Pink Floyd: The Wall FIRST PRESSING A2U/B3U/A4U/B3U double LP EX

	£		50
	$		66

 

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 Year of Release: 1980

 Label: Harvest

 Extras?: Great original UK 1st pressing in with all the required aspects of a 1st pressing, here's all the details from the Pink Floyd worlwide discography page - an amazing resource!), all of which are evident on this very copy:

Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2 / side 3 / side 4)

SHSP 41111 A-2U TML-X / SHSP 41111 B-3U TML-X  CLC 4 / SHSP 41112 A-4U THL-X / SHSP 41112 B-3U  TML-X (M CROSSED OUT) (all four stamped)

Release Information: Original issue. Band members are not listed on the inside cover. Cream cover and purple brick outlines. No bar code on cover.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: A brick wall. The Wall is cream colored, not true white, with the brick outlines in purple-blue-grey. The cover is made from a single sheet of wrap-around cardboard with the seam arcoss the inner top edge of the cover. The bricks on the front cover are not aligned right to the bottom of the cover.
Back Cover: A brick wall. There is no bar code on the back cover.
Inside Cover: The credits on the inside cover do not list the members of Pink Floyd. It only says "Words and Music - Roger Waters."
Inner Sleeves:  Heavy cardboard inner sleeves with rounded corners and a nine-inch thumb notch at the top. 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.
Labels: Picture label.
Text around the top edge of the label starts at 7 o'clock and says:

Hopefully, you can find any other info that you require via the photos - i take photos of all aspects to show you the record as fully as possible. If you have anyfurther questions then please email me and i will do my best to answer.

Condition

Sleeve - VG+ (faint shelf wear, no seam splits on gatefold sleeve, inner sleeve for record 2 has small seam split at the bottom) 

Record - EX (i have played it through and it sounds brilliant apart from the following: 2 light clicks at the beginning of 'Mother' and a light crackle later on in the same song, a light click during part of the intro to 'Goodbye blue sky', a ligt click at the very beginning of 'Empty Spaces'.  I am being very 'picky' here as i want to give an accurate reflection of the record you are going to buy! These brief passages are gone as soon as you notice them)

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