with contributions from Bede Perham
© copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives
Title: Atom Heart Mother
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SKAO 382
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) SKAO-1-382-A-6 4 * / Wly 2-382-F-15 1 * MBC
Release Information: U.S. copy of Atom Heart Mother that was made for export. Copies found in Portugal.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: A cow. Title. Catalog number.
Back Cover: Three cows. For Export Only sticker.
Inside Cover: Cows in a pasture. Number 20 in lower right.
Cover Sticker: Round 56E For Export Only sticker.
Spine: Title. Catalog number.
Labels: Yellow / green Harvest labels.
Title: The Dark Side of the Moon
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SMAS-11163
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) SMAS-1-11163-F-45. 2.* MASTERED BY CAPITOL / SMAS-2-F-36-11163 2.* 2-1163 MASTERED BY CAPITOL (both written, excpet MASTERED BY CAPITOL stamped)
Release Information: A made for export issue. This copy was found in Australia.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: Black with prism. The cover has an is an embossed stamp "FOR EXPORT ONLY."
Back Cover: Black with inverted prism. Catalog number at the top. Record company information at the bottom. "Printed in U.S.A." at the bottom center.
Inside Cover: Black with heartbeat line. Lyrics.
Spine: Black title and catalog number.
Labels: Black Harvest label with prism.
Title: Wish You Were Here
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: PC 33453
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) AL 33453-1C 1 B 22 / BL 33453-1C 2 B 10 (both stamped, except 1 B 22 / 2 B 10 written)
Release Information: U.S. copies of this album that were made for export to countries not included in the Columbia Records contract had the word "Columbia" blacked out on the labels. Copies found in Australia.
Description:
Front Cover: Burning man leaning backwards.
Back Cover: Invisible salesman.
Spine: Title. Catalog number.
Inner Sleeve: Heavy cardboard inner sleeve with a picture of a red veil blowing in the wind on one side, and credits and lyrics on the other side.
Labels: Black and blue Columbia picture labels with mechanical handshake. The word "Columbia" blacked out on the cover and labels.
Title: Wish You Were Here (Columbia Records Master Sound Half-Speed Master)
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: HC 33453
Bar Code: 0 7464-33453-0 9
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) HAL 33453-2J 1T H3 / HBL 33453-2AB 1T D (both stamped, except for 1T H3 / 1T D written)
Release Date: 1981
Release Information: Copies of this album that were made for export to countries not included in the Columbia Records contract had a 3/4 wide black band around the outside of the labels covering up the Columbia name and logo, although the "Half-Speed Mastered Mastersound" name at the top was left uncovered. Additionally, the word Columbia on the spine was blacked out.
Description:
Front Cover: Burning man leaning backwards. At the top in blue it says "Half-Speed Mastered, Extended Range Recording." In the top right corner is a blue CBS Mastersound logo.
Back Cover: A salesman. In the top right is a bar code. Under the picture it says "This record is playable on all equipment. Complete technical information on the Mastersound TM recording enclosed."
Spine: Title. Catalog number.
Plastic Cover: Originally issued covered in blue shrink-wrap. Later issued in a heavy clear-plastic cover that had a flap that wrapped over the top of the album and was factory sealed by an oval strip of blue on the back that said "MASTERSOUND."
Inner Sleeve: Special anti-static inner sleeve.
Insert: Postcard with the diving man.
Labels: Red Half-Speed Mastered Mastersound labels.
Title: Wish You Were Here (Columbia Records Master Sound Half-Speed Master - 2nd issue)
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: HC 43453
Bar Code: 0 7464-43453-1 5
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) HAL 43453-4B 1T COLUMBIA NY/ HBL 43453-3AB 1T (both stamped, except for 1T / 1T written)
Release Date: 1982
Release Information: Copies of this album that were made for export to countries not included in the Columbia Records contract had a wide black band around the outside of the labels covering up the Columbia name and logo.
Description:
Front Cover: Burning man leaning backwards. At the top in blue it says "Half-Speed Mastered, Extended Range Recording." In the top right corner is a blue CBS Mastersound logo.
Back Cover: A salesman. In the top right is a bar code. Under the picture it says "This record is playable on all equipment. Complete technical information on the Mastersound TM recording enclosed."
Spine: Title. Catalog number.
Plastic Cover: Released covered in a heavy clear-plastic cover that had a flap that wrapped over the top of the album and was factory sealed by an oval strip of blue on the back that said "MASTERSOUND."
Labels: Red Wish You Were Here labels.
Title: Animals
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: JC 34474
Release Information: U.S. copies of this album that were made for export to countries not included in the Columbia Records contract had the outside text on the labels covered with a red ring.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: Battersea Power Station with a pig in the air above it.
Labels: Animals picture labels with a red ring around the outside.
Title: The Wall
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: PC2 36183
Release Information: U.S. copies of this album that were made for export to countries not included in the Columbia Records contract had the word "Columbia" blacked out on the cover and labels.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: White brick wall.
Labels: Wall picture labels.
Title: David Gilmour
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: JC 35388
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) AL35388-1B A5 STERLING CS / BL35388-1B A1 STERLING IS (both written, except STERLING stamped)
Release Date: 1978
Release Information: Copies of this album that were made for export to countries not included in the Columbia Records contract had the word "Columbia" blacked out on the cover and labels.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: Picture of David Gilmour.
Back Cover: Picture of David Gilmour. Credits.
Labels: Red Columbia labels.
Title: Wet Dream
Record Company: Columbia Records
Catalog Number: JC 35559
Matrix Information: (side 1 / side 2)
1) AL-35559-2A / BL-35559-1B (both stamped) (STRAWBERRY written on side 1)
Release Information: Copies of this album that were made for export to countries not included in the Columbia Records contract had the word "Columbia" blacked out on the cover and labels.
Description: Gatefold cover.
Front Cover: Title. Ship side.
Back Cover: Ship side. Song listing. Credits. The word "Columbia" is blacked out on the back cover.
Spine: Title. Catalog number. The word "Columbia" is blacked out on the spine.
Labels: Red Columbia labels.
