Counterfeit Guide
Pink Floyd — Animals
Harvest SHVL 815
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The 1977 UK Animals on Harvest SHVL 815 has the Battersea Power Station gatefold with the floating inflatable pig, designed by Hipgnosis and Roger Waters. The label is the Harvest design with EMI rim credits, and a genuine copy includes the printed inner lyric sleeve. Many UK firsts were cut by George Peckham and show his hand-etched 'A Porky Prime Cut' in the dead wax, a strong authenticator.
Matrix / Runout
UK firsts carry SHVL 815 A-? / B-? hand-etched, very often with 'A PORKY PRIME CUT' scratched by George Peckham. Fakes show uniform typeset matrices with no hand signatures.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
- 1
The Battersea gatefold image looks low-contrast or pixelated; the original litho print renders the chimneys and sky with fine tonal gradation.
- 2
The inner lyric sleeve is missing or reproduced on bright white modern stock rather than the original off-white printed inner.
- 3
The dead wax shows a machine-typeset matrix instead of the hand-etched SHVL 815 and the characteristic 'A Porky Prime Cut' signature.
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