Pink Floyd The Final Cut LP Japanese 25AP 2410 RARE 1983 First Pressing

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                                                                      The Final Cut
                                                                        Pink Floyd
                                                Gatefold LP Japan 1983 1st Pressing 

                                                                   Item Details
                                                      Manufactured in: Tokyo, Japan
                          Pressing: First, based on Discogs identifiers (see matrix #s below)
                                          Mastering: The Mastering Lab by Doug Sax
                                                                    Issued: 1983
                                                                 Label: CBS/Sony
                                                  Runout Deadwax Matrix Numbers: 
                          Side 1: 25-AP 2410A1 (symbol) CS (all stamped) 1A10 (etched)
                                       Side 2: 25-AP 2410B2 (stamped) 1A10 (etched)

Was bought new by this seller many years ago and now offered from his private collection (you 
have absolutely known provenance). Has had limited plays only on an expertly setup high-end 
audiophile turntable, arm, and cartridge. Has never been exposed to heat or tobacco smoke 
and always stored vertically in a specially designed record cabinet (Rackit) to prevent warpage.

Was cleaned on a VPI HW 16 with Audio Intelligent solutions and ultra-pure water rinse 
(50X purer than distilled water) before my pre-sale sound check.

Very sensitive play testing was performed straight off my Ayre P-5xe fully balanced phono preamp 
over Sennheiser HD 600 headphones thru a Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 tube headphone amp fitted with 
Voskhod Soviet matched tubes (see last photo).

Track list

1: The Post War Dream, Your Possible Past, One Of The Few, The Hero's Return, The Gunner's Dream
    Paranoid Eyes.

2: Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert, The Fletcher Memorial Home, Southampton Dock, The Final Cut,
    Now, Now, John, Two Suns In The Sunset.

I've pondered as to why this album is not among the most popular Floyd pieces. Is it because the
overall message is that things are solid black and getting darker by the minute? I think it is one of
their most brilliant LPs. "The Gunner's Dream," Paranoid Eyes," and "Two Suns In The Sunset"
are worth it alone, especially on this pressing.

Grading 
Note: record grading by text characters is subjective and does not fully describe quality 
levels. Please see photos and my detailed descriptions below.

Outer Jacket: NM (Near Mint) Very small and light rubbing wear on all 4 jacket jacket corners.
Some light rubbing wear on the front gatefold right edge extending 3-3/8" from the top corner downward
A very tiny crease on the backside gatefold lower left corner There is a small number sticker on the
jacket rear that was present when bought new and could have been a inventory number placed there 
by the importer but I don't know for sure. Otherwise the jacket faces look NM with like-new 
smooth unblemished finishes.

Vinyl: NM- (Near Mint Minus) Surface visuals were first inspected under high intensity halogen light.
The minus is for the LAST vinyl preservative stickers. I always applied LAST before the initial play. Both 
sides are visually perfect with no traces or jacket insert/removal rubbing wear. Spindle holes and labels 
have no wear as seen in the photos. All tracks were spot checked or played fully though when I was 
digitizing ay favorites into 192k/24-bit WAV files. The total listening quality has all the hallmarks of
Japanese pressings: incredibly quiet, high dynamic range, and transparent audiophile-quality detail.

Packaging
Record will be placed outside the jacket to protect against seam splitting.
Original inner sleeve is included separately.
Record has been placed into a new "rice paper" sleeve, as the original, even if plastic lined, 
may be holding onto some dust. This will keep the vinyl surface clean during shipping and
ultimate buyer usage.
Outer jacket is contained in a new clear polyethylene protective sleeve.
Sent in good quality record mailer with cardboard stiffeners.

Shipping
Shipping will be via USPS Media Mail for a flat charge of $3.98 per single album sale.
A combined shipping discount is available on multiple sales completed within 5 business days 
($3.98 plus $0.50 for each additional LP). If you intend to buy more than one LP do not pay immediately
but wait for my all-combined invoice. A discount for the combined items will show on that invoice. 
Then, once payment is received, the items will ship.