Pink Floyd‎– Animals Label: Harvest ‎– SHVL 815, Harvest ‎– 0C 064-98 434 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Country: UK Released: 23 Jan 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Pigs On The Wing 1 Written-By – Waters* 1:24 A2 Dogs Written-By – Gilmour*, Waters* 17:01 B1 Pigs (Three Different Ones) Written-By – Waters* 11:20 B2 Sheep Written-By – Waters* 10:22 B3 Pigs On The Wing 2 Written-By – Waters* 1:24 Companies etc Recorded At– Britannia Row Studios Printed By– Garrod & Lofthouse Published By– Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p)– Pink Floyd Music Ltd. Credits Design [Inflatable Pig Designed By]– E.R.G. Amsterdam Design [Sleeve Design Organised By]– Aubrey Powell, Storm Thorgerson Design [Sleeve Design]– Roger Waters Engineer– Brian Humphries Graphics– Nick Mason Photography By– Aubrey Powell, Colin Jones (7), Howard Bartrop, Nic Tucker, Peter Christopherson, Rob Brimson, Bob Ellis* Producer– Pink Floyd

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL LP ON DELIGHTFULLY THICK VINYL [THE FIRST PRESSINGS OF THIS TITLE VARY GREATLY IN VINYL WEIGHT] WITH THICK CARDBOARD FOLDED-UNDER GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITHOUT BARCODE AND WIDE SPINE WITH INSIDE CREDIT "Made and printed in Great Britain 7701 TM Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.", PLUS ORIGINAL THICK CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE WITH ROUND CORNERS, 9-INCH NOTCH AND "SHVL 815(I)."
There was no A1U matrix for this album the A2U/B2U / A2U/B3U's are the first pressings.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First pressings are made from first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues and re-issues (which are often pressed from whatever tapes or digital sources are currently available).

Many recent vinyl pressings claim to be mastered from ‘original tapes’ and are pressed on expensive 180g vinyl. Sonically, they frequently sound disappointing when compared to a decent condition first pressing. All too often, they sound like a CD pressed onto vinyl.

If you want the best analogue reproduction possible from vinyl, it is always a better investment to seek out original pressings in clean playing condition. They nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider, and subtle nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with the bass far tighter. Upper-mids shine, and the overall depth is more immersive. Inner details are clearer, and the music tends to sound more ‘alive’.

MATRIX NUMBERS IN RUN-OFF GROOVES: SIDE A: SHVL 815 A-2U / SIDE B: SHVL 815 B-3U .

MOTHER No. SIDE A: 3 / SIDE B: 3

STAMPER No. SIDE A: ? / SIDE B: ?

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD WITH SOME CREASES, SHELF, CORNER, RING AND EDGE WEAR. INNER SLEEVE IS VERY GOOD BUT HAS BOTTOM MIDDLE SEAM SPLIT.

DISC: VISUALLY VERY GOOD+ THAT PLAYS MOSTLY EXCELLENT MINUS WITH SOME STATIC POPS AND CRACKLES IN QUIET PASSAGES AND A FEW CRACKLES RIGHT AT THE START ON IN-GROOVES (VERY COMMON ON THIS ALBUM). NO SCRATCHES. SOME SPINDLE WEAR AND LIGHT PLAY-SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS. THIS COPY IS PRESSED ON UNUSUALLY HEAVY VINYL FOR THIS PERIOD (IT IS MORE LIKE AN OLD BEATLES EMI PRESSING THAN A 1970s ALBUM). IT IS HARD TO FIND, INDEED ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND, TOTALLY SILENT SURFACES FOR THIS ALBUM DUE TO ITS DYNAMIC RANGE. THIS COPY PLAYS MOSTLY EXCELLENT MINUS WITH A FEW SURFACE NOISES IN PLACES. DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE VINYL IT HAS ONE OF THE BEST LOW-END AND BASS TONES OF ANY COPY WE HAVE HEARD. NOT PERFECT BUT A REAL OVERALL TREAT.

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