BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 1ST MATRIX UK PRS DARK APPLE MiNt
  £   218
  $   289

 


£ 218 Sold For
Jul 7, 2008 Sold Date
Jun 27, 2008 Start Date
£   3 Start price
10   Number Of Bids
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 BEATLES ''ABBEY ROAD'' (STEREO)UK 1ST MATRIX PRESS PCS7088  WITH (CORRECTED) HER MAJESTY ON THE LABEL!!!!(THERE WERN'T MANY PRESSED BEFORE THE MATRIX WAS CHANGED!!!! THIS IS RARER THAN THE EARLIER UNCORRECTED ISSUES BECAUSE THE MATRIX WAS SOON CHANGED TO -2 -3!!!!!! AWESOME AUDIO A VERY VERY SPECIAL AUDIO MIX ON THIS VINYL I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING AS GOOD! A UNIQUE MIX! (NO) AUDIO SCRATCHES OR MARKS !!NEAR PRISTINE VINYL! LOOKS BARELY EVER PLAYED! WITH THE RAREST 1ST PRESS  GARROD & LOFTHOUSE COVER! ONE OF THE BEST COPIES THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN (NEAR PRISTINE)!!!!
AN ARCHIVE COPY NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE!!

 

 


PLEASE NOTE! I AM BASED IN ENGLAND! PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER RARE 1ST UK BEATLES PRESSINGS LISTED NOW ON EBAY.

This pressing is extreemly rare and sought after not only because of its superbe condition but it has the earliest matrix stamped and is the corrected version with ''her majesty'' on the labels!!!This has -1 -2 There wern't many of these pressed With the DARK APPLE LABEL before the matrix was changed to -2 -3 known as 2nd pressings! This has been inmy personal collection for more than 25 years and has always been stored in a case with the viny seperated from the sleeve and cover! This is how I have always stored my records!!!!!!

PLEASE NOTE! THIS PRESSINGS AUDIO IS THE VERY REASON WHY I HAVE COLLECTED SO MANY UK BEATLES ALBUMS OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS OR MORE! IN MY OPINION THE MIX AND SOUND IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU COME ACROSS A VERY SPECIAL COPY, THIS IS IT! I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FACINATED THAT WHEN I PLAY THESE EARLY PRESSINGS THAT I HEAR DIFFERENT SOUNDS, INSTRUMENTS AND SOME PRODUCE A REAL RICH AND BASSEY FEEL! THIS AUDIO PLAYED AT LOUD VOLUME ON A TOP SYSTEM IN MY PERSONAL OPINION IS TOP!! VERY VERY RARE TO FIND INDEED!!

 Also this is in awesome condition (NEAR MINT) and the audio is truly superbe!!!!!AN ARCHIVE COPY!

Abbey Road is the eleventh official album released by The Beatles. Although its release preceded that of Let It Be, it was the last album to be recorded, and is therefore widely considered as the band's swan song. It was released on September26 1969 in the UK and October 1, 1969 in the US. It was produced and orchestrated by George Martin for Apple Records. Geoff Emerick was the engineer and Tony Banks, tape operator. It is considered one of the Beatles' most tightly constructed albums, although John Lennon dismissed the album in later years, possibly because its focal point — "The Long Medley" — was designed almost entirely by Paul McCartney.

THE MATRIX

 YEX 749-2 YEX 750-1

 MOTHER STAMPERS:

(RARE) SIDE 1. ''9 1 2 '' ;''OTH..'' SIDE 2. ''9'' ''MTD.''!!!!!!

THE VINYL

 VISUAL INSPECTION THIS LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW!!! AND LAYS PERFECTLY FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE ON INITIAL INSPECTION I CAN'T SEE A BLEMISH AT ALL!!! UNBELEIVABLE!!!ONLY IN VERY STRONG LIGHT COUD POSSIBLY ANY BE SLEEVE REMOVAL MARKS BE SEEN (NO) SCRATCHES THAT I CAN SEE WHEN HELD IN STRONG LIGHT,, IN FACT I CAN'T SEE ANY MARKS AT ALL!!!!  I HAVE PLAYED THIS THROUGH AND THE AUDIO IS TRULY SUPERBE!ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!THE AUDIO IS EXTREEMELY CLEAR AND VIBRANT AND THIS IS NICE AND DEEP BASE FEEL TO THE AUDIO ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL COPY!!!!. PLEASE NOTE EVEN BETWEEN TRACKS OR THE RUN INS  BACKGROUND NOISE IS EXTREEMELY MINIMAL. PLAYS LIKE A NEW VINYL IN MY OPINION LIKE IT HAS BARELY EVER BEEN PLAYED!!!! (NO) DISTORTION (NO) SKIPS OR JUMPS AND (NO) INTERFEARANCE!!! I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS HIGHLY CRITICAL AND THIS IS LOVELY!!!! THIS AUDIO IS ABSOLUTELY TOP! TOP! TOP! ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!!!!!! 

.HAS NO JUMPS NOR SKIPS OR POPS OR SKIPS!!!! .THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND INDEED LOOKS AS NEW!!!!. THE RECORD IS EXTREEMLY ENJOYABLE WITH VIBRANT AND CLEAR AUDIO (STEREO).!!!!!!!! PLEASE NOTE! THOSE WHO KNOW THE RECORDS THAT I LIST WOULD KNOW THAT I AM HIGHLY CRITICAL ABOUT THE AUDIO QUALITY! I HAVE LISTED MANY MANY COPIES OF THIS ORIGINAL BEATLES ALBUM BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE VERY BEST COPY THAT I HAVE EVER OFFERED IN MY OPINION (NOT) JUST FOR THE AWESOME CONDITION BUT FOR ITS UNIQUE AUDIO, BELEIVE ME THIS IS A RARE ALBUM ESPECIALLY IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION!!!!

A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE! I HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES THIS ALBUM! THIS AUDIO IS A VERY VERY SPECIAL PRESSING! I HAVE COLLECTED BEATLES PRESSINGS FOR 35 YEARS AND HAVE OVER 1000 UK BEATLES ALBUMS ALONE,SOME MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY AND MAY FEEL THAT ANY VINYL IN GOOD CONDITION IS THE SAME AS THE NEXT BUT IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIANCE THEY'R NOT! THIS IS EXCEPTIONAL IN MY OPINION!   

THE LABELS

 FEATURE THE DARK APPLE LABREL FOR SIDE 1 THESE ARE AS NEW HAS NO SCUFFING (SEE PHOTO) !! THERE IS (NO) SPINDLE WARE !!!!!!. MFD IN THE UK. IS FEATURED AND ''APPLE RECORDS ALL RIGHTS....''.......AROUND THE LABEL RIM.(ONLY ON EARLY PRESS)!!!AMAZINGLY I CAN'T SEE ANY SIGNS OF  SPIDERING OR SIGNS THAT THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AT ALL  THIS HASN'T BEEN OVERPLAYED NOR HARDLY EVER PLAYED AT ALL!!!! 

THE CREDIT FOR ''HER MAGESTY'' IS FEATURED  ON  THE LABEL ON SIDE 2. ( CORRECTED)VERY RARE TO FIND ON THE EARLIEST MATRIX THE MATRIX WAS SOON CORRECTED TO -2U -3U!!!!!!!!

THE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS FULLY LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE COVER

 IS FULLY LAMINATED (ONLY EARLY PRESS) .(SEE PHOTO) THIS FEATURES THE CORRECTED ALIGNED APPLE LOGO ON THE REAR OF THE COVER  THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE THERE ARE AMAIZINGLY (NO) REAL CREASES TO TALK OF TO THE LAMINATE .(SEE PHOTO) HAS NO SPLITS OR TARES.ON THE EDGES WHICH IS NORMALLY COMMON FOR AN ALBUM OF 38 YEARS OLD!!!!!  THERE IS (NO) STORAGEWARE WORK TO MENTION EVEN  TO THE CORNERS  THIS IS STRONG AND STRAIGHT AS IT SHOULD BE!

PLEASE NOTE! A TOP EXAMPLE! RICH AND DEPP IN COLOUR SUPER GLOSSY AS NEW APEARANCE! SHARP CORNERS!! 

THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL WHITE ''PATENTS PENDING'' SLEEVE WITH ''MADE IN ENGLAND'' ON AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!!!!!!

THIS RECORD WILL ALSO BE SUPPLIED WITH A CLEAR RECORD PROTECTOR ON DESPATCH!!!!!!!

OVERALL A GREAT COLLECTABLE RECORD FROM THE BEATLES.!!!!!!!! PLEASE DON'T UNDER ESTEMATE THE RARETY OF THIS ALBUM IN THIS CONDITION!!!AND A 1ST PRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK SO BID WITH CONFIDANCE.

SHIPPING TO THE USA IS 10.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

SHIPPING TO EUROPE IS 8.76GBP  INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

POSTAGE WITHIN ENGLAND IS 3.90GBP DESPATCHED BY SPECIAL NEXTDAY DELIVERY

I NORMALLY DESPATCH WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OF CLEARED FUNDS. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR A DISCOUNT FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WON FOR COMBINED POSTAGE OR SHIPPING. PLEASE NOTE! I INSIST ON PAYMENT FOR EACH ITEM AS THEY ARE WON!! I CAN NOT ANY LONGER AFFORD TO WAIT FOR PAYMENTS!

PLEASE NOTE THAT I ALWAYS DESPATCH SECURELY WITH REINFORCEMENT AND NORMALLY DESPATCH WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OF CLEARED FUNDS.

PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER RECORDS FOR SALE. 

LOOK!! LISTED NOW SGT PEPPER 1ST UK PRESS IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND ORIGINAL NUMBERED BEATLES WHITE ALBUM PLEASE LOOK!!!! 

PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER RARE 1ST UK PRESSINGS LISTED NOW!!!! (click the link bellow)

 

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