PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side Of The Moon

Item Description

Vinyl, , Winchester Pressing, Wly, Gatefold
LP Album Stereo

"–––◁" in runouts denotes a [l313656]
"Wly" in side 2 runout denotes that it was mastered by [a360250]

Very unusual is the presence of [l313252] ⌂ Anvil symbol in the runout along with the Winchester rifle as seen in the runout photos provided.
"INTERPAK™ Pats. Pending" in the bottom right corner inside the gatefold.

Labels start at 10 O'Clock and states Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc., U.S.A. - Capitol Marca Reg. - All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

Pressing ring is 1 25/64" Indicating a possible 1975 pressing but the Scranton Plant was already sold by Capitol to North American Music Industries (NAMI) by that time.
Capitol did use plates from Scranton at the Winchester plant during the transition from one plant to the other.
Of course this does need to be confirmed.

136gr

The actual matrix runout read; SMAS -1-11163 F.55 #3 Wly ⌂ —◁ MASTERED BY CAPITOL
SMAS -2-11163 F-47#4 Wly ⌂ MASTERED BY CAPITOL —◁