Description On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Pink Floyd called "Dark Side Of The Moon" and is an ORIGINAL 1973 UK 1st Pressing on the ULTRA RARE 1st Press 'Solid Blue Triangle' Harvest label!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! THIS IS ONE OF PINK FLOYD'S RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL, IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES THAT ALL LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE!!!! AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! THIS LP HAS SOME INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES (INCLUDING THE COVER, INNER, STICKERS, POSTERS, LABELS, MATRIXES & INSERTS!) THAT ALL LATER ONES DONT HAVE - AND IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO EXAMINE THEM IN GREAT DETAIL!!!! THIS LP WAS ONLY EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY - AND WAS CHANGED STRAIGHT AFTER RELEASE!!!! AS A RESULT IT IS ONE OF THE ULTIMATE PINK FLOYD RARITIES AND INCREDIBLY SOUGHT AFTER!!!! I WILL NOW EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO AMAZINGLY RARE - AND ALSO SHOW THAT EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS LP HAS BEEN TOGETHER (WITH NO PARTS 'SWOPPED'!) SINCE THE DAY IT WAS MADE BACK IN 1973!!!! FIRSTLY THE MATRIXES ON THE RECORD, ARE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS MATRIXES - ENDING IN A2/B2 (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!! SECONDLY THE LABELS ALSO HAVE THE CORRECT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT (LATER PRESSINGS HAD THIS CHANGED THIS TO 'EMI RECORDS' TEXT INSTEAD!)!!!! THIRDLY THE RECORD LABELS HAVE THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'SOLID LIGHT BLUE' TRIANGLE ON BOTH SIDES - WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TO THE COMMON 'TRANSPARENT' TRIANGLE (WHICH APPEARS ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!) AS THE TEXT WAS HARD TO READ (AND IT DIDNT MATCH THE COVER!)!!!! FOURTHLY THE STICKERS HAVE 'FASSON' & 'FASPRINT' ON THE REVERSE OF THE STICKERS (WITH BROWN LINES!) AND ARE THE CORRECT COLOUR OF 1ST PRESS STICKERS (LATER ONES ARE DIFFERENT!). FIFTHLY, THE INNER IS BLACK 'POLY-LINED' AND HAS 'SILVER TEXT' (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!! AND LASTLY THE COVER IS ALSO A 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER TOO - BEING DARK BLUE (INSTEAD OF THE LATER BLACK!) AND IS 'FACTORY SEALED' AT ONE END!!!! SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS AMAZING LP THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!! THIS LP IS ALSO MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!! AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / HARVEST THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!! 'FACTORY SAMPLES' WERE NEARLY ALWAYS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!) - AND ARE TRULY EXCEPTIONALLY HARD TO FIND TODAY!!!! BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!! AND CLEARLY VERIFYING THE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' AS 100% GENIUNE IN EVERY RESPECT - THIS LP ALSO HAS AN ULTRA RARE 'EMI Music Record Library' STICKER ON THE COVER FRONT, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AN ULTRA RARE 'COMPLIMENTARY FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY' STICKER ON THE COVER BACK. IN PARTICULAR THE 'DEMONSTRATION' STICKER WAS ONLY EVER USED ON EMI RECORDS FOR A TINY AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE EARLY 1970s ONLY - HELPING TO VERIFY ITS AUTHENTICITY COMPLETELY!!!! THE 'DEMONSTRATION' STICKER HAS CLEARLY BEEN ON THIS LP SINCE THE DAY IT WAS MADE (AND IS CLEARLY 100% GENIUNE AND IS NOT A LATER ADDITION!), AND THE 'EMI MUSIC' STICKER WOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED WHEN IT WAS PUT INTO EMIs OWN LIBRARY (PROBABLY A YEAR OR TWO AFTER RELEASE WHEN EMI HAD FINISHED USING THIS LP). THESE STICKERS ARE BOTH CLEARLY 100% GENIUNE, DEFINITELY NOT LATER ADDITIONS, CERTAINLY NOT COVERING ANYTHING UP, AND VERIFY THIS LP ABSOLUTELY AS EMIs OWN 'PROMOTIONAL' COPY USED FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES!!!! IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE - AND THE CHANCES OF EVER FINDING ANOTHER ONE LIKE THIS AGAIN, ARE VIRTUALLY ZERO!!!! NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!! IT IS ALSO 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS 2 1ST PRESS 'SHINY' POSTERS, 2 1ST PRESS FASSON/FASPRINT 'BROWN LINES' STICKERS AND 1ST PRESS BLACK 'POLYLINED' SILVER TEXT INNER SLEEVE!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1973 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'SOLID LIGHT BLUE TRIANGLE' HARVEST LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS BLACK 'TEXTURED' DIE-CUT 'SILVER TEXT; INNER SLEEVE, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A2/B2 MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'SHINY' POSTERS & 'FASPRINT' CRACKBACK STICKERS, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DARK BLUE' GATEFOLD 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' COVER (FACTORY SEALED AT ONE END!)!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Harvest UK 1st Pressing from 1973 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The Cat. No is SHVL 804 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Solid Light Blue Triangle' Harvest label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!! The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO stickers, NO writing, NO wear, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!! The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 3 or 4 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!! THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!! It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! It plays with NO skips, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!! Importantly there are NO jumps on the track 'Money' (most do!) - with this track (and the rest of the LP!) playing through without ANY tracking issues AT ALL!!!! The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!! The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!! BRILLIANT RECORD!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Black Textured 'Poly-Lined' Silver Text inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 2 'SHINY' POSTERS AND 2 'FASPRINT' STICKERS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HAVENT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!! The ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Dark Blue' Gatefold Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL to the cover front, only very VERY slight rubbing to the cover back, NO writing impressions, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO rips, NO tears, NO splits, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!! Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, and NO writing!!!! The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!! BRILLIANT COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING WITH 'SOLID BLUE TRIANGLE' & BEING A 'FACTORY SAMPLE' - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP in this sort of condition!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1973 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" BY PINK FLOYD, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!! Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage! Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! 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