1977 PROMO PINK FLOYD ANIMALS + STICKER Prog Psych

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            RARE 1977 PROMOTIONAL COPY  

         +  PINK FLOYD ANIMALS STICKER           

                     PINK FLOYD

                        ANIMALS

\                                                          USA -   COLUMBIA RECORDS -  AL 34474

Original 1977 first pressing PROMO with gold stamped promo label at the corner on back of the thick gatefold cover ...also with the original hard cardboard lyrics double sided inner sleeve and...with the all important and rare Pink Floyd Animals original large sticker on outside of the front gatefold cover, originally on the outside of the outer cellophane, which most folks tore off to see the insides of the gatefold...of course there went the rare Pink Floyd sticker, making it very gard to find so many years later...

Pink Floyd is one of the most recognized bands in the world, whether you love them or hate them the name is instantly recognizable. Only bands such as The Beatles & Rolling Stones have a larger following. Lost somewhere in their list of landmark albums is 1977’s "Animals" which has been called "the forgotten album". Like many Floyd albums, Animals contains a theme that’s clear in concept and vast in execution. Roger Waters was partly inspired by George Orwell’s political fable Animal Farm in which people are divided up into groups represented by animals. While Orwell was focusing on Communism, Roger was criticizing his own Capitalist government. In Floyd’s version the people are either Dogs, Pigs, or Sheep. The pigs are tyrannical, self-righteous hypocrites forcing their beliefs on the dogs and sheep; the dogs are greedy money-grubbing cutthroats; and the sheep are the mindless followers who are used and abused by the others.

The album starts and finishes with Pigs on the Wing. Originally played as a 3-½ minute acoustic bit; it was later divided into two parts and placed at the beginning and end which seems to give the album a sense of balance. The interpretation of this song is this is the sheep are explaining how they feel about the dogs and pigs and how they think they feel about them. The sheep naively believe that the Dogs and Pigs ready do care about them. "You know that I care what happens to you / And I know that you care for me too." The song Dogs is a seventeen minute fast-to-slow-to-fast-again ballad. It depicts the dogs as ruthless materialistic superachievers trying to climb to the top and who are willing to do anything to get there. Since in the capitalistic government the state has no control over buying and trading, businessmen are willing to get very low down and dirty to destroy the competition. The lyrics, "You gotta be trusted by the people that you lie to / So that when they turn their backs on you / You get the chance to put the knife in" shows just how far they are willing to go. And that they can "work on points for style" by having a "firm handshake / A certain look in the eye / an easy smile." Only later in life they will become pitiful has-beens that find themselves alone and near death. Gilmour wishes them a "good drown as [they] go down alone" being dragged down by "the stone" which is a reoccurring metaphor throughout "Animals" as well as other Floyd albums.

The song Pigs (Three Different Ones) is meant toward certain politicians whom Roger considers political hypocrites. The climax of the album is when the sheep, as if waken from an eternal sleep, realize that the others have been deceiving them and in a massive revolt of rage they kill the others.

Ironically enough, the concept of the album was about the struggle for power in the government and at the same time Pink Floyd was having a struggle for power too. This was the first album that switched from slow psychedelic melodies and spaced-out jams to basically Roger endlessly complaining about the government and how everyone treats each other bad. He used his growing power in Pink Floyd to switch them from a matured psychedelic band to a group expressing it's pessimistic views of the capitalist government, which has nothing to do with "space rock". Today Animals is still a popular album among fanatics and I know a few people who consider it the best work they ever done.

An interesting side note: While in Montreal on the Animals tour, a fan kept screaming and letting off fireworks during the acoustic "Pigs On The Wing Part II." The fan, obviously distracting the band, was making Roger increasingly irritable. When the fan started climbing up the fishnet that separates the band from the crowd Roger spat in his face. Later that night at the hotel he felt bad for what he done. He realized in order to perform he had to isolate himself from the crowd. What he envisioned was himself behind a wall. The rest is history.

• 1. Pigs on the wing Part 1 (1:25)
  2. Dogs (17:04)
  3. Pigs (three different ones) (11:28)
  4. Sheep (10:16)
  5. Pigs on the wing Part 2 (1:25)

CONDITION: The thick gatefold cover has the rare PINK FLOYD ~ ANIMALS sticker on the front cover, originally only on the outside cellophane of first pressings ... there is a gold  promotional  stamp on upper back cover to the right. Stiff and solid with very small shelf ear tht should not bother most, VG++ and looks very collectible...

The vinyl is all glossy and clean M- all clear grooves that shine on brightly

The thick lyrics inner sleeve is clean and crisp

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record