Sold Date: April 13, 2023
Start Date: March 29, 2023
Final Price: £32.00 (GBP)
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A nice copy of the first solo album by Roger Waters, original UK pressing. Nice clean copy. On side 2 there are a couple of light surface marks. No damage to gatefold sleeve. Mild edge wear. 
It has now been play tested (always a pleasure hearing this!), plays well and the music comes across strong and very clear. There is mild background noise detectable in quieter passages, more so on side 2. 

Plain white inner (see photos), label window on one side.

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variant 3): SHVL S̶H̶S̶P̶ 2401051 A-2U-1-1⁻ TML-M Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variant 3): SHVL S̶H̶S̶P̶ 2401051 B-1U-1-1⧿ TML-M
Direct Metal Mastering.
Recorded in England at Olympic, Eel Pie & The Billiard Room between Feb & Dec 1983 Manufactured in the UK.
"The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is the first solo studio album by Roger Waters, bassist/songwriter and co-founder of English rock band Pink Floyd; it was released in 1984. The album was certified platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 1985."
A Side - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Parts 1-6) A14:30 (Apparently They Were Traveling Abroad) A24:33 (Running Shoes) A34:37 (Arabs With Knives And West German Skies) A44:39 (For The First Time Today - Part 2) A54:41 (Sexual Revolution) A64:47 (The Remains Of Our Love) B side - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Parts 7-12) B14:50 (Go Fishing) B24:56 (For The First Time Today - Part 1) B34:58 (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin) B45:01 (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking - Part 10) B55:06 (Every Strangers Eyes) B65:11 (The Moment Of Clarity)
"The concept was originally envisioned by Waters in 1977 and refined in the early 1980s. In its completed form, it rotates around a man's scattered thoughts during his midlife crisis. These are explored on a dream journey during which he takes a road trip through California, commits adultery with a hitchhiker he picks up along the way, attempts to reconcile with his wife by moving to the wilderness, and finally ends up alone but with greater insight into a common human compassion. Along the way he also faces other fears and paranoia.
The entire story is framed in real time as a fitful dream taking place in the early morning hours of 4:30:18 am to 5:12:32 am on an unspecified day. At the end of the dream, the man wakes up lonely and contrite and turns to his real wife for comfort, presumably having processed his crisis."