PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of The Moon [SEALED COMPLETE] RE NM CAPITOL SMAS 11163 1983

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I had 5 brick and mortar stores in Portland, OR, Boise, ID, Fairbanks, AK, and 2 stores in Anchorage, AK. I operated under the name Nickelodeon Records & Tapes from 1973 to 1978, hence the eBay name Original 1976 Nickelodeon Records.

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EACH COVER CONDITION is INDIVIDUALLY NOTED

THIS LISTING is for PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of The Moon CAPITOL SMAS-11163 1983
IT IS SEALED IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP WITH A SMALL TEAR IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER AND THERE IS SLIGHT RUBBING THROUGH THE SHRINKWRAP ON ALL FOUR CORNERS. THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER HAS A HINT OF A CREASE, as DOES THE
LOWER RIGHT CORNER. NEITHER IS VISIBLE FROM A SIDE VIEW AND ARE MOSTLY RESULTANT FROM STORAGE. THE ALBUM IS 34 YEARS OLD AND WHILE THEY CONSTITUTE BLEMISHES,THEY DON'T COMPRISE ENOUGH TO DOWNGRADE BEYOND A NEAR MINT- AND NOT A EX [VG++]+
THERE ARE NO IMPERFECTIONS IN THE COVER SUCH AS SAW CUTS, DRILL HOLES, SPLIT SEAMS, WRITINGS, RING WEAR,OR EXCESSIVE CORNER WEAR OTHER THAN THE SLIGHT RUBBING and MINUTE CREASING AS NOTED.
LISTED #43 IN THE ROLLING STONE 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
LISTED IN 1001 ALBUMS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE [PLEASE SEE SIDEBAR BELOW]

IT IS AN ORIGINAL COMPLETE FACTORY SEALED COPY OF THE 1983 CAPITOL RECORDS REISSUE OF THE ORIGINAL HARVEST RECORDS US RELEASE SMAS 11163 IN 1973. IT CONTAINS TWO POSTERS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN CATALOG NUMBER 911163-1 AND 11163-2, AND TWO STICKERS. IT HAS THE ROUND BLACK HYPE STICKER ON THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP STATING " PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, PRINTED IN USA, SMAS 11163.
THE LABELS ON THIS REISSUE ARE THE CAPITOL BLACK LABEL w/ THE RAINBOW COLORS

DSOTM WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1973 ON HARVEST IN THE UK AND IN THE USA, WHILE THIS USA RELEASE IS ON THE PARENT COMPANY CAPITOL RECORDS .
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE BARCODE COVERS ALL RELEASES OF DARK SIDE OF THE MOON EACH OF WHICH HAVE UNIQUE BUT OBSCURE DIFFERENCES. SINCE THIS IS SEALED I CANNOT ACCEPT RETURNS ON THIS ITEM, BUT PLEASE NOTE THESE UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS.
BLACK HYPE STICKER ON FRONT COVER
BAR CODE 0-7777-11163-1 ON REAR COVER   SMAS 11163 IN CENTER OF REAR COVER
OVERLAPPING SEAL OF SHRINK WRAP IN CENTER OF REAR COVER
BOTTOM OF REAR COVER HAS CAPITOL RECORDS LOGO ON LEFT AND EMI LOGO ON RIGHT WITH THE FOLLOWING IN VERY SMALL LETTERS BETWEEN THE LOGOS: "MANUFACTURED BY CAPITOL RECORDS INC. A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES-EMI INC. HOLLYWOOD AND VINE STREETS HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA  FACTORIES JACKSONVILLE ILLINOIS WINCHESTER VIRGINIA  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED  UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATION IS A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAWS  1973 THE GRAMMAPHONE COMPANY LIMITED  1973 CAPITOL RECORDS INC PRINTED IN U.S.A.

"The Dark Side of the Moon is Pink Floyd's ninth album and is a single extended piece rather than, a collection of songs. It seems to deal primarily with the fleetingness and depravity of human life, hardly the commonplace subject matter of rock. "Time" ("The time is gone the song is over"), "Money" ("Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie"). And "Us And Them" ("Forward he cried from the rear") might be viewed as the keys to understanding the meaning (if indeed there is any definite meaning) of The Dark Side of the Moon.

...Even though this is a concept album, a number of the cuts can stand on their own. "Time" is a fine country-tinged rocker with a powerful guitar solo by David Gilmour and "Money" is broadly and satirically played with appropriately raunchy sax playing by Dick Parry, who also contributes a wonderfully-stated, breathy solo to "Us And Them." The non-vocal "On The Run" is a standout with footsteps racing from side to side successfully eluding any number of odd malevolent rumbles and explosions only to be killed off by the clock's ticking that leads into "Time." Throughout the album the band lays down a solid framework which they embellish with synthesizers, sound effects and spoken voice tapes. The sound is lush and multi-layered while remaining clear and well-structured".
Brackett, Nathan, and Christian Hoard, eds, The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Completely Revised and Upgraded Fourth Edition. New York: Fireside, 2004.

"I think every album was a step towards Dark Side of the Moon, "keyboardist Rick Wright said. "We were learning all the time; the techniques of the recording and our writing was getting better." As a culmination of their inner-space explorations of the early 1970s, the Floyd toured the bulk of Dark Side in Britain for months prior to recording. But in the studio, the band articulated bassist Roger Waters' reveries on the madness of everyday life with melodic precision ("Breathe," "Us and Them") and cinematic luster (Clare Torry's guest vocal aria "The Great Gig in the Sky"). Dark Side is one of the best-produced rock albums ever, and "Money" may be rock's only Top Twenty hit in 7/8 time".Levy, Joe, ed. Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. New York: Wenner Books, 2005.

" Acid blues guitar solos. Lyrics that tackle woe and warmongering. A spacey title. Issued in 1973 by a group who were individually anonymous yet vastly influential...The Floyd's zeitgeisty opus, however, had mundane beginnings. Anxious to shed their psychedelic shakels, the band gathered in drummer Nick Mason's kitchen to compile a short list of things that bothered them. Those pressures--time, money, madness, death--were wedded to vaguely funky rockers much like those on Obscured By Clouds, toured for a year as Eclipse (A Piece For Assorted Lunatics).Sprinkled with studio fairydust--gospel vocals, explosive solos, sound effects--Eclipse became Dark Side Of The Moon. A Stateside million-seller on the strength of the band's live reputation, the album went interstellar when parent company Capitol turned "Money" into a rare Floyd hit...Opened out, the gatefold cover displays a prism endlessly refracting a beam of light. Evoking both the Floyd's legendary light show and the "vaulting ambition" in the lyrics--it remains one of rock's most iconic images. 

   With its burden of heritage, you would expect it to be a bore. In fact it is a tuneful, rousing set of brilliant songs. For Floyd virgins, this is the place to start". Bruno MacDonald.

Dimery, Robert, ed. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Revised and Upgraded. New York: Universe Publishing, 2010.

IT IS SEALED IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP WITH A SMALL TEAR IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER. THE RIGHT CORNERS SHOW SOME STORAGE COMPRESSION BUT ARE NOT FOLDS. ALL OF THE CORNERS SHOW A LITTLE RUBBING FROM STORAGE BUT THEY ARE NOT COMPRESSED. THERE ARE NO SERIOUS TEARS IN THE SHRINK WRAP OR ANY SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE COVER.

THE FOLLOWING WAS OMITTED FROM MY ORIGINAL LISTING FOR SOME REASON.

A FRESH MOBILE FIDELITY MASTER SLEEVE IS PROVIDED FOR ALL SEALED ITEMS.

SHIPPED WITH HEAVY 4 MIL [VERY PROTECTIVE; HAVING SAVED MANY OF MY ALBUMS] PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SHIPPED IN HEAVY DUTY PROFESSIONAL CARDBOARD MAILER w/ TWO CARDBOARD FILLER PADS TO PROVIDE EXTRA PROTECTION TO VINYL.