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          ORIGINAL 1977  FIRST PRESS                  
                          PLAYS AND LOOKS CLEAN

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                   Pink Floyd

                   Animals

   

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                         USA - Columbia Records BL 34474

MINTY CLEAN VINYL ... (see full details below)

1977 FIRST PRINT...of the classic epic conceptual "ANIMALS" LP by Pink Floyd...

Includes the double sided lyrics inner sleeve....

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Sullen even by their standards, "Animals" is a dark, brooding, intractable slab of an album. Using GEORGE ORWELL's "Animal Farm" as a launching point, ROGER WATERS attacks complacency toward the status quo as a breeding ground for submission. The songs are diatribes against humanity, bookended by a pair of acoustic interludes that feign sweetness. Obviously, not everyone is enamored of Waters' long, nasty lecture against life; some found the numbing sameness a concession to waning creativity, others a relentless dressing-down at once mesmerizing and powerful. If "Animals" finds itself shy of an arkful of musical ideas, guitarist DAVID GILMOUR steps in to fill the void with his poignant commentary. His leads are easily the album's most distinctive musical element, biting where the remaining instruments feel muted. In structure, it's not so different from "Wish You Were Here", but in sound the arrangements are stripped down to the lean muscle. "Animals" doesn't make any pretense of a positive spin; "Wish You Were Here" offered the chance of escape, "Animals" the option of ignorance. Considered "Animals" a "classic" PINK FLOYD album.

Those listeners in a meditative mood will find in this music a self-sustaining world where the air is not only breathable but pleasurable, albeit acrid. It's a heavy trip, but it's also intense in the best possible sense.

Pigs on the wing Part 1 (1:25)
Dogs (17:04)

side two:
Pigs (three different ones) (11:28)
Sheep (10:16)
Pigs on the wing Part 2 (1:25)

              

 

CONDITION: The cover: rated: VG++ light wear on edges, otherwise front is VERY clean ... back cover beginning wear but very stiff and rigid all over. The gatefold cover is completely solid and looks overall fine, light prior use, still collection value... flat & square with 4 sharp corners ...no seam splits, no delete marks, no bends, no writing

The vinyl: clean and smoothly clear over both sides; M- very clean, play graded TOP LEVEL CLEAN (excellent audio playback) enjoyable without distraction...the Columbia labels are clean

   A cool addition to anyone's music library! 

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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