PINK FLOYD: ATOM HEART MOTHER 1970 HARVEST LP G/F 1st PRESS NO EMI A1G/B1G EX+

	£		64
	$		85

PINK FLOYD
ATOM HEART MOTHER LP
HARVEST SHVL 781
1970
RECORD WEIGHT: 140g
MATRIX Nos: A-1G A 1 2 / B-1G AP 2
SLEEVE CONDITION: EX
EDGES TOP & BOTTOM: NO SPLITS OR ABRASIONS. NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR. JUST A COUPLE OF TINY MARKS TO ONE BOTTOM EDGE OTHERWISE SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH
SPINE: COMPLETELY INTACT. NO SPLITS. JUST A VERY LIGHT CREASE VERTICALLY WHERE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN OPENED UP. TEXT IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. JUST A TINY RUB MARK AT THE VERY BOTTOM EDGE.
FRONT: ORIGINAL 1st PRESS GARROD & LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE WITH MATT FINISH. NO OBVIOUS CREASES AND JUST THE TINIEST HINT OF RINGWEAR IN A COUPLE OF PLACES. RIGHT HAND EDGE IS TIDY WITH NO OBVIOUS FEATHERING. NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OR TEARS. OVERALL, VERY CLEAN AND IN VERY NICE CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE. 
REAR: MATT FINISH LIKE THE FRONT WITH JUST ONE VERY SMALL, NEAR INVISIBLE CREASE AND JUST A VERY LIGHT HINT OF RINGWEAR IN A COUPLE OF PLACES. NO SPLITS, RIPS, WRITING OR TEARS. OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH NO OBVIOUS FEATHERING. APART FROM A COUPLE OF FAINT 'FOXING' SPOTS IT IS VERY CLEAN AND IN VERY NICE CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE.
INSIDE GATEFOLD: AGAIN, EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO OBVIOUS CREASES AND JUST A TINY HINT OF RINGWEAR ON THE RIGHT HAND PANEL. NO DISCOLOURATION AND STILL LOOKING VERY NICE. NO RIPS, SPLITS OR TEARS. NAME WRITTEN IN BLACK BIRO.
INNER SLEEVE: ORIGINAL POLY LINED HARVEST INNER SLEEVE PROMOTING OTHER HARVEST ALBUMS. A LITTLE LIGHT DISCOLOURATION BUT OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS.
RECORD CONDITION:
AT FIRST GLANCE THE RECORD LOOKS MINT. ONLY UNDER CLOSER SCRUTINY CAN YOU SEE A VERY FAINT RUB MARK AT THE START OF SIDE ONE (AT 6 0'CLOCK TO THE LABEL) AND JUST THE ODD ULTRA FAINT SURFACE TRACE. EVEN IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT THERE ARE BARELY ANY SLEEVE REMOVAL TYPE HAIRLINES. IT'S FAIRLY OBVIOUS THAT THIS RECORD HASN'T BEEN PLAYED A GREAT DEAL. AN ORIGINAL 1970 1st PRESSING ON THE GREEN HARVEST LABEL WITH BLACK LETTERING AND NO EMI BOX ON THE LABELS. 
BOTH LABELS ARE EXCELLENT WITH NO OBVIOUS SPINDLE TRACES ON EITHER SIDE. NO STICKERS, WRITING OR OTHER UNWANTED MARKS. THE LABELS HAVE 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD' TEXT AROUND THE PERIMETER (NOT EMI) WITH 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN' AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LABELS AND (P) 1970. 
PLAYBACK IS A SUPERB EXCELLENT WITH VIRTUALLY NOTHING TO SPOIL THE SOUNDTRACK ON EITHER SIDE. BACKGROUND NOISE IS VIRTUALLY NON EXISTANT AND THERE IS NO SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS. TO BE ULTRA CRITICAL, THERE IS THE ODD TINY SOLITARY TICK AT THE BEGINNING OF SIDE ONE AND SIMILAR ON THE FIRST TRACK OF SIDE TWO (THERE IS ONE TINY MARK THAT REPEATS ABOUT THREE TIMES).  PLAYS THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY WITH CLEAR DISTORTION FREE SOUND. THE DRIPPING TAP AT THE END OF SIDE TWO CONTINUES INTO THE RUNOFF GROOVE. THERE ARE MANY QUIET PASSAGES ON THIS ALBUM AND IT'S A REAL TREAT TO HEAR THEM PLAY THROUGH WITHOUT THE USUAL BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NUMEROUS SCRATCHES SO OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH 50+ YEAR OLD RECORDS. THIS RECORD HAS NOT BEEN PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED SO MAY BENIFIT FROM A SPIN ON A PRO CLEANER ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS PRETTY CLOSE TO MINT.
LOOKING AT THE PINK FLOYD ARCHIVE ONLINE, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS (ACCORDING TO THE STAMPER CODES). POSSIBLY ONE OF THE FIRST THOUSAND PRESSED. 
SO NICE TO SEE OLD 1970s LPs IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION AS THEY ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND.
A GREAT UPGRADE COPY
7 DAY AUCTION WITH LOW STARTING BID
 POSTAGE WILL BE SIGNED FOR WITH TRACKING