Pink Floyd THE WALL UK Double LP A-2U/B-3U/A-3U/B-2U 1T/1GG/1G/1G MINT MINUS

	£		156
	$		207

GG-SUPERSOUNDS HAVE MANY VARIED ALBUMS AND SINGLES FOR SALE

There Are two Business partners listing on this account, which may mean that combining purchases may not always be possible as we are in two different locations separated by 25 miles

Generally all singles 7 & 12” Plus LP’s listed at 6pm UK time (usually 2 per day) come from Bognor Regis

The rest of the LP’s come from Horsham. These can usually be identified from the first picture which shows the whole LP and not just the label

If you are in any doubt please ask before you bid

We do meet up on occasion and it is possible to get different batches together but this can take 2-3 weeks

PINK FLOYD - THE WALL

A GENUINE 1ST PRESS WITH THE LOWEST MOTHERS/STAMPERS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON A COPY

1T - 1GG - 1G - 1G

 MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO AND SLEEVE

A TRUE INVESTMENT GRADE COPY WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE TO MATCH

FULLY PLAY TESTED PRIOR TO LISTING

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST SHDW 4111 / 4112
• MATRIX: SHSP4111 A-2U / B-3U / SHSP4112 A-3U / B-2U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS ;  1T / 1GG / 1 G / 1 G
• TML-X / TML-X /  TML- X / TML -M 
• WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS AN ABSOLUTE INVESTMENT GRADE 1ST PRESS, WITH A MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE THAT HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM NEW
• THE VINYL WAS PLAYED AND RECORDED, THEN STORED SAFELY AWAY FOR ALL THESE YEARS
• OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COPIES THAT WERE SOLD OF THIS ALBUM, THE VERY FIRST PRESSES STILL REMAIN FAIRLY ELUSIVE. I AM GOING TO LIST BELOW THE EXACT REQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE UP A GENUINE FIRST PRESS, AND CAN SAY THAT THIS COPY HAS EVERY ONE OF THEM

STARTING WITH THE OUTER SLEEVE

1. THE SLEEVE MUST BE A CREAMY COLOUR NOT WHITE, LIKE THE LATER PRESSES

2. THE BRICKS DO NOT ALIGN RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE LIKE LATER PRESSES

3. THE SLEEVE IS MADE FROM ONE / TWO PIECES OF CARD SEALED INSIDE THE TOP / BOTTOM EDGE, THIS INNER SURFACE CARD MUST BE HEAVYWEIGHT, AND CREAMY IN COLOUR. LATER ISSUES WERE LIGHTER CARD AND BROWNER IN COLOUR

4.THE BRICKS ON THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD ON THE RIGHT PANEL HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION INSIDE

FIRST PRESS                                                  LATER PRESS

8TH BRICK 'PRODUCED BY DAVID GILMOUR'               8TH BRICK; ' WRITTEN BY ROGER WATERS'

9TH BRICK: WORDS AND MUSIC ROGER WATERS         9TH BRICK: EXCEPT YOUNG LUST, COMFORTABLY NUMB ETC

9TH BRICK: BOB EZRIN, ROGER WATERS

10TH BRICK: NO TEXT AT ALL                             10TH BRICK: PINK FLOYD (NAMES OF THE BAND)

THE INNER SLEEVE

1. THESE MUST HAVE ROUNDED EDGES NOT SQUARE

2. THERE MUST BE A LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE

3. A TRUE UK FIRST ISSUE WILL ONLY HAVE SHDW 4111/2 IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, NOT THE OTHER TWO CATALOGUE NUMBERS, WHICH APPEARED SLIGHTLY LATER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE 100% UNMARKED. THE WHITE AREAS ARE PURE WHITE AND THE DEEP BLUE IS RICH AND VIBRANT. NO RUBBING TO ANY PART OF THE LABELS AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS I COULD BARELY MAKE OUT ONE TINY SPIDER LINE AGAINST THE SPINDLE HOLE ON ONE RECORD AND NONE ON THE OTHER

THE VINYL

BOTH DISCS HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND BOTH GLEAM LIKE POLISHED MIRRORS. 

IN DAYLIGHT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS, NOT A MARK ON EITHER LP, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS AND SPENDING A GOOD DEAL OF TIME LOOKING, I COULD ONLY SPOTA COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES

TOTALLY INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE IN ANY OTHER LIGHT

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL FOUR SIDES. I HAVE NEVER HEARD A BETTER EXAMPLE

THIS IS SUCH A HARD ALBUM TO COLLECT IN ANYTHING LIKE PRISTINE CONDITION, DUE TO THE HUGE NUMBER OF SILENT OR NEAR SILENT PASSAGES WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT ANY BLEMISH ON THE VINYL WILL BE TRANSMITTED AUDIBLY

THIS SET IS AS NEAR TO PERFECT AS I BELIEVE YOU WILL EVER FIND. 

THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE RECORD PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT, AND THE PLAYTHROUGH ON BOTH DISCS IS JUST 'FIRST PRESS' WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD IN OUTSTANDING CLARITY AND LOUDNESS.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ALL, AT ANY POINT OVER THE FOUR SIDES

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE ANYWHERE AND NO LOUD CLICKS 

SO THE ODD 1% CONSISTS OF A FEW RANDOM SPLIT SECONDS  OF VERY LIGHT AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC, AND TO BE FAIR I ONLY HEARD THIS AS I SIT ABOUT 2 FEET FROM THE SPEAKERS AS I TYPE THIS OUT WHILST LISTENING

NO DUST POPS OR TICS

WHAT AN AMAZING COPY THIS IS

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL EXAMPLE AND A TRUE FIRST PRESS WHICH AUDIBLY STILL PERFORMS  MINT 

THE SLEEVE

DESPITE ALL BEST INTENTIONS A 'WHITE' SLEEVE WILL BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THIS WALL SLEEVE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT USUALLY LOOKS IN POOR CONDITION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT I WILL DETAIL BELOW

FIRSTLY THE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT I HAVE ALREADY LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. BUT KEEPING THE WHITE SURFACE CLEAN IS A REAL ISSUE FOR THIS NON LAMINATED SLIGHTLY GLOSSY SLEEVE. FIRST OF ALL IF KEPT IN A SMOKERS ENVIRONMENT THE SLEEVE WOULD COLLECT NICOTINE STAINING AND TURN YELLOWISH, ALSO JUST KEEPING THIS SLEEVE EXPOSED TO THE AIR OVER TIME HAS A YELLOWING EFFECT USUALLY AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES.

FINGERMARK'S AND STAINS ARE ALSO IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT ONCE EMBEDDED IN THE SURFACE. SO YOU WILL USUALLY FIND THIS SLEEVE IN A POOR STATE ALL ROUND

THIS ONE HOWEVER HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE AND IN A NON SMOKERS ENVIRONMENT, AND IS IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION ALL ROUND

THE CREAMY WHITE COLOUR IS NEAR PERFECT. JUST THE LIGHTEST SHADOW OF YELLOWING TO THE PERIMTER EDGES

THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC 'PINK FLOYD THE WALL' SEE THROUGH IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. NO CREASES AND NO WEAR TO THE TYPEFACE

INCREDIBLY THE SLEEVE IS FREE FROM ANY CREASE LINES OR HEAVY CREASES, IN FACT ON THE FRONT SURFACE THERE ISN'T EVEN ANY SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE EITHER ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

NO RECORD SHAPE OR RING WEAR EITHER. ONE OF THE BEST COPIES YOU WILL EVER GET YOUR HANDS ON!!!

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO IN TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED CONDITION. FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND CLEAN AND UNMARKED WITH JUST A THE LIGHTEST SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIPS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND AGAIN UNWORN, NOT ONE SQUASH MARK ANYWHERE. BOTH ENDS ARE PRISTINE AND UNWORN

BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE 100% RAZOR SHARP AND NEITHER HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS ON THEM

THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN THE ORIGINAL COLOUR AND ALSO NO HEAVY CREASES. AGAIN NO SMALL LINES NEAR ANY OF THE PERIMETER EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES OR CREASES. 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER PAIR OF PANELS, SHOWING ONCE AGAIN THE FIRST ISSUE INDICATOR IN THAT THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE BAND MEMBER NAMES LIKE THERE IS ON LATER ISSUES

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE THE CORRECT FIRST PRESS CARD ISSUES AS DESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. BOTH ARE UNCREASED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THERE ARE NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS AND THE TOP OPENING EDGES WITH THE LARGE THUMB NOTCHES ARE ALSO UNDAMAGED IN ANY WAY

I HAVE TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT IT REALLY IS THAT GOOD

Your Purchase will be send inside a very protective square cornered professional package

The record will be removed from the sleeve and placed inside a new poly inner sleeve and separated from the cover

The sleeve and record will then have a new outer protective sleeve placed around it