(BEATLES) LENNON "IMAGINE" UK APPLE RARE QUADRAPHONIC
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JOHN LENNON "IMAGINE"
ORIGINAL 1972 RARE UK APPLE QUADRAPHONIC PRESSING.
RELEASED OCTOBER 1971 "IMAGINE" WAS A UK NUMBER ONE HIT FOR LENNON AND SPENT A TOTAL OF 101 WEEKS IN THE CHARTS. THIS WAS LENNON'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM AND HIS ONLY NUMBER 1 UNTIL THE RELEASE OF THE "DOUBLE FANTASY" ALBUM.
ALL ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUES OF THIS ALBUM CONTAINED A POSTER OF LENNON SAT AT HIS PIANO AND A POSTCARD OF LENNON HOLDING A PIG BY THE EARS... AN OBVIOUS PARODY OF THE COVER OF MCCARTNEY'S "RAM" ALBUM WHICH HAD BEEN RELEASED EARLIER THAT SAME YEAR.
IT IS ALSO PURPORTED THAT THE TRACK "HOW DO YOU SLEEP" WAS IN ANSWER TO MCCARTNEY'S REPORTED ATTACKS ON LENNON ON THE "RAM" ALBUM.
IN 1972 THE ALBUM WAS ISSUED AGAIN IN QUADRAPHONIC SOUND. THESE ISSUES WHERE PRODUCED IN VERY LIMITED NUMBERS AND THE ORIGINAL UK VERSION IS NOW EXTREMLEY HARD TO FIND
APPLEQ4 PAS 10004
QEX.865/6
THE APPLE PICTURE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND VIVID AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING E.T.C. LABELS ALSO CARRY AN UNUSUAL "AN APPLE RECORD..AN EMI RECORDING" STICKER TO THE B-SIDE?????
THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, IT DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS AND MOST ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT. THIS LOOKS VERY APPEALING.
THE POSTER IS ALSO SUPERB, IT HAS LIGHT CREASES BUT AGAIN IS INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, SPLITS OR WRITING.
THE RARE AND ORIGINAL PIG POSTCARD IS MINT!!!
THE OUTER FULLY LAMINATED QUADRAPHONIC ISSUE SLEEVE IS SUPERB GIVEN ITS AGE. IT HAS A FEW LIGHT THUMBNAIL CREASES TO THE FRONT AND REAR BUT THESE ARE NOT MAJOR, THERE IS TH EEXPECTED CORNER AND VERY LIGHT EDGE WEAR BUT THIS IS FAR LESS THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED AND WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH STORAGE. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY RIGID AND IS LIKE NEW. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND TRUE AND THE SLEEVE IS FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED MARKS. ALL WORDING IS READABLE. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN, IT STILL RETAINS IT HIGH GLOSS.
OVERALL A GENUINELY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE UK APPLE QUADRAPHONIC PRESSINGS WHICH OFFERS SUPERB VINYL, POSTER AND POSTACRD AND A QUALITY OUTER SLEEVE............ THESE UK QUADRAPHONIC PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM COMPLETE WITH POSTCARD ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION.....
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