PINK FLOYD MEDDLE 1st UK PRESS 1st ISSUE MiNt AuDiO PrOg RoCk PsYcH MoNsTeR

	£		196
	$		260

PINK FLOYD ''MEDDLE'' ORIGINAL UK PRESSING CAT NO SHVL 795 WITH THE EARLIEST 'GRAMOPHONE' LABEL RIM TEXT!   LOOK EARLIEST POSSIBLE MATRIX ''A-1U'' ''B-1U'' EVEN RARER STILL LOOK '1' TO '1'  MOTHER STAMPERS ''1''''PO'' AND ''1''''LL'' UNBELEIVABLY RARE, FOR THE BEST AUDIO POSSIBLE ON VINYL! VINYL  SOUNDS NEAR MINT ON MY SYSTEMS! AWESOME AUDIO THROUGH OUT!! ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED  (INSIDE AND OUT) GARROD & LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD COVER! VERY RARE LIKE THIS AND EXTREEMELY SOUGHT AFTER AND COLLECTABLE!

Another from my dads personal collection of over 50,000 UK records that he has acumalated over a period of more than 45 years of collecting.. I have his permission to list these records in the style that he uses on his site. This this the original and extreemely, unbeleivably early 1st UK pressing! Features ''1U'' Matrix endings on both sides (only 1st press) also pressed from the earliest possible mother stampers features ''1'' to ''1'' mothers! Impossibly rare to find like this, try to find another copy this early and in this condition! What also makes this copy so desirable is that the vinyl  sounds barely ever played and the audio, clarity and seperation is absolutely stunning throughout! Any audiophiles out there that know this album on vinyl, will know that, with the many quiet places during the play of this album, it is imperitive to get a very clean vinyl to hear this awesome master peice properly! My dads main hobby over the past 45 years or more, is and has always been collecting vinyl, always to try to find the best audio quality available. The audio quality has always been his prime interest rather than the rarety! From his personal experience the earliest pressed vinyls produce the best audio quality available in any format out there! I think that you will be hard pushed to find a better sounding copy than this one on offer! This is complete with the original EMI record sleeve and first issue Garrod & Lofthouse gatefold cover, textured both outside and inside only found on 1st UK issues. This has some general light storageware rubbing with age only but this is the original 1st issue! 

Meddle is an album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was recorded at various studios in between the band's live touring commitments from January to August 1971!!!.

Originally released in the U.S. on 30 October 1971 by Harvest/Capitol and in the UK on November 5 by Harvest/EMI, the album was later remastered three times!

Though the tracks have a variety of moods, Meddle is generally considered more cohesive than its 1970 predecessor Atom Heart Mother, and is thought by many fans to be Pink Floyd's first truly great album recorded without Syd Barrett. It enjoyed some commercial success in the United Kingdom (reaching #3 on the charts), but lacklustre publicity on the part of Capitol Records led to weak sales in the U.S. However, Meddle was later certified Gold by the RIAA in October of 1973 and then double platinum on 11 March 1994 following the added attention garnered by the band's later successes in America!!!.

"One of These Days" opens the album with an ostinato bassline, played by both Gilmour and Waters, with Gilmour playing slide guitar. In later years, Gilmour would play the slide part with a lap steel guitar, mounted on legs, similar to a pedal steel guitar. A largely instrumental piece, the only lyric, 'One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces', is spoken by Nick Mason. It is followed by "A Pillow of Winds", which is distinguished by being one of the few quiet, acoustic love songs in the Pink Floyd catalogue. These two songs segue into each other via wind effects, anticipating the same technique that would later be used on Wish You Were Here!!!.

The song "Fearless" employs field recordings of the Liverpool F.C. Kop choir singing "You'll Never Walk Alone", their anthem, which brings the song to an end in a heavily reverberated fade-out. "San Tropez", by extreme contrast, is a jazz-inflected pop song with a shuffle tempo, composed by Waters in his increasingly-deployed style of breezy, off-the-cuff songwriting. Pink Floyd give a rare glimpse into their sense of humour with "Seamus", a pseudo-blues number featuring a dog howling along to the music. "Seamus" was remade as "Mademoiselle Nobs", featuring a different dog and no lyrics, in the film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.!!

The final song on the album is the 23-minute underwater epic "Echoes". "Echoes" also gave its name to the compilation album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, on which a much-edited version of the title track was included. In the compilation, multiple edits throughout the entire song cut the running length of the piece down by some 7 minutes!

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Side one

1. "One of These Days" (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Rick Wright) – 5:57
   • Spoken line: Mason
2. "A Pillow of Winds" (David Gilmour, Roger Waters) – 5:10
   • Lead vocals: Gilmour
3. "Fearless" (David Gilmour, Roger Waters) – 6:08
   • Lead vocals: Gilmour
   • Interpolates "You'll Never Walk Alone"
4. "San Tropez" (Roger Waters) – 3:43
   • Lead vocals: Waters
5. "Seamus" (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Rick Wright) – 2:16
   • Lead vocals: Gilmour, Seamus

Side two

1. "Echoes" (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Rick Wright) – 23:29
   • Lead vocals: Gilmour and Wright

The Matrix

side 1 ''SHVL 795 A-1U''

side 2 ''SHVL 795 B-1U''

The Mother Stampers

Side 1 ''1'' ''PO'' (MEGA MEGA RARE EARLIEST STAMPERS)

Side 2 ''1'' ''LL'' (MEGA MEGA RARE EARLIEST STAMPERS)

The vinyl

This is the original thicker and heavier type of vinyl only found on the earliest type of this pressing! (later press are much more flimsier and less robust)!

On initial inspection the the vinyl lays perfectly flat on the turntable, and looks absolutely awesome, retains its original super glossy sheen from new! in fact i can find it really hard to see a blemish at all! Only when looked at under a strong light could possibly, any very few very light whispy surface marks possibly be seen, mostly sleeve removal marks!.. i can't see any deep needle scratches, at least nothing that would cause or indeed cause any loud clicks or pops at all:

The audio

I have carefully played this through at very loud volume on a top system four times prior to listing! The audio is awesome, cristal clear and vibrant through out! The first important thing to point out is that  there are no loud clicks or pops that I heard at all during the play of this vinyl! please note! Any interfearance that i heard was very, very  light distant static only and perhapes minor odd distant static ticks only during some of the quieter places! (some of this is caused by dirt or dust trapped in the grooves where this vinyl has been stored laying dormant for years) I must emphisise that i would class myself as highly critical  this is very near as perfect. In my opinion there was nothing that spoilt the overall audio experience one of the best that I have heard! a constant clean is recomended before each play this will  reduce this static! IT IS ALL TOO EASY TO BE CRITICAL ABOUT THIS PRESSING ON VINYL AS THERE ARE MANY QUIET PLACES This audio is truly awesome throughout! SUPER RICH BASSEY FEEL ONLY FOUND ON THESE EARLIEST PRESSINGS! I MUST EMPHISISE I HEARD (NO) LOUD CLICKS OR POPS AND CERTAINLY (NO) SKIPS OT JUMPS DURING THE PLAY!! Audio graded at least excellent plus to very near mint throughout, no other format available will beat this in my opinion!

The Labels

These are the original EMI Harvest labels feature 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO...'' around the label rim (only the earliest press) later feature ''EMI records'' Spidering can be seen angled to the light this has been played but certainly not been overplayed in my opinion and carefully looked after! There is little if no spindleware the hole is perfectly round!

The Record sleeve

This is the origininal EMI advertising serpier sleeve (no) splits or tares (very light staining\fading with age) the vinyl is stored seperately from the sleeve and cover, this is how i have always stored my records!

The Cover

This is the original FULLY TEXTURED) INSIDE AND OUT (only 1st press) gatefold cover printed in ENGLAND by GARROD & LOFTHOUSE .(no) splits or tares (no) real creases to talk of, any there are you would have to scrutinise to notice. Please note!, there is some light general storageware with age, in the form of general  rubbing/scuffing ware, some at the middle of the spine text and  rubbing only at the edges . There is light crushing at one bottom edge at the rear but not really noticed unless looked for in my opinion. No real ringware to talk of.  Slight flattening at the spine also with age! The inside of the (textured) gatefold is very clean and importantly textured (only 1st press)! There is no nasty names written. Graded Excellent! 

1st UK Pink Floyd Meddle very rare and sought after like this!

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality as i hear it. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 1000 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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