TOP MINT SHRINK ● TWO VIRGINS ● BEATLES = 1968 ORIG ● JOHN LENNON ● ACID PSYCH

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• ORIGINAL 1968 FIRST PRESS IN SHRINK WRAP
  
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• TOP COPY + RARE "TRASH" STICKER
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• THE ULTIMATE ORIGINAL ARTIFACT
  
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• THE BEATLES
• JOHN LENNON
• TWO VIRGINS
• with yOko Ono guest appearance
  
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• USA - APPLE RECORDS, T-5001 (stereophonic)
  

1. CONTAINS LITTLE (IF EVER) SEEN
2. custom 'TRASH' STICKER on outer shrink wrap
   
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4.    Very RARE MINT ORIGINAL 1968 FIRST "APPLE" PRESSING
5. STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAP with "TRASH" STICKER on outside of the shrink wrap
   
6.  = The legendary TWO VIRGINS album, recorded in 1968.... with censored outer "slide-on art" over the actual cover ... the fragile outer slip-on is very fragile, almost always has rips and tears = here a TOP little ever seen 1968 survivor (see details below
7. Ringo Starr's impression on the legendary TWO VIRGINS:
8.  Ringo:  " The cover was the mind-blower - I remember to this day the moment when they came in and showed me. I don't really remember the music, I'd have to play it now. But he showed me the cover and I pointed to the (newspaper) the'Times': 'Oh, you've even got the 'Times' in ...' as if he didn't have his dick hanging out. I said, "Ah, come on, John. You're doing all this stuff and it may be cool for you, but you know we all have to answer. It doesn't matter; whichever one of us does something, we all have to answer for it." He said, "Oh, Ringo, you only have to answer the phone." I said, "OK, fine,' because it was true. The press would be calling up, and just at that point I didn't want to be bothered - but in the end that's all I had to do: answer the phone. It was fine. Two or three people phoned and I said: "See, he's got the Times on the cover.”
   
   When the average Beatles fan who's delved into the more esoteric regions of Beatles-related projects encounters this artifact, the general by-line or musical point of relation given is that this is essentially an album-length reflection of a Revolution 9 style idea of experimentation.
   
   Of the three experimental records that Lennon and Ono created during the late 1960's, this one, their first, is by far the most fully developed and the most interesting. Lennon later claimed to have made this entire album in one late-night session ending at dawn. If that is true, then this is quite an accomplishment to have taken place in a matter of hours especially when one considers the primitive, homemade techniques that were used to make the album.
   
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10. In terms of content, the record is remarkably musical in tone - far more so than the other experimental albums John & Yoko made together. Twisted melodies are whistled or plunked on a piano or implied in walls of guitar feedback all emerging from a persistent, droning (and possibly unintentional) buzz. Clicking sounds keep a sort of tempo throughout most of the album and there is plenty of John and Yoko's good-humored chatter thrown in. Lennon mixes in some radio-sampled sound effects and Yoko screams and wails throughout the b-side.
    
    
    In taming Yoko's screeching, John's primitive recording technique is to be commended. No matter how shrill Yoko's vocalizations become, Lennon manages to shave off all sounds above a certain frequency making for a hypnotic over-tone. As a result the entire record occurs within a very controlled field of pitches and volumes so that even though the sounds are varied, they are seamlessly blended (think of other experimental records where you're constantly having to adjust the volume - not so here). This album has a very highly integrated sound all together. Proceeding from its own logic, it is a dense, cohesive unit with much to be admired.
    
    Inevitably the eye-grabbing (or eye-closing, in some cases) cover art has attracted a lot of immature and negative publicity, basically exposing the hypocrisy of the "sex-sells" media. That hypocrisy apparently still gives this record its reputation and most of its nay-sayers probably never even got past the cover. Still, if you want to belittle Lennon and Ono's experimental phase, then you should do so in terms of the content itself rather than by making cheap-shots. Of course if you are satisfied with the seething edginess of your old Beatles records, if "I'll Follow The Sun" and "When I'm 64" are enough to blow your mind and if you still haven't heard "I Am The Walrus" so often as to become somewhat glazey-eyed by the thought of it, then you may want to sit this one in/out. On the other hand, if you're looking for something on another level or if you think that Lennon really stood for something artistically but you can't quite figure
11. out what that was, then we may be onto something here :
12. A:   
    Two Virgins No. 1 14:02
    Together
    Two Virgins No. 2
    Two Virgins No. 3
    Two Virgins No. 4
    Two Virgins No. 5
    Two Virgins No. 6
    B:
    Two Virgins    15:00
    Hushabye Hushabye
    Two Virgins No. 7
    Two Virgins No. 8
    Two Virgins No. 9
    Two Virgins No. 10
13.   CONDITION:
14. The cover: rated: MINT perfect, censored slip-cover over actual  sex-rated cover design...STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY WRAPPER including ultra-rare "TRASH" stylized sticker, perhaps fitting
    There are no faded areas, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...TOP-MOST OF THE POP-MOST
    

1. The vinyl: Rated: M won't easily find a better original, both sides are smooth and glossy clear (will play outstanding like '68 new) and both APPLE Records labels are immaculate = museum worthy !