BADFINGER DEMO LP ON BEATLES APPLE LABEL:"ASS".1973 NEAR MINT+A-1U/B-1U MATRIXES

	£		103
	$		137

ATTENTION BEATLES/APPLE LABEL,BADFINGER AND 1970s DEMO COLLECTORS!

HERE IS A VERY RARE ITEM,NOT TO BE FOUND VERY OFTEN AS GOOD AS THIS!

INFACT THE FIRST DEMO COPY I HAVE SEEN IN 25 YEARS AS A DEALER.

BADFINGER:"ASS".THE BAND'S LAST ALBUM FOR THE BEATLES APPLE LABEL FROM 1973 CLEARLY INFLUENCED BY THE BEATLES AND AS SUCH WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO ANY BEATLES FAN. LISTENING TO IT,I AM AMAZED THAT SUCH SUPERB VOCALS,GUITARWORK AND SONGS THAT WERE WELL IN KEEPING WITH THE ROCK/POP TRENDS AND TASTES OF 1973 FAILED TO SELL! 

1973 EMI PRESSED APPLE SAPCOR 27 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE A-1U/B-1U MATRIXES.

 THIS WAS A TOTAL DISASTER SALES WISE FAILING TO CHART IN THE UK AND NOT EVEN IN THE AMERICAN TOP 100 ALBUM CHART-NO DOUBT THE ALBUM TITLE PUTTING OFF DJs INTRODUCING IT! PROBABLY DELETED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF ISSUE-STANDARD COPIES RARELY TURN UP BUT OF COURSE DEMO COPIES MADE IN ADVANCE FOR DJs AND RECORD REVIEWERS ARE VERY RARE! HARDLY ANY WERE MADE! VERY FEW SURVIVE ESPECIALLY AS GOOD AS THIS EXAMPLE!

 BEAUTIFUL STRIKINGLY CLEAN LABELS WITH THE DEMO RECORD-NOT FOR SALE WORDING ON EACH LABEL-PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS!

CLEAN LABELS WITH NO WRITING OR STAINING! NO SPINDLE WEAR.CLEARLY A RECORD THAT HAS NOT HAD MANY PLAYS AT ALL IN 40+ YEARS. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH THE "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" AND "PATENT NUMBER" CREDIT. EVENTUALLY SHOP COPIES HAD A SPECIAL LYRICS INNER BUT BEING A VERY EARLY ADVANCED PRESSING-STANDARD INNERS WERE OFTEN INCLUDED WITH LYRIC INNER POSSIBLY BEING PRINTED ELSEWHERE WITH LAST MINUTE CHANGES OF ARTWORK?THE COVER IS VERY CLEAN  WITH NO WRITING,SPLITS,RIPS OR REPAIRS! JUST A LITTLE RING AND EDGE WEAR BUT THAT IS MINIMAL! PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS TO EXAMINE!  THIS IS VERY TOUGH TO FIND AS A UK DEMONSTRATION  PRESSING AS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE MADE PRE-RELEASE!

ONE OF AROUND 250 COPIES,

MADE IN ADVANCE FOR SELECTED RADIO DJs/PRODUCERS AND RECORD REVIEWERS!

THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSING!

CRISP SOUND AS EXPECTED ON ONE OF THE FIRST OFF THE MASTER STAMPERS! NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH JUST A COUPLE OF ULTRA FAINT SURFACE MARKS-HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE,NO CLICKS, SWISHES,STICKS OR JUMPS. STRICT GRADING AND OF COURSE THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION AS A DEMO-YOU'LL WAIT YEARS TO FIND ANOTHER! THERE IS A LOW AND INSANE £12 STARTING PRICE BUT BE PREPARED FOR KEEN BIDDING ON THIS LP!   

IT MAY SEEM INCREDIBLE TO YOUNGER COLLECTORS , BUT  WHEN THIS DEMO LP WAS MADE,THERE WERE VERY FEW RADIO STATIONS AND MUSIC PAPERS OR REVIEWERS TO SEND UPFRONT PROMOTIONAL RECORDS TO.A FEW IMPORTANT MAJOR RECORD DEALERS AND JUKE BOX OPERATORS MIGHT GET THEM BUT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SEVERAL RESPECTED MUSIC INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL STAFF THAT THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM PRINT RUN FOR A DEMONSTRATION DISC BEFORE THE MID-1960s PIRATE RADIO AND NIGHTCLUB EXPLOSION WAS 250 COPIES-EVEN THE BEATLES"LOVE ME DO"HAD JUST 250 DEMOS MADE-SEE MARK LEWISOHN's EXCELLENT AND ESSENTIAL BOOK"BEATLES RECORDING SESSIONS"PAGE 22 FOR PROOF-HE SHOULD KNOW!!!!

THE VAST MAJORITY OF DEMOS THAT SURVIVE OFTEN HAVE MAJOR LABEL DEFACEMENT AND DEEP SCRATCHES etc etc. 

SO HOW MANY SURVIVE OVER 40 YEARS LATER AS GOOD AS THIS ONE????

THIS DEMO WAS SENT TO A FORMER BBC RADIO ONE DJ,WHO CAREFULLY FILED HIS RECORDS  ON STURDY SHELVES AWAY FROM STRONG LIGHT AND HEAT IN A CAREFULLY TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED LIBRARY AREA OF HIS HOME.

NO ONE ELSE,UNTIL ME,HAS HANDLED THEM,THEY WERE NEVER LEANT OUT,TAKEN TO DJ NIGHT TIME EVENTS OR INDEED WERE FOR THE MOST PART NOT USED ON THE BBC,AS THE STATION HAD COPIES ALREADY,THIS COPY WAS PLAYED A FEW TIMES,AND THEN FILED AWAY UNTIL NOW!

MOST COPIES HAVE NOW ENDED UP IN LONG TERM COLLECTORS COLLECTIONS AND ARE GETTING LESS FREQUENT ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN 2014!!!

NOT A DODGY REPRO AS MAY EXIST

THIS IS A GENUINE UK DEMO LP ON THE BEATLES APPLE LABEL SO DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR A RARE LP!  IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VERY NICE DEMO EDITION OF THIS FANTASTIC AND RARE ALBUM-THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

A DEMO LP IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY BEATLES/APPLE LABEL COLLECTION AND WOULD LOOK WONDERFUL FRAMED UP AS AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY SPECIAL ALBUM IN A RARELY SEEN VARIATION!

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION.

YOU MAY NEVER FIND ONE AS GOOD AGAIN!

JUST LOOK AT MY PHOTOS!

AN ELITE ITEM FOR ANY COLLECTOR OF SERIOUSLY RARE 1970s BEATLES RELATED RECORDS ON THE APPLE LABEL!

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD EXPERTS/DEALERS.  

TIME FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ME! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED DEALER,  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE!! 

DEMOS WERE USUALLY PLAYED A LOT BY DJs AND IN THE"ROUGH"WORLD OF"DJing"SO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE COVER,BADLY TREATED OR EVEN THROWN OUT AFTER USE!

MOST DJs and REVIEWERS WOULD BE SENT DOZENS OF RECORDS EVERY WEEK AND HARDLY ANY THOUGHT LONG TERM INVESTMENT!!!!

The STEREO mixes are brilliant and full of bass.

Vinyl is still the best way to hear 1970s ROCK MUSIC and always will be!   A FANTASTIC ITEM!

GREAT INVESTMENT FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING RECORD EXPERTS! 

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

I HAVE PLAYED IT TO CHECK FOR ANY FAULTS.

There is NO spindle wear.  

THE PRINT IS STILL VERY CLEAR AND SHARP.

THE COVER IS IN SUPER ORDER!

Look elsewhere on ebay and WON'T see other copies-It's been on many collectors wants lists for YEARS. 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER COPY-EXAMINE YOURS AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

AT WORSE AND IN THE STRICTNESS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS,THE DISC IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. FAR BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLES USE OF THE "MINT"GRADING BUT IT IS DOWN TO MY STRICT GRADING POLICY.

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTO! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A FANTASTIC DEMO LP. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

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A VITAL PART OF ANY RARE LPs COLLECTION!

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MANY MORE TOP DEMO ITEMS TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS!

KEEP WATCHING IN 2014 AND BEYOND!!!!!!

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