Pink Floyd DARK SIDE OF THE MOON UK BLUE TRIANGLE NMINT

	£		190
	$		252

PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

• CAT:SHVL 804
• MATRIX: SHVL 804 A-2 / B-2
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 5 GDT / 3 TM

THE WORLD FAMOUS DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. GENUINE UK FIRST PRESS.

THIS ALBUM PLAYS ABSOLUTELY BRILIIANTLY, WITH SUPERB CLARITY, A PERFECT STEREO PERFORMANCE AND APART FROM A MINISCULE BIT OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC AT THE RUN IN FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES WHATSOEVER, JUST THE VERY ODD LIGHT LITTLE POP IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS. A TRULY FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THIS SOUGHT AFTER CLASSIC ALBUM

FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW, THE REASON THIS IS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER PRESSING OF DSOM, IT IS VERY SIMPLY THAT ONCE IT WAS PRESSED WITH THE LIGHT SILVER TYPEFACE ON THE SKY BLUE LABEL. YOU JUST STRUGGLED TO SEE THE TRACK LISTING IN SILVER. THIS IS THE ONLY REASON THE LABEL WAS CHANGED TO THE MORE CONVENTIONAL TRIANGLE. SIMPLE BUT TRUE!!

THE RECORD LABELS

THE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE BLUE TRIANGLE HARVEST RECORD LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE MATT BLACK SURFACE IS PERFECT, NO MARKS OR STAINS. THE LIGHT BLUE TRIANGLE WHICH CAUSED ALL THE FUSS IS PERFECT ON SIDE ONE, WHILST SIDE TWO HAS SOME LIGHT WEAR TO IT NEAR THE HOLE. THIS IS NOT SPINDLE HOLE WEAR BUT RATHER LOSS OF COLOUR TO THE PAPER COLOUR, . THE SPINDLE HOLE. IS UNWORN. THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS VERY SHARP AND CLEAR AS I HOPE THE PICTURES WILL SHOW. THERE ARE PERHAPS HALF A DOZEN LIGHT SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS VINYL, VERY HEAVY, AS ALL FIRST PRESSES SHOULD BE AND VERY GLOSSY. ALL THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED AND IT LOOKS GREAT. THERE IS ONE VERY LIGHT , BARELY VISIBLE, AND NON SOUNDING HANDLING LINE ON TRACK ONE SIDE TWO, AND AN EVEN SMALLER ONE ON SIDE ONE. THE RECORDINGS I HAVE MADE PLAY OVER THESE LINES SO YOU CAN BE CERTAIN THEY DO NOT SOUND. THIS IS A VERY VERY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM, IN BOTH LOOKS AND SOUND QUALITY

PLAYING THE RECORD

DUE TO THE MANY QUIET TRACKS ON THIS ALBUM, AND THAT IT IS A SPECIAL PRESSING I HAVE INCLUDED 4 DIFFERENT SNIPPETS FROM THE ALBUM TO SHOW JUST HOW SUPERB THE VINYL PLAYS. THIS INCLUDES THE INTRO (RUN IN) TO BOTH SIDES, AND IN ADDITION A SECOND PORTION ONE FROM EACH SIDE TO SHOW JUST HOW "SPECIAL" THIS VINYL ACTUALLY IS

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "SPEAK TO ME" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, AND EACH LINKING GROOVE IS AS SILENT AS THE RUN IN THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD BY NOW. EVEN THE RUN OUT WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS NOISE ON MOST ALBUMS IS AS CLEAR AS A BELL. THERE IS JUST THE VERY ODD LIGHT POP AND THATS IT, IT IS A SUPERB NEAR MINT PRESSING.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT

JUST FOR THE RECORD I WANTED TO EXPLAIN JUST HOW TO TELL IF YOU HAVE AMATCHING FIRST PRESS SLEEVE WITH A BLUE TRIANGLE 1ST PRESS ALBUM. MANY ARE SWAPPED FOR BETTER LOOKING SLEEVES, SO HERE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR.

• FIRSTLY THE COLOUR OF THE SLEEVE ON A FIRST PRESS IS MIDNIGHT BLUE RATHER THAN BLACK WHICH LATER PRESSINGS WERE (SEE PICTURES)
• SECONDLY THE LEFT HAND EDGE OF THE SLEEVE IS SEALED IN THIS CASE THERE IS A FLIPBACK WHICH HAS BEEN TUCKED INSIDE AND SEALED, YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE LUMP WITH YOUR THUMB OR FINGER, LATER PRESSES WERE LEFT OPEN AND HAD NO FLIPBACK AT ALL
• THE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE WAS MADE OF ONE PIECE OF CARD, LEATER PRESSES WERE MADE OF TWO (SEE PICS) YOU CAN TELL BY LOOKING INSIDE THE OPENING EDGE AT THE BOTTOM ON THE FIRST PRESS THERE IS JUST THE FOLD OF THE CARD, ON A SECOND PRESS THERE IS A FLIPBACK
• THE POSTERS ARE SLIGHTLY LARGER WITH A WHITE BORDER AND ON DULLER PAPER THAN LATER PRESSES
• THE STICKERS HAVE DIAGONAL BROWN LINES ON THE BACK, LATER ONES HAVE STRAIGHT LINES

THIS IS THE FIRST PRESS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WHICH HISTORICALLY IS SEEN IN POOR CONDITION DUE TO THE RING WEAR AND COLOUR LOSS SUFFERED DUE TO THE POWDERY FINISH OF THE SURFACE. THIS ONE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION HOWEVER. THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS SUSTAINED NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES . THERE ARE TWO VERY LIGHT SPOTS OF WEAR. THE FIRST IS RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT SURFACE WHERE THE LIGHTEST BIT OF RECORD SHAPE HAS COAUSED LOSS OF THE BLUE/BLACK COLOUR TO A TWO INCH LINE, THIS CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN IN THE PICTURE, AND SECONDLY THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A VERY LIGHT AND SLIGHT PARTIAL LOSS OF DEPTH OF COLOUR (THIS IS QUITE MINOR). A COUPLE OF LIGHTLINES AND A LITTLE CORNER SHELF WEAR BUT OTHERWISE SOUND AND UNDAMAGED AND CERTAINLY NO HEAVY CREASES, CREASE LINES OR INDEED RING WEAR. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES SHOW MINOR SHELF WEAR, AND THE SPINE VIRTUALLY NO WEAR AT ALL, JUST A SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS. THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS THAT LITTLE BIT OF RECORD SHAPE/COLOUR LOSS AT THE TOP , AND THERE ARE A FEW SMALL LINES NEAR THE BOTTOM AND SPINAL EDGES. THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY SHARP. IT HAS ONE THUMB DENT NEAR THE TOP ON THE REAR

THE ORIGINAL BLACK POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN SUPER CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS AND NO NICKS AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE. THE INNER CAN BE MATCHED TO THE ALBUM BY NOTING THAT THE TWO IDENTIFIERS ARE THERE. NAMELY ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER PATENTS NO'S 1125555 AND 1072804, AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN"

THE TWO POSTERS ARE IN TOP CONDITION, NEVER BEEN ON ANY WALLS SO NO PIN HOLES, OR BLU TACK MARKS ETC, AND THE TWO STICKERS HAVE THE BRWON DIAGIONAL LINES ON THE BACK, AND ARE IN MINT CONDITION

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY