“THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON”

PINK FLOYD

*****FIRST PRESSING COPY IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION*****

 First UK Pressing - Solid Blue Triangle Labels

(Released March 1973)


 I COULD TREAT YOU LIKE A FOOL WITH “MEGA RARE, IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND, MONSTER LP, AWESOME, BEST COPY IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!"  BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I WOULD RATHER TREAT YOU AS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THEIR MUSIC AND COLLECTABLE RECORDS AND APPRECIATES "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" FOR THE CLASSIC RECORDING IT IS!

CONDITION

Vinyl
The Matrix numbers are genuine First Pressing: 
Side 1 - SHVL  804 A2    GRG
Side 2 - SHVL 804 B2     GDR (possibly GDD)         
Thick heavyweight vinyl as used for the first pressings direct from the original master.
Viewed in sunlight/daylight the vinyl still has a shiny mirror like quality.
The sound is crisp, loud and clear with no distortion, hops, skips or jumps and would rate 9 out of 10
Side 1: Excellent +

Side 2: Excellent +



Labels
Insignificant spindle hole wear. The labels have the rare earliest First Issue solid blue triangle which was almost immediately changed to the common transparent triangle of later pressings as the text was difficult to read. The labels also have the correct “The Gramophone Company” label edge text (later pressings had this changed to “EMI Records” text).
Side 1: Excellent +

Side 2: Excellent +



Cover    
The rare First Issue matte dark blue/black gatefold sleeve by Garrod and Lofthouse  is factory sealed at one end and still has it’s original sheen. It is in excellent plus condition with no writing or tears and only a minor bump in the top left corner. There is a faint 2cm crease on front visible only when viewed at an angle to the light. Only a small number of First Issue covers were produced with the blue/black cover as well as being factory sealed at one end as it was almost immediately changed to a plain black unsealed cover instead. This one has the First Issue flipback sealed inside the gatefold. These covers are in fact even rarer than the “Solid Blue Triangle” records themselves as the cover colour was changed even before the first pressing run ended.
Front: Excellent
 +
Back: Excellent
 +
Inside: Excellent +

Spine: Excellent +

Disc Sleeve 
The sleeve is the earliest first pressing type being black, die cut, textured, poly lined and having the Patent Numbers and “Made In Great Britain” printed in silver on one side (later ones don’t)
No writing, stickers or tape residue. 

As original Excellent +



Posters & Stickers
The two posters are in near new condition with only the standard folding creases as are the two unused Fasson Permanent Crackback Post Card Stickers with diagonal brown lines on the reverse side as required. They are matte finish not the gloss of later issues and have “permanent” printed on the reverse and carry “wave breaks” (later ones don’t)
 
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On 18-Jul-15 at 22:31:09 AEST, seller added the following information:

 *******PLEASE NOTE*******
SINCE LISTING THIS RECORD ON BEHALF OF A FRIEND I HAVE NOTICED THE VINYL HAS A 2MM MARK ON "MONEY".
I BELIEVE MANY EARLY PRESSINGS HAD THIS PRESSING FAULT BUT BIDDERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT.