BEATLES "ABBEY ROAD" UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING *TWO PLAYS*
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BEATLES "ABBEY ROAD"
ORIGINAL 1969 UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING WITH CORRECTED LABEL AND SLEEVE.
OFFERED FOR SALE AND FEATURING BARELY PLAYED VINYL IS A VERY 1ST ISSUE COPY OF THIS UK APPLE RELEASE.
VERY FIRST ISSUES OF "ABBEY ROAD" FEATURED TWO ERROR'S, FIRSTLY THE B-SIDE LABEL OMITTED "HER MAJESTY" FROM THE TRACK LISTING AND SECONDLY THE APPLE LOGO TO THE OUTER SLEEVE WAS PRINTED MISALIGNED.
THESE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS CARRY THE MATRIX NUMBERS -2/-1.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN THESE ERROR'S WERE DETECTED THEY WHERE RECTIFIED WHILST THE FIRST PRESSING MATRIX NUMBERS WHERE STILL IN USE, HOWEVER SOON AFTER THE SECOND PRESSING WENT INTO PRODUCTION AND THE MATRIX NUMBERS CHANGED TO -2/-3 AND THEREFORE MOST COPIES OF "ABBEY ROAD" THAT CARRY THE CORRECTED LABELS WILL FEATURE THE SECOND PRESSING MATRIX NUMBERS. IT IS NOW GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT VERY FEW COREECTED COPIES WHERE PRESSED FROM THAT FIRST INITIAL PRESSING.
PCS 7088
YEX 749/50-2-1
NO TAX CODE.
THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING AND NEAR MINT CONDITION. SHOWING NO MORE THAN TWO VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE , THE LABELS HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR DEEP LUSTRE AND VIVD APPEARENCE. BOTH LABELS ARE CLEAN AND UNMARKED.... LABELS DO CARRY "HER MAJESTY" CREDIT.
THE GLOSSY, HEAVIER WEIGHT VINYL IS ALSO STUNNING, CLEALRY HAVING RECEIVED NO MORE THAN TWO CAREFUL PLAYS, CLOSE AND INDEPTH INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST THE EXPECTED LIGHT WISPY SURFACE MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VINYL BEING HANDLED WHEN REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE. THIS STUNNING VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO IS FLAWLESS.... DELIVERING A FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE THROUGHTOUT, AUDIO IS CLEAR, CRISP AND UNINTERRUPTED WITH NO DISTORTION PRESENT..... QUITE SUPERB.
THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT BUT EXPECTED CREASES AND SIGNS OF HANDLING.
THE OUTER LAMINATED, CORRECTED SLEEVE WHICH FEATURES THE ALIGNED APPLE LOGO IS A STRONG AND FIRM EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. WHEN ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT THE FRONT DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES AND A FEW "THUMBNAIL" CREASES. THE FRONT RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND SHEEN. THERE IS A HINT OF WEAR EVIDENT TO OPENING EDGE BUT THIS IS NOT SEVERE AND THE EDGE IS OTHERWISE STRAIGHT. THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE LIGHT BUT MINOR CORNER BUMPS EVIDENT BUT NO EDGE WEAR. THE REAR IS VIRTUALLY CREASE FREE AND LIKE THE FRONT RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS. THE SPINE IS FIRM AND RIGID WITH NO CREASES OR WEAR AND ALL WORDING IS READBALE. THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS DEEP AND VIBRANT COLOURING WITH STRONG AND BOLD LETTERING.
OVERALL A SUPERB AND BARELY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING WHICH HAS THE ADDED APPEAL OF FEATURING STUNNING BARELY PLAYED VINYL WHICH DELIVERS A FLAWLESS AUDIO, 1ST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS BUT WITH CORRECTED LABEL AND SLEEVE.
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