Sold Date: September 19, 2021
Start Date: September 18, 2021
Final Price: £149.00 (GBP)
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THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD PCS 7088 STEREO FIRST RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 26 1969, LAMINATED COVER FLAPS FROM THE FRONT ON THE INSIDE OF THE BACK, PRINTED BY "GARROD & LOFTHOUSE" FAMOUS COVER PHOTOGRAPHER IAN MACMILLAN.  PHOTO ON THE FRONT COVER LARGER THAN USUAL, FOR EXAMPLE JOHN LENNON IS 121 cm AGAINST 115 cm ON USUAL COVER, LESS VISIBLE PAVEMENT AND TREES ON THIS ONE. BACK COVER PHOTO IS ALSO SOMEWHAT LARGER, THE APPLE LOGO IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE TITLE TYPOGRAPHY. WITHOUT THE CREDIT FOR THE SONG TITLE "HER MAJESTY"
THIS IS A FIRST PRESSING PROBABLY LATE 69 WITH A DARK GREEN LABEL, LABEL VARIATION WITH "AN E.M.I. RECORDING" TEXT ON TWO LINES AND A SMALL "331/3" TEXT MOVED MORE TO THE LEFT SIDE. PUBLISHING YEAR PRINTED WITH SMALL COPYRIGHT SYMBOL (p). THE LABEL DOES NOT HAVE "HER MAJESTY" CREDIT ON SIDE TWO.
SIDE 1: MATRIX XEX 742-2 STAMPER RGG(211) MOTHER 9 SIDE 2: MATRIX XEX 750-1 STAMPER RHP(276) MOTHER 10

SLEEVE: LOOKS FANTASTIC, HAS SOME CREASING TO THE LAMINATE FRONT AND BACK STILL RETAINING ALL ITS ORIGINAL GLOSSY SHEEN AND BRIGHT COLOURS, SLIGHT GREENISH TINT WHICH IS ONLY SEEN ON EARLY PRESSINGS. THE SPINE IS STRONG AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE PICTURES, CORNERS HAVE SLIGHT ROUNDING, STILL A REALY GREAT SLEEVE.
VINYL: THE AUDEO IS FANTASTIC, THE SOUND IS CRISP, CLEAR AND SHARP. BOTH SIDE RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL MIRROR LIKE FINISH, HARD TO FIND FAINT MARKS, NOTHING TO DETRACT FROM THE INCREDIBLE AUDEO EXPERIENCE. BOTH RECORD LABELS ARE CLEAN AND HAVE NO SPINDLE MARKING.
A VERY NICE COPY FOR THE COLLECTOR OR LISTENER THIS IS AN EARLY EDITION.  VINYL COMES IN A POLYTHENE OUTER AND AUDIOPHILE INNER SLEEVE.