Beatles Abbey Road Germany WW 1stPress WITH G&L credit 1969 Black OIS NEAR MINT

	£		109
	$		144

 

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The Beatles
»Abbey Road«
(13 detailed pictures on bottom of this listing)

Germany 1969 ~ WORLDWIDE 1st Press ~ 1st Week
German Light Green Apple ~ 1C 062-04 243 ~ STEREO
Garrod & Lofthouse Cover credit NOT BLACKENED OUT!!
COMPLETE /w original Black Inner Sleeve
NEAR MINT/MINT MINUS Vinyl Quality
Thick Vinyl of 175 grams
looking UNPLAYED !!

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Record Details   Origin    Germany Release Type   Original Release Format   Album, 12", FOC Label   German Light Green Apple Catalog No   1C 062-04 243 Pressing   1st  WW THIS Copy issued   September 1969 Sound Mix   stereo  Overall Grading   NEAR MINT/ MINT-  (please see Details) Matrix Side A   1C062-04243-A-1 Matrix Side B   1C062-04243-B-1-A Weight Vinyl   175 grams beabay CID ORABRSDE6001 (PICS 89, NPID 37)   Overview Pressings   1st WW   Germany, September 11, 1969, Apple 1C 062-04 243

01) September 11 thru 16, "Printed By Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd"
readble on bottom of cover's back side

02) after September 16, "Printed By Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd"
blackened out
2nd   1973, Apple 1C 062-04 243 n 3rd   1976, Apple 1C 072-04 243 4th   1987, S/B double-boxed Teldec/Electrola, DMM 064-7 46446 1
under license of British Parlophone 5th   (France, U.K., Netherlands, Germany) Nov 09, 2012, EMI, B0041KVZ1I
"Original Recording Remastered"
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We usually have at least 30 plus Beatles records listed, both as an auction and Fixed Price with MakeOffer option.   
NOTES
  A worldwide first press, published two weeks before the U.K. release (September 26, 1969, PCS 7088, Dark Green Apple), in  stunning condition. What THIS  record makes very special and a "must-have subject" for every serious collector is the fact, that it belongs to the copies published in  the week between Thursday, September 11, and Tuesday, September 16, 1969, hence released during the first five days of the first press' release cycle, which makes it a worldwide first week first press, if you wanna put it like that.

You can determine this by giving the (German!) cover a closer look, lower left corner of back side, where there's a manufacturer credit  Garrod & Lofthouse that is NOT BLACKENED OUT. Both covers and vinyls were made and pressed in Cologne, Germany,  not in London, U.K.  However, the litho template was provided by E.M.I. (with correct credit of course), a fact overseen by German Apple for about a week. Only  when this mistake became obvious (and with a lot of "false" covers printed already), mistake was remedied by simply blacken out the credit  on all existing covers not yet delivered to record stores instaed of re-printing the entire cover.

    It's hard, if not impossible, to determine how many covers with the credit not blackend out finally made it to the market.  Estimates range between couple of hundreds to some five thousand...
Check your German Abbey Road first press, and -most probably- you'll see the manufacturer credit being blackened out by a thick line.

Certainly has first press matrix ending -B-1-A. Published on Light Green Apple, as all German pressings between 1968 and 1970. Moreover, copy is complete with its original Black inner sleeve. This awesome conditioned record has no Her Majesty, neither on cover nor on label. EXCELLENT cover as well as MINT- / EX+ A-Side / B-Side. 

We understand that our asking price is everything but a bargain (across all of our listings). However, we kindly ask you to refrain  from sending "50-percent-offers". At beabay, we possess an in-depth knowledge of Beatles Vinyl, meaning our prices  have been carefully chosen and placed. Dozens of international collectors trust in this and confirmed their 100-percent-satisfaction - some of them we copied later in this listing.

Please see grading details for a more elaborate description of the record's condition.

SIMULTANEOUS RECORD SALES

Please note that we offer all of our records on different online platforms as well as thru home depot sales simultaneously.  We thereby reserve the right to cancel a listing without prior notice and/or justification, namely when a record has been sold and is no longer available.

Record Grading
    Visual Grading   Cover Front   EX+ Cover Back   EX+ Cover Spine   NM Inner Sleeve(s)   EX
full-closed Black Die-Cut Label Side A   NM Label Side B   MINT- Vinyl Side A   MINT- Vinyl Side B   EX+   Audio Grading   Side A   [N/A] Side B   [N/A]   We use superb vinyl equipment with its heart being an Ortofon real-diamond system and gold plated contacts all around.
If available, audible checks were performed with an ORTOFON Pro-Ject Audio system connected to a DENON PMA 520-AE amplifier,  using a Sennheiser 350 headset.     Remarks   As for the Cover and related issues, please refer to pictures provided right after, which are legal part of this auction.
Spine is in a 100 percent perfect condition.
The fully laminated cover is completely glossy, made of strong cardboard.   Absolutely clean insertion slot, no cuts, nothing. There's neither ring wear nor writings or any yellowing.   No tears, no spots, no seam split, straight edges, clearly EXCELLENT PLUS all around.
The original black inner sleeve has a small seam split, away from that in great condition, no  cuts, "no something".
  Both labels are absolutely clean.  No writings, stains, tears, or spots.
  Vinyl is shiny, both sides. Side a is a clear MINT MINUS, whereas  B-Side has two hairlines, which is why we grade it EX+ "only". 

Due to the vinyl's stunning condition, this record has not been graded audible.

Please keep in mind that an opinion is bound to be subjective. Refer to pictures, provided extensively.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, REGARDING AUDIO, DIFFERENT SYSTEMS PRODUCE DIFFERENT SOUNDS. IN OUR LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE, THIS APPLIES TO ALL KINDS  AND TYPES OF AUDIBLE DISTORTIONS, SUCH AS NOISES, CLICKS, POPS, SKIPS, ETC. AUDIO GRADINGS HENCE  MAY BE CONSIDERED AN  ADD-ON AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
THUS WHEN MAKING A DECISION TO BUY, PLEASE BASE YOUR EVALUATION ON PHOTOS HEREIN AFTER PROVIDED,  AS WELL AS OUR DESCRIPTION OF A RECORD'S APPEARANCE, NAMELY ALL "VISUAL COMPONENTS".
For a short explanation of applied grading, please see remarks on every listing's bottom of page.       We are back, and here's some of our Five-Stars history   UK, 1st Sgt. Pepper's, complete, STEREO
SOLD on August 13, 2017, to 
£145.00 Australia, 1st MONO 1963
SOLD on March 02, 2014, to 
£280.00 Germany, 1st EXPORT 1964
SOLD on November 04, 2013, to 
£410.00 U.K., 1st "Jobete" 1963
SOLD on December 20, 2013, to 
£240.00 Mexico, 1st MUSART 1964
SOLD on February 20, 2014, to 
£190.00 U.K., 1st MONO 1968 # 4,406
SOLD on December 15, 2013, to 
£1,350.00 DE, WW 1st EXPORT CH
SOLD on August 03, 2014, to 
£100.00 FR, 1st Horse Cover 1965
SOLD on August 24, 2014, to 
£280.00 U.K., 1st -3N/-3N 1964
SOLD on July 20, 2014, to 
£90.00 U.K, 1st STEREO
/w Dick james Credit
SOLD on June 18, 2014, to 
£5,580.00 Collectors from these Countries trust us

                   
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1st Class Packaging

We are Collectors, hence every record is stored (and will be sent) in a sophisticated way. Many experienced collectors were thrilled by our unique, bullet-proof "packing technicque". Original cover, inner sleeve(s), prospective inserts, and/or whatever may come across, are stored separately. The vinyl sits in a neutral antistatic, padded inner sleeve, which is housed in a stable, neutral cardboard cover. Package is protected by one (or more) transparent plastic sleeves. Finally, all items are being wrapped with thick bubble foil and go to a professional record mailer, which is then being properly sealed with water-resistant tape.

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(PLEASE NOTE that pictured record is an EXAMPLE only. It is NOT the item up for auction. Thank you.)

SIMULTANEOUS RECORD SALES

Please note that we offer all of our records on different online platforms as well as thru home depot sales simultaneously.  We thereby reserve the right to cancel a listing without prior notice and/or justification, namely when a record has been sold and is no longer available.

• Grading  Every record has been carefully graded visually by ourselves. Most records are audio-graded, too. We grade NM/NM-, EX+/EX/EX-, VG+/VG/VG-.
• Shipping & Handling  is FREE, provided you live on planet earth.  To us, it doesn't matter where records find a new home, Paris, Tokyo, NYC, or Melbourne.
• Dispatch Time  We usually prepare shipping immediately upon cleared payment. As a cushion space, however, shipping is guaranteed within two business days.
• Shipping Time  ...is something that we do not have any influence on, please keep that in mind when applying feedback. As a rule of thumb, times from registering with the  carrier until delivery at buyer's home may be as follows: Asia 7 thru 10 days. U.K. one week. U.S. 7 thru 10 days.  South America 10 thru 14 days. Europe 4 thru 7 days. Germany 24 thru 48 hours. However, please keep in mind that  these times are estimates only and may vary among different carriers.
• Payment  is expected within 48 hours after an auction's end, unless arranged differently prior to bidding. We accept PayPal or IBAN (SEPA) bank transfer only.

A Note On Returns / Return Policy

We are two (crazy?) regular average women (Ginger & Fleur Isabell) who love Beatles, thus collecting their records, we're no dealers.  We buy vinyl to acquire better copies of what we have already, then selling our second, third, fourth copies. We are classic collectors and hence describe and grade what we sell to our best knowledge, possessing a very high, sophisticated level of knowledge, in particular regarding European records.  

If -for whatever reason- our description doesn't turn out to be appropriate, like, for instance, a song skips or jumps, vinyl isn't flat as assured  -these types of "error"-, we certainly accept a return (at buyer's expense), for a collector's satisfaction is of utmost importance to us. That certainly happened  already. We know that nobody buys a record from us "just for fun". However, as a very basic rule, all of our sales are personal und final.

ALL WE TRY TO AVOID IS TO SEND RARE, VALUABLE VINYL AROUND THE GLOBE "IN VAIN", JUST TO SATISFY A PERSON'S CURIOSITY, FOR EVERY "ROUND-TRIP" IS A HUGE RISK EXPOSING THE RECORD.

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