PINK FLOYD
Animals
YOU ARE LOOKING AT UK HARVEST RECORDS (SHVL 815) VERY FIRST ISSUE!!! (1977) OF PINK FLOYD'S OUTSTANDING, “Animals” LP
THE ALBUM HAS THE FIRST ISSUE HARVEST CUSTOM PICTURE LABELS WITH THE FIRST ISSUE A-5U / B-6U MATRICES!! AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE, GARROD & LOFTHOUSE PRINTED GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD LYRIC INNER SLEEVE!!!
THE WHOLE PACKAGE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION!!
THIS COPY HAS ALL THE CORRECT FIRST ISSUE CRITERIA AS OUTLINED BELOW!!
FIRST ISSUE CRITERIA:
SLEEVE: NO barcode on the cover. Original release has a thick cardboard cover with the left side of the gatefold sealed with a fold-over, and in the lower right corner of the inside cover it says "Made and printed in Great Britain 7701 TM Garrod & Lofthouse ltd." (7701 = January 1977)
INNER SLEEVE: Black cardboard inner sleeve with lyrics. 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 catalog number on side 2
LABELS: Barking dog picture label. Inconsistent rough/smooth finish sometimes roughly pressed
Text around the top edge of the label starts at 9 o'clock and says:
EMI Records Ltd. All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
Text around the bottom edge of the label starts at 7 o'clock and says:
Made in Great Britain. Unauthorized public performance, broadcasting, and copying of this record prohibited.
THIS LP IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY HARD TO FIND AS AN ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING, AND WITH ALL ITS ORIGINAL, FIRST ISSUE COMPONENT PARTS IN SUCH WONDERFUL CONDITION - VERY SCARCE!!!
By 1977 England was in the throes of punk, a musical revolution that held hugely successful "dinosaur" rock groups in contempt. So ANIMALS, the album Pink Floyd released that year, found the band as musically stripped down as they'd ever been. The overabundance of soundscapes, ethereal synths and lush textures of the past gave way to a leaner, more guitar-driven Floyd.
Yet thematically, Waters and co. still reached for the sky. Inspired in part by George Orwell's classic novel, "Animal Farm", ANIMALS divides humans into three categories--dogs, pigs and sheep--and features each classification in song. The dogs are merciless opportunists, grasping for success at any price; the pigs are pathetic, self-righteous tyrants; and the sheep are the mindless followers, being used by the dogs and pigs. This anthropomorphising was Waters' view of the dehumanising side of capitalism. And befitting such a lofty theme was the length of the album's three mainpieces--none shorter than ten minutes.
"Dogs" was co-written by David Gilmour, and it features some of his most inspired playing. The greed driving these dogs towards grander heights of materialism eventually leads to a solitary death from cancer, cloaked in an air of self-importance. "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" overflows with biting lyrics that scorn high-minded censors in general, and Mary Whitehouse (a self-appointed guardian of British pop music morality) specifically. The grunting of pigs preceedes Waters' venomous deliveryof each word, as Gilmour's scratchy playing and unsettling use of a Vocoder box become effective conduits for the song's malevolence.
"Sheep" starts out with the herd docilely grazing, blissfully unaware of the dogs lurking nearby. The sheep are led to the slaughter, before staging a revolt and killing off the dogs. The soundtrack of this defiance opens with Richard Wright's effect-free electric piano leading a galloping rhythm, before Waters' bass eases the group into a momentary lull. The pace picks up again, and Gilmour's slashing leads drive the song into a rousing climax, fading out with the peaceful sound of chirping birds.
Track Listing:
Side 1: Pigs On The Wing 1
Dogs
Side 2: Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Sheep
Pigs On The Wing 2
LABELS: SUPERB - CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO wear.
VINYL Visual: The vinyl has a DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY sheen!! BEAUTIFUL VINYL!!
SLEEVE: The gatefold cover is in very good condition!! CLEAN and BRIGHT with minimal marks and NO unwanted writing and just a little edge wear. The THICK spine is straight and true with all text SHARP and CLEAR!! INNER SLEEVE: Again, SUPERB condition!!!
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I HAVE TAKEN QUITE A FEW SO YOU CAN GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF EVERY DETAIL OF THE ITEM
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS COPY AS IT MAY BE QUITE A WHILE BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER!!
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