PINK FLOYD Animals 1977 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS A-2U/B-2U w/LYRIC INNER NEAR MINT
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Nov 6, 2023
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PINK FLOYD Animals 1977 UK HARVEST 1st PRESS A-2U/B-2U w/LYRIC INNER NEAR MINT
PINK FLOYDAnimals
1977 UK HARVEST (SHVL 815) FIRST PRESSING
A VERY NICE ORIGINAL COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE CUSTOM PICTURE TEXTURED LABELS
MATRIX: SHVL 815 A-2U / SHVL 815 B-2U
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GARROD & LOFTHOUSE PRINTED, WIDE SPINE 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
A nice clean, fresh set of labels with barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both sides are clean and shine like new with nothing but harmless light hairlines under bright light.
The record has a slight warp on the edge but this no effect on the sound at all
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding sound quality to this first press with crystal clear, clean, deep, rich sound.
And my play-check at volume found little to fault.
No clicks, pops or scratches, just a little surface on the quietest sections, nothing major
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Crisp and sharp with just a little rub on the edges
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Again, nice clean condition. No seam spits or marks
PLEASE SEE ALL 15 PHOTOS
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
ALL RECORDS ARE PLAY-CHECKED UNLESS SEALED
Combined Post: Additional records £2 (UK) £3 (Europe) £5 (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
1547 (GS 9.4.2 (1547))
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