BEATLES APPLE 4 "THINGUMYBOB" BLACK DYKE MILLS BAND
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APPLE 4 "THINGUMYBOB b/w YELLOW SUBMARINE" BY "John Foster & Son ltd BLACK DYKE MILLS BAND" BOTH WRITTEN BY LENNON & McCARTNEY RELEASED SEPTEMBER 1968 STAMPER Nos 1 O 1 O MATRIX Nos -1 -1 KJT TAX CODE SIDE TWO CENTRE EXTREMELY EARLY PRESSING OF THIS RARE SINGLE COMBINING A NUMBER OF FIRST PRESSED ISSUES DARK APPLE LABELS "SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT ( ONLY ON VERY FIRST PRESSINGS) 1 STAMPERS ,KJT TAX CODE AND GLOSSY APPLE SLEEVE. DARK APPLE LABELS ARE IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION FREE FROM ANY WRITING WITH SOME MILD "BROWNING" TO THE "B" SIDE WHITE AREAS BUT ALL THE TEXT IS LEGIBLE THE VINYL DISC HAS BEEN PLAYED OVER THE YEARS ON BOTH SIDES AND HAS NUMEROUS HANDLING AND SURFACE MARKS AND THE DISC SURFACES DO HAVE A DULL APPEARANCE TO THEM HOWEVER THE RECORD DOES PLAY THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITH SOME CRACKLING BUT IS LISTENABLE TO WITHOUT JUMPING OR STICKING. SLEEVE IS THE GLOSSY APPLE FIRST ISSUE AND IS IN NICE CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE. A REALLY DIFFICULT RECORD TO FIND THESE DAYS IN ANY CONDITION EVEN MORE SO WITH THE EARLIER "SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT HARD TO CALL THIS RECORD A COLLECTION FILLER BECAUSE OF IT'S RARITY AS ANOTHER COPY MIGHT NEVER TURN UP BUT IT'S A MUST HAVE DISC FOR ANY APPLE/BEATLE COMPLETISTS LOW START PRICE AND FREE UK POSTAGE
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