PINK FLOYD Animals 1977 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS A-2U/B-2U WIDE SPINE + LYRIC INNER
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May 24, 2020
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May 20, 2020
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PINK FLOYD Animals 1977 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS A-2U/B-2U WIDE SPINE + LYRIC INNER
PINK FLOYDAnimals
1977 UK HARVEST (SHVL 815) FIRST PRESSING
NICE ORIGINAL COPY IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
MATRIX: SHVL 815 A-2U / SHVL 815 B-2U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2/TL and 1/TL
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GARROD & LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS
Of all of the classic-era Pink Floyd albums, Animals is the strangest and darkest, a record that's hard to initially embrace yet winds up yielding as many rewards as its equally nihilistic successor, The Wall.
It isn't that Roger Waters dismisses the human race as either pigs, dogs, or sheep, it's that he's constructed an album whose music is as bleak and bitter as that world view.
Arriving after the warm-spirited (albeit melancholy) Wish You Were Here, the shift in tone comes as a bit of a surprise, and there are even less proper songs here than on either Wish or Dark Side.
Animals is all extended pieces, yet it never drifts -- it slowly, ominously works its way toward its destination.
For an album that so clearly is Waters', David Gilmour's guitar dominates thoroughly, with Richard Wright's keyboards rarely rising above a mood-setting background (such as on the intro to "Sheep"). This gives the music, on occasion, immediacy and actually heightens the dark mood by giving it muscle. It also makes Animals as accessible as it possibly could be, since it surges with bold blues-rock guitar lines and hypnotic space rock textures. Through it all, though, the utter blackness of Waters' spirit holds true, and since there are no vocal hooks or melodies, everything rests on the mood, the near-nihilistic lyrics, and Gilmour's guitar
Side 1:
Pigs On The Wing (Part One) (1.24)
Dogs (17.06)
Side 2:
Pigs (Three Different Ones) (11.26)
Sheep (10.19)
Pigs On The Wing (Part Two) (1.27)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Both labels are clean and unmarked
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Some brush marks/hairlines are visible but nothing of any major significance
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
Outstanding sound quality with a nice loud cut which delivers crystal clear, deep, rich sound.
My play check at volume found no scratches, loud clicks or pops, just some general light (non-continuous) ticks on the quieter sections but nothing too intrusive or distracting
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
General light rub to the surfaces/edges/spine but the whole gatefold is good and solid and the wide spine displays all text clear and bold
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
No seam splits and clean and unmarked
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
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856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))
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