Pink Floyd ANIMALS 1977 UK LP 1st Press A-2U/B-2U ONE PLAY EVER NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		216
	$		286

SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO

PLAYED JUST ONCE OR TWICE

STUNNING!!! NEAR MINT SLEEVE!!!

THIS IS THE BEST COPY OF ANIMALS I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO PUT UP FOR AUCTION. IT HAS VERY LOW MOTHERS / STAMPERS AND THE CORRECT A-2U / B-2U MATRIX NUMBERS TO INDICATE A FIRST ISSUE.

KNOWING HOW MANY NEAR SILENT PASSAGES THERE ARE ON FLOYD ALBUMS IT GIVES ME GREAT SATISFACTION TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS AUDIO AS MINT. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE A CLEANER COPY OUT THERE THAN THIS

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHVL 815
• MATRIX: SHVL815 A-2U / B-2U 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 AP / 1 GRG
• VERY EARLY FIRST PRESS ONLY A2/B2 INDICATES THIS, AS THERE WERE NO RELEASED -1 COPIES

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 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BLUE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND IS UNMARKED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE, SHOWING THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES EVER

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. A PRISTINE VINYL IS EVERY WAY

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION ON THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST SUPERB CLEAR . CLEAN AND CRISP, WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION

THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE DISC HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED WITH A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS

NO  BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS. NEAR PERFECT SILENCE IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND QUIET PASSAGES

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ALBUM IS JUST SUPERB. ALL I HEARD WAS A COUPLE OF SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN THE FIRST TRACK, A LITTLE LOW LEVEL BARELY AUDIBLE BACKROUND  TOWARDS THE END OF SIDE TWO AND A FEW TINY LITTLE RANDON STAIC TICS

IT WOULD BE WELL WORTH TAKING A FULL LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM BEFORE DECIDING JUST HOW CLEAN THIS IS

FOR ME THIS EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THROUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AS IT'S YOUR OPINION THAT COUNTS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE TO FIND IN ANYTHING LIKE A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. USUALLY THE COLOURS ARE BADLY RUBBED AND THE CREASE LINES AROUND THE SPINE AND PERIMETER EDGES MAKE THE WHOLE THING LOOK SHABBY

THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW AND IS VIRTUALLY UNBLEMISHED

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE , THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN PERFECTLY RETAINED. THERE IS NO RUBBING OR LOSS OF COLOUR ANYWHERE

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE AND INCREDIBLY THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, AND NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS. 

THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE

THERE ARE FOUR PRESSURE LINES ON  THE TOP EDGE AND FOUR ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, BUT NO THUMB LINES NEXT TO THE OPENING EDGE

NO DENTS OR BENDS  AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB SLEEVE

THERE IS AN ODD ANOMOLY ON THE TOP EDGE WHICH LOOKS LIKE A SCUFF, BUT IS IN FACT EXTRA CRAD THAT IS PROTRUDING FROM THE SLEEVE WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY LEFT THERE FROM THE FACTORY. ONE PART OF IT SITS BETWEEN THE GLED ADGES AND ONE PART OF IT ACTUALLY FORMS THE TOP EDGE. ITS VERY ODD AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE TI BEFORE.

THE BOTTOM EDGES  ARE BOTH IN SUPERB CONDITION NO RUBBING AND PERFECT RIGHT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. INCREDIBLY THE COLOURS ARE ALL PERFECT. NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR RUB, OTHER THAN A PIN PRICK TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS 

THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE COVER

THE REAR SURFACE OF THIS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE IS IN THE SAME LOVELY CONDITION AS THE FRONT.

NO PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THERE IS A TINY SCUFF ON THE TOP EDGE WHERE THE ATRA CARD ANOMOLY SITS

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A VERY PERFECT PAIR OF INNER PANELS

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN SUPERB CONDITION THE INNER HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE SEAM SPLITTING. THIS ONE IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, NO SPLITS OR DAMAGE TO THE TOP OPENING EDGE. THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES BY THE EDGES EITHER WHICH IS ANOTHER RARITY I HAVE TAKEN THE PRECAUTION OF HOUSING THE LP IN A POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE TO ENSURE THERE CAN BE NO FURTHER WEAR..

THE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS INNER HAS ROUNDED CORNERS, A THUMB NOTCH AT THE TOP AND THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. LATER ISSUES HAD SQUARE CORNERS, NO NOTCH OR CAT NUMBER 

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT