Pink Floyd The Wall Early Issue A1 Matrix V Rare

	£		112
	$		148

PINK FLOYD: THE WALL 1st EARLY PRESS!!

DOUBLE LP SET. ULTRA RARE 1979 EARLY ISSUE Harvest Records SHDW 411.

 ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING.

• CATALOGUE: HARVEST SHDW 4111 / 4112
• MATRIX: SHSP4111 A-3U / B-3U / SHSP4112 A-1U / B-11
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS ;  3 TMLS / 4 TMLX  / 2 TMLM / 1
• EARLY MOTHERS AND STAMPERS.

First Pressing with A1 Matrix! Only the 1st pressings came with the A 1 U Matrix. All other pressings came with the A-2U and above, this is a rare item in EXCELLENT Condition.

First Press Details: THE FIRST ISSUE GARROD & LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD COVER IS CREAM IN COLOUR, HAS NON-ALIGNED (at the bottom of the front) PURPLE BRICKS, NO BAND CREDITS ON THE INSIDE AND IS CONSTRUCTED OF ONE SINGLE PIECE OF CARD WITH JUST ONE SEAM JOIN ON THE TOP EDGE - A UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF ONLY THE EARLIEST PRINTED COVERS. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

A 1st pressing, released on November 30, 1979. Picture label with text around the top edge of the label starts at 7 o'clock and says:

All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting and copying of this record prohibited. Made in Great Britain. EMI Records (U.K.)

 SLEEVE IS COMPLETELY BLANK WITH NO BAR CODES.

THIS HAS THE VERY FIRST ROUNDED CORNER INNERS WITH THE UNIQUE REFS SHSP 4111 (1) and SHSP4112 (1). Check other so called early copies they will have inners reading  SHDW411 OC-15863411 SHSP4112.

This is a rare piece of music memorabilia. Early issues were pressed very quickly with disagreements on credits etc resolved later. The inner cover had major changes made to it (totally revamped and makes the original look so much more personal). 

THE VERY FIRST PRESSES STILL REMAIN FAIRLY ELUSIVE. BELOW ARE THE  RQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE UP A GEUINE FIRST PRESS, AND THIS COPY HAS ALL OF THEM.

OUTER SLEEVE:

1. THE SLEEVE MUST BE A CREAMY COLOUR NOT WHITE.

2. THE BRICKS DO NOT ALIGN RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE.

3. THE SLEEVE IS MADE FROM ONE PIECE OF CARD SEALED INSIDE THE TOP EDGE.

4 THE PRODUCTION CREDITS READ DAVID GILMOUR, BOB EXRIN THEN ROGER WATERS LAST.

THE INNER SLEEVE:

1. MUST HAVE ROUNDED EDGES NOT SQUARE

2. A LARGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE

3. A TRUE UK FIRST ISSUE WILL ONLY HAVE SHDW 4111/2 IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, NOT THE OTHER TWO CATALOGUE NUMBERS, WHICH APPEARED LATER.

THE RECORDS: 

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ARE  UNMARKED NO STICKER ISSUES, RIPS OR TEARS.

THE VINYL:

DISCS HAVE RETAINED  THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE , NO MARKS ON EITHER LP, AND  WHEN LOOKED AT UNDER LIGHT THERE ARE ONLY A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES. A GREAT EXAMPLE.

THE SLEEVE: 

THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS FIRST PRESS ISSUE, MADE FROM ONLY ONE PIECE OF CARD AND SEALED AT THE TOP OF THE SLEEVE INSIDE THE GATEFOLD WITH A FLIPBACK.

THE CREAMY WHITE COLOUR IS GREAT. THERE IS NO YELLOWING TO THE SURFACE AND NO MARKS OR HANDLING.  THE INNER SLEEVES HAVE THE FAINTEST OF DISCOLOUR AT THE VERY EDGES.

THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC 'PINK FLOYD THE WALL' SEE THROUGH IS ALSO IN GREAT CONDITION. NO CREASES AND NO WEAR TO THE TYPEFACE

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND AGAIN UNWORN, NOT ONE MARK ANYWHERE. BOTH ENDS ARE A1 AND UNWORN

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVELS GREAT INNERS, THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE BAND MEMBER NAMES LIKE THERE IS ON LATER ISSUES.

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE THE CORRECT FIRST PRESS CARD ISSUES AS DESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. BOTH ARE UNCREASED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THERE ARE NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS AND THE TOP OPENING EDGES ARE ALSO UNDAMAGED IN ANY WAY. THEY HAVE THE SLIGHTEST OF OUTER DISCOLOURING.

I HAVE INCLUDED TWO TRANSPARENT STICKERS.

POST £4.00 UK £10.00 INT