Pink Floyd ‎– The Dark Side Of The Moon Label: Harvest ‎– SMAS-11163 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester Pressing, Wly Mastering, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1Speak To Me Written-By – Mason* 1:30 A2Breathe Written-By – Gilmour*, Wright*, Waters* 2:43 A3On The Run Written-By – Gilmour*, Waters* 3:30 A4Time Written-By – Gilmour*, Mason*, Wright*, Waters* 6:53 A5The Great Gig In The Sky Vocals – Clare Torry Written-By – Wright* 4:15 B1Money Saxophone – Dick Parry Written-By – Waters* 6:30 B2Us And Them Saxophone – Dick Parry Written-By – Wright*, Waters* 7:34 B3Any Colour You Like Written-By – Gilmour*, Mason*, Wright* 3:24 B4Brain Damage Written-By – Waters* 3:50 B5Eclipse Written-By – Waters* 1:45 Companies, etc. Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Mastered At – Capitol Mastering Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester Credits Backing Vocals – Barry St John*, Doris Troy, Leslie Duncan*, Liza Strike Design [Sleeve & Stickers Art N.t.a.] – George Hardie Design [Sleeve Design], Photography By – Hipgnosis (2) Engineer – Alan Parsons Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Jones*  Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer [Vcs3] – Richard Wright Lyrics By, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer [Vcs3], Effects [Tape Effects] – Roger Waters Mastered By – Wly*  Mixed By [Mixing Supervised By] – Chris Thomas Percussion, Effects [Tape Effects] – Nick Mason Producer – Pink Floyd Vocals, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [Vcs3] – David Gilmour Notes "–––◁" in runouts denotes a Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester pressing. "Wly" in runouts denotes that it was mastered by Wally Traugott. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London between June 1972 and January 1973. Manufactured by Capitol Records Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc., U.S.A. Original release included two posters and two stickers, each sticker with their own catalog number (11163-1 and 11163-2), ℗ 1973 The Gramophone Company Ltd. Note on Credits: Though credited for the entire album, Barry St. John, Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, and Liza Strike perform backing vocals only on tracks A4, B2, B4, and B5.  

USA THIRD PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE (NO  "INTERPAK™ Pats. Pending" in the bottom right corner inside the gatefold) WITH BOTH POSTERS, BOTH STICKERS AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

Release Date for this pressing was September 1975, being the third issue with different text around the edge of the label. No bar code on the cover. Gatefold cover. Front Cover: Black with prism. Back Cover: Black with inverted prism. Catalog number at the top. Record company information at the bottom. "Printed in U.S.A." at the bottom center. Inside Cover: Black with heartbeat line. Lyrics. Typo in the line "I'm all right Jack keep your hands of my stack." In the lower right corner it says "Copyright TRO Hampshire House Publishing Corp. All rights reserved." Spine: Black title and catalog number.

Inserts: 

1) Pyramid Poster: A green pyramid poster with "Printed in U.S.A." at bottom left, and "SMAS-11163-1" at bottom right. At the bottom center, it says " PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON." 

2) Group Poster: A six-pane group shot poster in portrait style with "Printed in U.S.A." at bottom left, and "SMAS-11163-2" at bottom right. 

3) Stickers: Issued with two self-adhesive stickers of Dark Side of the Moon graphics. 

Yellow and Brown graphics stickers have a 1/2 inch strip down the right side to hold while peeling, and the backing paper is light brown with no writing or stripes. "Printed in U.S.A." in the lower left, and "SMAS-11163-1" in the lower right. 

Labels: Black Harvest label with prism. Text around bottom edge of label starts at 10 o'clock and says: Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc., U.S.A. - Capitol Marca Reg. - All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

MATRIX: SMAS-1-11163 F-55#7 Wly ──◁ MASTERED BY CAPITOL / SMAS-2-11163 F-47#5 Wly ──◁ MASTERED BY CAPITOL.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. MINOR BOTTOM MIDDLE SCUFFS.  CLEAN SPINE, NO FADING. POSTERS ARE EXCELLENT MINUS, THEY DO NOT APPEAR HUNG OR USED IN ANYWAY.  STICKERS HAVE SOME AGEING,  LESSER SPOTTING IN WHITE AREAS, BROWN STICKER HAS A CREASE IN WHITE RIGHT SIDE, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN USED.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HAIRLINES. WE PLAY-TESTED A FEW TRACKS AND THEY SOUNDED GREAT WITH CLEAN AUDIO AND NO NOTICEABLE SURFACE NOISE.  FLAT, NO WARPS. FOR A NEARLY 50 YEAR OLD MASS PRODUCED RECORD PRESSED BY CAPITOL, THIS IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD CONDITION, AND WOULD BE AN UPGRADE FOR MANY AT THIS STAGE.  SONICALLY, IT SOUNDS WAY BETTER THAN THE DREADFUL DIGITALLY REMASTERED NEW COPIES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. CLEAN LABELS.

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

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music. 

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