collector's store | catalogue

Pink Floyd

Comes from 'Japan' vinyl LP

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Reversed Sleeve

PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon (Incredibly rare legendary WITHDRAWN 1973 Japanese white label promo sample issue of the classic 10-track vinyl LP, pressed by Toshiba EMI, including a 32-page full colour booklet, two fold out posters, postcard replicating the design of the UK stickers and fully silk-laminated gatefold picture sleeve. Exclusive to this promo issue, the sleeve was printed with REVERSED artwork, depicting the large prism image on the front, the small image on theback & the rainbow with red at the bottom, rather than the top. This misprint was quickly withdrawn and only a few sample copies are known to exist. As with the original UK first issues, the gatefold sleeve opens to the right, with the left edge sealed. This rare LP is in spectacular condition, and is documented as one of the rarest worldwide Pink Floyd issues known to exist! EOP-80778)
** See 'More Info' ...
#Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

click on this image to enlarge
Price Info
N/A  
Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1973 - 51 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
Shipping Cost Add item to your basket to see shipping quote
Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Odeon
Complete Stock List Go to Pink Floyd or visit our Pink Floyd collectors store
Product Catalogue No EOP-80778
Music Genre Progressive, Rock, 70s Rock, 60s Rock, Psychedelic, 70s Artists
Country Comes from Japan Comes from 'Japan'
click an image to view larger
 
Tracklisting & More Information

01. Speak To Me
02. Breathe
03. On The Run
04. Time
05. The Great Gig In The Sky
06. Money
07. Us & Them
08. Any Colour You Like
09. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse

Background:

By some strange quirk at the manufacturing stages, the first white label promo sample copies were sent out with the cover misprinted to show the large prism image on the front instead of the back. This was not a simple assembly bungle, as the catalogue number sits in the top right corner of the back, meaning that these first copies were actually printed that way.
This only exists as a white label promo sample copy, as the error was quickly spotted and later promos and the retail release all have the sleeve printed correctly. This is one of those first copies, manufactured by Toshiba Musical Industries in April 1973.

The Package Itself:

There were a few differences between this release and the UK release that warrant a mention. The two posters are pretty much as you'd find them elsewhere & they both have the catalogue number [EOP-80778] printed in the border at bottom right.
The familiar stickers are replaced with an identical sized double sided postcard with the images printed on either side.
The sleeve is also different [apart from the reversed prism images] in that it is fully silk laminated. A softer, not quite so glossy laminate to those that you are probably used to. Like the UK issue, the left hand side is closed, so all the goodies fit into the right pocket.
Unique to the Japanese issues was a thirty two page illustrated booklet measuring 11½" x 8", with text in English & Japanese, featuring credits, biography information, discography & lyrics [again] in English & Japanese. A little more lush than the usual single page insert, I think you'll agree.

Condition:

The Booklet, Postcard & Posters remain in excellent condition with just a little wear evident at the edges of the booklet but no major creases, writing or pinholes. For forty year old paper goods, this is a rare thing indeed.

The Sleeve shows a little light shelfwear to the extent that it can be seen that it had once lived on a shelf. Apart from one small dent of less than one centimeter on the back which does not even break the laminate, there is just a small amount of wear evident upon very close inspection. Nothing at all to write home about and far less than you would expect for a comparable age item, even a Japanese one.

The labels are white with EMI/Odeon & Harvest logos, tracklisting info & promo sample characters. After forty years, they remain white. No stickers, stains, writing or other defects.
The vinyl remains in fantastic condition, with no more grooves than the two it was originally pressed with. It is not unplayed, as you can expect, but remains near 'as new' and has obviously been well looked after, played sparingly or with a system having the tracking weight of an anorexic mosquito.

A gem of a copy of one of the rarest Pink Floyd rarities in the world !

LP RECORD  
Recording Artist Pink Floyd
Product Title The Dark Side Of The Moon - Reversed Sleeve
Product Information Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon - Reversed Sleeve Japan vinyl LP album (LP record) Promo.
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Promo - A promotional copy of this item that was issued before it was available for general sale.
Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
Artists Related To Architectural Abdabs, Clare Torry, Dave Kilminster, David Gilmour, Easy Star All-Stars, Nick Mason, Perfect Children, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Ron Geesin, Storm Thorgerson, Syd Barrett, The Australian Pink Floyd, Unicorn, Zee
Product Barcode Not Available
Email sales@991.com to contact our sales team
Alternatively Known As pink floid, The Pink Floyd
To Order Off Line or ask a question E-mail our sales team at sales@991.com
or call 011-44-844-264-0-991 quoting 991.com reference number PINLPTH581207

991.com accept a range of card payments!

Trustpilot

we pay top prices for Pink Floyd records, CD and memorabilia
View a printer friendly version of this page view a printer friendly version of this page
<< back |  next >>

 

Close X

 

To get 10% off, visit our new mobile friendly site RareVinyl.com (by clicking the logo below)

var ju_num="1CD30569-E7C3-4F7F-A9C4-CCCE1CB102AE";var asset_host=(("https:"==document.location.protocol)?"https":"http")+'://d2j3qa5nc37287.cloudfront.net/';(function() {var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';s.async=true;s.src=asset_host+'coupon_code1.js';var x=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];x.parentNode.insertBefore(s,x);})();