BEATLES Abbey Road RARE 1ST 1969 UK ISSUE w/Misaligned Apple + No `Her Majesty`
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Artist: Beatles
Title: Abbey Road
Details: - Earliest 1st UK `Thick Vinyl` Issue with Dark Apple Label also with `Her Majesty` missing from the label & Sleeve (Hidden Track - see later for explanation). Has the 1st Issue Garrod & Lofthouse Rarest Missaligned Apple Logo, So Highly Collectable & sought after - Earliest Matrix/Run out YEX 749-2/YEX 750-1
- Mother stampers 5 ORP/8 ALG
Interesting Fact : "Her Majesty", tacked on the end, was included in a rough mix of the side two medley, appearing between "Mean Mr. Mustard" and "Polythene Pam". McCartney disliked the way the medley sounded when it included "Her Majesty", so he had it cut out of the tape. However, second engineer John Kurlander had been instructed never to throw out anything, so after McCartney left, he picked it up off the floor, spliced 14 seconds of red leader tape onto the reel, and then spliced in "Her Majesty" onto the leader tape. The tape box bore an instruction to leave "Her Majesty" off the final product, but the next day when Malcolm Davies at Apple received the tape, he (also trained not to throw anything away) cut a playback lacquer of the whole sequence, including "Her Majesty". The Beatles liked this effect and included it on the album. First US and UK pressings of Abbey Road do not list "Her Majesty" on the album's cover nor on the record label, making it a hidden track.
"Her Majesty" opens with the final, crashing chord of "Mean Mr. Mustard", while the final note of "Her Majesty" remained buried in the mix of "Polythene Pam". This is the result of "Her Majesty" being snipped off the reel during a rough mix of the medley. The medley was subsequently mixed again from scratch although "Her Majesty" was not touched again and still appears in its rough mix on the album.
Catalogue No: PCS 7088
Country: UK
Year: 1969
Label: Apple
Vinyl: (EX+) Under normal light looks almost new, under bright halogen light can see light paper scuffs - Plays Fab! - No feelable scratches, sticks or jumps - Nice copy
Sleeve: (EX-) Laminated `Garrod & Lofthouse ` Missaligned Logo sleeve, with usual laminate creases still in nice condition (see photos)
Labels: Little if no Spindle Wear!.`Mfd in the UK` is featured, `Her Majesty` credit not mentioned on side 2 (Hidden Track)
Post/Packing: UK - £4.50, Europe - £6.50, World £9.00
I use professionally made pizza style packers with card stiffeners & record removed from album cover.
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