(BEATLES) HARRISON "DING DONG" UK APPLE **DEMO**
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GEORGE HARRISON "DING DONG"
EXTREMLEY RARE UNRELEASED UK APPLE DEMO
ORIGINAL 1974 UK APPLE DEMO RELEASE.
RELEASED DECEMBER 1974 "DING DONG" FAILED TO CHART IN THE U.K DESPITE BEING RELEASED FOR THE CHRISTMAS MARKET.
IT IS REPUTED THAT ORIGINALLY THE LABELS FOR "DING DONG" WHERE DESIGNED TO FEATURE A "DRAGON" PRINT TO SID E"A", HOWEVER WHEN THE DEMO WAS PRESSED IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS LABEL DESIGN WAS SUITABLE AND THE "DRAGON" PRINT WAS CHANGED TO THE NOW WELL KNOWN "DING DONG" LABELS.
ORIGINAL UK DEMO ISSUES OF THIS SINGLE WHICH FETAURE THE ORIGINAL "DRAGON" DESIGN HARDLY EVER SURFACE FOR SALE AS IT IS BELEIVED VERY VERY FEW WHERE EVER PRINTED AND ARE THEREFORE HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER AND AMOGST THE MOST COLLECTABLE OF ALL GEORGE'S RELEASES.
APPLE R 6002
7YCE.21757/8-1U-1U
THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE APPLE PICTURE LABELS WHICH FETAURE THE "DRAGON" PRINT TO SIDE "A" ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. VIEWED UNDER A STRONG LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST ONE SMALL SPINDLE MARK TO EITHER SIDE!!!! ..... LABELS ARE STUNNINGLY CLEAN AND VIVID AND CARRY THE LARGE "A" AND "DEMO RECORD NOT FOR SALE" TEXT.
THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS STUNNING... IT DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT,WISPY AND MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS CAUSED THROUGH HANDLING RATHER THAN THROUGH PLAY. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND DISPLAYS AN AS NEW APPEARANCE.
HOUSED IN ORIGINAL APPLE PICTURE SLEEVE . THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT, IT DOES DISPLAY SOME HANDLING MARKS AND THE ODD LIGHT CREASE BUT IT IS INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY SPLITS, TEARS OR WRITING.
OVERALL A NEAR MINT AND PROBABLY PLAYED ONCE EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY VERY RARE AND VIRTUALLY NEVER SEEN UK APPLE DEMO...SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE AND ESPECIALLY NOT IN THIS CONDITION.
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