Beatles - Abbey Road UK 1969 1st Press Apple LP + 1/G Stamper

	£		220
	$		292

THE BEATLES - 'ABBEY ROAD'

This EXCELLENT and early UK pressing of the Beatles final studio album dates from September 1969 release and is on the dark green label: PCS 7088

The side 2 label omits 'Her Majesty' from its tracklisting

Matrix numbers: YEX 749-2 & YEX 750-1

Stamper codes: 3/TH & 1/G (the earliest possible stamping code)

Disc weight: 172g

The disc is housed within a full laminated 'Garrod & Lofthouse' printed cover with the Apple logo aligned beneath the track listing on the rear panel.

Complete with its original plain white 'Patent Nos. 1125555' inner-sleeve.

CONDITION

Disc

Labels: EXCELLENT +

A superb, richly coloured unworn set with just a small number of light spindle trails around each unworn centre hole.

Visual: VERY GOOD +

Extremely clean, deep-gloss playing surfaces which retain all of their original shine with the only noticeable marks visible in strong daylight being tow small marks at the beginning of the final track on side 1 and a 7mm non-feelable mark at the edge of side 2. Close examination directly beneath my powerful halogen desk lamp reveal some harmless wispy paper-type hairlines along with a healthy rainbow shine. Both sides of this well-looked after disc lie 100% flat on the turntable when playing.

Sound Quality: EXCELLENT

This superb sounding copy has received minimal, careful attention from high-end equipment and the sound quality throughout is clean, warm and completely free from any groove/play wear. My single careful play-check at volume picked up just a few soft ticks at the beginning of 'I Want You...' and a repeating light click until the end of the 1st verse of 'Here Comes The Sun'. Apart form those two minor distraction, there really is very little to fault on the 1st best sounding pressing of this album which will not disappoint.

Cover: EXCELLENT -

A 1st class example of this iconic cover which retains its richly coloured, high-gloss finish with very light storage rubbing and a single 'thumbnail' wrinkle towards the edge of the front panel only. All corners are clean, unrubbed & unbumped and both opening edge are razor sharp and totally unworn. The rear panel has a small storage scratch to the right of the side 2 tracklist and a few light laminate wrinkles towards the spine but no major damage or wear. Both seams are smooth and unstressed and the spine is fully worded.

Inner-sleeve: EXCELLENT

Clean, flat & uncreased with a hint of age-toning but no writing, tears or seam splits.

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