Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here LP - RARE Ex VINYL - FIRST GB A-1/B-3 Pressing

	£		110
	$		131

I am selling some of my personal vinyl collection. Many of these records are UK pressings and were purchased by myself any time from the 1970's onwards. They have been extremely well looked after, most having only been played a handful of times on Linn or Rega turntables with a light stylus tracking force of 1.5 to 1.75 g.

Please read the description below for vinyl condition (as per the Record Collector Grading System), but for most of my records the vinyl can be considered as in near mint or excellent condition, shiny and with no significant marks – basically almost as good as when it came out of the original shop. The covers vary in condition but most are excellent just showing the usual signs of storage. Most have been stored in plastic protective covers.

A word about hairline marks. It is almost impossible to find any non-sealed record without any hairline marks - many had them from new, particularly if sold with cardboard inner sleeves. They are a result of storage and use and have little impact on sound quality. Likewise, very few original vinyl records lie totally flat. As for background noise, all records will have some background noise which varies wildly and often reflects the very variable pressing quality. I have bought new heavy pressing LP's in recent years and many of the original records I am selling not only look better but they sound better! I only draw attention to marks, warping or background noise in my listings if I consider them significant.

All records (unless "mint" to start with) have been cleaned using high quality professional Record Cleaning Machines - either a £3,000 Keith Monks Omni VII RCM or a Moth Pro Mk II RCM. Not only does this wet clean/vacuuming process remove surface marks such as fingerprints, etc, it also significantly reduces background noise and many argue that the lower noise floor results in opening up of the sound and improved fidelity. Following cleaning, records are placed in new inner sleeves.

This album is one that everyone needs in their collection - Pink Floyd's amazing "Wish You Were Here" LP on the EMI Harvest label SHVL 814. 

Matrix marks A-1/B-3 - which marks this out as a RARE FIRST Great Britain pressing.

This is a rare COMPLETE set with postcard in Excellent condition. I have test played this copy twice and it is a FANTASTIC sounding album with SUPERB audio. It additionally has very low background noise overall - very hard to find good copies such as this owing to the quality of pressings at the time (oil crisis years). However, there a few bursts of pressing-related surface noise during the introduction "Shine On - Part 1". 

The album looks  barely played - it appears to be another copy I sorted away and more-or-less forgot about until now. Just a few very light hairlines from storage in the original card inner sleeve - nothing that affects play.

The original Garrod & Lofthouse sleeve, inner and postcard are in superb condition for the album's age as it was preserved in a plastic sleeve for most of its life - see large scale photos below. Original cut corner inner sleeve like only these first pressings had.

A golden opportunity to own an excellent original pressing of this landmark album.

I dispatch worldwide in reinforced heavy duty LP mailers with cardboard reinforcements either side.

Please see my other listings with many auctions of classic rock albums to come so save me as a favourite seller. Typical postage prices as follows and combined postage with other albums saves money (double album counts as 2 records):

UK: 1 record £3.50, 2 records £4.50, 3 records £6.

EU: 1 record £5.50, 2 records £7, 3 records £8.50.

International: 1 record £8.50, 2 records £10, 3 records £11.50.

Some countries may require International Signed For so please ask.

Please see my feedback, particularly on other records I have sold, and thanks for looking.