Pink Floyd THE WALL UK LP 1st A2U/B2U/A1U/B2U MINT -

	£		155
	$		205

PINK FLOYD - THE WALL

A GENUINE 1ST PRESS

IN ABSOLUTELY MINT/MINT MINUS CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHDW 4111 / 4112
• MATRIX: SHSP4111 A-2U / B-2U / SHSP4112 A-1U / B-2U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS ;  3 TP / 2 A / 1 GT / 2 AA
• TML-X / TML-M /  TML- M / TML -M
• THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS INDICATE A VERY EARLY FIRST PRESSING. CONSIDER HOW MANY WERE PRESSED AND TO FIND ALL -2U AND ONE -1 MATRIX COUPLED WITH 1'S AND 2'S OF THE MOTHERS AND YOU REALLY HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL

• OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COPIES THAT WERE SOLD OF THIS ALBUM, THE VERY FIRST PRESSES STILL REMAIN FAIRLY ELUSIVE. I AM GOING TO LIST BELOW THE EXACT RQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE UP A GEUINE FIRST PRESS, AND CAN SAY THAT THIS COPY HAS EVERY ONE OF THEM

STARTING WITH THE OUTER SLEEVE

1. THE SLEEVE MUST BE A CREAMY COLOUR NOT WHITE, LIKE THE LATER PRESSES

2. THE BRICKS DO NOT ALIGN RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE LIKE LATER PRESSES

3. THE SLEEVE IS MADE FROM ONE PIECE OF CARD SEALED INSIDE THE TOP EDGE, LATER PRESSES WERE TWO SEPERATE PIECES GLUED TOGETHER

4 THE NAMES OF THE BAND DO NOT APPEAR ON THE 10TH BRICK ON THE INSIDE RIGHT PANEL, INSTEAD IT SAYS ' WORDS AND MUSIC BY ROGER WATERS'

THE INNER SLEEVE

1. THESE MUST HAVE ROUNDED EDGES NOT SQUARE

2. THERE MUST BE A LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE

3. A TRUE UK FIRST ISSUE WILL ONLY HAVE SHDW 4111/2 IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, NOT THE OTHER TWO CATALOGUE NUMBERS, WHICH APPEARED SLIGHTLY LATER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE 100% UNMARKED. THE WHITE AREAS ARE PURE WHITE AND THE DEEP BLUE IS RICH AND VIBRANT. NO RUBBING TO ANY PART OF THE LABELS AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE BETWEEN 2-4 TINY SPIDER LINES ON EACH LABEL SEEN ONLY WHEN ANGLED INTO A VERY STRONG LIGHT. PROOF IF NEEDED THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL ALBUM SET HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

BOTH DISCS HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND BOTH GLEAM LIKE POLISHED MIRRORS. IN DAYLIGHT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, NOT A MARK ON EITHER LP, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. A GREAT PAIR OF DISCS

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE DOUBLE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE BIDDING. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL FOUR SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC IT SOUNDS.

THIS IS SUCH A HARD ALBUM TO COLLECT IN ANYTHING LIKE PRISTINE CONDITION, DUE TO THE HUGE NUMBER OF SILENT OR NEAR SILENT PASSAGES WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT ANY BLEMISH ON THE VINYL WILL BE TRANSMITTED AUDIBLY

THIS SET IS AS NEAR TO PERFECT AS I BELIEVE YOU WILL EVER FIND. IT IS 99% FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED NOISE WHATSOEVER

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT THIS HAS HAD IN THE LAST 32 YEARS HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM WHICH HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS ENSURING A TOTALLY DISTORTION FREESOUND REPRODUCTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT, AND THE PLAYTHROUGH ON BOTH DISCS IS JUST 'FIRST PRESS' WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD IN OUTSTANDING CLARITY AND LOUDENESS. LIKE I SAID THERE ARE SO MANY QUIET PASSAGES THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A TOTALLY NOISE FREE SET, BUT WHAT YOU WONT HEAR ANYWHERE IS BACKGROUND CRACKLE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION

TAKE A LISTEN TO THE FINAL RUN OUT AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE QUALITY OF THIS VINYL

SO THE ODD 1% CONSISTS OF A FEW RANDOM SECONDS OR TWO OF VERY LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC, AND THE ODD LITTLE DUST POP HERE AND THERE.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A GREAT COPY OF THIS ALBUM, THEN I SUGEST YOU TAKE A GOOD LISTEN IN FULL TO THE ALBUM THEN JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB VINYL MINT / MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS FIRST PRESS ISSUE, MADE FROM ONLY ONE PIECE OF CARD AND SEALED AT THE TOP OF THE SLEEVE INSIDE THE GATEFOLD WITH A FLIPBACK, AND IS A CREAMY COLURED SURFACE RATHER THAN THE LATER PURE WHITE  RELEASES.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE COPIES OF THIS THAT HAVE SERIOUSLY YELLOWED WITH AGE, AND IN ADDITION THOSE THAT HAVE ATTRACTED GRUBBINESS FROM OVERHANDLING. THIS ONE IS AS CLEAN AND GRIME FREE AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT.

THE CREAMY WHITE COLOUR IS JUST IMMACULATE. THERE IS NO YELLOWING TO THE SURFACE AND NO DIRTY MARKS OR HANDLING AT ANY POINT. THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE SUPERB CONDITION

THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC 'PINK FLOYD THE WALL' SEE THROUGH IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO CREASES AND NO WEAR TO THE TYPEFACE

THERE IS ONE TINY LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY CREASE LINE, ON THE ENTIRE COVER.

NO RECORD SHAPE OR RING WEAR EITHER. ONE OF THE BEST COPIES YOU WILL EVER GET YOUR HANDS ON!!!

THE TOP EDGE IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT SHOWS WEAR, AND THIS IS A SMALL SCUFF WHICH I AM CERTAIN HAPPENED IN THE PACKING CASE AND WAS THERE WHEN THE ORIGINAL OWNER PURCHASED THIS SET IN 1979.

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE, AND FURTHER PROOF THAT THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN INSIDE AN OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW.

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND AGAIN UNWORN, NOT ONE SQUASH MARK ANYWHERE. BOTH ENDS ARE PRISTINE AND UNWORN

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS IMMACULATE AS THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVELAS A PRISTINE INNER PAIR OF PANELS, SHOWING ONCE AGAIN THE FIRST ISSUE INDICATOR IN THAT THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE BAND MEMBER NAMES LIKE THERE IS ON LATER ISSUES

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE THE CORRECT FIRST PRESS CARD ISSUES AS DESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. BOTH ARE UNCREASED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THERE ARE NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS AND THE TOP OPENING EDGES ARE ALSO UNDAMAGED IN ANY WAY

I HAVE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY