PINK FLOYD "WISH YOU WERE HERE" A1/B3 1st UK press + rare tour programme & more.

	£		91
	$		121

Offered for sale once again due to a non-payment from a "buyer". Let's name names. He asked me if he could delay payment until his pay went in (10 days later), which I agreed to, then nothing. No messages. Nothing. Username is dazednconfused666, from Sweden. Now blocked. Sellers beware of this joker. 
Part of a large Pink Floyd collection I have been asked to sell. This is raising funds for a friends divorce settlement (OUCH!).
For sale is the iconic (and my personal favourite Floyd album) "Wish you were here". 1st UK pressing with  A1 and  B3 matrices, the very first pressed. Mothers and stampers are very early in the pressing run too.  2 GLO  &  1 LD
Fully play-graded as shown below.

What I do say is that if for any reason you are not entirely satisfied with my description, I will accept a return, give a full refund and pay the return postage in full. I cannot make a better offer than that.

Cover is in very nice shape. Cream coloured, not pure white. It has a fully readable spine. The spine has the first edition "Pinched" ends, and is made from very thick card. No damage to mention, just a grubby look in a couple of spots but an extremely solid example and grades as excellent.
Inner sleeve is the first issue variant with 3 of the 4 corners cropped. Why they went back to cardboard inner sleeves after using a poly-lined one on DSOTM I will never know. Vinyl hates those heavy card inners. This is in a similar condition to the cover. No slits or damage. A light disc impression forming maybe. Another cream coloured piece. Grades as excellent.
The vinyl visually looks really good without anything worth mentioning in a negative way. A very very clean piece of vinyl. As a purely visual grading, I am grading as excellent.
This is my play-grading:-
Firstly, the play-gradings make use of my playing bible. My notebook with all my play-grades in. WYWH copies have a very bad reputation for being full of background noise, due in part to the cardboard inner sleeve and pressing issues. To find anything near silent is like finding hens teeth. This one puts up an extremely good performance.  Side one starts with 9 or 10 seconds of light surface noise, in the background, not to the fore, but it is just noticeable. During the whole of side one the detail is crisp and detailed. Hugely enjoyable. To be 100% honest, 2 or 3 times during the side there was a little light crackle for a single second only each time. I actually deviated in my notebook from the record collector guidelines and called side one eight and a half out of ten! Why? I have no idea. I guess I would call that excellent minus overall for that side. Side two has a great start. I called it "silky" in my book. The whole side plays without a blip worth mentioning. This is a highly acceptable copy in every way. As a play-grade for the entire album, it is just about an excellent.
The package includes the original serrated edge postcard. I am including some other bits and associated pieces too. The tour programme from 1974/1975 is genuine, not a copy. Has some little "doodles" to the bottom of the front cover. The comic book style is in a lovely clean and strong condition. Quite a rare item in itself. Also included is a round sticker of the iconic robot handshake labels. Also a postcard made to look like an old cassette (remember them??). On the front is a QR code (which I covered over in the photos so nobody could download it) This code gives access to some free Pink Floyd material. This postcard is new and mint. The DVD of the making of this iconic album is included and in good condition. I think I have a WYWH coaster, brand new somewhere. If I can find it (I will!) I will include it in this package too.
All albums are sent in a new anti-static inner sleeve and new heavy duty polythene outer sleeve. All in the price.
I am happy to post worldwide. I can give an exact price once I have packed and weighed the collection and know its destination. In the meantime I have put down a blanket cost for overseas postage which I will amend once I know the destination country. As a rough guide, postage within the EU is between £14 and £16. Outside of this area it rises to between £20 and £25 dependent on country. Postage within the UK is by Royal Mail, 1st class "signed for". I charge £5 for this service even though the actual cost is £5.55.
Please feel free to ask any questions, request more photos or whatever. Nothing is too much trouble.
NO SALES TO RUSSIA, BELARUS OR UKRAINE. BIDS WILL BE CANCELLED.
Please check out my other listings. I will be adding several nice Floyd stuff over this weekend and every fortnight after that.
My packing is renowned for its robust standards. I have NEVER had an album damaged in transit as my feedback clearly testifies.
Good luck if you decide to bid.
AS THIS COLLECTION IS QUITE LARGE, IT MAY BE WORTH ASKING IF THERE IS ANYTHING SPECIFIC YOU ARE SEEKING. JUST ASK, I MAY JUST HAVE IT HERE!!

Oi! keep your beaks out!