb tone.

3. Any Colour You Like - light background crackle (audible under quiet music, drowned out by louder sections). Plays with no pops or clicks at all. Superb tone.

4. Brain Damage - light background crackle (audible under quiet music, drowned out by louder sections). Plays with no pops or clicks at all. Superb tone.

5. Eclipse - light background crackle (drowned out by louder sections). Plays with no pops or clicks at all. Superb tone.

Vinyl looks in VG+ condition, with a few light hairlines but nothing deep, feelable or horrendous looking. Looks better than A side. A reasonably well played copy.

OUTER SLEEVE

Sleeve is in EX+ condition. Most are trashed, faded, worn and with severe foxing to the outer cover, this is in surprisingly good condition with virtually NO wear to the edges and spine. Spine is square. No sticker pulls or graffiti. This has the folded over and sealed seam to the left hand opening edge of the gatefold. Very few foxing marks to outer covers, lovely rich deep ink colour. Has the correct blue printed printer's credit on the inner gatefold:

File under POPULAR : Pop Groups

7303  TPS  Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd  SHVL 804

see the pinkfloydarchives page here scroll down to "- Front Opening #2 [FO2]: The right front opening of the gatefold cover is sealed with a fold over flap that is glued inside the opening."

LABELS

Labels are EX+ with a few spindle traces visible, no graffiti. Labels have all the correct wording with 

THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. (in upper case) around the perimeter wording at the top of the label

The Gramophone Company Limited (in upper and lower) to the left of the blue triangle

MADE IN GT. BRITAIN (in upper case) at the bottom centre of the label

see the pinkfloydarchives page here scroll down to Labels: Black Harvest label with solid light blue triangle (prism).

Text around the top edge of the label starts at 10 o'clock and says:

Text around the bottom edge of the label starts at 8 o'clock and says:

INNER SLEEVE

Original black poly lined inner in VG condition. This is the correct die cut centre (showing the label) with two patent numbers on the bottom left and MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN on the bottom right.

see the pinkfloydarchives page here  Inner Sleeve: [Front] [Back] Die-cut black polylined inner sleeve with patent numbers and "Made in Great Britain" in silver at the bottom.

INSERTS

These tend to be missing, used (sellotaped/pinned/blu-tacked etc) or have been 'updated' with later copies. The posters and stickers are both correct originals. Posters and stickers are unused.

Blue pyramid poster is glossy and has no catalogue number on the bottom right.

see the pinkfloydarchives page here  1) Pyramid Poster: Blue pyramid. Matte or glossy.. There is no catalog number on the poster.

Pink band poster is glossy and has SHVL 804 catalogue number on the bottom right.

see the pinkfloydarchives page here  2) Group Poster: A six-pane group shot poster in landscape style with "SHVL 804" in the bottom right corner. Matte or glossy.

Both stickers have the rare wavy cut lines on the rear with the word 'PERMANENT' in red, most copies I've seen have the more common FasPrint CrackBack printed on the back.

see the pinkfloydarchives page here  ... 2) Stickers #2 [S2]: Brown and yellow graphics stickers with "Permanent" on the back.

........2a) Brown graphics sticker: A brown/dark blue/yellow/green self-adhesive sticker with Dark Side of the Moon graphics. Matte. The backing paper is white with "Permanent" on the paper. There is no catalog number on the sticker.
....... 2b) Yellow graphics sticker: A yellow/sky blue/green self-adhesive sticker with Dark Side of the Moon graphics. Matte. There is no catalog number on the sticker.