Pink Floyd - 1st Uk press- The Wall - LP - 1st Pressing - 1979

You are bidding on a 1st UK pressing of the famous album The Wall of the legendary rockband Pink Floyd.
Album is fully complete with original inner sleeves and cover sticker.

Please read the discription below and see the numerous pictures.

1st pressing with picture labels in gatefold sleeve with plastic sticker that adheres to the sleeve, but is not permantly stuck on.

Inner sleeves also feature the "Wall" design with lyrics (graphics by Gerald Scarfe).
Heavy cardboard inner sleeves with rounded corners and a 9-inch thumb notch on sides 2 and 4.
Sides 2 and 4 have the catalog number of the specific record listed in the lower right corner (see pictures)

The track order on the inners is not the same as featured on the album.

Specific to the first issue sleeve:

Band members are not listed on the inside cover. It only says "Words and Music - Roger Waters. Except..." and "Produced By David Gilmour, Bob Ezrin, Roger Waters". Re-pressings added band member credits and had other minor alterations.

No bar code on the back cover.

The Wall is cream coloured, not true white. The bricks on the front cover are not aligned right to the bottom of the cover on the outside or inside.

There are two 1st pressing sleeve variants:

1. A single sheet of wrap-around cardboard with the seam across the inner top edge of the cover.
2. Two sheets of cardboard, with seams at the top and bottom of the cover. Cardboard is heavy thickness.

There are two 1st pressing lyric inner sleeve variants (Both are on thick card with rounded corners and a nine-inch thumb notch at the top):

1. Sides 2 and 4 have the catalog number of the specific record listed on a single line in the lower right corner.
2. Sides 2 and 4 have the catalog number (SHDW 411), international catalogue number (OC-158 63410), and the UK catalogue number (SHSP 4111) in the lower right corner.

Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA, USA).

Recorded at Superbear (Miravel, France), Producers Workshop (Los Angeles, CA, USA) & C.B.S. (New York, NY, USA) between April and November 1979.

Three different catalog numbers, one for the album and one for each disc:

SHDW 411 = album
OC-15863410 = inner sleeve 1
SHSP 4111 = disc 1
OC-15863411 = inner sleeve 2
SHSP 4112 = disc 2

On labels:
1979 Pink Floyd Music Publishers LTD.
1979 Pink Floyd Music LTD.

On inner sleeves:
Roger Waters 1979
Pink Floyd Music Publishers LTD. ℗ 1979

Runouts are stamped.

Album:
Cover: EXC
Vinyl: VG + (Some surface scratches)
Inner sleeves: EXC
Hype sticker: EXC

Matrix indentifiers:
Side 1: SHSP 4111 A-2U TML-X
Side 2: SHSP 41111 B-3U TML-X
Side 3: SHSP 4112 A-3U TML-X
Side 4: SHSP 4112 B-3U TML-XX

This 1st UK press is hard to find fully complete with cover sticker.
A must have for every collector and fan.

Pictures are an additional part of the description.

Vinyl will be delivered in brand new inner sleeves.

Album will be packaged and sent with the best care.



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