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PINK FLOYD

DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

SHVL -804

UK VERY FIRST PRESS 

SHVL 804 - 2A and SHVL 804- 2B

STAMPERS/MOTHERS = Side one  4GGM and Side Two 2RL

COMES COMPLETE WITH 2 STICKER POSTCARDS & 2 COLOUR POSTERS

GRADING:

ACTUAL VINYL  EXCELLENT+

Still retains a Lovely and glossy just pressed look under any light, even after 45 years. Amazing. I would easily grade this as Near Mint but under a strong light there are small light hairlines visible, 3 on side one, and 2 on side 2. This is in no way detrimental to the fantastic audio.

LABELS    EXCELLENT+

Lovely bright and clean, with no stickers,residue or writing. Spindle lines are obviously evident after all these years but can only be seen in strong light partly due to the light blue prism colour.

POSTERS    MINT

These have obviously never left the sleeve in 45 years. Superb as NEW condition

POSTCARD STICKERS  MINT

As above again probably never left outer sleeve in NEW condition Superb

OUTER SLEEVE   VERY GOOD+

The Original Blue Tint Outer Gatefold Sleeve is graded as VG+. The sleeve is the original, with one opening only at back of gatefold right side , but has shelf rub on both sides and bottom and faces , The front face is age foxed with evidence of the original sticker showing but not a rash or glue residue, you can basically just see in the colour it once had the sticker. Inside the gatefold is nice and clean.  (PLEASE SEE PICTURES)

Because of the superb condition of the vinyl and labels stickers and posters I would source another Sleeve to make this a superb example of an iconic rare vinyl.

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Pink Floyd ?– The Dark Side Of The Moon

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Pink Floyd ?– The Dark Side Of The Moon

Label:

Harvest ?– SHVL 804, Harvest ?– 1E 064 o 05249

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve

Country:

UK

Released:

24 Mar 1973

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist  

A1 Speak To Me

A2 Breathe

A3 On The Run

A4 Time

A5 The Great Gig In The Sky

Vocals – Clare Torry

B1

Money Saxophone – Dick Parry

B2

Us And Them Saxophone – Dick Parry

B3 Any Colour You Like

B4 Brain Damage

B5 Eclipse

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.

• Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.

• Published By – World Copyrights Ltd.

• Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.

• Pressed By – EMI Records Ltd.

• Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Credits

• Artwork [Sleeve Art, Stickers Art] – George Hardie N.T.A.*

• Backing Vocals – Barry St. John, Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike

• Bass, Vocals, Synthesizer [VCS3], Effects [Tape] – Roger Waters

• Design [Sleeve], Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)

• Engineer – Alan Parsons

• Engineer [Assistant] – Peter James

• Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer [VCS3] – Richard Wright

• Lyrics By – Roger Waters

• Music By – Pink Floyd

• Percussion, Effects [Tape] – Nick Mason

• Producer – Pink Floyd

• Supervised By [Mixing] – Chris Thomas

• Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Vcs3] – David Gilmour

• Written-By – Gilmour* (tracks: A2 to A4, B3), Mason* (tracks: A1, A4, B3), Wright* (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B2, B3), Waters* (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B2, B4, B5)

Notes

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London between June 1972 and January 1973.

? 1973 The Gramophone Co. Ltd.

Made in Gt. Britain

E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Co. Ltd.) Hayes · Middlesex · England

File under POPULAR : Pop Groups

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This is the original form of the release, it has solid light blue prism LP picture labels with silver lettering, later forms have an empty prism. It has a gatefold sleeve, and there are three known variations of the original blue-tinged sleeve - see below. Originally delivered with 2 posters and 2 stickers.

There are 2 systems for track numbering on the release. The cover lists the titles A1 to B5 (used in this submission). The labels however number the tracks from (a) to (i) so, for example, "Breathe" is listed as "(a)(II)" on the label but "2" on the cover (see images).

The following is a guide to identifying all of the elements that make up the first pressing:

1. The label has a solid light blue prism. Subsequent pressings have a blue glowing inner edge prism with the centre black.

2. 'The Gramophone Co.' text starts at 10 o'clock on label.

3. A-2/B-2 matrix stamps appear in the runout area.

4. Thick heavyweight vinyl believed by some to be the 'finest' and most true encapsulation of this historical recording as the first pressing was pressed direct from the original masterplate.

5. There is a distinct bluish tint/tinge in the black ink of the cover.

6. There are three known original sleeve variations. 1. The right front opening of the gatefold cover is sealed with the two sides glued together. 2. The right front opening of the gatefold cover is sealed with a fold over flap that is glued inside the opening. 3. The right front opening of the gatefold cover is not sealed. A known 2/2 matrix, 1 mother, G stamper copy came with (3), an unglued and non-'folded in' sleeve at time of release, which hints at the possibility that very first pressings did not come with glued flaps, which is where the poster and stickers were located.

7. Inner sleeve is a distinctive polythene lined die cut black semi matt paper with white printed text stating 2 patent numbers bottom left [1125555/1072844] and 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN' bottom right.

8. Posters and stickers were printed on paper stock that has a rough texture (later pressings used paper that was gloss laminated).

9. Stickers have printed backs with diagonal lines across them, and the words 'Fasson' 'FasPrint' and 'Crack-Back'.

10. First copies came with a small round sticker white text on blueish black stating 'Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon' (confirmed for stampers GL/MO).

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This first edition was initially pressed by The Gramophone Co. Ltd., from July 1st, 1973 by its legal successor, EMI Records Ltd. at the same plant.

International E.M.I. catalog number 1E 064 o 05249 appears in small fonts and parentheses on the cover rear.

Note on Credits:

Though credited for the entire album, Barry St John, Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, and Liza Strike perform backing vocals only on tracks A4, B2, B4, and B5.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label A): SHVL 804A

• Matrix / Runout (Label B): SHVL 804B

• Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped): SHVL 804 A-2

• Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped): SHVL 804 B-2

• Matrix / Runout (Both Runouts: Mother number at 9 o'clock): 1 or higher

• Matrix / Runout (Both Runouts: Stamper at 3 o'clock): G [or higher]