PINK FLOYD ANIMALS 1st UK PRESS N/MINT AUDIO WIDE SPINE COVER PROG ROCK CLASSIC
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Pink Floyd "Animals"
Original 1977 1st UK Pressing! Cat No SHVL 815
Stunning Near Mint Audio Throughout! You Won't Find A Better Sounding Copy In My Opinion! (Light interferance/background ticks noted)
Mega Thick and Heavy Vinyl!
1st Issue Wide Spined Garrod & Lofthouse Gate Fold Cover!
Unbelievable For 38 Years Old!
An Audio Archive Copy! (Very Light Interference Only!)
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Another from my personal collection! ONLY EVER PLAYED A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TIMES EVER! The vinyl looks TRULY AWESOME VISUALLY I CAN'T SEE ANY NASTY NEEDLE SCRATCHES AND THE EARLY 1ST ISSUE 1ST UK PRESSING -4U-3U MATRIX ! (no) Loud constant clicks or pops! (Isolated light static background /tics noticeable only) Try to find another like this after 37 years! Incredibly rare to find like this! With the original WIDE SPINED G& L gatefold cover , (1st issue with folded end front cover),,, in Excellent condition through out has just the light general rubbing/storage ware noted. These are the rarest and most sought after to find! Incredibly collectable like this! This is complete with the original lyric thick card record sleeve! This vinyl is now stored seperately from the cover and sleeve! The vinyl being the original thickest type! (Please note! This is thicker and heavier than the 2u 3u matrix variation) Rough textured custom harvest labels. Incredibly rare!! 37 years old Pink Floyd album like this! Audio graded at least excellent plus to Near mint for the most part in my opinion (light isolated static/ticks only, usual for this album)
Hear the complete album for yourself in the player below! Actual recording from this album listed!
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Animals is a concept album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 23 January 1977 in the UK and on 2 February 1977 in the U.S. The album proved a success in America, reaching #3 on the Billboard album charts. However, it was on the American charts for only six months even though it has continued to sell solidly, to the extent of its having gone quadruple platinum!
The album appears to be heavily inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm as, through the central three songs, Roger Waters uses three animals as anthropomorphic metaphors for human behavior: dogs, pigs, or sheep. Dogs are used to represent the megalomaniac businessmen who think they are in control but are finished by being dragged down by "the weight they used to need to throw around". Pigs refers to and is an attack upon those who are really/would be in control, politicians and opinion leaders, with direct references to Mary Whitehouse, who at the time was leading a campaign to "clean up TV". Those who do not fall into either of these two categories are sheep, who follow blindly, without any self-thought!.
While singer and guitarist David Gilmour is only credited for the music of one track, the epic "Dogs", which was previously known as "You Gotta Be Crazy", was actually a band composition with Waters writing the lyrics. This song and "Raving and Drooling" which would later become "Sheep" was also a band composition from around 1974, originally destined for the Wish You Were Here album.
The discrepancies with the credits and actual writing is directly related to the increasing tensions in the band!
Each song on the album reflects Waters' socialist beliefs about the class system found in capitalistic societies. The anthropomorphic symbols of the 'dog', the 'pig', and the 'sheep' are elaborated throughout the album, which often leads to some confusion as to Waters' intended meaning in the lyrics. The 'dog', for instance, changes from a symbol for the heartless businessman in "Dogs" to the object of an irrational fear put forward by the pigs (politicians) in the song "Sheep" to scare the sheep (common people). The meaning of the three symbols does not change from song to song. Roger Waters elaborates specific behavioral traits of each animal at different times throughout the album, depending on the content and theme of the song. Nevertheless, the lyrics of each song should be interpreted independently!
The three core songs are bookended by a pair of love songs written by Waters for his then-wife Caroline: "Pigs on the Wing, Part 1" and "Pigs on the Wing, Part 2". Both are in stark contrast to the misanthropic middle three songs, and suggest that companionship can help us overcome our flaws – though the final line suggests the singer admits he is/was once one of the dogs. For the 8-track cartridge release, which looped, Parts 1 and 2 were linked by a guitar bridge performed by Snowy White (subsequently available on White's 1996 album "Goldtop: Groups & Sessions"), and the 17:08 song "Dogs" was cut into two tracks!
The giant, helium-filled pig seen on the cover was actually flown over Battersea Power Station for the photo shoot (under the direction of Storm Thorgerson). On the first day of shooting, a marksman was on hand in case the pig broke free. However, according to Thorgerson, this was considered an "insurance problem", and he was not hired for the second day of shooting. Ironically, on December 3, 1976, during the second day, a gust of wind broke the pig free of its moorings. Because there was no one to shoot the pig down, it sailed away into the morning sky.
A passenger plane reported seeing the pig, causing all the flights at London Heathrow Airport to be delayed. A police helicopter was sent up to track the pig, but was forced to return after following the pig to an altitude of 5,000 feet. A warning was sent out to pilots that a giant, flying pink pig was loose in the area. The CAA lost radar contact on the pig near Chatham in Kent, at a height of 18,000 feet and flying East. It finally landed in a farmer's field (without much damage). They then repaired the pig, and flew it up for a third time. The resulting pictures were not deemed suitable on their own (as the clear, blue sky from day three was thought to be much less evocative), and the final image was made as a composite of the power station picture from day one and the pig from day three!
The album had custom picture labels, using drummer Nick Mason's handwriting as a typeface, as did the lyrics on the liner sleeve. Side one's label depicted a fish-eye lens view of a dog and the English countryside. Side two's was similar, but featured a pig and sheep instead of the dog!
Originally released on Columbia Records in the U.S. and Harvest Records in the UK, Animals was then remastered in 1992 for its inclusion on the Shine On box set. The remaster was subsequently released on its own by EMI in 1994. In 1997, Columbia Records issued an updated remaster in the United States, Canada, Australia, South America and Japan. Animals was again re-released in April 2000 by Capitol Recrds in the U.S. and EMI in Canada, Australia, South America and Japan, using the 1992 Shine On remaster along with the artwork from the 1994 EMI reissue!
Side one
- "Pigs on the Wing 1" (Waters) – 1:24
- "Dogs" (Gilmour, Waters) – 17:06
- "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" (Waters) – 11:28
- "Sheep" (Waters) – 10:21
- "Pigs on the Wing 2" (Waters) – 1:27
THE AUDIO IS CLEAR AND VIBRANT THROUGH OUT! THIS PLAYS AWESOME IN MY OPINION I HEARD THE BAREST MINIMAL ISOLATED STATIC/TICKS ONLY IN QUIET PLACES PROBABLY DUE TO DIRT OR DUST TRAPPED IN THE GROOVES I MUST EMPHISIZE THE AUDIO IS TRULY TOP IN MY OPINION! LISTEN TO THE COMPLETE LP FOR YOURSELF IN THE PLAYER ABOVE!
The Matrix
side 1 ''SHVL 815 A-3U''
side 2 ''SHVL 815 B-4U
The Mother Stampers
side 1 ''2'' ''290''
side 2 ''2'' ''324''
The vinyl
On initial inspection this looks very clean, visually I can't see any needle scratches at all! Any marks that could possibly be seen under a strong light would only be sleeve removal scuffs type only! The vinyl lays perfectly flat on the turntable and is free of any warping. Only at very loud volume I noticed isolated static type ticks in the left hand channel noted on side two and an isolated pop in one place noted. Importantly no loud constant clicks or pops during the audio no needle scratches!
(Important point to note! I own many of the UK variations of this album and there is a 2U 3U matrix variation the strange thing is that the vinyls for this variation are almost half as thick than this 3u ,4u variation! )
The Audio
In my opinion this plays with true excellence! It is all too easy to be critical about late 70s pressings and especially these Pink Floyd albums which have many quiet passages but in my opinion this sounds superb and very enjoyable indeed, isolated static/ticks/crackle is minimal!
I have played this vinyl prior to listing on a top system at very loud volume! The audio is crystal clear and vibrant all the way through with (no) signs of groove-ware or that this has been overplayed at all! (no) loud constant clicks or pops and certainly (no) jumps or skips! Very Light isolated static/crackle/ticks may be evident during some isolated quiet parts as indicated earlier but nothing in my opinion that spoilt the overall enjoyment and I am sure that with a constant clean before each play this will enhance the audio quality even further. Truely awesome separation and a real bassey feel only found on these 1st issues in my opinion due to the charactoristics!,, Pressed from one of the earliest masters also the materials used to press these early pressings are more thicker and heavier with deeper grooves produce the best for audio quality! I would class myself as highly critical please look at my completed listings of records that i have sold of this calaber and you will see that i normally get it right! I would grade the audio at least excellent plus to Near mint for the most part in my opinion!
Please listen to the complete vinyls audio that I have uploaded for you to listen to in the player above.
Points to note! This has been stored in a case laying dormant for over 35 years. A build up of dirt and dust over the years from laying dormant causes static isolated tick or light click, crackle! A constant clean before each play is recomended!,, from my personal experiance this greatly reduces this static and subsequently enhances the audio quality!
The labels
These are the original custom harvest labels (only 1st issues) no ware or nasty marks that I can see! Bare minimal spidering can only be seen angled to the light! The spindle hole is perfectly round and free of any wear!
The record sleeve
1st issue thick card type with rounded corners (the original 1st issue )There are edge splits beginning at the sides. light creases/storage wear with age. The record is now stored seperately.
The cover
This is superbe THE RAREST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER 1ST PRESS 'WIDE SPINED' GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PRINTED! No edge splits or tears. Note: small edge crease lines to mention only and no major creases. No real corner bumping to mention.. superb square spine, with light rubbing wear at the edges! Note: There is light general rubbing wear noted on the front, rear and inside the gate fold with age! Any other indents or marks you would have to look for them to notice in my opinion. POINTS TO NOTE! THESE 1ST PRESS COVERS ONLY, HAVE ONE OPENING AT THE BACK OF THE GATEFOLD FOR THE VINYL TO SLIDE IN AND ONE OPENING AT THE FRONT IS FOLDED AND SEALED WITH A FLAP, LATER PRESSINGS DO NOT HAVE THIS!, THEY FEATURE TWO OPENINGS.
Top example! This cover must grade at excellent in my opinion!
HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!
THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLE WRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)
As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 1500 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light! Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!
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