Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
Label:
Harvest – SHVL 804, Harvest – 1E 064 o 05249
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, 5th, Gatefold
Country:
UK
Released:
1977
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock
Tracklist
Position Title/Credits Duration
A1 Speak To Me
A2 Breathe
A3 On The Run
A4 Time
A5 The Great Gig In The Sky
Vocals – Clare Torry
B1 Money
Saxophone – Dick Parry
B2 Us And Them
Saxophone – Dick Parry
B3 Any Colour You Like
B4 Brain Damage
B5 Eclipse
Companies, etc.
Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Record Company – EMI Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Pressed By – EMI Records
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Published By – Pink Floyd Music Publishers
Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
Credits
Artwork [Sleeve Art, Stickers Art] – George Hardie N.T.A.*
Backing Vocals – Barry St John* (tracks: A4, B2, B4, B5), Doris Troy (tracks: A4, B2, B4, B5), Leslie Duncan* (tracks: A4, B2, B4, B5), Liza Strike (tracks: A4, B2, B4, B5)
Bass Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer [Vcs3], Effects [Tape Effects] – Roger Waters
Design [Sleeve Design], Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)
Engineer – Alan Parsons
Engineer [Assistant] – Peter James
Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer [Vcs3] – Richard Wright
Lacquer Cut By – HTM*
Lyrics By – Roger Waters
Mixed By [Supervised] – Chris Thomas
Percussion, Effects [Tape Effects] – Nick Mason
Producer, Music By – Pink Floyd
Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Vcs3] – David Gilmour
Written-By – Gilmour* (tracks: A2 to A4, B3), Mason* (tracks: A1, A3, B3), Wright* (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B2, B3), Waters* (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B2, B4, B5)
Notes
This is a version of the 5th UK issue. See "The Dark Side of the Moon (Harvest Records 5th issue)" in pinkfloydarchives.com (link on Pink Floyd).Issued in a gatefold sleeve with two A2-sized posters and two stickers.
Labels:
Black Harvest label with blue outline prism.
Text around the top edge of the label starts at 10 o'clock and says: EMI Records Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
Text around the bottom edge of the label starts at 8 o'clock and says: Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting, and copying of this record prohibited. Made in GT Britain.
NO 'Made in GT. Britain' at 6 o'clock.
Publishers credited as Pink Floyd Music Publ.The title of A2 is "Breathe" on the sleeve and "Breathe In The Air" on the label.
The tracks are numbered from 1-5 and 1-5 on the sleeve, however on the labels the numbering is from (a) to (i) whereby track (a) consists of (a) (I) "Speak To Me" and (II) "Breathe In The Air", then (b) (c) (d). Side 2 is (e) (f) (g) (h) & (i).
2 Posters:
There is no catalog number on the Blue pyramid poster.
The group Poster have "SHVL 804" in the bottom right corner.It has one of each of the stickers.
Gatefold cover:
The cat# 1E 064 o 05249 appears very small on the rear cover underneath SHVL 804 and above "stereo" in very small letters. These are all centralised.
The logos and text at the inner spread, bottom left has blue color, while there is a similar versions with white colour.
Some copies were issued with a circular sticker on the top right, front of sleeve "Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon" although not all copies were.Note on Credits:
Though not stated in the liner notes, Barry St. John, Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, and Liza Strike perform backing vocals only on tracks A4, B2, B4, and B5.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Other (Printers code (inside gatefold sleeve)): L 7303 TPS
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (LP, Album, RP, 5th) (Harvest, Harvest)
Media: Very Good (VG) Noticeable groove wear and light scratches. Surface noise will not overpower the music.
Sleeve: Very Good (VG)