(BEATLES) JAMES TAYLOR "JAMES TAYLOR" UK APPLE 1ST PRES
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JAMES TAYLOR "JAMES TAYLOR"
ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED DECEMBER 1968 THIS SELF TITLED JAMES TAYLOR ALBUM WAS THE FIRST GATEFOLD APPLE LP AND WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE TITLED "JAMES TAYLOR AND SON".
JAMES TAYLOR WAS DISCOVERED BY PAUL ASHER, BROTHER OF MCCARTNEY'S THEN GIRLFRIEND JANE ASHER. BOTH TAYLOR AND ASHER LATER LEFT APPLE, ONE BECAME A FAMOUS RECORDING ARTIST OF THE 1970'S, THE OTHER BECAME A RECORD PRODUCER OF NOTE.
THE ALBUM WAS RE-ISSUED IN THE 1970'S BUT WITH SOME CHANGES.... ALL VERY FIRST ORIGINAL ISSUES OF THIS APPLE ALBUM FEATURE ORANGE LETTERING TO FRONT OF THE SLEEVE (LATER CHANGED TO BLACK), A BLACK INNER (LATER CHANGED TO APPLE INNER) AND "SOLD IN UK" TO LABELS (LATER ISSUES OMIT "SOLD IN UK").
SAPCOR 3
SAPCOR 3A/3B-1-1
STAMPERS P 1 O 1
THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST LIGH TAND MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT BUT NO SPINDLE WEAR. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND FREE FROM WRITING E.T.C...... LABELS CARRY "SOLD IN UK" TEXT
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EXCELLENT WITH JUST LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD HAIRLINE, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED, HOWEVER NON ARE SEVERE AND NON AFFECT AUDIO.
THE ORIGINAL BLACK INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT CREASING. IT IS INTACT AND STILL QUITE CRISP.
THE GATEFOLD SLEEVE WHICH FEATURES ORANGE LETTERING TO THE FRONT IS EXCELLENT GIVEN ITS AGE. THE SLEEVE DOES DISPLAY SOME CORNER AND EDGE WEAR AND SOME LIGT CREASES. HOWEVER THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR WRITING AND IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN.
OVERALL THIS IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE ORIGINAL UK APPLE RELEASE.... COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY AND WHICH OFFERS VERY 1ST ISSUE STAMPERS.
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