John Lennon IMAGINE UK LP 1ST A-1U/B-1U POSTER, POSTCARD, INNER EXCELLENT +++

	£		20
	$		27

JOHN LENNON - IMAGINE

IN MAGNIFICENT  2-3 PLAY!!!  EXCELLENT PLUS !!!!!CONDITION

1ST PRESS -  APPLE WITH THE -1U MATRIX NUMBERS

COMPLETE WITH POSTER, CARD, AND LYRIC INNER SLEEVE

STUNNING NEAR MINT SLEEVE!!!!!

• CATALOGUE:APPLE PAS 10004
• MATRIX: YEX 865-1U / YEX 866-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:  3 GDP / 1 TD 
• PORKY ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
• PECKO ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

 THE LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT, NO HANDLING MARKS OR STAINS. . THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE CREAMY WHITE AREAS ARE BEAUTIFULLY WHITE, AGAIN NO MAN MADE MARKS, THERE ARE ZERO!! SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS.THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES , SOME ULTRA FINE HANDLING LINES, AND ONE HANDLING LINE WHERE AN ERRANT FINGERNAIL HAS BRUSHED THE SURFACE OVER TRACK ONE SIDE TWO. (NON SOUNDING)

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 ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I HAVE BECOME CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW IT DOES SOUND. THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO RECORDING IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND EVERY NOTE CAN BE HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION.

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THERE IS A LITTLE VERY MILD STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN SOME OF THE MORE SILENT PASSAGES, AND SOME RANDOM STATIC TICS HERE AND THERE

THE VINYL PLAYTHROUGH GRADES EXCELLENT +++

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE IN MAGNIFICENT UNMOLESTED CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND IN GLEAMING CONDITION.THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE CAN BE A GLOSSIER SLEEVE OUT THERE!

THERE IS NO RING WEAR AND AMAZINGLY NOT ONE JOT OF RECORD SHAPE EITHER, WHICH IS RARE ON THIS SLEEVE. JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD IMPRESSION UNDER THE TOP EDGE ONLY

THERE ARE JUST FIVE REALLY TINY LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. ONE MORE ON EACH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, BUT NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECT AND FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, JUST A REALLY TINY PIN PRICK OF A SCUFF NEAR THE RIGHT CORNER ON THE TOP EDGE. THE TIPS ARE ALL UNBLEMISHED

THE SPINE IS ALSO UNBLEMISHED, AGAIN THE LAMINATE IS JUST PERFECT AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE UNRUBBED. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE SURFACE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED.THIS IS THE CORRECT FIRST PRESS WITH THE TAPERED ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND JUST BY LOOKING AT THIS YOU CAN TELL THE RECORD HAS NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG THE SURFACE 

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE EXACT SAME CONDITION AS THE FRONT. AGAIN GLEAMING LAMINATE WITH NO CREASES OR DEEP LINES, JUST FOUR TINY LINES AGAINST THE SPINE, A THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, AND A LITTLE DENT IN THE SURFACE ABOUT AN INCH UP FROM JOHN'S NOSE

THIS RELEASE HAS THE CORRECT FIRST ISSUE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE WHICH IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL UNSPLIT CONDITION. NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS, NO HEAVY CREASES JUST A LITTLE WEAR TO THE TOP EDGE, AND SOME NATURAL AGEING TO WHITE AREAS

THE ORIGINAL ISSUE POSTER HAS VERY SHARP FOLD LINES BUT DOES HAVE SOME PIN HOLES IN THE MIDDLE AT THE TOP AND ON THE BOTTOM PANEL

THE POSTCARD IS MINT

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT!!!

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

GARRY