John Lennon IMAGINE 1971 UK LP 1st Press -1U/-1U W/Poster / Card & Inner NR MINT
  £   53
  $   70

 


£ 53 Sold For
Feb 13, 2025 Sold Date
Feb 6, 2025 Start Date
13   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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  • FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com

    JOHN LENNON - IMAGINE

     MAGNIFICENT  NEAR  MINT AUDIO

    1ST PRESS -  APPLE WITH THE -1U MATRIX NUMBERS

    COMPLETE WITH POSTER AND CARD

    NEAR MINT SLEEVE

     

    • CATALOGUE:APPLE PAS 10004

    • MATRIX: YEX 865-1U / YEX 866-1U

    • MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 GM / 2 GA (VERY EARLY FIRST PRESS)

    • PORKY ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1

    • PECKO ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2



    THE RECORDS

     

    THE LABELS

     THE LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT, NO HANDLING MARKS OR STAINS. . THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE CREAMY WHITE AREAS ARE BEAUTIFULLY WHITE, AGAIN NO MAN MADE MARKS, THERE ARE 1-2 SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED. 

     

    THE VINYL

    THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THE ONLY THING I SEE ARE A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE WISPY PAPER WITHDRAWAL LINES. 

    THE TEST PLAY


    THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW IT DOES SOUND. 

    THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO RECORDING IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND EVERY NOTE CAN BE HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION.

    NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

    NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE

    NO LOUD POPS OR CLICKS

    NEAR SILENT LINKING GROOVES AND ALL I HEARD DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH WAS THE ODD TINY SPECK OF VERY LOE LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A FEW OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

    A TRULY SUPERB PLAYTHROUGH AND ONE THAT GRADES NEAR MINT

    BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

     

     

    THE SLEEVE

     

    FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE FROM GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE

    THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND IN GLEAMING CONDITION. THERE ARE TWO CREASE LINES  ON THE LOWER HALF OF THE SPINE WHICH PROJECT INTO THE SLEEVE A LITTLE WAY

    THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE.

    THE LAMINATE IS FLAWLESS. NO PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE

    THERE ARE SEVEN PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE TINY THUMB LINE AGAINST THE OPENING EDGE

    THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR OF ANY DESCRIPTION. ALL FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

    THE SPINE IS ALSO UNBLEMISHED, WITH THE TAPERED ENDS HAVING NO DAMAGE TO THEM WHATSOEVER, AND WITH EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, PLUS ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT. NO SQUASHING OF THE SPINE AT ALL EITHER

    THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP WITH A FEW TINY SPECKS OF FEATHERING

    THE REAR SURFACE HAS ONE THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENIGN EDGE AND A SMALL SCUFF ON THE OPENING EDGE

    THIS RELEASE HAS LYRIC  INNER SLEEVE WHICH IS IN UNSPLIT . LIGHT AGEING ONLY AND THE CATALOHUE NUMBER HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

    THE ORIGINAL ISSUE POSTER IS IN VERY CLEAN CONDITION. HAS BEEN ON A WALL AS THERE IS ONE PIN HOLE IN EACH CORNER

    THE POSTCARD IS UNCREASED

    THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES EX++


     

    GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

    GARRY


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