Sold Date: May 2, 2015
Start Date: April 21, 2015
Final Price: £189.00 (GBP)
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I am selling this 1st pressing copy of Pink Floyd's EPIC Animals LP, SHVL-815, on the EMI / HARVEST label with Matrix Numbers: "A-2U" & "B-2U" proving it's a genuine example of a copy from the very first UK pressing from January 1977!

This is the WIDE SPINE "Garrod & Lofthouse" version of the outer sleeve, complete with the original 9" cut-out Inner sleeve and no barcode 

The vinyl is practically in "AS NEW" condition - it could be taken as never played if it were not for a VERY light spindle mark on the label on each side (you have to hold the record in a certain light to see these)

 The sound is clean, dynamic, quiet and tonally perfect IMHO! 

The album listed is the original 1st UK pressing, from January 1977 and is totally complete - there are important features which distinguish these from later, less desirable pressings (of which there are many) The easiest way to confirm a first pressing is from the matrix stamped on the run off grooves on the vinyl, the earliest being -2u, -2u later pressings feature for example -2 or -3 and the records are much flimsier and less robust, which can cause confusion for unsuspecting buyers/collectors.

 Also please note the covers differ in that the 1st issues have the gatefolds with only one opening at the rear, and the front is sealed with a flap - later issues are different.

 This record has clearly not been played more than a few times since being bought new 38 years ago - It's obviously been stored away safely for most of that time

These very 1st Garrod & Lofthouse covers are the rarest and most sought after to find - the date of printing is below the Harvest logo on the inside cover "7701" being the year and month.

 In this condition, the record is extremely collectable and almost impossible to find - I have seen very few of these first pressings for sale anywhere and never anything as clean as this. The audio is top quality throughout, with the clear, deep basey feel only found with earliest copies! This is complete with the original lyric thick card record sleeve, also in superb condition!

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Title: Animals (Harvest Records 1st issue)
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SHVL 815
Bar Code: None.
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) SHVL 815 A-2U / SHVL 815 B-2U (both stamped)
Release Date: January 23, 1977
Release Information: First issue. No bar code on the cover. Early issues have a thick cardboard cover with the front edge of the gatefold sealed with a foldunder, and a wide spine.
Title. Credits.
Pictures of the pig at Battersea. In the lower right corner, it says: "Made and printed in Great Britain 7701 TM Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
Wide spine. Title. Catalog number.
Inner Sleeve #1: [] [] Black cardboard inner sleeve with lyrics on it. Round corners, and a 9-inch notch on the edge that opens. In the lower right corner is the catalog number: "SHVL 815(I)."

Text around the top edge of the label starts at 9 o'clock and says: "EMI Records Ltd. All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved."

Text around the bottom edge of the label starts at 7 o'clock and says: "Made in Great Britain . Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting, and copying of this record prohibited."

VINYL:    NEAR MINT!

AUDIO:   MINT-, CLEAN & DYNAMIC! TIGHT/DEEP BASS.

COVER:   NEAR MINT w/only VERY SLIGHT CORNER WEAR, NO SEAM SPLITS, CORNER DINGS OR CREASES.  FRAMING QUALITY!

INNER SLEEVE: EX++.  SOME SPECS ON ONE SIDE OF THE INNER SLEEVE.

LABELS: Excellent