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Pink Floyd - The Wall

1st UK Pressing.  Complete with TOP AUDIO, Cover and rare Sticker. Outstanding original with superb clear sound throughout.

Great Playing Record! Great Cover. Original 1st PRESS Labels, from my own personal collection. - Great sound quality - Top AUDIO Guaranteed -  1st press 'one piece' cover and rare 1st press 'Roger Waters' inner sleeves. This is a great collectable!

CAT NO:....

Harvest SHSP 411 / 4111 / 411  / 4112

LABEL PRESS DETAILS:

An original pressing, first released on November 30, 1979. Picture label with text around the top edge of the label starts at 7 o'clock and says:

All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting and copying of this record prohibited. Made in Great Britain. EMI Records (U.K.)

MATRIX NOs. ON RUN-OUT GROOVE

Side 1: SHSP 4111 A - 3 U     Side 2:  SHSP  4111 B - 2 U

Side 3: SHSP 4112 A - 1 U      Side 3:  SHSP  4112 B - 2 U

MOTHER STAMPERS:

Side 1.  2  M  O   (TMLX)     Side 2.  2   (TMLX)

Side 3.  4 M    ( T M L  X )      Side 4.  2 G  M   (T M L - M )

TRACK LISTING…

Side One:

 

In the Flesh? - The Thin Ice - Another Brick in the Wall Part One - The Happiest Days of our Lives - Another Brick in the Wall Part Two - Mother

 

Side Two:

 

Goodbye Blue Sky - What Shall We Do Now? - Money Lust - One of my Tears - Don’t Leave Me Now - Another Brick in the Wall Part Three - Goodbye Cruel World

 

Side Three

 

Is There Anybody Out There - Nobody Home - Vera - Comfortably Numb - Hey You

 

Side Four

 

The Show Must Go On - In the Flesh - Run Like Hell - Waiting for the Worms - Stop - The Trial - Outside the Wall

This is an original 1st pressing of the classic PINK FLOYD album. An extremely rare UK press that has been little played, with great vinyl, TOP AUDIO and great cover. 

The Wall is the eleventh studio album by Pink Floyd. Released as a double album on 30 November 1979, it was subsequently performed live with elaborate theatrical effects, and adapted into the feature film, Pink Floyd The Wall.

As with the band's previous three studio albums The Wall is a concept album, and deals largely with themes of alienation and personal isolation. It was first conceived during the band's 1977 In the Flesh Tour, when bassist and lyricist Roger Waters's frustration with the spectators' perceived boorishness became so acute that he imagined building a wall between the performers and audience. 

The Wall features a notably harsher and more theatrical style than Pink Floyd's previous releases. The album was recorded in several locations. In France, Super Bear Studios was used between January and July 1979, with Waters recording his vocals at the nearby Studio Miraval. Michael Kamen supervised the orchestral arrangements at CBS Studios in New York, in September. Over the next two months the band used Cherokee Studios and The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. A plan to work with the Beach Boys at the Sundance Productions studio in Los Angeles was cancelled. For a week in November they worked at the Producers Workshop, also in Los Angeles.

Keyboardist Richard Wright left the band during the album's production but remained as a salaried musician, performing with Pink Floyd during The Wall Tour. Commercially successful upon its release, the album was one of the best selling of 1980, and as of 1999, it had sold over 23 million RIAA certified units (11.5 million albums) in the United States.

The Wall was released in the UK on 30 November 1979, and about a week later in the US. The album topped the Billboard charts for 15 weeks, and in 1999 was certified 23x platinum. It remains one of the best-selling albums of all time in the US, between 1979 and 1990 selling over 19 million copies worldwide. In this sense The Wall is second only to 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon.

ALBUM PLAYED FOR GRADING: 

Yes – brilliant! -  superb sound quality throughout!

The Wall is a highly complex theatrical collection of music, and is also a notoriously sensitive piece of vinyl, hard to find in clear audio condition. Worn copies can have a lot of surface sound even on musically complex and busy tracks like 'The Happiest Days of our Lives.' It is up there with Wish You Were Here and Animals in terms of long empty sections, and is possibly the hardest of all Floyd albums to find with bright clear audio, unaffected by noise, clicks and static. I often find it quite hard to listen to as it is so often prone to surface noise, pops, clicks and static, so listening to this great 1st press was an absolute joy. Superb by any vinyl standards. This is a truly great collectable!
I'm delighted to say that this pressing has genuinely crystal clear audio. Super clear sound and absolutely minimal background static, the kind that can be found on any vinyl even when unplayed and brand new. There is certainly no dominant  interference, and no loud pops or clicks or distortion. It really sounds amazing and plays with great sound separation and clarity!  
Superb sound, every track has been tested and I could find no sound blemishes.  Wonderful TOP audio, there is NO distortion, and obviously NO sticks or jumps what so ever. I will give a detailed account below:

The Wall opens with a section of ultra quiet music that is virtually always heavily over shadowed with static. Here the opening bars are very clear. There is just barely any light static with no obvious tics over the intro music, before bursting in with 'In The Flesh' this great track starts the record with great audio, just great bright sound. There is a low level of very light static between the end of this and it is just noticeable in the early quiet sections of the start of the next track. 'The Thin Ice', such a hard track for the The Wall, nearly always prone to heavy wear being such a quiet track on the record, here sounds great. No pops or clicks during the music. Just the occasional ultra light static tic only. 'Another Brick In The Wall Part 1’ starts quietly, with a very small amount of static surface noise, barely noticeable over the quiet sections of this song, and sounds crisp and clear as does 'The Happiest days of Our lives'. One or two random static tics and thats it. 'Another Brick In The Wall part 2' also sounds amazing, with just perfect audio throughout the song, apart from 3 to 4 light ticks during the fade-out and ’schoolteacher’ link. A silent intro to 'Mother, it plays with great sound, with very little background static, the occasional ultra light static tic only, and this is another ultra quiet track always prone to heavy static.  There are just 2 to 3 very light pops right at the very end of the track, just as the last chord finishes. Great Sound. Absolutely amazing clear audio!

Side 2. of The Wall virtually always starts off with heavy static. There are a couple of minutes of no music, and there is nearly always a lot of surface noise. Here there is very little, just some very light background static. Moving into the intro of ' Goodbye Blue Sky ’there are a few light static tics and some light surface sound but certainly nothing intrusive. Here the sound is so deep and powerful.

The long quiet ‘Empty Spaces' plays perfectly, as is the same with ‘Young Lust', which sounds fantastic. In the long quiet intro to 'One of My Turns', one of the quietest parts on the record, it plays with no distortion, just a low level of static with some very light tics.  Overall, this is unbelievable clear audio, even during the ultra quiet phone call section. The music clears again and then back to brilliant sound as the actual track starts. Then not a single loud pop anywhere on the track, there is some light background static only, but nothing prominent. Between the end of this track and over the intro to next track 'Don't Leave Me now’ there are 9 light tics but otherwise this track has great clear sound. There is some light static and a few very light random ticks but no loud pops or clicks and no distortion. The next track, ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3’ plays brilliantly all the way through, clear and powerful.  The ultra-quiet intro to final track, 'Goodbye Cruel World’ has a few very light random tics, but these do not detract from this short, quiet track. There is not a hint of distortion anywhere on any tracks of these vinyls. Side 2. ends with a crystal clear 'Goodbye Cruel World'. Amazing. 

Side 3. begins with some slight static at the start of 'Hey You', but it is light and fades into the music. I've yet to hear ANY pressing of the Wall that plays with no static at all. I have to state though, this is very light and brief and the track plays with crystal clear sound throughout, including during the quiet outro. 

Moving into the paired down 'Is There Anybody Out There' which also plays great, with no loud pops or clicks, just 2 to 3 very light tics and some minimal occasional light background static, the kind found on all vinyls, and the incredibly poignant instrumental piece plays superbly. ’Nobody Home', one of the other quietest tracks on the album sings out with silence in the run ins and quiet areas. Great music with great clarity, and so hard to find with this type of sound. There is a heart beat at the very start of the track which builds as the tracks moves on, and is virtually impossible to hear during the intro on normal pressings. There are 2 to 3 very light tics in the middle of the track but certainly nothing loud or that noticeable. Between the end of this track and the start of the next track ‘Vera’, there are some light tics and throughout this very quiet track, there is some very low level background static. ‘Bring the Boys Back Home’ contrasts with loud brass fanfare, drums and choral singing and then leads into the quiet intro of 'Comfortably Numb’ which plays superbly with no loud pops or clicks throughout. A few light tics only and minimal static to be found at the very end of the song's fade-out. 

Side 4. Quiet opening track 'The Show Must Go On’ sounds amazing, and so does next track, 'In the Flesh'  with great sound quality throughout the powerful vocal sections. 'Run Like Hell' plays with bright clear sound, with very little static or interference at all. ‘Waiting for the Worms’ sounds incredible with its layered  and sampled vocals incredibly clear throughout, as the song builds to its crescendo and the ultra quiet and piano driven 'Stop’, which has no noticeable static, ticks or pops at all. 'There is even a split second laugh in the middle of 'Stop' which is virtually always lost under the music. The quiet interlude in the middle sounds spot on, so clear and no interference to be found.The Trial’, with its many different vocal and instrumental parts plays so clear and bright throughout,

The quiet  parts of ‘The Trial’ including the intro and the various silent and solo vocal moments all play superbly, with very little surface sound to be detected whatsoever. A few light ticks, and thats it. The long outro 'Outside the Wall', a track that can be plagued by unwanted noise, sounds great, with a bit of very light static and a few very light ticks, on this press sounding great.

This is an outstanding piece. The music jumps out, with definition and clarity, the vocals which come through with tremendous power. Its the same with the bass guitar and drums, whilst the guitars come through crisp and clear. There are no dips in the sound quality and that is a massive surprise for The Wall. This is a truly great listen. The tonal quality make this a sensational pressing. With the clear and extra loud First cut engineering giving the audio a vibrant sound which cannot be beaten.
A great all round example of this classic vinyl. 

Great first (stereo) mix, unlike the re-issues which lack the impact. A great all round example of this great vinyl.

 I should state that no vinyl will ever play with total silence, only cds do that and they have a completely different sound to vinyl. On saying that it is virtually impossible to find a vinyl pressing of the Wall that sounds like this!
This is a great Audio pleasure and I would have to give the audio an EXCELLENT PLUS to NEAR MINT grading. 

THE RECORD 

Virtually unmarked vinyls. What are the chances of being able to purchase a 1st pressing of the this great album, that has been barely played. 

This is a superb set of glossy vinyls, and a really thick pressing. Deep clear grooves that can only be found on the original pressings, the record has great shine with NO scratches. Inspected under a spot light there are some very light paper removal marks, a few ultra light whispy lines only, and a few ultra light tiny hairlines that you really have to squint to see. This is a stunning example.  

Grades  at 

EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT.

VINYL TESTED FOR ANY SIGNS OF WARPING:

Yes, NONE visible what so ever when tested be sight and on a moving turntable.

THE LABELS 

Flawless labels, with virtually NO spindle traces at all. A couple of ultra light barely visible traces on side 1 and 4 only. NO wear around the spindle hole! Amazing examples of this rare classic 1st press. Absolutely beautiful! 

Grades  at 

NEAR MINT.

THE COVER

Original 1st issue UK Gatefold cover in light cream cover and purple / pale blue two tone brick outlines. The cover design is one of Pink Floyd's most minimal — a white brick wall and no text (the logo and band name came presented on a clear vinyl sticker). Waters had fallen out with Hipgnosis designer Storm Thorgerson several years earlier, when the latter had included the cover of Animals in his book Walk Away Rene, and The Wall is therefore the first Pink Floyd album cover since The Piper at the Gates of Dawn not created by the design group. The LP's sleeve art and custom picture labels by cartoonist Gerald Scarfe tied in with the album's concept, with each of the four sides showing the eponymous wall in various stages of construction, accompanied by characters from the story.

The Front Cover shows a  brick wall that is cream coloured, not true white, with the brick outlines in purple / pale blue. The cover is made from a single sheet of wrap-around cardboard with the seam across the inner top edge of the cover. The bricks on the front cover are not aligned right to the bottom of the cover. Second press covers were made of two sheets of cardboard, with seams at the top and bottom of the cover. A 1st press cover with the only slight discolouration and signs of handling wear.

A great example, with NO ring wear, minimal corner wear and handling marks. 

Grades at EXCELLENT.

THE INNERS

Heavy cardboard 1st press inner sleeves with rounded corners and a nine-inch thumb notch. Crucially these 1st press inner only have Roger Waters name on them, which was later changed due to numerous growing disputes within the band. Original pressings have just the catalogue number of the specific record listed on a single line in the lower right corner of the inner sleeve, (SHSP 4111) while all later pressings also have the catalogue number of the album (SHDW 411), pressing (OC-158 63410), and the record number (SHSP 4111). NO tears, NO wear at the tops. Crisp and Clean.

Grades at EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT.

STICKER

Nearly always missing, this great 1st pressings comes with its original 1st press clear sticker, which is in great condition. NO tears, NO wear. Crisp and Clean.

Grades at NEAR MINT.

RARITY

A 1st PRESS of THE WALL in reasonable condition is scarce. The vinyl is so often played so much, heavily marked, scratched, with noisy, poor and distorted sound. And its an album that is incredibly prone to loss of sound. Any 1st examples with a record in great condition is a rarity, and getting rarer by the day. Finding a complete original press in barely played condition makes this a great piece, a genuine rarity and a very rare opportunity for a serious Pink Floyd / vinyl collector.

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