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WE HAVE A 100 POSITIVE FEEDBACK RATING AND A 100 TRACK RECORD OF OFFERING GREAT PRODUCTS, SERVICE, COMMUNICATION AND DELIVERY GUARANTEED PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 1st EVER ORIGINAL UK PRESSING with 1st EVER ORIGINAL UK BLUE COVER.
Great Playing Record Great Audio and Cover.
Original UK PRESS Labels with the famous SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE.
AMAZING SUPER CLEAR AUDIO THAT WOULD BE HARD TO BETTER Complete with Original Posters, Stickers and Black Inner Sleeve, all in Great Condition.
Original Year and Date of Release: 1973, this is a great all round complete press with original posters, stickers and an ULTRA RARE A2 B2 U.K.
PRESSING.
With ORIGINAL ULTRA RARE 1st Press BLUE COVER.
Matrix Press - SHVL 804 - A 2 / B 2 earliest EVER matrix version.
This is a rare and hugely collectable A2 B2 matrix 1st ever UK press of the great DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.
These Solid Blue triangle pressings were the 1st ever variant and taken off the market almost immediately, being released in extremely small numbers.
Finding a Complete UK A2 B2 press in this wonderful condition is very rare indeed and makes this a very special chance to own a genuinely rare collectors pressing in amazing condition.
This also comes with its original 1st Press Blue Cover, 1st ever inner sleeve, and all the original 1st press inserts posters and stickers.
A brilliant package from my own personal collection, and an ultimate collectable, getting rarer by the day CAT NO:....
Stereo 1973 Harvest Records SHVL 804 LABEL PRESS DETAILS: ULTRA RARE 1st A 2 / B 2 Matrix Press - with the iconic SOLD BLUE triangle with fade white border and MADE IN GT BRITAIN text.
This is a rare A2 B 2 matrix 1st ever UK pressing of the great DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.
Finding a Complete press in this wonderful condition is very rare indeed and makes this a very special chance to own a genuine rarity and a massively collectable classic.
MATRIX NOs.
ON RUN-OUT GROOVE - 1st ever matrix version Side 1.
A 2 Side 2.
B 2 MOTHER STAMPERS: Side 1.
7 G G L Side 2.
3 C R A TRACK LISTING 1.
Speak To Me 2.
Breathe 3.
On The Run 4.
Time 5.
The Great Gig In The Sky 6.
Money 7.
Us And Them 8.
Any Colour You Like 9.
Brain Damage 10.
Eclipse The band s most successful release, The Dark Side of the Moon spent 741 consecutive weeks 14 years on the USA-based Billboard 200 album chart, the longest duration of ANY album in history.
Additionally, the album holds the record of spending the highest amount of time on the Billboard charts, staying there for more than 1,500 weeks that s almost 29 years .
It is one of three albums tied for the claim of second highest selling album globally of all time, selling over forty million or more units.
In addition to its commercial success, The Dark Side of the Moon is often considered to be the group s defining work, and is still frequently ranked by music critics as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time.
Sales of the album worldwide total over forty million as of 2004, with an average of 8,000 copies sold per week and a total of 400,000 in the year of 2002 making it the 200th best-selling album of that year nearly three decades after its initial release.
A great complete 1st pressing of what is undoubtedly one of the most iconic albums of the 20th century ALBUM PLAYED FOR GRADING: Yes brilliant - TOP AUDIO An incredible 1st ever pressing of Pink Floyd s masterpiece, with an audio performance that would be hard to better.Dark Side Of The Moon is a musical masterpiece and is also famously a very sensitive piece of vinyl.
Worn copies can have a lot of surface sound even on musically complex and busy tracks like On The Run .
I am a huge fan of DSOTM, and also highly critical of the audio performance.
I just cant stand to hear a pressing that is worn or plays with anything other than great, clear sound.
I am very pleased to say that this rare 1st pressing plays through with great, very bright un disturbed audio.
This great record plays up to the high visual grading and beyond.
There is not a single repetitive click, tic or pop, it really is a tremendous example and plays with a deep full bassy sound.
Strong audio free of any loud pops or clicks.
It has not been over played, in fact its barely been played at all.
The channels are clean and unstressed and there is not even a hint of distortion anywhere on the record.
There is some very light occasional static at the very start of the record and occasionally after that, but it is very light.
The occasional very light static tic, but nothing prominent or repetitive or even that noticeable.
The audio plays through with brilliant strong and clear sound.
It plays with great audio, peaking easily at NEAR MINT.
This is the ultimate 1st press of DSOM, and even with a few light spots of interference in the form of light static, it is an incredible listen.
I will give a detailed account below: This great sounding record starts with surprisingly little static in that famous extremely long run in heart beat intro to Speak to Me .
Great clear sound, the track plays superbly with the occasional very light tic the kind found on all vinyls and just a single light pops in the middle.
Breathe , another delicate track also sounds fantastically clear and the whole of the first side really plays with incredibly clear audio throughout.
On the Run , so often heavily distorted and affected by clicks and hiss plays through with amazing clarity and bright loud sound.
Some very occasional static and the occasional tic, but it is extremely light.
Time sounds great with super clear sound, no loud pops of clicks and very little noticeable static, just three light tics at the very start.
This track just sounds amazing, its so bright and clear, and so is Breathe reprise which is such a delicate down track and very hard to find with even half way clear sound.
Here its just brilliant.
Even the stunning Great Gig in The Sky , such a difficult track to find with clear sound, plays superbly.
No light pops or clicks, just a bit of very light static in the intro and end of the track, but again nothing obtrusive.
A great sounding record.
Money kicks in side 2.
with amazing clear audio, not a single light pop or click.
It plays with an amazing bassy, sonic feel, the original sound that is very hard to find, and lost on most pressings.
The run in grooves are near silent and there are only a couple of random static tics.
Us and them starts with very clear sound.
There is a bit of light static and a couple of light tics only.
This slight static is very low level, infrequent, and very light, the kind you will find on most vinyl.
This track is nearly always plagued by loud pops, clicks, static and even distortion, and this press has none of these, it just sounds clean and bright.
After an extremely clear introduction there are ten consecutive light tics before the singing starts.
Apart from these light tics the entire track plays with amazing clarity and this is a real test for the Dark Side of the Moon.
Any Colour you Like sounds superb, great clear sound.
Any background static I have to insist is very far in the background and in no way dominates or interferes with the music anywhere on this great record.
You have to get up close to the speakers to hear it.
There is some very light static tics only.
Brain Damage sounds superb, bright clear sound with juts a little occasion static.
Leading to the albums climax, with a great pressing of Eclipse , with plays with great, clear audio.
No pops or clicks and just a little very light interference towards the very end, it plays with great clear sound.
The record plays with staggering power, great audio with minimal surface sound at all to distract from the enjoyment of this great record.
There is little surface or static between the tracks.
Even at the end of Time and the run in to the Great Gig In the Sky , it is clean, crisp and rich.
There is the occasional light tic, and one or two very faint dust pops, but other than that there is certainly no distortion or obvious nothing repetitive loud noises anywhere.
The music jumps out, with definition and clarity, particularly on the percussion instruments, and vocals, which come through with tremendous power.
As is the same with the bass and drums, whilst the guitars come through crisp and clear.
This lp plays with superb, clear bright audio.
I have given a detailed account and l believe I have been unforgiving in pointing out the slightest audio interference on what is a tremendous 1st ever pressing.
I would give an overall audio grading of EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT THE RECORD Visual Grading A stunning piece of glossy vinyl, this rare 1st press is really thick and chunky, with amazing deep clear grooves.
In daylight and under a spot light it looks pretty much unmarked, and that is extremely unusual.
A couple of faint whispy paper handling marks, and they are light.
A really wonderful example that has clearly been little played A really great example.
Graded at EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT THE LABELS A lovely set of labels, largely unmarked with a few spindle traces on either side.
A lovely set, they show a little fading and have very little spindle wear, and certainly no writing, finer prints or other marks.
Graded at EXCELLENT to EXCELLENT PLUS VINYL TESTED FOR ANY SIGNS OF WARPING: Yes, NONE visible what so ever when tested be sight and on a moving turntable.
THE COVER This 1st pressed BLUE Cover is quite simply near perfect, with just the very slightest handling wear.
This 1st press comes with its original 1st Press Blue Cover.
The blue-ish tint covers that came with the first pressings, quickly changed to the standard charcoal black covers.
And don t be fooled, these are complex different to all other covers from the UK pressings of DSOM.
These covers themselves are rare and very valuable, and so hard to find with out heavily worn edges, corners and surfaces.
The Matt finish covers of DSOM have to be one of the most prone to wear, of all the classic vinyls from the sixties and early seventies.
Having a dark matt finish and not having the advantage of being laminated, these covers usually faired pretty badly, with serious ring wear and scuffed along the edges.
The Spines are nearly always flattened, worn and scuffed.
Not this one This 1st Press BLUE Cover has very little scuffing to the corners, and very little rubbing along the edges, and that is virtually un heard of for DSOM.
The opening edges are very square and un frayed, with there is very little detectable ring wear on either the rear or front cover.
There is the faintest impression on the record on the rear only but no actual ring wear loss of colour.
The back cover extremely clean, again with only a very light impression of the vinyl and a few light scratches.
The inside Gatefold is clean and with some light indentations and handling marks only.
The spine shows minimal wear only, and is a nice square example.
All round, this is a really amazing example that is largely unmarked.
And, this is an ORIGINAL 1st Press BLUE COVER, and a fairly light coloured one at that.
Graded at EXCELLENT.
The album was originally released in a gatefold LP sleeve designed by Hipgnosis and George Hardie, and bore Hardie s iconic dispersive prism on the cover.
The Cover design was aimed to represent three elements the band s stage lighting, the album lyrics, and Richard Wright s request for a simple and bold design.
A spectrum of light moves through to the gatefold sleeve an idea that Waters came up with.
Added shortly afterwards, the gatefold design also includes a visual representation of the heartbeat sound used throughout the album, and the back of the album cover.
The light band emanating from the prism on the album cover has six colours, missing indigo compared to the traditional division of the spectrum into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
The concept was continued with two posters and a sheet of pyramid-themed stickers.
One poster bore pictures of the band in concert, overlaid with scattered letters to form PINK FLOYD, and the other an infrared photograph of the Great Pyramids of Giza, created by Powell and Thorgerson.
In 2003 VH1 declared that The Dark Side of the Moon had the 4th-greatest album cover of all time, and in 2009 listeners of the UK radio station Planet Rock voted the packaging the greatest album cover of all time.
THE INNER Original plain black poly lined inner sleeve in great condition.
No tears, stains, just some light creasing and NO seem splits at all The flip backs are fully intact, fully flat and pressed down.
And don t be fooled, these are completely different to all other inner sleeves from the UK pressings of DSOM.
These inners are themselves rare and valuable, and so hard to find with out heavy wear, graffiti, tears and splitting.
Graded at EXCELLENT.
POSTERS This 1st pressing of Dark Side of the Moon comes with BOTH original posters, in great condition.
In flat MATT finish, these are not the same as the posters found in other pressings of DSOM.
A superb set with No tears or stains.
Nice crisp edges.
NO tape marks or pin holes Graded at EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT.
STICKERS The two original PERMANENT stickers in great condition.
No tears.
Nice crisp edges.
No tape marks or pin holes.
The stickers will come in a separate envelope to ensure that they do not get bent or damaged.
Graded at EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT.
The Dark Side of the Moon is the sixth studio album by Pink Floyd.
The album was developed as part of a forthcoming tour of live performances, and premi red several months before studio recording began.
The new material was further refined during the tour, and was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London.
Pink Floyd used some of the most advanced recording techniques of the time, including multitrack recording and tape loops.
Analogue synthesisers were given prominence in several tracks, and a series of recorded interviews with staff and band personnel provided the source material for a range of philosophical quotations used throughout.
The Dark Side of the Moon was an immediate success, topping the Billboard 200 for one week.
It subsequently remained in the charts for 741 weeks fourteen years , longer than any other album in history.
With an estimated 45 million units sold, it is Pink Floyd s most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
It has twice been re-mastered and re-released, and has been covered by several other acts.
The Dark Side of the Moon is one of Pink Floyd s most popular albums for fans and critics alike, and is ranked as one of the greatest vinyl albums of all time.
RARITY Dark Side has been re produced in massive quantities, being one of the most iconic albums of the 20th century.
On saying that, finding an original UK 1st press in great condition is extremely rare indeed.
It is one of the hardest pieces of vinyl from the early 1970 s to find with great audio.
The cover is almost impossible to find without serious wear, even modestly worn examples are scarce and this one is a brilliant example.
Finding a great cover like this, with a great piece of vinyl, rare black inner sleeve and all the original and correct inserts, fantastic .
A DSOM pressing in this type of condition is virtually UNIQUE.
The vinyl is so often played so much, heavily marked, scratched, with noisy, poor and distorted sound.
Any DSOM examples with a record in this type of condition, that plays superbly is very rare.
An ORIGINAL 1st ever A2 B2 press, with near perfect Audio, ORIGINAL 1st Press Blue Cover and ORIGINAL posters and stickers, all in great condition, with TOP audio makes this very rare indeed lt div style text-align:center gt lt img src border 0 gt lt br gt lt table align center gt lt tr gt lt td gt lt a style text-decoration:none href gt lt img src border 0 gt lt /a gt lt /td gt lt td height 21px valign middle align center gt lt font face arial size 2 gt lt b gt lt a href gt guyanj7 lt /a gt Store lt /b gt lt /font gt lt /td gt lt /tr gt lt /table gt lt /div gt RARE COMPLETE CLASSIC ORIGINAL VINYLS WITH TOP AUDIO AND GREAT CONDITION THROUGHOUT WE SPECIALISE IN RARE COLLECTABLE PRESSINGS - WITH GREAT SOUND UNINTERRUPTED BY INTERFERENCE.
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We only sell records that play with TOP AUDIO performance super clear sound uninterrupted by hiss or other interference.
Even with the cleanest pressing you will find occasional static or occasional light tics during playback, caused by a build of dust in the grooves.
This is clearly different from the distortion, loud pops, repeating tics or clicks that are found on heavily played and worn pieces of vinyl.
Any static build up will reduce when played, and we advise a light clean between plays for optimal performance.
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The images are designed to be as clear as possible, giving an exact representation of the item.
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If you are not happy then any item can be returned, we cant say fairer that that WE ONLY SELL RARE RECORDS THAT ARE IN GREAT CONDITION.
IF THERE IS ANY SLIGHT DEFECT, IT WILL BE CLEARLY STATED.If in the unlikely event that you may want to return an item, or that we have missed something in the listing, we offer a no quibble return policy.
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MINT: Virtually unplayed.
The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality.
Cover is pristine.EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality.
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Slight wear and tear on the cover.V.G: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and occasional light scratch.
Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items.GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches.
The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, etc.FAIR: Fair.
It is noticeable that the record has been played so much that the sound quality has deteriorated very noticeably.
The cover and contents are showing signs of folding, scuffing of edges etc..
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