What a great find Mike! I'm pleased you were the one to get those rare LP's because your ability to share them with us. LOL your passion and love for the music made this a lot of fun to view. Well done Mike!!!!
@@davids.816 i used to own the 30th Anniversary : too bright ! (on a neutral and revealing hifi setup ), There is a boost in the top end, probably right around the 12K region, which is a very poor mastering choice the late Doug Sax apparently made, a choice that is surely not doing this recording any favors.
Apologize if I posted this already - have you seen Glenn Povey’s 2016 book detailing all the Abbey Road recording sessions? Breathe was done in five takes on first day of recording after setting up all the gear. They gave him access to all the logs at Abbey Road
I have the 2016 remastered vinyl, 30th anniversary pressing (in VG condition) and the Japanese Pro-Use. All of them sound great, and I bet this one does too.
Awesome find! Anyone out there have any input on the 1988 Quadraphonic Australian pink vinyl Dark Side of the Moon? I have an original copy and it sounds good.
The best part of the story, was when you were presented with that copy of D.S.O.T.M. and all hell broke loose with your emotions. I have been in that spot a few times when you realize what you are holding record-wise, the rarity of it. You just stop listening to the person talking cause you just want to pay for the record and be done with it. Very envious! Luckily I own the 30th, cause the BG CUT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE.
There are probably more copies in circulation than you think. Labels don’t go out of their way to press “heavy cardboard” jackets for less than a few hundred copies (at least). The set up is quite costly for just 10 copies to then just scrap the project. That’s why test pressings come in plain white jackets.
It's legit. The place where he got it doesn't sell fake records, plus they explained the story on their website and who they got it from. I live ten minutes from that store. I almost bought it but the price was too steep for me.
@@fidelios_frequency Considering it was never released, I tend to think it's pretty rare. The store said they got it from somebody who worked at the pressing plant where it was pressed. The laquer was cut but the release was cancelled. According to the story they pressed a few records anyway.
Hi Mike, I don't think Doug Sax sold off his lathes before 2003 (when he worked on Dark Side of the Moon with Kevin Grey). Chad Kassem bought all his mastering equipment after he passed.
Congrats Mike! I have a copy of the aforementioned Doug Sax/RTI Test Pressing and consider lucky to have one! But what you have is next level rare. And mine is rare!!!
The German quad cut is very nice too. It was my first copy and is very tough to beat. Until I heard the 30th. The grundman cut holds its own against the 30th. Digital or not. Never heard a clean A2B2.
Hi Mike, interested video. I have two ‘70s pressings (including an A3 B3) and the 30th Anniversary and on each of them Money is the best-sounding track. Apparently this is also the case with the version you are describing. Somehow this must have ended up as the best-recorded track, must have been something in the air at Abbey Road that day!
Hello Mike, since Kevin Gray is going to be doing his own mastering company I wonder if he can go back and fix the song that aren’t great and reissue it out🤞🏻🤞🏻
While interesting to obsessed types of fans of certain bands & those with cash to spare, we can see these record companies squeezing every ounce of cash from what I call guillables falling for it. I do have this album & I play it for the great sound & listening experience then its back on my storage shelf & move onto the next album like an average fan.
As far as rare Pink Floys DSOTM releases, how about the SQ quadraphonic versions which were made all over the world, except the U.S.? Then, what about when a few years later, Capitol mistakenly released the SQ quadraphonic version on the Capitol label?
I have an original 1988 Dark Side of the Moon SQ Quadraphonic Australian pink pressing. I did a side by side with a first edition Dark Side of the Moon on MFSL.The 1988 SQ was bolder, more detail than the MFSL.
I prefer the 40th to the 30th. But the German -1 and -2 pressings are incredible. I prefer those to everything including my Pro-Use which has a bit too much treble.
Recently picked up a 40th anniversary copy. It sounded muddy to me. I've a sealed 30th copy that I'm not opening. I'll keep playing my uk solid triangle 1st issue. Now that sounds good!
@xyzxyzfred99 I've only run it through once, but it didn't sound as good as I expected. I'm just too busy to be able to sit down properly and give it the time it deserves, which I will do and may reassess! Watch this space!
After a re listen over the weekend, it wasn't as muddy as I thought. Once I'd put my amp on Direct, it improved the sound. It's not bad. I've not compared it to my uk original, but it will be interesting to see if there is any difference on the 50th vinyl?!
Look, I'll give ya a hundred bucks on it. Im taking all the risk. Ive gotta get it slabbed and graded, pay a commission. These things take a loooong time to sell. Welcone back to season 31 of Pawn Stars.
The life no treat you very well and you have some money issues? But likely for you, you own a very rare vinyl copy in your house? Take the airplane and go to Mike's store. "Hey Mike I have something that you mightly like to see!" And thats it. The life start to love you once again. No hesitation. Mike is there for all of you
That’s $20 grand right there it’s rare lol 😂 Not even $25 I won’t buy that why I rather have the cash 💰Exaggerated Price lol 😝Only Fulls Will Buy that Rare things
Very cool find. I doubt it could sound any better than the BG mastered copy I just got from Barnes and Noble. I also got the BG mastered double lp of The Wall. They both sound superb!
I've always thought it sounded dull and I have at least 15 different versions of the album on vinyl, CD, SACD. I've never heard a version that blew me away, and I'm old enough to say I've listened to it on countless systems over the 50 years following its release. The music itself is great so I really don't care that it sounds the way it does.
The most rare dark side of the moon is a german copy and it will be like additionaly copy in stefano tarquinis book aka mr pinky!!!! Who ever want pictiures send me message
I have a mint one, and audio wise it’s incredible. However I’m slightly disappointed in the fact that it’s not a really silent pressing. It’s not bad, but it’s not QRP silent.
There’s nothing that could be done to that album that would make me ‘have to’ ever hear it again. Just like other albums of its time, radio has played it to death. Nothing more than prog for those who don’t like prog. Animals blows DSOTM away.
You should add this record to Discogs with your liner notes! So more people can see that!
Congratulations Mike. Now that’s a real stunning thing. Really happy for you. Cheers from Germany
What a brilliant story and find, these are the kind of stories that make vinyl so exciting
It is My favorite album. What a score Mike..
Hi Mike, have a mint 2023 pressing of Nickleback 'Silver Side Up' will trade for this, plus some cash my way too. Blessings and thank you.
What a great find Mike!
I'm pleased you were the one to get those rare LP's because your ability to share them with us. LOL your passion and love for the music made this a lot of fun to view. Well done Mike!!!!
Very enlightening and super cool!!! Thanks for sharing this rarity!!
Never heard this album. I'll have to listen
After owning a hundred different pressings of this album, I’m Perfectly happy with my mint 30th Anniversary pressing. I won’t ever need another copy 👍
Is the hype real?
@@davids.816 i used to own the 30th Anniversary : too bright ! (on a neutral and revealing hifi setup ), There is a boost in the top end, probably right around the 12K region, which is a very poor mastering choice the late Doug Sax apparently made, a choice that is surely not doing this recording any favors.
Me too!!!
@@davids.816 Not in my opinion. The 40th and the Germany pressings are much better.
Oh man! as a HUGE long time DSOTM and Floyd fan this is like the holy grail...i'll be messaging about the scratched copy you might be selling! :)
Great story. I'm happy with my original 2003 30th Anniversary. It sounds great.
Apologize if I posted this already - have you seen Glenn Povey’s 2016 book detailing all the Abbey Road recording sessions? Breathe was done in five takes on first day of recording after setting up all the gear. They gave him access to all the logs at Abbey Road
What is this the title of the book called?
@@joeorden2832The Complete Pink Floyd The Ultimate Reference
Would love to hear this sometime in your store!! Gotta get my ass to Phoenix!!! Lol!! Maybe in winter months!!!😂
I have the 2016 remastered vinyl, 30th anniversary pressing (in VG condition) and the Japanese Pro-Use. All of them sound great, and I bet this one does too.
Very very cool!
What a story. Thanks for sharing Mike.
I have a 1st issue promo punched copy that is still sealed after 51 years!
Congrats Mike!! Way to go!!
Awesome find! Anyone out there have any input on the 1988 Quadraphonic Australian pink vinyl Dark Side of the Moon? I have an original copy and it sounds good.
It's certainly an interesting listen. Quality wise it may not hold up to some other releases, but I give my copy a spin now and again!
Congratulations! daym wish there were more of them…
a lot more…
so they’d be cheaper…
a lot cheaper.
Just reissue an AAA version guys!
Amazing
The best part of the story, was when you were presented with that copy of D.S.O.T.M. and all hell broke loose with your emotions. I have been in that spot a few times when you realize what you are holding record-wise, the rarity of it. You just stop listening to the person talking cause you just want to pay for the record and be done with it. Very envious! Luckily I own the 30th, cause the BG CUT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE.
Going to have to get that slabbed!
ha.. slabbed!!
There are probably more copies in circulation than you think. Labels don’t go out of their way to press “heavy cardboard” jackets for less than a few hundred copies (at least). The set up is quite costly for just 10 copies to then just scrap the project. That’s why test pressings come in plain white jackets.
It's legit. The place where he got it doesn't sell fake records, plus they explained the story on their website and who they got it from. I live ten minutes from that store. I almost bought it but the price was too steep for me.
@@kenriknyrelius539 I never said it wasn’t legit. I was just questioning the “rarity” factor.
@@fidelios_frequency Considering it was never released, I tend to think it's pretty rare. The store said they got it from somebody who worked at the pressing plant where it was pressed. The laquer was cut but the release was cancelled. According to the story they pressed a few records anyway.
@@kenriknyrelius539 words words words.
@@fidelios_frequency Yeah, you're right. There were thousands of copies of that press in the racks. My bad bro.
Hi Mike, I don't think Doug Sax sold off his lathes before 2003 (when he worked on Dark Side of the Moon with Kevin Grey). Chad Kassem bought all his mastering equipment after he passed.
I have known about this for 10 years.
I’m surprised you are openly talking about it.
Congrats Mike! I have a copy of the aforementioned Doug Sax/RTI Test Pressing and consider lucky to have one!
But what you have is next level rare. And mine is rare!!!
I only own original lps from the year they were released, dark side of the moon i have uk edition 1973 in mint condition.
Hey Mike how do I get in your Will so I can maybe see this in my collection.
Really cool
WOW!!! your finds continue to amaze me.. you sure you don't want to trade for my Pro's and Con's Acetate??
The German quad cut is very nice too. It was my first copy and is very tough to beat. Until I heard the 30th. The grundman cut holds its own against the 30th. Digital or not.
Never heard a clean A2B2.
The 30th anniversary version has been said to have sibilance too
Wow, awesome find. Any plans to help add the release to discogs?
I have one of those. I use it to line my cabinet under my sink. Who knew?
Great story❤. I'm fine with my 30th anniversary 😊
So, after Doug Sax passed, what did Chad Kassem actually buy when he stated that he bought all Doug's TM-L equipment?
Academy lp and The Groove records has a few of these .
Hi Mike, interested video. I have two ‘70s pressings (including an A3 B3) and the 30th Anniversary and on each of them Money is the best-sounding track. Apparently this is also the case with the version you are describing. Somehow this must have ended up as the best-recorded track, must have been something in the air at Abbey Road that day!
It;s only a Record Mike
Not quite as rare as the Jack Meoff album, but still a nice find.
No. That’s the Holly Grail.
Hello Mike, since Kevin Gray is going to be doing his own mastering company I wonder if he can go back and fix the song that aren’t great and reissue it out🤞🏻🤞🏻
While interesting to obsessed types of fans of certain bands & those with cash to spare, we can see these record companies squeezing every ounce of cash from what I call guillables falling for it. I do have this album & I play it for the great sound & listening experience then its back on my storage shelf & move onto the next album like an average fan.
You got any other rare stuff? If so, please make a video for each thing if possible.
Question. If this is as rare as it is and very few have ever seen one, how does anyone know it's legit?
Simply by the quality of the item, unofficial stuff doesn't have the same high standard as the big record labels imo
Dark Side of the moon has dropped off in popularity - starting maybe 5 years ago.. at least in these parts and my experience. Results may vary !! LOL
So if the 1999 Doug Sax had a dropout. Does it exists on the 30th anniversary? I have to listen to my copy again.
No. It was fixed somehow.
Is another version known to exist which has the same type of a gatefold jacket (heavy cardboard, tip-on) for a reasonable price?
Unfortunately, no. That is the highest quality cover I’ve ever seen.
I'd like to know how the high end dealer got the records, the chain of ownership would be cool to know
Try to find a GN Records pressing of TDSOTM.
As far as rare Pink Floys DSOTM releases, how about the SQ quadraphonic versions which were made all over the world, except the U.S.? Then, what about when a few years later, Capitol mistakenly released the SQ quadraphonic version on the Capitol label?
I have an original 1988 Dark Side of the Moon SQ Quadraphonic Australian pink pressing. I did a side by side with a first edition Dark Side of the Moon on MFSL.The 1988 SQ was bolder, more detail than the MFSL.
2 of them, that's crazy! Congrats!
$3
Feel bad so the schmuck that pays the amount two rare records and gets the scratched copy.
I prefer the 40th to the 30th. But the German -1 and -2 pressings are incredible. I prefer those to everything including my Pro-Use which has a bit too much treble.
Recently picked up a 40th anniversary copy. It sounded muddy to me. I've a sealed 30th copy that I'm not opening. I'll keep playing my uk solid triangle 1st issue. Now that sounds good!
@@andrewhaines3259 Odd, it doesn't sound muddy on my system.
@xyzxyzfred99 I've only run it through once, but it didn't sound as good as I expected. I'm just too busy to be able to sit down properly and give it the time it deserves, which I will do and may reassess! Watch this space!
After a re listen over the weekend, it wasn't as muddy as I thought. Once I'd put my amp on Direct, it improved the sound. It's not bad. I've not compared it to my uk original, but it will be interesting to see if there is any difference on the 50th vinyl?!
@@andrewhaines3259 Remember the tapes were also "fresher" in the 70s.
Do you have a copy of this album on 15 IPS?
No.
@@TheInGroove you know, I’ve written you about this…. Talk to Don H.
how many penny?
Focus?
Hey I have some vintage records and cassettes I can send them to you for keep sake if you don’t already have them.
👍
Rockaway Records?
So what you’re saying is … no purses for Angel for a while?
Why wasn’t it ever released?
I’m surprised you are not wearing white velvet gloves during the entire video.
Do most records go to a prototype stage?
No.
🥩🥩🥩
Would you accept 2 billion dollars for the scratched one?
Look, I'll give ya a hundred bucks on it. Im taking all the risk. Ive gotta get it slabbed and graded, pay a commission. These things take a loooong time to sell. Welcone back to season 31 of Pawn Stars.
give one away to PBthal 😅 A favor to humanity
I wonder if Kevin has even heard this? 🤔
Why do you need two?
I’d say he has about 10 of these tbh 😮
@@shakinghell1318he probably has 30 variants of DSOTM
Can you say how much this is worth??
he said thousands
It's worth as much as someone is willing to pay.
The life no treat you very well and you have some money issues? But likely for you, you own a very rare vinyl copy in your house?
Take the airplane and go to Mike's store. "Hey Mike I have something that you mightly like to see!"
And thats it. The life start to love you once again. No hesitation. Mike is there for all of you
Huh? This makes zero sense
Plot twist it is actually digital.a la mofi. Jk lol.
I'll trade you for a piece of bubblegum i found underneath a bench at a truck stop
I'll trade him a piece of dogshit for it. And that'd still be overpaying
That’s $20 grand right there it’s rare lol 😂 Not even $25 I won’t buy that why I rather have the cash 💰Exaggerated Price lol 😝Only Fulls Will Buy that Rare things
Very cool find. I doubt it could sound any better than the BG mastered copy I just got from Barnes and Noble. I also got the BG mastered double lp of The Wall. They both sound superb!
lol I was about to mention that i'd pay to listen to it, but then again that might be illegal and you have enough haters on here that would snitch.
It’s a great album musically but sonically it is average. Still a classic
I've always thought it sounded dull and I have at least 15 different versions of the album on vinyl, CD, SACD. I've never heard a version that blew me away, and I'm old enough to say I've listened to it on countless systems over the 50 years following its release. The music itself is great so I really don't care that it sounds the way it does.
The most rare dark side of the moon is a german copy and it will be like additionaly copy in stefano tarquinis book aka mr pinky!!!!
Who ever want pictiures send me message
What does your wife think about this?
More reason for Fremer to hate you LOL You have two.
Jesus, incredible, just incredible. I really need to pick up a 30th anniversary, have the German Quad. But this is just another league
I have a mint one, and audio wise it’s incredible. However I’m slightly disappointed in the fact that it’s not a really silent pressing. It’s not bad, but it’s not QRP silent.
AMAZING!!!!!!
There’s nothing that could be done to that album that would make me ‘have to’ ever hear it again. Just like other albums of its time, radio has played it to death. Nothing more than prog for those who don’t like prog. Animals blows DSOTM away.
Duh.....
Can you say how much this is worth??