Pink Floyd THE WALL 1979 UK 2X LP 1st Press W/PVC Sticker PLAYS MINT MINUS HEAR

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PINK FLOYD - THE WALL

A GENUINE 1ST PRESS

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS !!!! CONDITION

A TRUE INVESTMENT GRADE COPY WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE TO MATCH

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHDW 4111 / 4112
• MATRIX: SHSP4111 A-2U / B-3U / SHSP4112 A-1U / B-2U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS ;  1 RP / 2 AG / 1 R/ 1 G
• TML-S / TML-X /  TML- M / TML -M 
• FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com
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  WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS AN ABSOLUTE INVESTMENT GRADE 1ST PRESS, WITH A MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE THAT HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW
• THE VINYL WAS PLAYED AND RECORDED, THEN STORED SAFELY AWAY FOR ALL THESE YEARS
• OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COPIES THAT WERE SOLD OF THIS ALBUM, THE VERY FIRST PRESSES STILL REMAIN FAIRLY ELUSIVE. I AM GOING TO LIST BELOW THE EXACT REQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE UP A GENUINE FIRST PRESS, AND CAN SAY THAT THIS COPY HAS EVERY ONE OF THEM

STARTING WITH THE OUTER SLEEVE

1. THE SLEEVE MUST BE A CREAMY COLOUR NOT WHITE, LIKE THE LATER PRESSES

2. THE BRICKS DO NOT ALIGN RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE LIKE LATER PRESSES

3. THE SLEEVE IS MADE FROM ONE PIECE OF CARD SEALED INSIDE THE TOP / BOTTOM EDGE, THIS INNER SURFACE CARD MUST BE HEAVYWEIGHT, AND CREAMY IN COLOUR. LATER ISSUES WERE LIGHTER CARD AND BROWNER IN COLOUR

4.THE BRICKS ON THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD ON THE RIGHT PANEL HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION INSIDE

FIRST PRESS                                                  LATER PRESS

8TH BRICK 'PRODUCED BY DAVID GILMOUR'               8TH BRICK; ' WRITTEN BY ROGER WATERS'

9TH BRICK: WORDS AND MUSIC ROGER WATERS         9TH BRICK: EXCEPT YOUNG LUST, COMFORTABLY NUMB ETC

9TH BRICK: BOB EZRIN, ROGER WATERS

10TH BRICK: NO TEXT AT ALL                             10TH BRICK: PINK FLOYD (NAMES OF THE BAND)

THE INNER SLEEVE

1. THESE MUST HAVE ROUNDED EDGES NOT SQUARE

2. THERE MUST BE A LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE

3. A TRUE UK FIRST ISSUE WILL ONLY HAVE SHDW 4111/2 IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, NOT THE OTHER TWO CATALOGUE NUMBERS, WHICH APPEARED SLIGHTLY LATER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE 100% UNMARKED. THE WHITE AREAS ARE PURE WHITE AND THE DEEP BLUE IS RICH AND VIBRANT. NO RUBBING TO ANY PART OF THE LABELS AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE JUST -1-2 MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES ON EACH LABEL SEEN ONLY WHEN ANGLED INTO A VERY STRONG LIGHT. PROOF THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL ALBUM SET HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

BOTH DISCS HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND BOTH GLEAM LIKE POLISHED MIRRORS. IN DAYLIGHT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, NOT A MARK ON EITHER LP, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP'S PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL FOUR SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC IT SOUNDS.

THIS IS SUCH A HARD ALBUM TO COLLECT IN ANYTHING LIKE PRISTINE CONDITION, DUE TO THE HUGE NUMBER OF SILENT OR NEAR SILENT PASSAGES WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT ANY BLEMISH ON THE VINYL WILL BE TRANSMITTED AUDIBLY

THIS SET IS AS NEAR TO PERFECT AS I BELIEVE YOU WILL EVER FIND. 

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT THIS HAS HAD IN THE LAST 44 YEARS HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM WHICH HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS ENSURING A TOTALLY DISTORTION FREE SOUND REPRODUCTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH DISCS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT, AND THE PLAYTHROUGH ON BOTH DISCS IS JUST 'FIRST PRESS' WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD IN OUTSTANDING CLARITY AND LOUDNESS.

LIKE I SAID THERE ARE SO MANY QUIET PASSAGES THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A TOTALLY NOISE FREE SET, BUT WHAT YOU WONT HEAR ANYWHERE IS BACKGROUND CRACKLE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE VINYL HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE ANYWHERE AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT ON ANY SIDE

ALL I HEARD DURING THE FOUR SIDES WAS A FEW TINY SPECKS OF VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A LINKING GROOVE OR TWO

NO POPS OR TICS WHATSOEVER

 I SUGGEST YOU TAKE A GOOD LISTEN IN FULL TO THE ALBUM THEN JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB VINYL MINT MINUS!!!

THE SLEEVE

DESPITE ALL BEST INTENTIONS A 'WHITE' SLEEVE WILL BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THIS WALL SLEEVE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT USUALLY LOOKS IN POOR CONDITION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT I WILL DETAIL BELOW

FIRSTLY THE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT I HAVE ALREADY LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. BUT KEEPING THE WHITE SURFACE CLEAN IS A REAL ISSUE FOR THIS NON LAMINATED SLIGHTLY GLOSSY SLEEVE. FIRST OF ALL IF KEPT IN A SMOKERS ENVIRONMENT THE SLEEVE WOULD COLLECT NICOTINE STAINING AND TURN YELLOWISH, ALSO JUST KEEPING THIS SLEEVE EXPOSED TO THE AIR OVER TIME HAS A YELLOWING EFFECT USUALLY AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES.

FINGERMARK'S AND STAINS ARE ALSO IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT ONCE EMBEDDED IN THE SURFACE. SO YOU WILL USUALLY FIND THIS SLEEVE IN A POOR STATE ALL ROUND

THIS COPY HOWEVER IS IN SUPERB ALL ROUND CONDITION

THE CREAMY WHITE COLOUR IS STILL VERY CLEAN WITH JUST A VERY SLIGHT TINGE OF AGEING TO THE EDGES

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC 'PINK FLOYD THE WALL' SEE THROUGH STILL WITH THE SET WHICH IS UNUSUAL.AS MOST HAVE BEEN LOST OVER THE YEARS

INCREDIBLY THE SLEEVE IS FREE FROM ANY CREASE LINES OR HEAVY CREASES, IN FACT ON THE FRONT SURFACE THERE AREN'T EVEN ANY SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO IN TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED CONDITION. FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND CLEAN AND UNMARKED. ONLY THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS SHOW A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THEM

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND AGAIN UNWORN, NOT ONE SQUASH MARK ANYWHERE. BOTH ENDS ARE PRISTINE AND UNWORN

BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE 100% RAZOR SHARP AND NEITHER HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS ON THEM

THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN THE ORIGINAL COLOUR AND ALSO NO HEAVY CREASES. AGAIN NO SMALL LINES NEAR ANY OF THE PERIMETER EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES OR CREASES. 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER PAIR OF PANELS, SHOWING ONCE AGAIN THE FIRST ISSUE INDICATOR IN THAT THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE BAND MEMBER NAMES LIKE THERE IS ON LATER ISSUES

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE THE CORRECT FIRST PRESS CARD ISSUES AS DESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. BOTH ARE UNCREASED . NO SEAM SPLITS. THE TOP OPENING EDGES WITH THE LARGE THUMB NOTCHES ARE ALSO UNDAMAGED IN ANY WAY

I HAVE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT