(BEATLES) LENNON / ONO "WEDDING ALBUM" UK APPLE BOX SET
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JOHN LENNON / YOKO ONO "THE WEDDING ALBUM"
ORIGINAL AND RARE 1969 UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED NOVEMBER 1969, THIS ELABORATE BOX SET WAS ISSUED TO CELEBRATE JOHN AND YOKO'S WEDDING IN GIBRALTAR.
DESIGNED BY JOHN KOSH AND PRESENTED IN A WHITE BOX, THE SET CONTAINED A COPY OF THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, A FOLD OUT POSTER, A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE, AN ALBUM OF PRESS CUTTINGS AND CARTOONS, A STRIP OF PASSPORT TYPE PHOTO'S, COPIES OF LENNON CARTOONS AND OF COURSE AN ALBUM WHICH WAS HOUSED IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE WHICH FEATURED THE LENNONS IN BED SURROUNDED BY THE PRESS.
APPLE SAPCOR 11
A/B-1-1
STAMPERS R 1 AI
NO TAX CODE.
THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST ONE SPINDLE TRAIL VISIBLE TO EITHER SIDE. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND STILL VERY BRIGHT AND VIVID AND ARE OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITTING.
THE GLOSSY VINYL, WHICH HAS CLEARLY RECEIVED NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO VERY CAREFUL PLAYS IS AGAIN IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST THE ODD, VERY LIGHT WISPY SURFACE MARK WHICH WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE. WHEN VIEWED IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS VINYL HAS A MINT APPEARENCE. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING..... THIS IS A TRULY STUNNING COPY.
THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE INNER IS SUPERB. IT DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD LIGHT CREASE BUT NO HANDLING MARKS. THE INNER IS COMPLETELY INTACT WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND IS STILL EXCEPTIONALLY WHITE AND CRISP.
THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS ALSO SUPERB. THERE ARE SOME MINOR CORNER BUMPS EVIDENT BUT NO EDGE WEAR, ALL EDGES ARE STILL SHARP AND STRAIGHT. THE FRONT SHOWS SOME JUST VERY TINY AND MINIMAL CREASES AND THERE IS A TINY AMOUNT OF LAMINATE "BUBBLE" TO TOP RIGHT CORNER (IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT THE LAMINATE HAS NOT SPLIT OR BROKEN). THE REAR IS EQUALLY AS GOOD AS THE FRONT, AGAIN DISPLAYING JUST THE ODD LIGHT CREASE. THE INNER IS EXCEPTIONAL, ALL THE SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO LIFTING AND IT IS VERY VERY CLEAN, THERE IS SOME LIGHT STRESS TO THE INSIDE OF THE FLIMSEY SPINE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM BUT THIS IS NOT SEVERE. THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH ITS ORIGINAL FACTORY PINCHED ENDS AND ALL THE WORDING IS STILL PREFECT. THE SLEEVE IS CLEAN AND STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS AND BRIGHTNESS.
THE OUTER BOX IS INTACT AND STILL RIGID. THE LID DOES SHOW SOME LIGHT CREASING AND SOME CORNER WEAR, THE FRONT CORNERS HAVE AT SOMETIME SPLIT (VERY COMMON) BUT THESE HAVE HAD A SYMPATHETIC REPAIR AND NOW APPEAR SOLID AGAIN. THE INSIDE OF THE LID WHICH HOUSES THE CERTIFICAT IS VERY CLEAN AND THE CERTIFICATE IS PERFECT AND STILL FIRMLY ATTACHED. TH EOUTER BOX DOES DISPLAY A HINT OF AGE "YELLOWING" BUT IS STILL A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE.
THE OTHER COMPONENTS ARE ALL IN SUPERB CONDITION....
THE POSTER HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND HAS JUST VERY LIGHT CREASES BUT NO HANDLING MARKS OR SPLITS.
THE STRIP OF PHOTOS ARE MINT.
THE WEDDING CAKE IS NEAR MINT WITH JUST THE ODD, TINY AND VERY LIGHT CREASE.
THE BAGISM BAG IS MINT.
THE PRESS ALBUM IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT CREASES.
THE CARTOON SHEET IS AGAIN SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT CREASES.
ALL THE COMPONENTS ARE VERY VERY CLEAN AND ALL ARE INTACT AND FREE FROM UNWANTED MARKS OR ANY WRITING.
OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE UK APPLE ORIGINAL ISSUE, WHICH COMES COMPLETE WITH OVERALL SUPERB COMPONENTS AND BARLEY PLAYED VINYL.
THIS BOX SET IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AMONGST BOTH BEATLES AND APPLE COLLECTORS AND THESE ORIGINAL UK ISSUES ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY HARD TO FIND.
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