Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" MFSL Master Recording-NEVER PLAYED

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 1979...1ST ISSUE...LIMITED EDITION...MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB...PINK FLOYD "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" LP

I purchased this album with the intention of playing it once while recording it to a cassette, but I just never got around to it and it was stored in a collection and never played.

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CATALOGUE: MFSL 1-017

MATRIX: MFSL-017-A-2-1 / B-1 

THE LABELS

BOTH WHITE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE BASE COLOR IS RICH AND UNMARKED. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE,

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTER. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES AND IT IS FLAWLESS. THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, NOT EVEN THE USUAL WISPY HAIRLINES

THE SLEEVE

 NON LAMINATED MFSL GATEFOLD SLEEVE

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

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE, THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE COLORS HAVE ALL BEEN PERFECTLY RETAINED. THERE IS SOME BARELY VISIBLE RUBBING AND SOME VERY LIGHT FLECKING OF GREY APPEARING TOWARD'S THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE SLEEVE, AND A LITTLE NEAR THE SPINE.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR FOLDS. THERE IS NOT ONE LINE ANYWHERE NEAR THE SPINE, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL. NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE SPINE

THE TOP YELLOW EDGES ARE 100% UNRUBBED, AND ALMOST TOTALLY BLACK along THE BOTTOM THERE IS JUST A very minor amount OF WHITE SHOWING ON THE BOTTOM.

THE SPINE IS IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. AGAIN THIS WOULD USUALLY BE FOUND IN A WORN STATE BUT HERE ON THIS COPY IT IS NEAR MINT, COLORS UNRUBBED AND A TOTALLY FLAT SURFACE WITH EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, JUST A TINY SPECK OF RUBBING TO THE VERY BOTTOM TIP END

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP

THE REAR SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS THE FRONT. ONCE AGAIN NO SMALL CREASE LINES ANYWHERE 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS. PURE JET BLACK COLOR AND CRISPY UNRUBBED TYPEFACE

THE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THIS RARE COLLECTIBLE SET ARE ALL IN NEAR MINT TO MINT CONDITION AND CONSIST OF:

1. THE GATEFOLD CARD WHICH DEPICTS OTHER EXAMPLES FROM THE MFSL RANGE

2. THE ‘CERTIFCATE OF LIMITED WARRANTY'

3. THE POSTAL SURVEY CARD

4. THE ANTI-STATIC POLY INNER SLEEVE