THIS IS NOT ONLY A SUPER UK FIRST PRESS COPY  OF A EXTREMELY RARE SQ QUADRAPHONICE 1973 UK PRESSING BUT ALSO FULLY COMPLETE WITH BOTH POSTERS BOTH CRACK BACK STICKERS AND ITS RARE SQ INNER AND PLAYS IN STEREO AS IT'S OWN UNIQUE MIX !!
 THE SQ QUADRAPHONIC SYSTEM WAS USED BY EMI FROM 1972 TILL THE EARLY 90'S. FROM 1976 NEARLY ALL IT'S CLASSICAL OUTPUT WAS RELEASED ON SQ AND FROM 1972 SELECTED OTHER RELEASES WERE ALSO GIVEN THE QUADRAPHONIC TREATMENT OFTEN MANY MONTHS AFTER THE RESPECTIVE ORIGINAL STEREO ISSUES . ALL OF THESE ARE RARE AND HIGLY COLLECTABLE AS THEY SOLD IN TINY NUMBERS.
I CAN ATTEST TO THE QUALITY OF THE SQ QUAD SYSTEM HAVING BEEN PRESENT DURING A DEMONSTRATION IN THE MID 70'S, BUT SADLY THERE WAS SIMPLY NO DEMAND FOR IT AND IT WOULD DISSAPEAR IN THE EARLY 80'S. A SHAME.
HOWEVER AS I HAVE SAID THESE QUAD RECORDS WHEN PLAYED IN STEREO SOUND QUITE DIFFERENT TO THE STANDARD STEREO MIX AND ARE STAND ALONE IN THEIR OWN RIGHT...

 L@@K...

VERY RARER - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS !!  

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  DARK SIDE OF THE MOON " 

ARTIST:  PINK FLOYD

MONO/STEREO: QUADRAPHONIC

Cat. No : Q4SHVL 804

LABEL:   HARVEST 

COUNTRY: UK

DATE:  DECEMBER  1973 ( FOR QUAD )

MATRICIES:  A-1 B-2

TRACK LISTING

CONDITION......

VINYL : VISUALLY  VINYL IS SUPER AND STILL RETAINS ALL IT'S FIRST PRESSED SHEEN. ONLY THE ODD LIGHT HAIRLINE IN EVIDENCE  UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LIGHT SO GRADES EX- TO FULL EX

LABELS:  SLIGHT STREAKING, BUT NO WRITINGS OR LABELS GRADES EXCELLENT-

SLEEVE : FABULOUS SLEEVE HAS NO SERIOUS FLAWS WHATSOEVER, THE WEAK POINT FOR THIS LP STEREO OR QUADRAPHONIC. THIS IS EASILY ONE OF THE BEST OF THESE SLEEVES YOU WLL SEE, ONLY A FLAW BOTTOM REAR EDGE WHICH LOOKS LIKE A GUILLOTINE FLAW FROM THE PRINTER, DOES NOT EFFECT MY GRADING OF THIS AS EXCELLENT 

POSTERS AND STICKERS : TOTALLY UNUSED AND AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU WILL FIND SAVE FOR JUST A CREASE TO ONE OF THE STICKERS WHERE IT HAS GOT CAUGHT IN THE GATEFOLD, A COMMON OCCURANCE.

VERY RARE  ANYWAY BUT ESPECIALLY SO IN THIS CONDITION SO  ..GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

FOR ITEMS THAT SELL DOMESTIC UK DELIVERY WILL HAVE TO BE BY RECORDED SIGNED FOR DELIVERY  THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT. 

FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW - GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTS Furthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE ( WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPTION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED ) AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO ARE NOT ANY BASIS FOR A REFUND. HOWEVER YOU MAY STILL TRADE WITH CONFIDENCE AS I DO  REFUND  WHEREVER AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS EVER DISPUTED.

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO BE READ,

 …….EUROPE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS ARE USUALLY GBP 9.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND FOR USA/REST OF WORLD IT IS USUALLY GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE AND GBP 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE, COMBINED POSTAGE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST