BEATLES "ABBEY ROAD" UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING..EX CON
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BEATLES "ABBEY ROAD"
ORIGINAL 1969 UK APPLE RELEASE.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 1969 "ABBEY ROAD" WAS THE LAST OF THE STUDIO RECORDINGS BY THE BEATLES, NAMED AFTER THE RECORDING STUDIO, THE BAND IGNORED CONVENTION AND RELEASED TEH ALBUM IN STEREO ONLY. IT HAD TO BE HEARD IN THIS STATE TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE FULL SOUND OF THIS DELIGHTFUL SET.... THE WORLD WOULD SOON FOLLOW THIS STEREO ONLY EXAMPLE.
ALL FIRST ISSUES OF "ABBEY ROAD" CAME WITH EITHER ONE OR TWO MISPRESSES. THE FIRST WAS THE TRACK "HER MAJESTY" WAS OMITTED FROM THE LABELS AND THE SECOND WAS THE APPLE LOGO TO THE REAR WAS MISALIGNED. ALSO ALL FIRAT ISSUES CAME WITH A BLCK INNER.
THIS COPY HAS NO "HER MAJESTY CREDIT", HAS THE MISALIGNED APPLE TO THE SLEEVE AND IS COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL BLACK INNER.
APPLE PCS 7088
YEX 749/5-2-1
THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPER CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE JUST LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT . LABELS ARE CLEAN, VIVID AND FREE FROM WRITING.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EXCELLENT. IT DOES DISPLAY SOME SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD HAIRLINE (THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED).. HOWEVER NONE ARE SEVERE. THE VINYL LIES FLAT WITH NO WARPING E.T.C.
AUDIO IS SUPERB.. THERE MAY BE A HINT OF CRACKLE TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND SOME TRACK GROOVES. THE STEREO AUDIO IS CLEAR THROUGHOUT WITH NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS.
THE ORIGINAL APPLE INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST VERY VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING. IT IS STILL QUITE CLEAN AND COMPLETELY INTACT AND HAS NOT BEEN REAIRED IN ANY WAY.
THE OUTER SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. IT DOES DISPLAY SOME CREASES TO BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR, SOME DEEPER THAN OTHERS. THE SLEEVE IS HOWEVER INTACT, CLEAN AND FREE FROM WRITING AND THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID.
OVERALL A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK MISPRESSED UK APPLE WIT RARE APPLE INNER.
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