(BEATLES) YOKO ONO "FLY" UK APPLE DOUBLE
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YOKO ONO "FLY"
ORIGINAL AND RARE 1971 UK APPLE RELEASE.
Released october 1971 "Fly" was the second apple album by Yoko Ono, and her first double album release. It was issued as a complete avant-garde/fluxus package in a gatefold sleeve that came with a full-size poster .
Several singles came from the album..... "Midsummer New York" , "Mrs. Lennon", "Mind Train" "Hirake" aka "Open Your Box" and "Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand in the Snow)", dedicated to Ono's daughter Kyoko Cox.
Other well known artisits joined Yoko on this album, including John Lennon, Klaus Voorman, Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton.
The album failed to chart in the uk and received very little recognition and has now become one of the rarest and hardest of all the uk Apple album releases.
Offered for sale in unplayed condition and complete with its original lyric inners, posters and rare postcard.
APPLE SAPTU 101/102
A/B-1U-1U A/B-1U-2U
STAMPERS GR1 A1 G1 A1
THE APPLE PICTURE LABELS TO ALL FOUR SIDES ARE IN PRISTINE AND UNMARKED CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED CLOSELY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT LABELS DO NOT DISPLAY ANY SPINDLE MARKS TO ANY SIDE. ALL FOUR LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND VIVID AND FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING....
THE GLOSSY VINYL TO BOTH DISCS IS NEAR MINT. CLOSE AND CAREFUL INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT AND TINY, WISPY SURFACE MARKS WHICH WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE, IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS MINT. BOTH DISCS RETAIN THEOR LIKE NEW GLOSS WITH NO DULLING PRESENT AND BOTH LIE PREFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
BOTH CORRECT LYRIC INNERS ARE PRESENT AND ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. EACH ONE DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT CREASING.BOTH ARE TOTALLY INTACT WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND BOTH ARE OF COURSE FREE FROM WRITING.
THE ORIGINAL LARGE POSTER IS MINT. CLEALRY HAVING NEVER BEING DISPLAYD I DOUBT THE POSTER HAS REARELY BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE.
THE EXTREMPLEY RARE "A HOLE TO SEE THE SKY THROUGH" POSTCARD IS PRESENT. THE POSTCARD WAS A PROMOTIONAL ITEM ALLOWING BUYERS OF THE ALBUM TO SEND FOR A COPY OF ONO'S BOOK "GRAPEFRUIT". THIS POSTCARD IS IN MINT CONDITION.
THE ORIGINAL AND 1ST ISSUE WIDE SPINE GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS SUPERB. RETAINING IT ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT EDGE CREASES AND SOME VERY VERY LIGHT "RING" WEAR (THIS IS ONLY VISIBLE WHEN SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN LIGHT). THE SLEEVE IS STILL CLEAN AND BRIGHT . THE GLOSSY REAR IS AS PER THE FRONT AND SUPERB. THE WIDE SPINE IS STILL RIGID AND ALL WORDING IS READABLE. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND IS AGAIN FREE FROM WRITING.
OVERALL A STUNNING AND UNPLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS NOW VERY RARE UK APPLE RELEASE.
COPIES OF THIS ALBUM VERY RARELY SURFACE FOR SALE .... THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS ALBUM WHICH IS COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL MINT POSTER AND MINT ELUSIVE POSTCARD.... THIS IS ONE NOT TO BE MISSED.
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