PINK FLOYD THE WALL 1979 UK 2 X LP 1ST PRESS EXC TOP AUDIO EXC+ SLV & EX INNERS
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TIME TO LIST SOME MORE OF MY VINYL RECORDS AS I'M UNFORTUNATELY RUNNING OUT OF SPACE IN THE HOUSE.
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING VINYL RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE OVER 3,000 LP'S AND SINGLES. ALL HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED ON A HIGH END SYSTEM, MOST HAVE BEEN STORED IN PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES IN RECORD BOXES/MDF ICUBES AWAY FROM ANY HEAT AND IN A SMOKE FREE HOUSE. (NOT IN THE LOFT)
EVERY NOW AND THEN I LIST SOME RECORDS WHICH I HAVE DUPLICATES OF OR RARELY PLAY TO FUND MY BUYING OF OTHER RECORDS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I FULLY PLAY GRADE ALL MY LISTINGS THROUGH HEADPHONES AND GIVE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VINYL, COVER AND PLAYBACK USING THE RECORD COLLECTORS GUIDE 2014. I NEVER USE MINT CONDITION EXCEPT FOR ON A SEALED BRAND NEW RECORD.
PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE, I HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY SINCE 2006 AND HAVE 100% FEEDBACK.
IF BY ANY CHANCE YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH MY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUE AS I DO OFFER A FULL REFUND ONCE THE RECORD IS RETURNED TO ME SAFELY IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY.
IF YOU BUY MORE THAN 1 X LP PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING AS I DISCOUNT ON THE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE BUYS AS BELOW ON MY LISTING.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB EXCELLENT AUDIO COPY OF A CLASSIC DOUBLE ALBUM :
PINK FLOYD, THE WALL 1979 UK FIRST PRESSING 2 X VINYL LP ON THE EMI / HARVEST RECORDS LABEL, SHSP 4111. IN PLAYED JUST A FEW TIMES EXCELLENT AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION WIDE SPINE GATE FOLD SLEEVE WITH THE ROUNDED CORNERED INNER SLEEVES ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS SOUNDS SUPERB THROUGH HEADPHONES WITH HARDLY ANY CRACKLE, JUST A TINY AMOUNT IN THE FEW VERY QUIET PARTS. A GREAT COPY OF A SUPERB SOUNDING DOUBLE ALBUM ON VINYL.
THIS COPY HAS THE FIRST ISSUE GATE FOLD SLEEVE :
Specific to the first issue sleeve:
Band members are not listed on the inside cover. It only says "Words and Music - Roger Waters. Except..." and "Produced By David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin, Roger Waters". Re-pressings added band member credits and had other minor alterations.
No bar code on the back cover.
The Wall is cream coloured, not true white. The bricks on the front cover are not aligned right to the bottom of the cover on the outside or inside.
There are two 1st pressing sleeve variants:
1. A single sheet of wrap-around cardboard with the seam across the inner top edge of the cover.
2. Two sheets of cardboard, with seams at the top and bottom of the cover. Cardboard is heavy thickness.
There are two 1st pressing lyric inner sleeve variants (Both are on thick card with rounded corners and a nine-inch thumb notch at the top):
1. Sides 2 and 4 have the catalog number of the specific record listed on a single line in the lower right corner.
2. Sides 2 and 4 have the catalog number (SHDW 411), pressing number (OC-158 63410), and the record number (SHSP 4111) in the lower right corner.
FIRST PRESSING STAMPED MATRIX NUMBERS :
SIDE 1 : SHSP 4111 A-3U TMLS M D 2 SIDE 2 : SHSP 4111 B-2U TMLK L 2 SIDE 3 : SHSP 4112 A-3U TML-X 2 SIDE 4 : SHSP 4112 B-3U TML-xx 2
(SIMILAR TO AS LISTED BELOW ON THE DISCOGS WEBSITE) :
FROM THE DISCOGS WEBSITE :
Pink Floyd ?– The Wall
Label: Harvest ?– SHDW 411 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, GatefoldCountry: UK Released: 30 Nov 1979 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock, Classic Rock
TracklistHide Credits
A1 In The Flesh? A2 The Thin Ice A3 Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) A4 The Happiest Days Of Our Lives A5 Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) A6 Mother B1 Goodbye Blue Sky B2 Empty Spaces B3 Young Lust Written-By – David Gilmour, Roger Waters B4 One Of My Turns B5 Don't Leave Me Now B6 Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 B7 Goodbye Cruel World C1 Hey You C2 Is There Anybody Out There? C3 Nobody Home C4 Vera C5 Bring The Boys Back Home C6 Comfortably Numb Written-By – David Gilmour, Roger Waters D1 The Show Must Go On D2 In The Flesh D3 Run Like Hell Written-By – David Gilmour, Roger Waters D4 Waiting For The Worms D5 Stop D6 The Trial Written-By – Bob Ezrin D7 Outside The WallCompanies, etc.
- Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Credits
- Arranged By [Orchestra] – Michael Kamen
- Backing Vocals – Bruce Johnston, Islington Green School, Jim Haas, Joe Chemay, John Joyce*, Stan Farber, Toni Tennille
- Co-producer, Engineer – James Guthrie
- Drums, Percussion – Nick Mason
- Engineer – Brian Christian, John McClure, Nick Griffiths, Patrice Quef, Rick Hart
- Mastered By – Doug Sax
- Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Bass [Pedals] – Richard Wright
- Producer, Arranged By [Orchestra] – Bob Ezrin
- Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Sequenced By, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Percussion – David Gilmour
- Producer, Written-By, Artwork By [Sleeve Design], Vocals, Bass, Synthesizer, Guitar – Roger Waters
- Sleeve [Sleeve Design] – Gerald Scarfe
- Technician [Sound Equipment] – Phil Taylor (5)
Notes
1st pressing with picture labels in gatefold sleeve with plastic sticker that adheres to the sleeve, but is not permantly stuck on.Inner sleeves also feature the "Wall" design with lyrics (graphics by Gerald Scarfe).
The track order on the inners is not the same as featured on the album.
Specific to the first issue sleeve:
Band members are not listed on the inside cover. It only says "Words and Music - Roger Waters. Except..." and "Produced By David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin, Roger Waters". Re-pressings added band member credits and had other minor alterations.
No bar code on the back cover.
The Wall is cream coloured, not true white. The bricks on the front cover are not aligned right to the bottom of the cover on the outside or inside.
There are two 1st pressing sleeve variants:
1. A single sheet of wrap-around cardboard with the seam across the inner top edge of the cover.
2. Two sheets of cardboard, with seams at the top and bottom of the cover. Cardboard is heavy thickness.
There are two 1st pressing lyric inner sleeve variants (Both are on thick card with rounded corners and a nine-inch thumb notch at the top):
1. Sides 2 and 4 have the catalog number of the specific record listed on a single line in the lower right corner.
2. Sides 2 and 4 have the catalog number (SHDW 411), pressing number (OC-158 63410), and the record number (SHSP 4111) in the lower right corner.
Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA, USA).
Recorded at Superbear (Miravel, France), Producers Workshop (Los Angeles, CA, USA) & C.B.S. (New York, NY, USA) between April and November 1979.
Three different catalog numbers, one for the album and one for each disc:
SHDW 411 = album
OC-15863410 SHSP 4111 = disc 1
OC-15863411 SHSP 4112 = disc 2
Additional credits not found on the sleeve can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A [Variant 1]): SHSP 4111 A-2U TML-X
- Matrix / Runout (Side B [Variant 1]): SHSP 4111 B-2U TML-M
- Matrix / Runout (Side C [Variant 1]): SHSP 4112 A-3U TML-X
- Matrix / Runout (Side D [Variant 1]): SHSP 4112 B-2U TML-M
- Matrix / Runout (Side A [Variant 2]): SHSP 4111 A-3U
- Matrix / Runout (Side B [Variant 2]): SHSP 4111 B-3U
- Matrix / Runout (Side C [Variant 2]): SHSP 4112 A-1U TML-M
- Matrix / Runout (Side D [Variant 2]): SHSP 4112 B-2U TML-M
- Matrix / Runout (Side A [Variant 3]): SHSP 4111 A-2U GGR 4
- Matrix / Runout (Side B [Variant 3]): SHSP 4111 B-3U TML-X
- Matrix / Runout (Side C [Variant 3]): SHSP 4112 A-3U TML-X
- Matrix / Runout (Side D [Variant 3]): SHSP 4112 B-2U TML-M
- Matrix / Runout (Side A [Variant 4]): SHSP 4111 A-2U TML-X
- Matrix / Runout (Side B [Variant 4]): SHSP 4111 B-4U TML-S
- Matrix / Runout (Side C [Variant 4]): SHSP 4112 A-1U TML-M
- Matrix / Runout (Side D [Variant 4]): SHSP 4112 A-3U TML-XX
- Matrix / Runout (Side A [Variant 5]): SHSP 4111 A-3U TML-S 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B [Variant 5]): SHSP 4111 B-3U TML-X 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side C [Variant 5]): SHSP 4112 A-1U TML-M 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side D [Variant 5]): SHSP 4112 B-2U TML-M 4 GDA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A [Variant 6]): SHSP 4111 A-2U TML-X 7
- Matrix / Runout (Side B [Variant 6]): SHSP 4111 B-2U TML-M 2 GDA
- Matrix / Runout (Side C [Variant 6]): SHSP 4112 A-6U TML-S 2 319
- Matrix / Runout (Side D [Variant 6]): SHSP 4112 B-2U TML-M 5
LABELS : I CAN SEE JUST A FEW OBVIOUS SPINDLE MARKS ON EACH OF THE FOUR LABELS. PLAYED JUST A FEW TIMES. EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.
2 X VINYL VISUAL : ALL FOUR SIDES HAVE A LOVELY SHEEN, THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT VISIBLE SURFACE MARKS AND A FEW LIGHT SLEEVE REMOVALS VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT WHICH GAVE JUST A FEW LIGHT RANDOM TICS. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO CRACKLE AT ALL, JUST A TINY AMOUNT IN THE VERY QUIET SECTIONS. THE MUSIC IS CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE FORE. PLAYED JUST A FEW TIMES IN TOTAL THEN STORED. VISUALLY EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.
2 X VINYL PLAYBACK : ALL FOUR SIDES PLAY THROUGH SUPERBLY WITH A LOUD CUT FIRST PRESS BASSY SOUND. THERE IS HARDLY ANY CRACKLE, JUST A LITTLE IN THE BACKGROUND ON THE FEW VERY QUIET SECTIONS AND A FEW RANDOM LIGHT TICS ON SIDE 2 AND 4. THERE IS NOTHING INTRUSIVE THAT DETRACTS FROM THE LISTENING PLEASURE. THE WHOLE ALBUM HAS THE DYNAMIC MUSIC CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE FORE, I EVEN HAD TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN. NO SKIPS, HEAVY CLICKS OR JUMPS. THIS SOUNDS SUPERB ON VINYL THROUGH HEADPHONES. THEREFORE OVERALL IN EXCELLENT AUDIO CONDITION, A GREAT AUDIO COPY.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORDS OF ANY DUST WITH ANTI-STATIC FLUID IN MY KNOSTI-ANTI STAT RECORD CLEANER AND PLACED THEM IN BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLYTHENE INNERS.
FIRST ISSUE GATE FOLD SLEEVE AS ABOVE, MADE AND PRINTED IN THE UK : SORRY, NO CLEAR PLASTIC 'PINK FLOYD, THE WALL' STICKER WITH THIS COPY. SOME FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES CAME WITHOUT THE STICKER, IT WAS ADDED ON LATER ISSUES TO DISTINGUISH THE SLEEVE AS A PINK FLOYD RELEASE. KEPT IN A RECORD BOX SINCE STORAGE, SO WITH NO OBVIOUS EDGE OR CORNER WEAR. THE WIDE SPINE IS TOTALLY CRISP, NO TEXT ON FIRST PRESSING SLEEEVES. NO RING WEAR (SEE PICS). THE OPENING EDGE HAS NO FEATHERING. THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS GRUBBY MARKS, NO STICKER MARKS OR WRITING.
OVERALL IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, A LOVELY SLEEVE.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
I WILL ALSO SEND THIS OUT TO THE WINNING BIDDER WITH A BRAND NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE COVER.
ROUNDED CORNER INNER SLEEVES : NO CREASES, NO SPLITS TO THE INNERS EDGES CAUSED BY THE RECORD'S EDGES. NO WRITING OR STAINS, JUST ONE SLIGHT NICK IN THE OPENING TOP EDGE ON ONE INNER SLEEVE. EXCELLENT CONDITION, SUPERB.
OVERALL AN EXCELLENT TOP AUDIO CONDITION FIRST PRESSING COPY OF THIS CLASSIC PINK FLOYD DOUBLE ALBUM WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS GATE FOLD SLEEVE AND EXCELLENT CONDITION INNERS. A SUPERB ADDITION TO ANY VINYL COLLECTION.
LOW STARTING PRICE, SO GRAB A BARGAIN. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, MORE SUPERB CONDITION RECORDS TO BE LISTED SOON.
I WILL POST TO THE REST OF EUROPE £14 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL AND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD £18 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL BUT PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.
THESE WILL BE SENT OUT TO UK BUYERS 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE IN PROPER RECORD MAILERS WELL STIFFENED WITH THICK CARDBOARD FOR PROTECTION.
I OFFER DISCOUNTED POSTAGE IN THE UK, SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE - MAXIMUM OF 3 X LP'S IN A BOXED MAILER :
1 X LP- £5, 2 X LP'S - £6, 3 X LP'S - £7.
HAPPY BIDDING!
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