The band would like to give all animators an opportunity to present a fresh take on these timeless aural works. Upon detail study it looks like all the variants from the 1979 and the 1981 has identical matrixes/stampers. Nice and quiet without needing to be cleaned, and not warped at all which is surprising for new records nowadays. my DSOTM triangle solid blue 1st UK has in matrix/runout written side a: SHVL 804 - A; in side b: SHVL 804 - B without other numbers or letters.

Dark Side Of The Moon - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set The Dark Side Of The Moon - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set

It goes beyond any other release Ive heard and really gives you the impression that this is what Pink Floyd wanted you to hear. The iconic sleeve, which depicts a prism spectrum, was designed by Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis and drawn by George Hardie.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). The advantage then shows in the MoFi as the vinyl is extremely quiet, almost as dead silent and void creating as my Japanese Pro Use copy, but thats just because the Pro Use doesnt need to be played nearly as loud. These copies were produced for a short time only, between first pressing and first repress, featuring earliest use of the new black Harvest "blue outline prism" label design.

Dark Side Of The Moon (1978, Vinyl) - Discogs Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (1978, Vinyl) - Discogs

Meddle has the same type of matrix stamp layout and has the same kind of simple A / B number stamped without any other information in the runout.

It is safe to say that all printing and inserts were made in the UK, but as for the record itself, there is no consensus. It includes CD and gatefold vinyl of the new 2023 remastered studio album and Blu-Ray + DVD audio featuring the original 5. The group poster again can be matte or glossy but have the number “SHVL 804” at the bottom right corner. The 50 th Anniversary release of the iconic album will continue to be celebrated as Pink Floyd invite a new generation of animators to enter a competition, curated by Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell of Hipgnosis, to create music videos for any of the 10 songs on the iconic 1973 album.

The Dark Side of the Moon Album | Classic Pink Floyd Vinyl LP

FWIW, a recent update to images mentions a hype sticker on the "shrink wrap", but MFSLs of this era were not shrink wrapped; they were in a loose clear plastic wrap which extended about one quarter inch beyond the outer edge of the sleeve, and this wrap had a perforated tear-off strip at either the upper edge or the edge opposite the spine. Matrix runouts are SHVL 804 A-3 RMR (possibly RHR) with a potential scratched-out marker on the A-side, SHVL 804 B-2 PR on the B-side. You can definitely tell the differences between this mix and the traditional stereo, especially regarding where voices/instruments are placed in the soundstage. But the strength in that comes in giving a more present performance on the remaster while the MoFi is left more whimsical.If the MoFi rectified its slight slouching on bass plus vocal presence and punch it would easily rise to the top right away!