NM (Near Mint) : $167.00 - $230.00 EX (Excellent) : $128.00 - $176.00 VG (Very Good) : $88.00 - $122.00 G (Good) : $29.00 - $40.00 F (Fair) : $19.00 - $27.00 P (Poor) : $9.00 - $13.00
Release Type:OFFICIAL RELEASE
Label: Harvest
Cat. Number: SHSP 4020
Release Country: UK
Release Year: 1972
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Item Description
Vinyl, , First Corrected Cut LP Album Stereo
First UK issue, second pressing, with SHSP 4020 A-2 / B-2 runout matrices (additional letters and/or digits are mother/stamper identifiers).
This second cut is the first corrected pressing, quickly re-cut and issued after the initial A-1 / B-1 copies ([r=11553286]) were found to have a mastering error causing excessive sibilance. The error is discussed by the band in the "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii" film.
Original sleeve has pinched ends to the spine, with matte-finished textured sleeve and rounded corners.
Two type of EMI inners are known for this album:
- plain white one with "PATENT Nos. 1,125,555," and "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" on bottom, with shaped corners and flipback.
- polyline (plastic bag inside) with advertising of other LPs, on bottom has "THE GREATEST RECORDING ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD" on one side and EMI's address on the other side, with shaped corners and flipback.
Labels:
Text around top edge :
The Gramophone Co.Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
Boxed "EMI" logo
℗ 1972 The Gramophone Company Limited
World Copyrights Ltd.
Text around bottom edge :
Made in GT Britain.
Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting, and copying of this record prohibited.
Backcover:
E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd)
Hayes • Middlesex • England
Made and printed in Great Britain
Harvest - Regd. Trade Mark of The Gramophone Company Ltd - A Company of The [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/359207]EMI[/url] Group
7206 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd
Subtitle (backcover):
Music from La Vallée
Some early copies and later re-releases had a pink sticker, normally in top right-hand corner of the front sleeve. "Obscured by Clouds, Music from La Valee - Pink Floyd". Sticker clearly designed by Hipgnosis.
"La Vallée" directed by Barbet Schroeder with Bulle Ogier, Jean Pierre Kalfon and Michael Gothard.
Produced by Les Films de Losange.
