? BEATLES "ABBEY ROAD" UK APPLE 1ST *MISPRESS* ?
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£ 32 Sold For
Nov 19, 2009 Sold Date
Nov 12, 2009 Start Date
£   25 Start price
6   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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                                                 BEATLES "ABBEY ROAD"

ORIGINAL 1969 UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING MISPRESS.

OFFERED FOR SALE AND FEATURING BARELY PLAYED VINYL IS A VERY 1ST ISSUE COPY OF THIS UK APPLE RELEASE.

VERY FIRST ISSUES OF "ABBEY ROAD" FEATURED TWO ERROR'S, FIRSTLY THE B-SIDE LABEL OMITTED "HER MAJESTY" FROM THE TRACK LISTING AND SECONDLY THE APPLE LOGO TO THE OUTER SLEEVE WAS PRINTED MISALIGNED.

BOTH THESE ERRORS WHERE RECTIFIED AND THEREFORE FIRST PRESSINGS CAN BE FOUND WITH JUST ONE OR BOTH OF THESE ERRORS.

THESE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS CARRY THE MATRIX NUMBERS -2/-1.

OFFERED FOR SALE IS AN ORIGINAL UK 1ST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM WHICH CARRIES THE CORRECT 1ST ISSUE MATRIX NUMBERS, THE "NO HER MAJESTY" LABEL ERROR BUT WHICH IS HOUSED IN THE CORRECTED "ALIGNED" APPLE SLEEVE. 

PCS 7088

YEX 749/50-2-1

NO TAX CODE.

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. SHOWING JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE , THE LABELS HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR DEEP LUSTRE AND VIVD APPEARENCE. BOTH LABELS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN .... LABELS DO NOT CARRY "HER MAJESTY" CREDIT.

THE GLOSSY, HEAVIER WEIGHT VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE THE VINYL DOES DISPLAY THE EXPECTED LIGHT WISPY SURFACE MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VINYL BEING HANDLED WHEN REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE AND ALSO SOME VERY VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS, NONE ARE SEVERE OR OFFENSIVE.. THIS GREAT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

AUDIO IS SUPERB.... DELIVERING A SUPERB PERFORMANCE THROUGHTOUT, AUDIO IS CLEAR, CRISP AND UNINTERRUPTED, THERE IS JUST SOME VERY MILD CRACKLE TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT OTHERWISE IT PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO  OTHER DISTORTION PRESENT..... QUITE SUPERB.

THE ORIGINAL WHITE INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT BUT EXPECTED CREASES AND SIGNS OF HANDLING.

THE OUTER LAMINATED, CORRECTED SLEEVE WHICH FEATURES THE ALIGNED  APPLE LOGO IS A TRULY NEAR MINT EXAMPLE. THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS ABSOLUTELY NO CREASES AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF AGE OR WEAR.  THERE NO CORNER BUMPS EVIDENT AND RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS. THE SPINE IS FIRM AND RIGID WITH NO CREASES OR WEAR AND ALL WORDING IS READBALE. THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS DEEP AND VIBRANT COLOURING WITH STRONG AND BOLD LETTERING AND HAS MAINTAINED ITS AS NEW APPEARANCE..

OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING WHICH FEATURES THE ORIGINAL LABEL ERROR BUT IS HOUSED IN ITS NEAR MINT CORRECTED SLEEVE.




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