The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Harvest/Odeon EOP-80778, Japan, 1973 The Japanese first pressing, released April 20, 1973, packs a lot into its gatefold: an obi, a 32-page booklet, two posters and an art postcard. The tracks are lettered A to G rather than numbered, durations appear nowhere on the label, sleeve or inserts, and the run-outs carry the British SHVL-804 matrix. The first-issue price is ¥2,000 on the obi and inside the gatefold. Count the posters and the postcard before buying, because loose inserts are the parts that drift away from a copy over fifty years.