On offer here is a VERY rare LP especially in this condition by Pink Floyd called Dark Side Of The Moon and is an INCREDIBLY rare 1973 UK RAREST EVER Transparent Triangle Pressing - and has a completely UNIQUE MISPRINTED LABEL, that was NEVER used before or since THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THIS IS ONE OF PINK FLOYD S MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE LIKE THIS HOWEVER THIS LP IS MADE REALLY SPECIAL INDEED AS IT IS THE RAREST POSSIBLE VERSION OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND WAS ONLY PRESSED LIKE THIS FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS SO MASSIVELY RARE
THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN 1973 - JUST BEFORE THE HARVEST LABEL CHANGE -
FROM THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY EDGE TEXT, TO THE EMI RECORDS EDGE
TEXT. IN FACT THIS LP IS ONE OF THE LAST LPs EVER TO BE RELEASED WITH
THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY EDGE TEXT ON THE HARVEST LABEL AND, AS
MANY PEOPLE WILL ALREADY KNOW - THE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP
HAD A SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE - AND THIS WAS CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
AFTER RELEASE TO MATCH THE COVER . NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE GRAMOPHONE
COMPANY EDGE TEXT WAS CHANGED AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME - AND DROPPED IN
FAVOUR OF EMI RECORDS TEXT THAT FOLLOWED ON ALL LATER
PRESSINGS AND AT THIS POINT - THE RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE WAS ACCIDENTLY PRINTED WHILST EMI HARVEST WERE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE LABEL TEXT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LABELS - SOMEONE MADE A MASSIVE ERROR, AND FORGOT TO ADD ANY LABEL EDGE TEXT AT ALL AND AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IN MY PICTURES THE LABELS LOOK POSITIVELY BARE, AND LOOK VERY VERY STRANGE INDEED WITH NO OUTSIDE LABEL EDGE TEXT IN FACT, MANY PEOPLE LOOKING AT THESE LABELS MIGHT BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THESE LABELS ARE FOREIGN LABELS. BUT NO THESE ARE THE ALL TIME RAREST UK MISPRINTED LABELS, AND HAVE THE CORRECT UK A-3/B-3 MATRIXES UK MOTHER STAMPER CODINGS TOO ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL WERE EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS -
AND IT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE VARIATION OF THIS LP
EVER MADE
OF COURSE AT THIS POINT - PEOPLE MIGHT BE ASKING JUST HOW RARE THIS LP REALLY IS? WELL ACTUALLY IT IS VERY SIMPLE TO EXPLAIN THE SECRET CODE FOR ALL EMI PRESSINGS WAS GRAMOPHLTD FOR THE STAMPER LETTERS ON EACH LP - AND EACH STAMPER MADE ABOUT 300 COPIES EACH. SO FOR EXAMPLE A RECORD WITH MOTHER NUMBER 1 AND STAMPER LETTERS GTA - TRANSLATES TO G 1 T 9 A 3 . IN OTHERWORDS THE 193rd STAMPER. AND AT 300 COPIES PER STAMPER - YOU SIMPLY TAKE 193 x 300 AND THAT WILL EQUAL 57900 - CLEARLY SHOWING A RECORD WITH THESE STAMPERS WAS THE 57900th COPY IN THE ORDER OF PRESSING AND SO - BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE STAMPERS ON THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP EXISTS - WE CAN CLEARLY SHOW HOW MANY WERE MADE SO HERE IS THE CONCLUSIVE DATA FOR ALL OF THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP EVER MADE:-
1 1973 SOLD BLUE TRIANGLE 1ST PRESSING - THIS IS KNOWN TO EXIST FROM MOTHER STAMPER CODE 1/G FIRST 300 COPIES RIGHT UP TO MOTHER STAMPER CODING 5/TT ON THE LOWEST SIDE. EACH MOTHER HAS GONE INTO 3 FIGURES ON EACH STAMPER MOST MAKING 150 STAMPERS - SO AT THE VERY LEAST THERE WERE AROUND 750 SEPARATE STAMPERS USED ON THIS PRESSING. THEREFORE 750 x 300 225,000 COPIES. WHICH AS IT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF RELEASE AND THIS LP WAS A HUGE SELLER ISNT SURPRISING. SO 1ST PRESS COPIES SOLD 225,000 conservative estimate - probably more
2 1973 GRAMOPHONE COMPANY 2ND PRESSING - THIS CROSSED OVER FROM THE 1ST PRESSING ABOVE, AND RANGES BETWEEN A2-B2 MATRIXES, AND A-3 B-3 MATRIXES. AGAIN TAKING THE LOWEST SIDE 1 COMPLETE MOTHER WAS USED, AND A QUARTER OR HALF OF 4 OTHERS. AGAIN THERE IS EVIDENCE OF EACH MOTHER USING OVER 100 STAMPERS EACH. SO AT THE VERY LEAST AROUND 250 STAMPERS WERE USED ON THIS PRESSING. THEREFORE 250 x 300 75,000 COPIES. WHICH AS IT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF RELEASE AND THIS LP WAS A HUGE SELLER ISNT SURPRISING. SO 2ND PRESS COPIES SOLD 75,000 conservative estimate - probably more
3 1973 MISPRINTED 3RD PRESSING WITH COMPLETELY MISSING LABEL EDGE TEXT THIS ONE INCREDIBLY THIS PRESSING HAS ONLY EVER BEEN FOUND ON 4 STAMPERS - EVER. IT HAS NEVER EVER BEEN SHOWN TO EXIST ON ANY OTHER STAMPER - AND ALL HAVE BEEN FOUND ON A-3 B-3 MATRIXES ONLY THEREFORE 4 x 300 1200 COPIES. AND THIS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT EVERY SINGLE STAMPER WAS FULL USED WHICH IS UNLIKELY AS THIS ERROR WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICED AND PRESSING HALTED AND SO AS ONLY 1200 COPIES OR MORE LIKELY LESS WERE EVER MADE - JUST DOING BASIC MATHS SHOWS YOU THAT THIS RAREST EVER PRESSING IS 187 TIMES RARER THAN THE SOLD TRIANGLE 1ST PRESSING, AND 62 TIMES RARER THAN THE 2ND PRESSING AND IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE ONE PRESSING OF THIS LP THAT ANY PINK FLOYD COLLECTOR WILL NOT HAVE IN THEIR COLLECTION SO AS YOU CAN SEE - THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE ALL TIME RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE, WITH ONLY 1200 COPIES EVER MADE AND FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE 1000 COPIES OR EVEN LESS
THIS LP IS ALSO 100 COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR POSTERS, CRACK-BACK STICKERS LATER ONES ARE DIFFERENT , AND BLACK DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE INCIDENTALLY - ALTHOUGH THEIR IS NO SILVER TEXT ON THE INNER AND IT IS UNLINED IT IS EXACTLY CORRECT TO THIS PRESSING NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASN T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL AND THE POSTERS STICKERS DONT EVER LOOK TO HAVE LEFT THE COVER JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1973 UK RAREST EVER COMPLETELY MISPRINTED TRANSPARENT PRESSING ON THE HARVEST LABEL WITH NO LABEL EDGE TEXT AT ALL, ORIGINAL BLACK INNER SLEEVE LATER ONES DONT , A-3 B-3 MATRIX ENDINGS, ULTRA RARE COLOUR POSTERS CRACK-BACK BACKED STICKERS, AND GARROD LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD COVER THIS IS EASILY THE RAREST POSSIBLE VARIATION OF THIS LP EVER MADE 1000 COPIES ONLY AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY This is the ORIGINAL Harvest UK Pressing from 1973 and is in BRILLIANT condition The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is SHVL 804 on the ORIGINAL Harvest label see picture and is a UK Stereo Pressing there were NO Monos
The record labels are in SUPERB condition see pictures with NO stickers, NO wear apart from a TINY touched in trace around the centre holes , and only a few VERY light spindle marks IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual It plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound in places as is normal and expected on this LP The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either The record must grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT RECORD Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to Brillant The record also comes in its ORIGINAL Black Inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition THE ULTRA RARE 2 COLOUR POSTERS 2 STICKERS ARE ALL IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HAVENT EVER LEFT THE COVER The Garrod Lofthouse Gatefold Cover is in BRILLIANT condition The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear NOT through the colour , NO sticker marks, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL to the cover front, only very VERY light ringwear to the cover back, NO sticker tears, NO rips, NO tears, only a VERY few light creases cover is VERY flat looking indeed , NO splits, only some very VERY minor evidence of tipping in to the corner tips, NO annotations, and NO writing The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, and NO writing The cover MUST grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT COVER THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY
HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP in this sort of condition THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1973 UK RAREST EVER MISPRINTED PRESSING OF DARK SIDE OF THE MOON BY PINK FLOYD, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking Cheers--ooOOoo--
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