The Final Cut (VINYL) | Excellent+ (EX+) Excellent+ (EX+)

*PHOTOS ACTUAL*

EX TO NM LIKE NEW VINYL W INNER *NO CUTS*

Label:
Columbia – AS 1636
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Pitman Pressing, Banded
Country:
US
Released:
1983
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Art Rock, Prog Rock
A1        The Post War Dream    3:02
A2        Your Possible Pasts    4:22
A3        One Of The Few    1:23
A4        The Hero's Return    2:56
A5        The Gunners Dream    5:07
A6        Paranoid Eyes    3:40
B1        Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert    1:19
B2        The Fletcher Memorial Home    4:11
B3        Southampton Dock    2:13
B4        The Final Cut    4:46
B5        Not Now John    5:01
B6        Two Suns In The Sunset    5:14
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Artwork – Artful Dodgers*
Bass, Vocals – Roger Waters
Composed By [All Songs Composed By] – Roger Waters
Conductor [The National Philharmonic Orchestra], Arranged By – Michael Kamen
Drums – Andy Newmark (tracks: B6), Nick Mason
Electric Organ [Hammond] – Andy Bown
Guitar – David Gilmour
Orchestra – The National Philharmonic Orchestra*
Percussion – Ray Cooper
Performer [Pink Floyd] – David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters
Piano, Harmonium – Michael Kamen
Producer [Produced By] – James Guthrie, Michael Kamen, Roger Waters
Tenor Saxophone – Raphael Ravenscroft
"Special banded version for radio". Where the standard stock/retail copies have between song sound effects and continuous segues bridging music sequences, this version has song fades and silences separating all tracks for easier radio programing (though the expletives in B5, "Not Now John", are not edited out).

Labels: "DEMONSTRATION – NOT FOR SALE"
Back Cover: "DEMONSTRATION – NOT FOR SALE" (no barcode)

Gatefold cover with sticker on front:
"pink floyd the final cut special banded version for radio (lyrical content of "not now john" may be objectionable in part to some) AS 1636"

Includes insert (see image), outlining concept, recording info, details about "Holophonic Sound", and suggests the band is on firm ground after the departure of Richard Wright.

This promo pressing catalog number (AS 1635) is differerent from the stock retail version. However the stock/retail catalog number (38243) does appear on the solid black inner sleeve, lower left corner.

Notable difference in matrices between promo and stock copies:
AL/BL 38243 retail/stock copies such as The Final Cut
XSM 169261/2 this promo version
Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): XSM 169261
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): XSM 169262
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): P o XSM 169261 - 1A TML-M A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): P o XSM 169262 - 1B TML-M A
 

• Media Condition: Excellent+ (EX+)
• Sleeve Condition: Excellent+ (EX+)
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: LP