Pink Floyd - The Wall - 1979 UK 1st - 2x12" LP Vinyl - Earliest GF & Inners - EX.

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Original 1979 UK 1st Issue 2x 12" LP Vinyl Records.

First 1 piece gatefold cover, with the first printed lyric sheet inner sleeves.

Earliest UK 1st issue

David Gilmour production credit

Single catalog number inner sleeves

A one piece gatefold sleeve.

The Gatefold cover has no writing, splits or breaks - VG+ (foxing)

The printed lyric sheet inner sleeves have no splits or writing - VG+

The labels are - NM / NM / NM / NM

The vinyl is - EX / EX / EX / EX

The Audio is - EX / EX / EX / EX    only a couple of very light audio imperfections on each side, and no sequences, or repetitive noises,  they are all close to NM.

Side 3 is a 1U, and everybody wants a 1 for side 3.

The audio quality is superb.

Inner sleeves also feature the "Wall" design with lyrics (graphics by Gerald Scarfe).

The track order on the inners is not the same as featured on the album.

Specific to the first issue sleeve:

Band members are not listed on the inside cover. 

It only says "Words and Music - Roger Waters. Except..." and "Produced By David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin, Roger Waters".

No bar code on the back cover.

The Wall is cream coloured, not true white. 

The bricks on the front cover are not aligned right to the bottom of the cover on the outside or inside.

The gatefold cover is made from one sheet of cardboard, with only 1 seam at the top of the cover. 

Cardboard is heavy thickness.

These are the very earliest inner sleeves, where Sides 2 and 4  have the catalog number (SHDW 411),  the international catalogue number (OC-158 63410), and the UK catalogue number (SHSP 4111) in the lower right corner.

Runouts are stamped.

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): SHSP 4111 A-2U
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): SHSP 4111 B-5U
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): SHSP 4112 A-1U
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): SHSP 4112 B-3U

Label:

Harvest -  SHDW 411

Format:

2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold

Country:

UK

Released:

30 Nov 1979

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock, Art Rock

Tracklist 

A1In The Flesh?

A2The Thin Ice

A3Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)

A4The Happiest Days Of Our Lives

A5Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)

A6Mother

B1Goodbye Blue Sky

B2Empty Spaces

B3Young Lust

Written-By - David Gilmour, Roger Waters

B4One Of My Turns

B5Don't Leave Me Now

B6Another Brick In The Wall Part 3

B7Goodbye Cruel World

C1Hey You

C2Is There Anybody Out There?

C3Nobody Home

C4Vera

C5Bring The Boys Back Home

C6Comfortably Numb

Written-By - David Gilmour, Roger Waters

D1The Show Must Go On

D2In The Flesh

D3Run Like Hell

Written-By - David Gilmour, Roger Waters

D4Waiting For The Worms

D5Stop

D6The Trial

Written-By - Bob Ezrin

D7Outside The Wall

Companies, etc.

Lacquer Cut At - The Mastering Lab
Copyright (c) - Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.
Copyright (c) - Roger Waters
Phonographic Copyright (p) - Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
Record Company - EMI Records Ltd.
Made By - EMI Records Ltd.
Made By - Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Recorded At - Superbear Studios
Recorded At - Producers Workshop
Recorded At - CBS Studios, New York
Published By - Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.
Printed By - Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Pressed By - EMI Records