(BEATLES) LENNON "TWO VIRGINS" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS
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JOHN LENNON /YOKO ONO "TWO VIRGINS (UNFINISHED MUSIC N0 2)"
ORIGINAL AND EXTREMLEY RARE 1969 UK APPLE RELEASE.
RELASED NOVEMBER 29TH 1968 "TWO VIRGINS" WAS ONLY THE SECOND SOLO BEATLES APPLE ALBUM RELEASE.
THE ALBUM WAS DISTRIBUTED BY TRACK RECORDS AS EMI DID NOT WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALBUM AS THEY CONSIDERED THE ALBUM COVER, SHOWING THE LENNON'S NAKED, TO BE OFFENSIVE.
THE ALBUM RECEIVED NOTHING BUT CRITISCM FROM THE MUSIC PRESS AND FAILED TO CHART IN THE UK AND IT IS REPORTED THAT ONLY AROUND 5000 COPIES OF THE ALBUM SOLD (SIMILAR TO "LIFE WITH THE LIONS").
NOT SURPRISINGLY DUE TO THESE UNPRECEDENTED LOW SALES THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST AND HARDEST APPLE ALBUMS TO OBTAIN.
(APPLE) SAPCOR 2
A/B-1-1
STAMPERS H1 T1
THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING AND UNMARKED CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED CLOSELY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT LABELS HAVE NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT. BOTH SIDES ARE CLEAN AND VIVID WITH PERFECT AND UNSPOILT LETTERING, BOTH LABELS DISPLAY THAT JUST PRESSED LOOK AND DISPLAY A LIKE NEW APPEARANCE.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS NEAR MINT. CLEARLY UNPLAYED 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 DURING HANDLING RATHER THAN THROUGH PLAY. THE VINYL APPEARS MINT IN NORMAL LIGHT. THE PLAYING SURFACE STILL RETAINS ITS DEEP FULL GLOSS WITH NO DULLING AND THE VINYL IS PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
THE ORIGINAL BLACK DIE CUT INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CREASES EVIDENT..
THE OUTER FULLY LAMINATED "MADE IN MERRIE ENGLAND" SLEEVE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. IT DISPLAYS SOME CRESES AND WRINKLES AND THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF LAMINATE LIFT TO FRONT LEFT, TOP CORNER BUT PLEASE NOTE THE LAMINATE IS NOT SPLIT OR CRACKED AND THIS IS NOT SEVERE. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT WITH VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF HANDLING AND THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY RIGID. THE SLEEVE IS STILL ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR AND IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING.
OVERALL A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN UNPLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY VERY RARE AND EARLY UK APPLE RELEASE .
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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