JOHN LENNON UNFINISHED MUSIC #2 LIFE WITH THE LIONS UK ZAPPLE LOVELY COPY

	£		50
	$		66

ARTIST: JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO

TITLE: UNFINISHED MUSIC NO. 2 LIFE WITH THE LIONS

LABEL: ZAPPLE 01

YEAR: 1969

THIS IS A 1ST PRESSING OF JOHN AND YOKO'S EXPERIMENTAL ALBUM 'LIFE WITH THE LIONS'. THIS IS FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION. THE ALBUM COMES WITH A PHOTOCOPY OF AN ORIGINAL JOHN LENNON CARICATURE AND SIGNATURE. THE STORY BEHIND THIS IS AS FOLLOWS. I USED TO HAVE ANOTHER COPY IN THE COLLECTION AS WELL AS THIS ONE. IT WAS A COPY GIVEN TO THE LATE MUSICIAN JOHN STEVENS WHO PLAYED ON THE ALBUM. THAT ALBUM INCLUDED THE ORIGINAL CARICATURE AND SIGNATURE IN JOHN'S HAND. THE RECORD BECAME AVAILABLE SOMETIME DURING THE LATE 70s OR EARLY 80s AND I PURCHASED IT DIRECT FROM JOHN STEVENS. I SOLD THAT COPY AND THE ORIGINAL CARICATURE AT AUCTION IN THE MID TO LATE 1990s. BEFORE I SOLD IT I TOOK A COPY OF THE CARICATURE/SIGNATURE AND IT IS THIS PHOTOCOPY THAT IS INCLUDED HERE.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL COPY OF THE FIRST APPLE TO BE RELEASED ON 'ZAPPLE'.

MATRIX NUMBERS ARE ZAPPLE 01 A-1 / ZAPPLE 01 B-1'

DURING MY OWNERSHIP IT WAS ONLY PLAYED ONCE UNTIL I TESTED IT TODAY. A LOVELY SHINEY COPY WHICH STILL SOUNDS WONDERFUL TODAY. HARDLY ANY EVIDENCE OF SPINDLE MARKS. I HAVE PLAYED THE ALBUM RIGHT THROUGH AND IT SOUNDS GREAT. LOUD AND CLEAR. A REAL CRISP SOUND. THERE IS ONLY THE LIGHTEST OF CRACKLE WHICH IS ONLY REALLY DETECTABLE IN THE RUN INS, INBETWEEN TRACKS AND ON THE VERY QUIETEST SEQUENCES. BOTH LABELS LOOK MORE OR LESS PERFECT. I WOULD GRADE THE VINYL SOUND AS EXCELLENT.

THE OUTER SLEEVE IS ALSO WONDERFUL. ONLY THE VERY MILDEST OF WEAR. THE LAMINATE IS GREAT AS IS THE SPINE. NO CREASING OR WRITING. NO RINGWEAR. EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS LOVELY AND CLEAN WITH JUST SOME VERY MILD CREASING. THE A4 INSERT WITH ALBUM DETAILS HAS VERY MINOR CREASING AND IS ALSO CLEAN. THEN TO TOP IT OFF THERE IS THE A4 PHOTOCOPY OF THE CARICATURE/SIGNATURE.

A WONDERFUL ITEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

If you look at my recent feedback you may be concerned that I do not appear to sell records. I just wanted to assure anyone that I do have plenty of experience of selling vinyl but I have spent the last few months concentrating on some other stuff.

All albums will be removed from their outer sleeves in order to protect the outer sleeves from splitting in transit. In most cases the vinyl will also be placed in a brand new paper sleeve. The record and sleeve will be protected by a plastic sleeve. This will be sent in a strong record mailer including stiffeners either side

In all cases I offer both standard delivery plus recorded delivery in the uk and international signed for postage. However for any purchase over £50 I would recommend that you pay for recorded delivery or international signed for on any purchase over £50 so that it can be tracked. Any additional insurance costs for rarer more expensive items will be met by me.

I have to add in the costs of packaging materials which are considerable for records in comparison with a lot of other media however please be sure that I do not attempt to make extra profit from postage.

YOUR ITEM WILL BE WELL PACKED AND PROTECTED. POSTAGE WILL BE COMBINED FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES. IF YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE LOT PLEASE WAIT FOR A COMBINED POSTAGE INVOICE FROM ME.

IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH MY DESCRIPTION I WILL OFFER A FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE ONCE THE ITEM IS RETURNED TO ME. I WOULD MUCH PREFER YOU CONTACT ME IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH ANYTHING BEFORE POSTING ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AS IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME TO BUILD UP MY 100% RATING. MANY THANKS.

I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ITEMS GOING MISSING IN TRANSIT BUT I WILL ALWAYS DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP. I ALWAYS GET PROOF OF PURCHASE RECEIPTS. IF YOU WANT FURTHER PROTECTION SUCH AS RECORDED DELIVERY OR INSURANCE THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE YOU PAY AND I WILL SORT THAT OUT IF I AM ABLE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT 'SIGNED FOR' PACKAGES SENT INTERNATIONALLY ARE SO EXPENSIVE.

THANKS FOR LOOKING AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.