

Orders sent to an address entered incorrectly will not be refunded or replaced. We are unable to redirect to an alternate shipping address once an order is placed. Please ensure your address is entered correctly. However, please allow 1-3 business days for your order to process when calculating delivery dates. We make every effort to ship your order as soon as possible. Tracking information will be sent as items are shipped. Other (Patent No.If your order contains multiple items, it may ship from different warehouse locations. Other (Printer date/format code, gatefold inner): Ⓛ 7303 TPS John, Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, and Liza Strike perform backing vocals only on tracks A4, B2, B4, and B5. Though not detailed in the liner notes, Barry St. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London between June 1972 and January 1973 Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer – David Gilmourĭesign, Photography By – Hipgnosisīass, Vocals, Synthesizer, Tape, Lyrics By – Roger WatersĪrtwork – George Hardie Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer – Richard Wright Harvest – SHVL 804 – 1E 064 o 05249 Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold 1973 Original UK Pressing catalog number 1E 064 o 05249 appears in small fonts and parentheses on the cover rear. Ltd., from July 1st, 1973 by its legal successor, EMI Records at the same plant. This first edition was initially pressed by The Gramophone Co. This only appears to affect some records made with A2/B2 stampers Some early copies have a manufacturing defect on the track Money, where the song skips. Early cover stickers are a lighter, faded grey-purple/blueish color and measure ~67mm in diameter, later cover stickers are a darker black and measure ~62mm in diameter.ġ0. Some copies came with a small round sticker on the front cover stating “Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon” (confirmed for stampers GL/MO). Stickers may have printed backs with diagonal lines across them, and the words ‘Fasson’ ‘FasPrint’ and ‘Crack-Back’, or plain white backs with the word “Permanent”ĩ. Posters and stickers were printed on either matte or gloss paperĨ. Inner sleeve is distinctive polythene lined die cut black semi-matt paper with white printed text stating 2 patent numbers bottom left and ‘MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN’ bottom right.ħ.

The right front opening of the gatefold cover is not sealed.Ħ. The right front opening of the gatefold cover is sealed with a fold over flap that is glued inside the opening. The right front opening of the gatefold cover is sealed with the two sides glued together. There is 1 ink variation used for printing sleeve blue/black.ĥ. A-2/B-2 matrix stamps appear in the runout area.Ĥ. ‘The Gramophone Co.’ text starts at 10 o’clock on the label.ģ. Subsequent pressings have a blue glowing inner edge prism with the center black.Ģ. There are several variations of sleeves, posters, and stickers, and as these were produced by different companies and delivered to the pressing plant at different times there are several combinations.ġ. Huge numbers were pressed to meet advance orders and there are 88 documented run-out variations. The following is a guide to identifying the elements that make up the first pressing, but for a more comprehensive guide it is best to refer to the Pink Floyd Archives website The labels however number the tracks from (a) to (i) so, for example, “Breathe” is listed as “(a)(II)” on the label but “2” on the cover (see images). The cover lists the titles A1 to B5 (used in this submission).

There are 2 systems for track numbering on the release. Originally delivered with 2 posters and 2 stickers. It has a gatefold sleeve, and there are several known variations – see below. This is the original form of the release, it has solid light blue prism LP picture labels with silver lettering, later forms have an empty prism.
