George Harrison ALL THINGS MUST PASS UK SET EARLY 1ST PRESS 2 PLAY MINT MINUS

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	$		570

GEORGE HARRISON'S - ALL THINGS MUST PASS

IN INCREDIBLE ONE -TWO PLAY!!!! CONDITION

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT MINT / MINT MINUS!!!UK BOX SET

COMPLETE WITH UK POSTER

A MUSEUM QUALITY SET!!!

• CATALOGUE: APPLE STCH 639
• MATRIX: YEX 817-1U / 818-1U / 819-1U / 820-1U / 821-1U / 822-1U
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 OP / 2 PA / 2 GDD / 1 LM / 3 HT / 1 TD

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT THIS SET IS IN THE MOST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION POSSIBLE. THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAS METICULOUSLY CARED FOR THE VINYLS, HAVING REMOVED THEM FROM THE DELICATE INNERS ON DAY ONE, AND PLACED THEM INTO POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES. PLAYED ONCE AND RECORDED TO TAPE, THEN SAFELY STORED FOR 41 YEARS. INCREDIBLE!!!

WHOEVER WINS THIS WILL HAVE ONE OF THE BEST COPIES OF THIS 3 LP SET THAT MONEY CAN BUT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN INVESTMENT GRADE 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
11. THE CLOSER TO 1G THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS ARE THE EARLIER THE PRESSING
12. THE EARLIEST PRESSES ARE ON HEAVIER VINYL (USUALLY THIS WILL BE ONE OR TWO LETTER STAMPERS)

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. IN FACT THERE IS STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE HOLE ON A COUPLE OF THE DISCS SHOWING THAT THESE ALBUM HAVE JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED. THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE AROUND THE HOLES ON THE SECOND AND THIRD DISC, AND TWO ON DISC ONE, WHICH IS MOST LIKELY AS 'MY SWEET LORD' AND 'WHAT IS LIFE' BOTH APPEAR ON THE FIRST DISC 

THE VINYL

EXAMINING EACH DISC IN TURN THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. THEY GLEAM LIKE BRAND NEW VINYLS. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN ON ANY OF THEM. DISC ONE HAS A FEW MORE AND A COUPLE OF ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES

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 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE GRADE. THEY ARE NR FLAWLESS

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT THE ONE OR TWO CAREFUL 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. NOT ONE JOT ANYWHERE

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

A 42 YEAR OLD SET THAT HAS AT MOST A FEW RANDOM SECONDS OF THE LIGHTEST AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS, MAINLY A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND THE MOST SILENT OF PASSAGES. CERTAINLY NO VINYL NOISE AT ALL!!!

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB. TAKE A LISTEN TO THE OPENING TRACK ON SIDE 5 TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN

I HEARD NO MORE THAT THREE OR FOUR MINUSCULE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I CANNOT GIVE ANY OTHER GRADE THAN  MINT MINUS AT THE ABSOLUTE WORST

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 IS NEAR MINT, IT'S CONTENTS ARE 100% MINT

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 SOME VERY VERY LIGHT RUBBING TO THE TOP AREA WHICH SHOWS AS SPECKLES OF A SLIGHTLY DARKER SHADE OF GREY. THERE IS ALSO ONE LIGHT SMUDGE DIRECTLY BELOW THE WORD 'MUST'

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

ALL 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 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  JUST IMMACULATE AND EVERY LETTER CLEAR AND LEGIBLE WITH JUST THE 'G & E' OF GEORGE VERY VERY SLIGHTLY RUBBED.

THE RIGHT SPINE DOES HAVE A SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE, BUT IS OTHERWISE PERFECTLY BLACK AND UNWORN

THE BASE OF THE BOX IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION, AND THIS IS USUALLY SCRATCHED AND RUBBED, BUT NOT ON THIS SET. IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT IN THE BEST CONDITION I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE

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 WEBBING THAT MAKES THE SPINE HINGE IS PERFECT, AND ALL OF THE INTERNAL CORNERS ARE PRISTINE

THE CARD BOX FILLER PROTECTS A PLAIN CARD FINISH TO THE BASE OF THE BOX. i AM CERTAIN THAT THIS STYLE WITH THE PLAIN BASE WAS THE VERY FIRST DESIGN

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, THESE INNERS ARE JUST PRISTINE. 100 FLAT AND UNCREASED WITH JUST A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE

THE HUGE POSTER WHICH IS OFTEN MISSING FROM THIS SET IS IN 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, WELL NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE BOX EITHER. I HAVE CAREFULLY CHECKED IT, AND IT IS THE FIRST ISSUE MADE IN GT BRITAIN AND NOT THE AMERICAN POSTER

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS BOX MINT MINUS WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT  

A MUSEUM GRADE VINYL AND BOX!!!!!

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

GARRY