George Harrison ALL THINGS MUST PASS UK RARE ONE LETTER STAMPERS NEAR MINT MINUS

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GEORGE HARRISON'S - ALL THINGS MUST PASS

IN MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT  / NEAR MINT MINUS MINUS!!! CONDITION

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS!!! UK BOX SET

COMPLETE WITH UK POSTER

MEGA RARE ONE!!!! LETTER MOTHER/STAMPER SET

+ VERY 1ST LABEL DESIGN

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

MOTHERS / STAMPERS: DISC ONE         1 M / 2 A

          DISC TWO     1 H / 2 R

          DISC THREE  1 R / 1 R

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE FIND. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A ONE LETTER SET OF THIS GREAT SET FOR YEARS.

A ONE LETTER SET IS WHERE THE STAMPER CODE IS JUST ONE LETTER, MAKING IT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST SETS OFF THE PRESS

MOST YOU WILL SEE ARE TWO OR THREE DIGIT, BUT HERE IS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST EVER PRESSED.

SO WHEN I SAY THIS IS A FIRST PRESS SET, THIS REALLY IS A VERY EARLY FIRST PRESS SET!!!!

COUPLED WITH A SUPERB BOX SLEEVE AND CONTENTS AND YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE AND VALUABLE COPY OF THIS OUTSTANDING RECORD SET

READ ON..........................

LETS COVER WHAT A FIRST PRESS UK SET MUST HAVE

1. THE BOX MUST BE THE LARGE DEEP ISSUE
2. THE BASE OF THE BOX (INSIDE) MUST EITHER BE PLAIN BROWN OR WHITE CARD (NOT ORANGE)
3. THE TYPEFACE INSIDE THE BOX LID MUST BE SLIGHTLY EMBOSSED NOT SMOOTH
4. THE LETTERING AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS TEXT MUST SAY ' MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN'
5. THE INNER SLEEVES MUST BE TEXTURED AND HAVE A SMALL CIRCLE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER STATING ' PRINTED IN USA'
6. THE GIANT POSTER MUST BE PRINTED ON MATT PAPER AND HAVE ' PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN STCH 639' IN PINK TYPEFACE
7. THE SPINES AND BASE OF THE BOX MUST BOTH HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME HEAVILY TEXTURED FINISH WITH THE SAME PATTERN (LATER ONES HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL AND PATTERN TO THE SPINES)
8. THE BOX MUST HAVE A WEBBING STYLE HINGE AND NOT SEPARATE LID AND BASE
9. THE VINYLS MUST ALL HAVE -1U AT THE END OF THE MATRIX
10. THE LABELS MUST STATE 'MFD IN UK' AT 9 O'CLOCK (READ BELOW)
11. THE CLOSER TO 1G THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS ARE THE EARLIER THE PRESSING

LABEL VERSIONS!!!

THERE ARE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THREE LABEL VERSIONS ON AN EARLY PRESS

THE FIRST AND EARLIEST ARE THE ONES YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES WITH THIS AUCTION. THEY SIMPLY JUST HAVE ' AN EMI RECORDING ' AT THE FOOT OF THE LABEL.

THE SECOND AND NEXT IN PRODUCTION ORDER, HAS 'RECORDED IN ENGLAND ' IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE EMI RECORDING INFO ON THE FIRST LABEL. ' AN EMI RECORDING' IS SITUATED DIRECTLY ABOVE AND IN A HEAVIER TYPEFACE.

THE THIRD LABEL REVERTS BACK TO JUST HAVING ' AN EMI RECORDING ' AT THE FOOT OF THE LABEL, BUT THERE IS A CORRECTED ACCREDITATION FURTHER UP THE LABEL. THE FIRST LABEL STATES ' ALL PUBLISHED BY HARRISONGS'. THE CORRECTED LABEL STATES 'ALL PUBLISHED BY HARRISONGS ESSEX INT. MECOLOICO BIEM NCD '

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE 6 PICTURE 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 10-12 SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE INDICATING THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF PLAY THE SET HAS RECEIVED . DISC THREE HAS ONLY 3-4 SPIDER LINES

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, DISCS ONE AND TWO HAVE SOME VERY FINE WISPY HAIRLINES AND A FEW ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES, WHEREAS DISC THREE HAS JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE 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 HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. NOT ONE JOT ANYWHERE

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

THE ONLY THING THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT THE SET HAS BEEN PLAYED IS SOME VERY VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE VINYL NOISE HEARD ONLY DURING SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES, AND MOST SILENT PASSAGES.

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

THERE ARE A FEW RANDOM AND TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

FOR ME THIS SUPERB SET GRADES NEAR MINT MINUS!!! FOR THE FIRST TWO DISCS AND NEAR MINT FOR THE THIRD

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 BLACK SPECKS 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 BOTTOM LEFT CORNER HAS TWO SMALL SPECKS OF THE BLACK MATERIAL MISSING, EXPOSING THE BROWN UNDERCARD

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 A COUPLE OF LETTERS

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

AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS BOX HAS BEEN PROTECTED ALMOST FROM NEW IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE, TO BE IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION

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 PROTECTS A FIRST ISSUE ROUGH PLAIN GREY/BROWN BASE

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.AND ARE TOTALLY UNCREASED, THE TOP EDGES ARE VERY VERY LIGHTLY BURRED, AND THERE IS SOME LIGHT RECORD IMPRESSION, AND THAT'S ALL.

THE HUGE POSTER WHICH IS OFTEN MISSING FROM THIS SET IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. EVERY FOLD LINE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS WHEN LOOKING AT IT, THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLACED ON ANY WALL, IT HAS JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT HANDLING WRINKLES TO THE PAPER, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MOTTLE STAINS ON THE BACK.

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

GARRY