RARE Dark Side of the Moon PINK FLOYD 1st press 1973
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PINK FLOYD "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" VERY FIRST PRESSING in STEREO ON HARVEST SHVL 804.
VERY RARE A2 / B2 SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE PRESSING. VERY EARLY PRESSING, THE RIM OF THE LABELS READS "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD" WITH "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TO THE CENTRE BOTTOM OF THE LABEL, THE VERY FIRST SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE ISSUE TEXT.
RARE VERY FIRST ISSUE BLUE TINT GATEFOLD TWO POCKETS..THE VERY FIRST ISSUE BLACK POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE.
FIRST PRESSING MATRIX NUMBERS SHVL 804 A2 / B2
Labels have "The Gramophone Co Ltd" Text around the rim and Made In Gt Britain" to base of label. Solid Blue Triangle issue label text, the vast majority of DSOM records will have EMI Record company text on the rims, Very few have The Gramophone Co Ltd.
First Pressing Issue Sleeve with a distinctive Blue tint rather than the deep black of later issues.
IDEAS FOR THIS ALBUM WERE FIRST CONCEIVED BACK IN 1971, FIRST RELEASED IN 1973, AND ORIGINALLY TO BE TITLED ECLIPSE, QUITE SIMPLY A MASTERPIECE. AN AMAZING ALBUM WHICH HAS REACHED LEGENDARY STATUS
Side 1 : Speak To Me; Breathe; On The Run; Time; The Great Gig In The Sky.
Side 2 : Money; Us And Them; Any Colour You Like; Brain Damage; Eclipse.
A Truly Outstanding Masterpiece of an Album from possibly the greatest band ever to emerge from the sixties, the PINK FLOYD with the Legendary Waters, Wright, Mason and Gilmore. First Recorded in 1973 and Released later the same year, this Album has been proclaimed their greatest ever, and an album that proved the Floyd were a major contributer to the Britsh Progresseive scene. An oustanding Progressive/ Psych Album, full of mind blowing enthusiasm launching the Album with Side 1, Track 1, into the magnificent "Breathe".
The record is in excellent condition as near mint as you can get....glossy black throughout. The labels are excellent..as seen in photo small print of name S.Marriott ( Small Faces?) and on side 2.
The Vinyl is very clean and typical of the sturdy Harvest Vinyl of the early seventies, most copies of this album you will find to be the flimsy, economy vinyl later issues with the knife edge rims. This, however, is typical of the very early issues, nice and thick reasonably heavy duty vinyl with a thick edge and in excellent condition. Minimal play. this is the very rare and most sought after issue, the solid blue triangle label pressing. The Vinyl is a rich dark black and has a nice high gloss sheen.
A truly Excellent example .
The Dull Matt Blue/Black Gatefold Garrod and Lofthouse sleeve is in very good condition. It is the very first issue gatefold sleeve. There are No tears, No creases, No writing, slight edge wear and surface wear. The corners are very good some rubbing and the spine is rigid and intact .The sealed edge of the sleeve is flip back and therefore has a full cover seam and not exposed cut edge. This was only on the very first pressing issues. The inner gatefold is extremely clean and there are no signs of any wear only minimal rub on top edge totally free from grubby marks writing, tears and rips, staining.
Record comes complete with the very rare first pressings original MINT Black Inner Poly Lined Paper Sleeve.
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