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Pink Floyd LPs

I just thought I'd share with you what I just picked up at a thrift store. I found a half speed "audiophile pressing" of Wish You Were Here (HC 33453) in very good condition and Dark Side of the Moon (SMAS-11163). The sleeve is nice and the record is mint. I don't think this record was out of the leeve many times as there isn't a dust particle on it. The two posters are still inside along with two Pink Floyd stickers.
These items set me back $2.00 minus 25%.
The DSOTM cover has a hole punched in the top right corner. What is the purpose of this?
ketchup
x1884
26 posts
 
The whole punch could mean that it was not sold and thrown out in the garbage.
I have seen 45s with holes punched in them and that was the case, they punch holes into them and throw them out.
Promos usually have "not for sale" "DJ" a white label and a gold stamped cover with "promotional use only" stamped on it.
If interested i have a very rare copy of dark side of the moon with both sides marked as side one!
robsells2you
11 posts
 
my brother in law used to work for a local newspaper and he did record reviews. the newspaper would send him all the new releases. he'd listen to them and than write a review for the paper. i remember most of the albums had a perfect hole in the top corner. this was done to prevent him for selling the albums or atleast dropping the value of the album to make it not worth selling.

hope this helps.
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mapman
22,389 posts
 
If you are a pink Floyd fan and have never heard Nektar go fix that right now.
raymonda
855 posts
 
Holes punched out and cut corners are over pressed and usually compromised pressings. They were either thrown out or sold for a big discount. As indicated above.....promos have white labels and stickers indicating as such......and yes, they sound better. On the other hand.....holes and cut corners are on the other side of the spectrum and usually not worth having. However, you might get lucky and it might sound good.....give it a spin.
qdrone
1,039 posts
 
If the audiophile pressing of wywh is on Columbia you might want to Google it. There were two pressings,one was recorded out of phase.
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