George Harrison ALL THINGS MUST PASS UK 3LP SET ALL -1U SUPERB MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		91
	$		121

GEORGE HARRISON'S - ALL THINGS MUST PASS

MAGNIFICENT MINUS MINUS AUDIO

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT UK BOX SET

COMPLETE WITH UK POSTER

OUTSTANDING COLLEACTBLE

• CATALOGUE: APPLE STCH 639
• MATRIX: YEX 817-1U / 818-1U / 819-1U / 820-1U / 821-1U / 822-1U

MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 

          DISC ONE      1 MT / 2 PO

          DISC TWO    2 HO/ 2 ML

          DISC THREE  2 AO / 1 AR

There are many different opinions about what makes a first pressing of this album, and it's mostly centred on the box. There are those that say that the UK boxes have larger spines than the US ones and that in the bottom of the box there should be a separate piece of card which was used as a filler to raise the LP's so that they filled the box, and to be honest I believed that for ever! 

Every large spine box I have ever handled and there have been hundreds, have all been UK manufactured as stated on the inside of the lid. The smaller thinner spines were always US made and the LP's fitted snuggly and didn't need the filler.

The purists will also say that the US boxes were used to house the UK vinyls only when they had run out of the large spine ones. I managed to debunk that theory when I once had a thin boxed US sleeve with UK albums that had records that had one letter stampers and '1' digit mothers, making them one of the first off the press. this I obtained from a private collector who has purchased it on the day of release

So my conclusion after all of that is that both boxes were being used at the same time and its pot luck which one you end up with

However one thing that has always been true for me is that Large Spine= UK Made box

NOT ANYMORE THOUGH

Here we have a large spine box with the correct filler insert card base, and the box was made in the USA

NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE EVER

Inside this box are the correct first issue records all having -1U at the end of the matrix number

The Inner sleeves are always made in the USA

The set has the card filler Insert

The Giant poster is the correct Made in Gt Britian issue

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THE LABELS

THE ORANGE / GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON ANY SIDE, AND NO COLOUR LOSS. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNWORN. THERE ARE BETWEEN 12-3 TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE INDICATING THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF PLAY THE SET HAS RECEIVED . 

THE VINYL

EXAMINING EACH DISC IN TURN THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. THEY GLEAM LIKE BRAND NEW VINYLS.

WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE ARE JUST A FEW VERY FEINT WISPY HAIRLINES ON EACH SIDE, AND ON SIDE FIVE TWO MINUSCULE DULL SPECKS NEAR THE OUTER EDGE

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTABLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE 3 ALBUMS AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID, IF THEY HAD THE CHOICE. I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE TO MY CUSTOMERS 

ALL THREE ALBUMS PLAY TO AN INCREDIBLY HIGH GRADE

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT LITTLE PLAY THIS SET HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

ALL THREE DISCS PLAY WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. 

NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS AT ALL AT ANY POINT DURING THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

I HEARD JUST A FEW TINY SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF LINKING GROOVES AND ONE OR TWO OF THE RUN IN'S

THIS CERTAINLY DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THE SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION WHICH IS JUST OUTSTANDING

I HEARD NO MORE THAN 3-4 TINY STATIC TICS DURING THE ENTIRE SIX SIDES

FOR ME THIS SUPERB SET GRADES MINT MINUS!!! FOR THE AUDIO

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF, DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT

THE SLEEVE

WELL A BOX, NOT A SLEEVE. HOW HARD IS THIS TO FIND IS COLLECTIBLE CONDITION? NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. FIRSTLY YOU HAVE MOST OF THESE BOXES WITH TORN CORNERS AND SECONDLY THE POROUS SURFACE IS USUALLY VERY BADLY SOILED.

THIS BOX NEAR MINT

THIS SET IS AS GOOD AS ANYTHING OUT THERE I BELIEVE

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THIS USUALLY COMES MOTTLED , GRUBBY, STAINED, HAS STICKER REMOVAL MARKS ON IT, AND GENERALLY LOOKS SHABBY. HERE WE HAVE AN ALMOST PRISTINE EXAMPLE.

THE GREY SURFACE IS IN SUPREME CONDITION. NOT ONE FINGERMARK, NOT ONE STAIN,JUST A LITTLE LIGHT CARKER SHADES WHERE THE SLEEVE HAS SAT IN A COLLECTION AND SLIGHTLY RUBBED. I STRESS THIS IS ONLY ON THE LIGHT GREY 'SKY' AREA.

OTHER THAN THIS IT'S JUST ABOUT PERFECT WITH THE VARIOUS SHADES OF GREY AND BLACK RICH AND VIBRANT. NO NICKS TO THE BORDERS OF THE PASTE ON IMAGE

THREE OF THE FOUR CORNERS ARE ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE,MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY ARE NOT SPLIT. THERE IS NOT ONE SCUFF TO ANY OF THEM THEY ARE ALL JET BLACK. THE TOP LEFT CORNER TIP HAS A LITTLE RUBBING WHERE THE UNDER CARD IS VISIBLE

THE SPINES AND TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO UNMARKED.THE EDGES ARE FINISHED IN A JET BLACK MATT BUT TEXTURED FINISH WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND SHELFWORN, BUT HERE THE BLACK IS STILL PERFECTLY BLACK AND UNRUBBED. THE LEFT SPINE WITH THE GOLD TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, WITH THE GOLD LEAF  ONLY VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED ON THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF 'GEORGE'

THE BASE OF THE BOX IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION, AND THIS IS USUALLY SCRATCHED AND RUBBED, BUT NOT ON THIS SET.

OPENING THE BOX AND LOOKING INSIDE AT THE PANELS UNDER THE LID, AGAIN THE STORY IS THE SAME. THE ORANGE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND THERE HAS BEEN NO BLEMISH TO ANY PART OF IT, THE ORANGE IS A DEEP RICH AND UNMARKED COLOUR. THE BLACK WEBBING TAPE THAT MAKES THE SPINE HINGE IS PERFECT, AND ALL OF THE INTERNAL CORNERS ARE PRISTINE

THE CARD BOX FILLER HAS AN ORANGE TOP AND PLAIN BROWN UNDER SIDE

INSIDE THE BOX THE THREE ALBUMS ORIGINALLY CAME HOUSED INSIDE THREE VERY VULNERABLE ROUGH TEXTURED INNER SLEEVES THAT IN MOST CASES HAVE SPLIT ALONG THE SEAMS. ON THIS COPY HOWEVER ALL THREE INNERS ARE IN UNSPLIT CONDITION ( a pin hole at the bottom of the purple one).AND ARE TOTALLY UNCREASED, THE TOP EDGES ARE ALSO UNBLEMISHED, AND THERE IS SOME LIGHT RECORD IMPRESSION, AND THAT'S ALL.

THE HUGE POSTER WHICH IS OFTEN MISSING FROM THIS SET IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. EVERY FOLD LINE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS WHEN LOOKING AT IT, THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLACED ON ANY WALL

THE BOX AND CONTENTS GRADES NEAR MINT

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY