Sold Date: July 30, 2023
Start Date: July 23, 2023
Final Price: $285.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 11
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ORIGINAL GEFFEN RECORDS PROMOTIONAL COPY

JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO ~ DOUBLE FANTASY (1980)

GOLD “PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE” ROUND STAMP

“CONTAINS THE HIT SONG: (JUST LIKE STARTING OVER” CLEAR HYPE STICKER WITH THE “GHS 2001” CATALOG NUMBER

INCREDIBLY RARE ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL “DOUBLE FANTASY. THE ALBUM. NOW AVAILABLE.” LARGE FOLD-OUT 35¾” x 12” POSTER

ORIGINAL 1980 WARNER BROS. PRESS RELEASE KIT WITH PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

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“Double Fantasy” is the 5th studio album by John Lennon & Yoko Ono, and the last album to be recorded before his death. This promotional copy represents the pre-release of this album pressed several months before the album’s official release date in November, 1980 for distribution in the Los Angeles area. The front cover contains a gold Geffen Records “Promotional Copy Not For Sale” seal stamp in the lower left-hand corner. The top tight corner has a clear hype sticker reading “Contains the Hit Song: (Just Like) Starting Over GHS 2001”. The back cover contains an incorrect track listing in the upper right-hand corner. Original custom white inner sleeve with the song lyrics and credits on both sides. The listing includes an original Geffen Records promotional “John Lennon / Yoko Ono Double Fantasy The Album. Now Available.” large fold-out 35¾” x 12” black poster manufactured for distributors and music stores. Together with the promotional copy, up for an auction is an insanely rare 1980 "John Lennon" promotional press release kit in the original envelope containing the logo of Warner Bros. Records, Geffen Records’ distributor. The right interior flap of the envelope contains the Los Angeles and New York address for the Warner Bros. Records' / Reprise Records' Media Information Department.  The press release kit was intended for commemorating John Lennon and contains many promotional materials, including:

5 original 8” x 10” black & white silver gelatin photos made from the original negatives with some photos having the credits at the bottom

Vintage official Warner Bros. reprints of articles about John Lennon and Yoko Ono from some of the biggest media issues:

Los Angeles Times (1 page, which used one of the photos included in the kit), Newsweek (2 pages), The Village Voice (1 page), Playboy (18 pages, Interview), New York Post (2 pages), Daily News (5 pages) and Record World (9 pages)

This pre-release promotional copy was pressed at the Capitol Records plant in Los Angeles and contains two “*” (asterisk) factory identifier symbols on each side in the runout groove. The full matrix numbers, including the “Sterling” machine stamp identifying the mastering by Sterling Sound, are as follows: Side 1 – GHS-1-2001-LW2 * * STERLING; Side 2 – GHS-2-2001-LW2 * * STERLING

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The original cover, inner sleeve, vinyl and the labels are in stunning Near Mint condition. The vinyl sounds amazing only having some very light occasional static which most likely will go away if the record is professionally cleaned using a VPI cleaning machine. The original large unused poster is in new condition and doesn't have any tears or pin holes, only a light crease at the bottom left corner. The original Warner Bros. "John Lennon" press release kit has been beautifully preserved and is in great vintage condition. Please note that the front of the folder was signed at the Warner Bros. Records Media Information Department.

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