JOHN LENNON BEATLES IMAGINE 1ST UK PRESS UNPLAYED MiNt

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JOHN LENNON ''IMAGINE'' (BEATLES) PLASTIC ONO BAND L.P. APPLE PAS 10004 1ST UK PRESS VINYL ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE AUDIO!!!!!NEAR PRISTINE AND VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED VINYL!!!!1ST PRESS  MATRIX -1U -1U!!!!! ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS COVER, AND RARE  POSTER AND POSTCARD !!!! VERY RARE LIKE THIS (THIS IS A VERY VERY EARLY PRESSING WITH THE EARLIEST MOTHER STAMPERS LOOK!!!!! UNBELEIVABLY RARE!!!!!! THE VINYL IS NEAR PRISTINE LOOKS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED (ONLY PLAYED TWO OR THREE TIMES IN 37 YEARS!!!! UNBELIEVABLE FOR 37 YEARS OLD!!!!! ''PORKY'' and ''PECKO'' hand etched!! 

I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING BEATLES AND BEATLES RELATED FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS I HAVE ACCUMILATED MORE THAN 1000 ALBUMS OF BEATLES ALONE AND THIS IS  FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION COLLETED OVER A PERIOD OF 35 YEARS!! THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN STORED IN A CASE WITH THE VINYL SEPERATED FROM THE COVER AND ORIGINAL SLEEVE! THIS IS HOW I HAVE ALWAYS SYTORED MY VINYLS!!!!

THIS IS ARGUABLE THE BEST ALBUM RELEASED BY JOHN LENNON IN 1971. HIS 1ST MAJOR CLASSIC ALBUM AFTER THE SPLIT FROM THE FAB FOUR TOGETHER WITH THE PLASTIC ONO BAND THESE 1ST PRESSES ARE VERY RARELY SEEN IN THIS CONDITION (LIKE NEW) AND COMPLETE! VERY (VERY) RARE LIKE THIS!!!!!

Imagine is John Lennon's second solo album and is the most popular of his solo works. Recorded and released in 1971, Lennon noted the commercial success of Imagine but pointed out that the content of the album was similar to that of his provocative and challenging 1970 angst-rock release John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. The difference, he said, was that Imagine was "chocolate-coated for public consumption", in reference to the strings so prevalent throughout!!!!.

Basic tracks for the album were recorded in his home studio in Tittenhurst Park in England with strings overdubs added in New York. As on his last album, Phil Spector joined Lennon and Yoko Ono as co-producer on Imagine. Extensive footage of the sessions, showing the evolution of some of the songs, was compiled on a video documentary entitled Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine.!!!!

The title track "Imagine" became Lennon's signature tune and remains a powerful plea for world peace. "Jealous Guy," originally composed as "Child Of Nature" during the songwriting sessions in India in 1968 that birthed the Beatles' double-album The Beatles, also has had enduring popularity. Other easy-listening moments on Imagine arise in the form of "Oh My Love" (composed with Ono) and the contemplative "How?"!!!!

Imagine also indulges in Lennon's love of rock'n'roll with the philosophical "Crippled Inside" and "It's So Hard" as well as the provocative "Gimme Some Truth," originally heard in the Let It Be sessions, but now with a new bridge. The politically-charged "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama" closes the first half of Imagine in a cacophonic manner.!!!!!

The main title song Imagine, A song performed by John Lennon, which appears on this 1971 album, Imagine. Although originally credited solely to Lennon, in recent years Yoko Ono's contribution to the song has become more widely acknowledged. The song was produced by Phil Spector!!!.

"Imagine" is widely considered as one of the greatest songs of all time. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine voted "Imagine" the third greatest song of all time Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said, "In many countries around the world — my wife and I have visited about 125 countries — you hear John Lennon's song 'Imagine' used almost equally with national anthems.''!!!!!

Track Listing

1. "Imagine" – 3:01
2. "Crippled Inside" – 3:47
3. "Jealous Guy" – 4:14
4. "It's So Hard" – 2:25
5. "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama" – 6:05
6. "Gimme Some Truth" – 3:16
7. "Oh My Love" (John Lennon/Yoko Ono) – 2:44
8. "How Do You Sleep?" – 5:36
9. "How?" – 3:43
10. "Oh Yoko!" – 4:20

THE MATRIX SIDE 1. YEX 865-1U SIDE 2. YEX 866-1U (ONLY 1ST PRESSING)

THE MOTHER STAMPERS (VERY EARLIEST STAMPERS INCREDIBLY RARE)

 SIDE 1.  ''3'' ''RH'' AND HAND ETCHED ''PORKY''

.SIDE 2. ''2'' ''AD'' AND HAND ETCHED ''PECKO'' (ONLY 1ST PRESS)THESE ARE THE EARLY MOTHER STAMPERS!!!

THE VINYL

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL THICKER HEAVIER VINYL WITH DEEPER GROOVES AND MORE ROBUST THAN LATER PRESSINGS (VERY RARE) TO FIND ONE IN THIS (AS NEW) CONDITION AND VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED AFTER 37 YEARS!!!!!

THIS RATES AS NEAR PRISTINE!!! I CAN'T SEE HARDLY A BLEMISH CERTAINLY  (NO) NEEDLE SCRATCHES  OR INDEED ANY SCRATCHES OR MARKS THAT WOULD  EFFECT THE PLAY IN ANY WAY !! ANY MARKS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SEEN IN EXTREEME LIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN  CAUSED (ONLY) BY THE RECORD BEEN SLID IN AND OUT OF ITS SLEEVE OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME!!!!(PLEASE NOTE! I CAN'T SEE ANY MARKS AT ALL) THE AUDIO IS CRISTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT VERY RARE!  I WOULD GRADE THIS VINYL'S AUDIO AS GOOD AS IT GETS  (THIS VINYL HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED!!!(NO) POPS OR CLICKS OR INFACT ANY STATIC TICKS THAT I HEARD!!!! PLEASE NOTE! I NORMALLY ADD A DISCLAIMER ON A VINYL OF THIS AGE BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS HAS EVER BEEN PLAYED OTHER THAN THE ONE OR TWO TIMES THAT I HAVE PLAYED IT!!!!!!  I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS QUITE CRITICAL AND THIS IS DEFINATELY A SUPERBE RECORD TO LISTEN TO. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPOINTED IN THIS ALBUM. THE AUDIO IS TRULY (RATED AT THE TOP) FOR ANY AUDIOPHILLES OUT THERE THIS ONE IS FOR YOU!!!!!! CRISTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT THROUGH OUT (PLEASE LOOK AT MY COMPLETED LISTINGS OF ALBUMS SOLD OF THIS CALABRE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALY GET IT RIGHT)!!!!!!! PLEASE NOTE I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS VINYL RIGEROUSLY FOR ANY PROBLEMS AND THIS IS SUPERBE CRISTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT EVEN BETWEEN TRACKS UNBELIEVABLE THERE IS VERY MINIMAL NOISE IN FACT I HEARD NONE!!!. YOU WILL HAVE TO GO AS LONG WAY TO SURPASS THIS VINYL FOR CONDITION AND AUDIO QUALITY!!! RATED AT THE VERY TOP!!! ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD!!!!!!

THIS VINYL PLAYS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE ALL OF THE WAY THROUGH AS NEW VINYL!!!!!!!!

THE LABELS ARE NEAR MINT I CAN NOT SEE ANY SPIDERING OR INDICATIONS THAT THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!! !!!!(SEE PHOTO) THERE IS (NO) SCUFFING OR WARE ON THE LABELS (LIKE NEW)!!!!

THE FULLY (LAMINATED) 1ST PRESS (PRINTED IN ENGLAND) GLOSSY COVER (ONLY 1ST PRESS) HAS (NO) SPLITS OR TARES SHOWS ABSOLUTELY MINIMAL   (CREASINGS TO THE LAMINATE FRONT BOTTOM LEFT) AND GENERAL (NO) STORAGE WARE WORTH TO MENTION AND THE CORNERS ARE SUPERBE AND SQUARE VERY (VERY) RARE INDEED(SEE PHOTO)THIS HAS BEEN IN A CASE FOR THE BEST PART OF 30 YEARS!!! THE SPINE IS PERFECT  AND THE WRITING CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN (SEE PHOTO) TRULLY SUPERBE FOR 36 YEARS OLD!!! THIS 1ST PRESS COVER WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS!!! PLEASE NOTE THE PINCHED END SPINE (ONLY 1ST PRESS) LATER COVERS ARE SQUARE ENDS THIS IS SO RARE LIKE THIS!!!!!

PLEASE NOTE THESE 1ST PRESS COVERS ARE HARD TO FIND,, FULLY LAMINATED AND PINCHED CORNERS AT THE SPINE!!! LATER PRESSINGS WERE NONE LAMINATED AND SQUARE EDGES AT THE CORNERS OF THE SPINE!!!!!

THE ORIGINAL LYRIC RECORD SLEEVE  IS NORMALLY SEEN VERY FRAGILE WITH AGE BUT THIS ONE IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE!!! (NO) SPLITS OR TARES VERY (VERY) MINIMAL  CREASING BUT AMAIZINGLY (NO) STAINING\FADING WITH AGE!!!!  THE ORIGINAL! (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS STORED SEPERATELY FROM THE VINYL!!!! SUPERBE!!!!!

THIS HAS THE ORIGINAL POSTER OF JOHN AND HIS FAMOUS PIANO WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT FOR YOKO. THIS IS IN GREAT CONDITION IN FACT THIS IS AS NEW THIS HAS NEVER BEEN PINED OR PUT ON THE WALL!!!! NEAR MINT!!!! POINTS TO NOTE! THESE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS POSTERS HAVE A VERY LIGHT TEXTURED FINISH AND ARE VERY RARE TO FIND IN GOOD CONDITION (LATER PRESSINGS HAVE POSTERS THAT ARE SMOOTH AND ARE OFTEN SWAPPED)  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS POSTER!!!

 THE ORIGINAL POSTCARD THIS IS MINT (AS NEW) AND OF COARSE THE ORIGINAL!!!

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THIS HAS BEEN STORED IN A CLEAR RECORD PROTECTOR ALL ITS LIFE AND WILL BE DESPATCHED WITH THE RECORD!!!!

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