Pink Floyd – Obscured By Clouds

• Record Company – EMI
• Record Company – E.M.I. Records
• Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Published By – World Copyrights Ltd.
• Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
• Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

1st UK issue has the 'normal' cut matrixes SHSP 4020 A-1 / SHSP 4020 B-1. Additional letters and/or digits are mothers/stampers identifiers (see variants). Harvest labels. Original sleeve has pinched ends to the spine with mat-finished textured sleeve and rounded corners (see images). Some copies had a round sticker on the top right of the front cover that says "Obscured By Clouds Music From La Vallee Pink Floyd". Text position on label side B has two variants (see images). Labels: Top rim text : The Gramophone Co.Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved. Boxed "EMI" logo ℗ 1972 The Gramophone Company Limited World Copyrights Ltd. Bottom rim text : Made in GT Britain. Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting, and copying of this record prohibited. Backcover: E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd) Hayes • Middlesex • England Made and printed in Great Britain Harvest - Regd. Trade Mark of The Gramophone Company Ltd - A Company of The [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/359207]EMI[/url] Group 7206 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd Subtitle (backcover): Music from La Vallée Note: First cut (end of runouts A-1 B-1) was quickly rejected because of too much high-end eq (see "Pink Floyd in Pompeii" film). This copy has got this distortion. Some copies were exported to France with a white round sticker on front cover (IMPORT england EMI PATHE MARCONI). Two type of EMI inners are known for this album: - plain white one with "PATENT Nos. 1,125,555," and "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" on bottom, with shaped corners and flipback. - poly-lined (plastic bag inside) EMI/Harvest inner sleeve, advertising other Harvest release. On bottom has "THE GREATEST RECORDING ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD" on one side and EMI's address on the other side, with shaped corners and flipback. All runouts are stamped.

• Matrix / Runout: (SHSP.4020A)
• Matrix / Runout: (SHSP.4020B)
• Other: 7206
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 A-1 GP
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 B-1 A
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 A-1 A
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 B-1 P
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 A-1 OA
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 B-1 OH
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 A-1 AD
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 B-1 GD
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 A-1 RG
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 B-1 CO
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 A-1 OG 2
• Matrix / Runout: SHSP 4020 B-1 AA 2