(BEATLES) HARRISON "BANGLA DESH" UK APPLE ***DECCA***
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GEORGE HARRISON "BANGLA-DESH"
RARE DECCA PRESSING HOUSED IN ULTRA RARE UK PICTURE SLEEVE
ORIGINAL UK APPLE 1ST 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.
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.
ALSO A LIMITED NUMBER OF ISSUES OF THIS SINGLE WHERE PRESSED BY DECCA DUE TO EMI'S OTHER COMMITTMENTS AT THAT TIME,
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE 1ST ISSUE SINGLE WHICH IS NOT ONLY NEAR MINT COPY BUT IS A RARER DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING HOUSED IN A TRULY SUPERB AND GENUINE 1ST ISSUE PICTURE SLEEVE.
APPLE 5912
7YCE.21573/4-1U-1U
KT TAX CODE
THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE, TRADEMARK DECCA APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION . 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 NEAR MINT, WITH JUST LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS PRESENT... THIS HAS NOT PLAYED THEREFORE ANY TINY MARKS HAV BEEN CAUSED THROUGH HANDLING AND THEY ARE REALLY 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 CORRECT APPLE LOGO AND UK NUMBER R5912 IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND IS VERY CLEAN AND STILL VERY CRISP, IT IS ALMOST CREASE FREE. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS STILL VERY CLEAN AND BOTH FLIP BACK SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE REAR SHOWS A LIGHT IMPRESSION OF RINGWEAR BUT NO HANDLING MARKS. 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 SUPERB APPLE 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!!!!
