Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - UK Vinyl 1973 blue triangle label
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Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (Harvest SHVL 804) (1973)
An original 1973 UK EMI Harvest vinyl copy of Pink Floyd’s LP The Dark Side Of The Moon, with the light blue triangle label design and the original custom black polythene lined inner sleeve.
The attached photographs have not been retouched in any way. What you see is what you get! Sorry – but the poster and stickers that were originally included with this record are long gone…
The record is stamped SHVL 804 A-2 and SHVL 804 B-2 in the run-out grooves. Which means that it is a second pressing.
This LP has been played a lot, but amazingly – surface noise aside - it sounds pretty darn good. The surface of the record has some very light surface scratches and that’s about it. The label has some spindle marks. The sleeve is clean with some wear to the edge and corners. Overall, I would rate this copy as: -
Vinyl = VG-
Sleeve = G+
Audiophiles and vinyl freaks hanker after original copies of The Dark Side Of The Moon in the hope of discovering a white hot stamper (defined as an original very early pressing of an LP that features highly superior audio quality). If you are after such a copy of this album, look away now. I seriously doubt that any blue label copies meet that criteria - guitarist David Gilmour has stated in recent interviews that the band were unhappy with the standard of original pressings – not least due to the quality of the vinyl that EMI were using. Pink Floyd wanted the record pressed to classical vinyl standards. EMI agreed, which is when the change from the label colour from blue to black was introduced.
This record has been cleaned professionally to remove every trace of dirt from within the grooves. Despite this, it is noisy in parts, and the inner groove distortion caused by excessive play (on The Great Gig In The Sky and Eclipse) is somewhat distracting. But – and this is important – that amazing liquid sound quality that makes The Dark Side Of The Moon one of the ultimate audio demonstration discs shines through. I have spent the last few days listening to this album on my Linn Sondek turntable and it sounds nothing less than thrilling. The high frequencies and audio separation are still there. The punch of Nick Mason's bass drum(s) combined with Roger Waters' bass guitar is unmistakeable. Dick Parry's tenor sax is as husky and tender as ever, and Gilmour's guitar solos scorch and scintillate, especially during Money.
But I would wager that the main reason that you are looking at this listing is for the colour of the label. After 40+ years, there’s not many of these copies out there. Add this one to your collection for posterity if nothing else!
Meanwhile, here is a rip of this album from my Linn turntable, fitted with an Audio Technica AT440MLa magnetic cartridge. The cartridge has been aligned with a Mobile Fidelity Geo-Disc phono cartridge alignment tool. The pre-amp used is a Graham Slee special edition Gram Amp 2. I have not applied any audio equalisation nor noise reduction. This is how this copy of The Dark Side Of The Moon actually sounds.
http://tinyurl.com/gtrwetx
Ultra-rigid packaging is included as standard - happy bidding!
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