(BEATLES) LENNON "LIFE WITH THE LIONS" RARE UK APPLE
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JOHN LENNON /YOKO ONO "LIFE WITH THE LIONS (UNFINISHED MUSIC N0 1)"
ORIGINAL AND EXTREMLEY RARE 1969 UK APPLE RELEASE.
THE "ZAPPLE" LABEL WAS IN EFFECT "A LABEL WITHIN A LABEL". ZAPPLE WAS TO BE AN OUTLET FOR THE "SPOKEN WORD" OR "AVANT GARDE" WORKS FOR APPLE ISSUES. HOWEVER ONLY TWO ALBUMS WHERE EVER ISSUED ON THE ZAPPLE LABEL (ELECTRONIC SOUND & LENNON'S LIFE WITH THE LIONS) BEFORE THE LABEL WAS SCRAPPED DUE TO A COST CUTTING LABEL.
THE LABELS FOR ZAPPLE WHERE EXACTLY THE SAME AS APPLE AND STILL CARRIED THE APPLE RECORDS RIM TEXT BUT HAD ZAPPLE WRITTEN ACROSS THEM IN SILVER LETTERING.
OFFERED FOR SALE AND IN STUNNING CONDITION IS THE INCREDIBLY RARE FIRST ZAPPLE RELEASE.
RELEASED MAY 1969 "LIFE WITH THE LIONS" IS A RECORDING CONSISTING MAINLY OF YOKO ONO SINGING IN A FREE FORM STYLE WITH JOHN PRODUCING FEEDBACK SOUNDS FROM HIS GUITAR. THE B-SIDE WAS RECORDED IN HOSPITAL WARD ON A CASSETTE MACHINE WHEN YOKO SUFFERED A MISCARRIAGE.
THE ALBUM RECEIVED NOTHING BUT CRITISCM FROM THE MUSIC PRESS AND IT IS REPORTED THAT ONLY 5000 COPIES OF THE ALBUM SOLD.
NOT SURPRISINGLY DUE TO THESE UNPRECEDENTED LOW SALES THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST AND HARDEST APPLE ALBUMS TO OBTAIN.
(APPLE) ZAPPLE 01
A/B-1-1
STAMPERS G1 G1
THE ZAPPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN PRISTINE AND UNMARKED CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED CLOSELY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT LABELS HAVE NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT. BOTH SIDES ARE CLEAN AND VIVID AND DISPLAY A LIKE NEW APPEARANCE.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS NEAR MINT. CLEARLY HAVING NEVER BEEN PLAYED THIS STUNNING VINYL DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARK, THESE HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE. THE VINYL APPEAR TO BE MINT IN NORMAL LIGHT. THE PLAYING SURFACE IS STILL RETAINS ITS DEEP FULL GLOSS WITH NO DULLING AND THE VINYL IS PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
THE WHITE INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.
THE OUTER FULLY LAMINATED "MADE IN MERRIE ENGLAND" SLEEVE IS A TOP QUALITY EXAMPLE. APART FROM THE ODD, VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND THE ODD LIGHT CREASE THE SLEEVE IS STUNNING. THE OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT AND THE SPINE IS RIGID. THE SLEEVE RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL DEEP SHEEN WITH NO LAMINATE LIFT OR SPLITS AND ALL THE COLOURS ARE STILL BRIGHT AND VIBRANT WITH NO FADING.... A STUNNING EXAMPLE!!
OVERALL A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN UNPLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY VERY RARE AND EARLY UK APPLE (ZAPPLE) RELEASE OF WHICH THERE WERE ONLY EVER TWO ALBUMS ISSUED ON THIS LABEL.
THESE COPIES SELDOM SURFACE FOR SALE IN ANY CONDITION AND THIS IS A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ALBUM RELEASE, ALL BEATLES, LENNON AND APPLE COLLECTORS CONSIDER THIS A MUST HAVE ITEM........ THIS IS ONE NOT TO BE MISSED!
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