PINK FLOYD THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1973 1ST PRESS HARVEST SMAS-11163 SEALED
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PINK FLOYD / THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
STICKERS ORIGINAL 1973 1ST PRESSING
HARVEST SMAS-11163
PINK FLOYD - THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, ORIGINAL 1973 US HARVEST 10-TRACK VINYL LP WITH "1973 GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LTD. TEXT ON BACK COVER LABELS, HOUSED IN ITS ICONIC GATEFOLD PICTURE SLEEVE WITH AN ORIGINAL BLACK 1ST PRESS/1ST RELEASE US UNPEELED PINK FLOYD DSOTM STICKER. THE SLEEVE SHOWS NO STORAGE WEAR. THE ALBUM IS FLAWLESS, EXTREMELY RARE.
THIS ALBUM WAS PURCHASED ON MARCH 4, 1973 IN VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA AT FLOYD'S RECORD SHOP. THE ALBUM HAS ALL LABELS/STICKERS STILL ATTACHED TO THE SHRINK WRAP WHICH IS STILL SEALED. ALL CORNERS ARE SHARP WITH ABSOLUTELY NO BENDS, BUMPS OR RECORD RING WEAR.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON WAS RELEASED FIRST IN THE US ON MARCH 1 1973, AND THEN IN THE UK ON MARCH 24 1973. IT BECAME AN INSTANT CHART SUCCESS IN BRITAIN AND THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN EUROPE; BY THE FOLLOWING MONTH, IT HAD GAINED A GOLD CERTIFICATION IN THE UK AND US. THROUGHOUT MARCH 1973 THE BAND PLAYED THE ALBUM AS PART OF THEIR US TOUR, INCLUDING A MIDNIGHT PERFORMANCE AT RADIO MUSIC HALL IN NEW YORK ON MARCH 17 AND WAS WATCHED BY THE AUDIENCE OF 6,000 PEOPLE. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED AN AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED FROM THE BACK OF THE HALL AT THE END OF "ON THE RUN," WHICH 'CRASHED' INTO THE STAGE IN A CLOUD OF ORANGE SMOKE. THE ALBUM REACHED THE BILLBOARD TOP LPs & TAPES CHART'S NUMBER ONE SPOT ON APRIL 28, 1973 AND WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THE THE BAND RETURNED TWO MONTHS LATER FOR ANOTHER TOUR.
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 1, 1973
RELEASE INFORMATION: ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING WITH "INTERPAK PATS. PENDING." TEXT IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE INSIDE COVER. NO BAR CODES ON THE COVER. THE US RELEASE HAS DIFFERENT POSTERS THAN THOSE ISSUED WITH THE EUROPEAN RELEASES.
TEST PRESSING: A PRE-RELEASE ACETATE TEST PRESSING FOR THE PINK FLOYD ALBUM, THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, WAS WITH A WHITE CAPITOL RECORDS TEST PRESSING LABEL WITH BLACK TEXT. CATALOG NUMBER SMAS-1-11163. ISSUED IN AN AUDIO DEVICES, INC. OF NEW YORK SLIP COVER.
COVER: THE ALBUM HAS A GATEFOLD COVER. BLACK WITH PRISM. ON THE INSIDE COVER IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER IT SAYS "COPYRIGHT TRO HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. INTERPAK PATS. PENDING."
COVER STICKER: 1ST US PRESS CAME WITH A ROUND BLACK DARK SIDE OF THE MOON STICKER ON THE SHRINK WRAP THAT SAYS "PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON SMAS 11163."
RECORD LABELS: 1ST PRESS CAME WITH "BLACK" HARVEST LABEL WITH PRISM. TEXT AROUND THE BOOTOM EDGE OF LABEL STARTS AT 8 O'CLOCK AND SAYS:
MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC. A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDISTRIES, INC., U.S.A. - ® CAPITOL MARCA REG - U.S. PAT. NO. 2,631,859.
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