PINK FLOYD, The Wall (1979 US COLUMBIA DOUBLE VINYL LP PROG EXCELLENT!)

Sold Date: April 13, 2018
Start Date: April 8, 2018
Final Price: £25.00 (GBP)
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PINK FLOYD - THE WALL

 

This is a super collectable original US Double vinyl LP released in 1979 on the Columbia label with the catalogue number PE2 36183. It’s a classic in the Pink Floyd catalogue and one of the best concept albums of the seventies that sounds incredible on this original US record!

 

The condition of both the records is incredible and they just have to grade as an Excellent although many would argue they’re even better than that! The sound quality is wonderful across all four sides! It’s so hard to find records that have been cared for enough to still provide a pleasurable playing experience; so often these discs were thrown around or taken to parties and inevitably they’d become scratched, warped or just totally unlistenable so when they show up like this with strong vinyl sound that truly delivers in audio quality, especially on a deep album like this that you really want to lose yourself in, it really is to be treasured!

 

The cover is a gatefold sleeve that’s complete with both original inner sleeves covered in lyrics all grading as a strong Very Good+! So many times you find covers like this they are written on or have bad edge scuffs and seam splits but none of that is the case here! This cover is fully intact and there’s really nothing bad to report with the condition whatsoever beyond the smallest hint of shelf wear so this really does remain a brilliant and collectable sleeve! The more lightweight inner sleeves do inevitable show some more creasing around the corners, in fact the inners are the main reason that the overall grading is not Excellent or better, but again the inners do still remain intact and have no defacements or other serious issues. All in all this is a brilliant, detailed package for an essential Progressive Rock concept album so don’t miss out on this one!!

 

Gradings explained:

Mint – I only ever use this grade for a record that is brand new or one that has clearly never been played, Mint records will usually be sealed as well.

Near Mint – The record has been on a shelf between other records. The vinyl looks glossy and clearly has only been played a few times. There are no marks on the vinyl and the whole package is complete.

Excellent – Close to the above grade but there may be some very light marks where the vinyl has been in and out of the inner sleeve a few times, or tiny signs of use generally.

Very Good+ – A few further faults are acceptable, but nothing that really compromises the record visually or audibly. A little rub or light inaudible marks and occasionally a little background crackle but nothing that’s instrusive or spoils your enjoyment of the music.

Very Good – It’s seen a bit of use but is still very usable. Light pops and clicks, an edge split, light visible scratches. You can still listen to it and enjoy looking at it, but it is visually and audibly a used title.

Good – To be honest you’re making trouble for yourself here, as Good means Bad. The only reason to be selling something in this condition is if it’s something ultra rare and unlikely to show up again.

 

My love of records has been there all my life, from my infant days becoming hypnotized at my parents copy of Waterloo Sunset rotating on the deck, to my first purchase of a Wombles album and through my childhood years when everything from Pop, Rock, Disco, Punk, Electro, Indie, Reggae and so much more exploded in my ears and my brain and left me an incurable music addict for life! In the middle of the eighties a versatile Piano Man with an ear for a Beatle-esque melody and an unashamed love of the sounds of the fifties and sixties pointed me to music of the past to expand my pallet so, as the era of the CD arrived, a fascinating never ending journey of discovery brought the giants of earlier decades to my collection; a spidery expedition that goes backwards and forwards ad infinitum but crucially, can throw up a thrilling discovery on a daily basis. But as the CDs started to take over from vinyl in my collecting during the nineties, I noticed a phenomenon that other collectors were always talking about but I’d doubted to be true; namely that vinyl records do sound better than CD. It was on an original RCA copy of the Elvis Presley album ‘Elvis’ Golden Records’ and in particular the track ‘Hound Dog’. I’d become used to it on a CD I owned but on this 1958 pressed vinyl record the difference in audio was amazing. The guitars were on fire, the vocal soared and the drum roll seemed to rattle the room. This kind of resonance just wasn’t happening on the flat CD which, for all it’s crisp background silence, seemed lifeless by comparison. And this is something I’ve continued to marvel at over the years and particularly in the 21st century, as the tepid sonics of streaming have become commonplace, that to really get to the heart and soul of a recording, to totally experience the primal triggering of emotional responses to these vibrations, you have to search out a great quality vinyl pressing. It’s the only way! 

   

POSTAGE& PACKING

LP’s & 12” 
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Europe: £6.75 1 x LP / £8.00 for 2-3 x LP’s 
**Rest of the world: £12.50 1 x LP/ £15.00 for 2-3 x LP’s

7” 
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Europe: £4.75 1 x 7”/ £5.00 2-3 x 7” 
Rest of the world: £5.95 1 x 7” / £6.00 2-3 x 7”