(BEATLES) GEORGE HARRISON "BANGLA-DESH" UK APPLE.EX CON

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                                                          GEORGE HARRISON "BANGLA-DESH"

          RARE DECCA PRESSING HOUSED IN ULTRA RARE UK PICTURE SLEEVE 

ORIGINAL UK APPLE CONTRACT PRESSING

RELEASED JULY 1971 "BANGLA-DESH" IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY RAVI SHANKAR  AND WAS ISSUED TO RAISED FUNDS TO AID THE STARVING IN BANGLA-DESH. THE SINGLE REACHED A HIGH OF NUMBER 10 IN THE UK CHARTS.

DUE TO EMI'S OTHER COMMITTMENTS AT THAT TIME A SMALL NUMBER OF COPIES WHERE CONTRACTED OUT TO DECCA. THESE DECCA PRESSINGS ARE RECOGNISABLE BY THE LARGER GAP TO THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE AND THE FACT THAT THESE PRESSINGS CARRY NO STAMPER LETTERS TO THE RUN OFF GROOVE.

HOWEVER FAR MORE APPEALING THAN THAT IS THE FACT THAT THIS ISSUE IS HOUSED IN ITS UK APPLE PICTURE SLEEVE. WHEN FIRST ISSUED ONLY A VERY VERY LIMITED NUMBER WHERE HOUSED IN THESE SLEEVES AND SHORTLY AFTER ITS RELEASE THE PICTURE SLEEVE WAS DROPPED AND REPLACED WITH A STANDARD APPLE SLEEVE.

DUE TO THESE PICTURE SLEEVES BEING RATHER FLIMSEY, MANY DIDNT SURVIVE AND THESE HAVE NOW BECOME THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER OF ALL THE APPLE PICTURE SLEEVES  

APPLE 5912

7YCE.21573/4-1U-1U

KT TAX CODE

THE TRADEMARK DECCA  PUSH-OUT CENTRE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION (EXCEPT FOR A TINY WHITE MARK TO SIDE ONE, THIS IS A FACTORY PRESSED MARK AND NOT A PAPER SCAR) . WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT, LABELS ARE CLEAN AND FREE FROM MARKS OR WRITING

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS SUPERB WITH JUST  LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS PRESENT... THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED BUT IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT NONE OF THESE ARE SEVERE AND THEY AR EONLY VERY MINIMAL AND ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.  

 THIS COPY COMES HOUSED IN ITS ULTRA RARE AND NEVER SEEN UK PICTURE SLEEVE. THE FLIMSEY SLEEVE WHICH CARRIES THE APPLE LOGO AND UK NUMBER R5912 IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND IS VERY CLEAN. IT DOES HOWEVER HAVE TWO TAPE RESIDUE STRIPS TO THE REAR AND I CAN ONLY ASSSUME THAT THIS WAS POSSIBLY ADDED TO THE SLEEVE SO IT COULD BE DISPLAYED, AND ALTHOUGH NOT  PERFECT BECAUSE OF THIS, IM SURE ANYONE WOULD FORGIVE THIS TRUE RARITY THIS IMPERFECTION AND I DOUBT THIS WILL REALLY DETER FROM ITS GENUINE APPEAL. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS STILL VERY CLEAN AND BOTH FLIP BACK SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT.  THE SLEEVE IS FREE FROM ANY WRITING, SPLITS OR TEARS AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY. THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE CORRECT "COURTESY POPPERFOTO" CREDIT TO FRONT LEFT BOTTOM CORNER.

OVERALL  A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER UK APPLE SLEEVE WHICH HOUSES A RARE APPLE DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING. THESE SLEEVES JUST DO NOT SURFACE FOR SALE IN ANY CONDITION AND ANY SERIOUS COLLECTOR ENDEAVOUR TO ADD THIS RARITY TO THEIR COLLECTION!!!!  

IT IS WITH REGRET THAT BEATLES-64 MUST NOW ASK ANY FIRST TIME BIDDERS WITH US WHO ARE PLANNING TO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS IF THEY COULD KINDLY PAY FOR EACH ITEM AS THEY WIN IT, WE WILL OF COURSE HOLD ALL ITEMS UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED BIDDING AND THEN COMBINE THE SHIPPING COSTS FOR ALL... WHILST WE APPRECIATE THAT MOST BIDDERS ARE HONEST AND GENUINE WE HAVE FOUND TO OUR COST THAT SOME ARENT AND WE HAVE RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A NEW BIDDER TO US WHO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH (RUNNING UP A VERY LARGE INVOICE) AND HAS NOW NOT PAID. UNFORTUNATELY AS IS USUALLY THE CASE THE MINORITY HAVE SPOLIT IT FOR THE MAJORITY......WE APPRECIATE YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS....thank you