BEATLES "ABBEY ROAD" UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING *MISPRESS*
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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.
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, BOTH LABEL AND SLEEVE ERRORS AND IS COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL BLACK INNER SLEEVE
PCS 7088
YEX 749/50-2-1
NO TAX CODE.
THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. SHOWING JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE , THE LABELS HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR DEEP LUSTRE AND VIVD APPEARENCE. BOTH LABELS ARE CLEAN AND UNMARKED.... LABELS DO CARRY "HER MAJESTY" CREDIT.
THE GLOSSY, HEAVIER WEIGHT VINYL IS ALSO STUNNING, CLEALRY HAVING RECEIVED JUST CAREFUL PLAYS, CLOSE AND INDEPTH INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST THE EXPECTED LIGHT WISPY SURFACE MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VINYL BEING HANDLED WHEN REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE AND THE ODD VERY VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARK, NONE ARE SEVERE OR OFFENSIVE.. THIS STUNNING 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 AND CORRECT BLACK 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 STRONG AND FIRM EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. THE FRONT DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES AND A FEW "THUMBNAIL" CREASES AND ONE DEEPER CREASE TOWARDS TOP, LEFT CORNER. THE FRONT RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND SHEEN. THERE IS A HINT OF WEAR EVIDENT TO OPENING EDGE BUT THIS IS NOT SEVERE AND THE EDGE IS OTHERWISE STRAIGHT. THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE LIGHT BUT MINOR CORNER BUMPS EVIDENT BUT NO EDGE WEAR. THE REAR IS AS PER THE FRONT WITH SIMILAR CREASES AND LIKE THE FRONT 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.
OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING WHICH HAS THE ADDED APPEAL OF FEATURING BOTH LABEL AND SLEEVE ERRORS AND IS COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL BLACK INNER.
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