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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?
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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.
robertsong
53 posts
 
I believe Raymonda has it correct.
griffithds
852 posts
 
Those with holes in the corners or had cut corners, we not of lower quality. They were left over inventory that remained once the sales began to drastically taper off. It was either get stuck with them and the major storage problems they would create, or blow them out. They chose to blow them out and marked them this way to prevent full price return/exchanges.
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