PINK FLOYD, ANIMALS, 1st press Wide Spine.No bar code.

	£		24
	$		32

As usual,

all pictures are of the actual album, outer and inner sleeves, and any inserts that may have been issued with the album at the time of release.

All albums for sale are fully play graded using a Technics SL200 deck and a Stanton 500 cartage

PINK FLOYD.

ANIMALS

WIDE SPINE OUTER SLEEVE.

Matrix numbers are.

SIDE ONE: SHVL 815 A - 2U

SIDE TWO: SHVL 815 A - 3U

WADE SPINE & NO BARCODE COVER

Release Information:

First issue without a bar code on the cover.

In the lower right corner of the inside cover it says "made and printed in Great Britain 7701 TM Garrod & Lofthouse ltd."

Cover:

Battersea Power Station with pig.
Inner Sleeve: Black cardboard inner sleeve with lyrics on it. Original issue has round corners, and a 9-inch notch on the edge that opens. In the lower right corner of the second side, it says "SHVL 815(1)." Later issues have square corners, no notch, and no catalogue number on side 2.

Artist or Band: The PINK FLOYD

Album Title: ANIMALS

Cat Number: SHVL815

Release date: JUNE 23 1977.

Recording date: April 1976 to November 1976.

Recording Venue: Britannia Row Studios.

Format: .STEREO

Genre: Psychedelic Rock.

Record Label: Mainly. Pale Blue. EMI.

INNER SLEEVE:

The original Black rounded corner inner, with white printed lyrics remains in EXCELENT Condition.

No unwanted writing, splitting scuffing or any other damage.

TRACK LIST:

Side One:

Pigs On The Wing.

Dogs.

Side Two

Pigs (Three different ones).

Sheep.

Pigs On The Wing (2)

OUTER SLEEVE:

Original PETER BLAKE outer gatefold sleeve, printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

This is the much sought after WIDE SPINE sleeve, fully laminated.

The width of the spine is around 7 to 8 mm see picture.

The satin finish Garrod Lofthouse sleeve remains excellent and shiny both inside and outside, No writing, splitting, rubbing, ring marking.

I grade this sleeve as Excellent

LABEL:

Original EMI labels remain in excellent clean condition, No scuffing staining or unwanted names, writing or fading.

Side one's label depicted a fish-eye lens view of a dog and the English countryside, and Side Two was similar, but featured a pig and sheep instead of the dog

The pictures are of the actual album cover and vinyl.

Visual Vinyl Condition:

Both sides of the vinyl are visually excellent, with just a hint of very light marking from removal from the inner sleeve when viewed under a very bright light source , No visible scratching, retaining a very high gloss sheen to all sides.

any questions about the pictures or the vinyl please get in touch and I will do my best to answer them.

PLAY GRADING.

The entire album has been play graded and plays beautifully and without fault.

Animals is loosely based on George Orwell's Animal Farm Various castes in society are represented as different types of animals (Dogs as the businessmen, sheep as the powerless pawns, and pigs as the ruthless leaders). Although this album attacks Capitalism in the book various animals (mainly pigs, sheep, dogs, etc.) represent different roles assumed by individuals in a Communist society.citation needed

David Gilmour and Roger Waters"Dogs" (which had the working title of "You Gotta Be Crazy") and "Raving and Drooling", a Waters song which would later become "Sheep", were created at the same time as "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and originally intended for Wish You Were Here. Their creation process was similar to the method the band used during the late sixties and early seventies. They would adapt and expand their compositions by performing them live, and later in the studio find a more coherent form and concept for the whole album, with Waters writing the lyrics. Animals was the last Pink Floyd album created in this way, as the subsequent The Wall and The Final Cut, were primarily conceived by Waters and worked out in the studio with some input from Gilmour. Although Richard Wright did not contribute much compositionally, he had some influence on the arrangement of the songs, including solo playing on "Dogs" and "Sheep". As with "Welcome to the Machine" and "Wish You Were Here on Wish You Were Here, Waters wrote "Pigs on the Wing and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)to tie together the other songs in the album's concept. His dominance in the writing credits and the discrepancy with the actual creation process is directly related to the increasing tensions within the band.

The three core songs are bookended by a pair of love songs written by Waters for his then-wife Caroline:citation needed  Pigs on the Wing, Part 1 and "Pigs on the Wing, Part 2". Both are in stark contrast to the misanthropic middle three songs, and suggest that companionship can help us overcome our flaws – though the final lines suggest that the singer is or was once one of the dogs. For the 8-track cartridge release, which looped, Parts 1 and 2 were linked by a guitar bridge performed by Snowy White (subsequently available on White's 1996 album "Goldtop: Groups & Sessions"), and the 17:08 song "Dogs" was cut into two tracks.

resulting pictures were not deemed suitable on their own (as the clear, blue sky from day three was thought to be much less evocative), and the final image

This album is the point at which it is generally claimed that Waters began to assert himself creatively on the rest of the band. And while it is true that 90% of the album's writing credits belong to Waters, the song that Gilmour shared half the credits for was almost half the album. Speaking of Animals in an interview in the September 2008 edition of Mojo, Gilmour said, "Roger's thing is to dominate, but I am happy to stand up for myself and argue vociferously as to the merits of different pieces of music, which is what I did on Animals. I didn't feel remotely squeezed out of that album. Ninety per cent of the song 'Dogs' was mine. That song was almost the whole of one side, so that's half of Animals.

The giant, helium-filled pig (referred to as the Pink Floyd Pig) seen on the cover was actually flown over Battersea Power Station for the photo shoot under the direction of Storm Thorgerson. On the first day of shooting, a marksman was on hand in case the pig broke free. However, according to Thorgerson, this was considered an "insurance problem", and he was not hired for the second day of shooting. On 3 December 1976, during the second day, a gust of wind broke the pig free of its moorings. Because there was no one to shoot the pig down, it sailed away into the morning sky. A police helicopter was sent up to track the pig, but was forced to return after following the pig to an altitude of 5,000 feet. The CAA lost radar contact on the pig near Chatham in Kent, at a height of 18,000 feet and flying East. It finally landed in a farmer's field, without much damage. They then repaired the pig, and flew it up for a third time. The was made as a composite of the power station picture from day one and the pig from day three. The album had custom picture labels, using drummer Nick Mason's handwriting as a typeface, as did the lyrics on the liner sleeve. Side one's label depicted a fish-eye lens view of a dog and the English countryside. Side two's was similar, but featured a pig and sheep instead of the dog.

I grade this complete package a solid excellent condition in line with the Rare Record Collectors Guide.

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Packaging.

The album and it’s outer sleeve will be separated when packaged to prevent damage to ether the vinyl or the sleeve, the vinyl will be placed into a new plain inner and the original inner will again be packed separately.

The complete package will then be placed into a plastic sleeve and then packed into a stiff card package and two stiffeners added.

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(Up to now this has not happened)

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