by Vernon Fitch
with contributions from Ingo Brode, Eirik Deroy & Tor Martin Kristiansen
© copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives
Any comments, corrections or additions to this discography are appreciated.
Title: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: SCX 6157
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) YAX 3419-1 / YAX 3420-1 (both stamped)
Description:
Front Cover: Kaleidoscope picture of the band with band name. Ernest J. Day U.K. flipback cover.
Back Cover: Grey with song titles. On the top right flipback, it says: "File under POPULAR : Pop Groups."
Labels: Black Columbia label with text in silver. To the right of the spindle hole, it says:
P 1967
SCX 6157
Made in Denmark
There is nothing written around the edge of the label.
Title: More
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: SCX 6346
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) YAX 3868-1G / YAX 3869-1G (both stamped)
Release Information: Danish issue.
Description:
Front Cover: Windmill scene from the movie. Laminated.
Back Cover: Scene from the movie with an EMI globe logo (Greatest Recording Organisation in the World) at the top right. Along the bottom is a dark-green rectangle that says "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) Hayes - Middlesex - England, Made and Printed in Great Britain." It includes a boxed Columbia-logo and an Emitex-ad. In the top right corner it says "File under POPULAR : Films and Shows" In the bottom right corner it says "6907 TPS Printed and Made by Garrod & Lofthouse
Ltd. Patent No. 943.895 SCX 6346. "
Labels: Black Columbia label with silver text, and a boxed Columbia logo.
On the left side of the label, it says "All rights reserved. Made in Denmark (YAX 3869) NCB. "
On the right side of the label, it says "stereo SCX 6346 (p) 1969."
Title: Ummagumma
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SHDW 1 / 2
Description: Gatefold cover.
Cover: Receding pictures of band members. Printed in England.
Labels: Yellow-green Harvest label. Made in Denmark.
Title: Atom Heart Mother
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SHVL 781
Description: Gatefold cover.
Cover: A cow. Made and Printed in Great Britain.
Labels: Yellow-green Harvest label. Made in Denmark.
Title: Meddle
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SHVL 795
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) SHVL 795 A - 1U / SHVL 795 B - 1U (both stamped)
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: Soundwaves on an ear. Textured. Thin cardboard. Printed in the U.K.
Back Cover: Soundwaves on an ear. Catalog number SHVL 795 (IE 064 o 0491 7) stereo in the upper right corner.
Inside Cover: In the lower right corner, it says "File under POPULAR : POP GROUPS 7110 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. SHVL 795 Patent No. 1224339."
Spine: Title and catalog number.
Labels: Yellow-green Harvest label. Made in Denmark.
Title: Obscured by Clouds
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SHSP 4020
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
SHSP-4020-A / SHSP-4020-B (both printed)
Description:
Cover: An out-of-focus picture from the movie of a man in a tree in the rain. The cover has rounded corners.
Labels: Yellow-green Harvest label. Made in Denmark.
Title: The Dark Side of the Moon (Harvest Records 1st issue)
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SHVL 804
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2) [132g]
SHVL 804 A / SHVL 804 B (both stamped)
Pressing Information: Copies of the Dark Side of the Moon LP with solid blue triangle labels without any stamper or mother numbers in the matrix are from Denmark.
Release Information: Stereo issue with a solid light blue triangle (prism) on the label with "The Gramophone Co., Ltd." text on the edge of the label.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: Dark blue with prism.
Back Cover: Inverted prism. In the upper right corner, it says: " SHVL 804, (IE 064-05249), stereo."
Inside Cover: Black with heartbeat and lyrics. "Printed and made by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd." in blue text in lower left corner.
Spine: Dark blue / black spine.
Inner Sleeve: [front] [back] Die-cut black polylined inner sleeve with patent numbers and "Made in Great Britain" in silver at the bottom.
Inserts:
1) Posters: Issued with two posters, a blue pyramid poster, and a poster of the band members in landscape style.
2) Stickers: Issued with two stickers, one yellow and one brown.
Labels: Black Harvest label with solid light blue triangle (prism).
Text around the top edge of the label starts at 10 o'clock and says:
Text around the bottom edge of the label starts at 8 o'clock and says: