THE BEATLES - ABBEY RD UK 1969 RARE MISALIGNED APPLE 1ST UK PRESS VINYL LP EX !!

Sold Date: October 16, 2022
Start Date: October 6, 2022
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I have a massive RARE VINYL collection gathered over the past 40 years

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LOVELY FIRST PRESS MONO VINYL COPY OF THE FOLLOWING BEATLES ICONIC ALBUM

THE BEATLES

ABBEY ROAD


TRUE FIRST EVER UK SEPT 26th 1969 STEREO PRESSING OF

" ABBEY ROAD "

APPLE PCS 7088

FIRST EVER PRESS MATRICES   YEX 749-2 and YEX 750-1

REAR OF SLEEVE HAS THE MISALIGNED APPLE MISPRINT

AND NO " HER MAJESTY " MENTIONED ON THE SLEEVE OR RECORD LABEL

BOTH CORRECTED ON LATER RELEASES

Notes  

An E.M.I. Recording. Thanks to George Martin, Geoff Emerick and Phillip McDonald
Photographs by Iain Macmillan
Printed by Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd

This release has a misaligned Apple Records logo on the back and does not list "Her Majesty" on either cover or B side label. The front cover photo is more tightly cropped than on other releases, showing less sky (noticeable over the roof tops right) and less of the drainage grating bottom right. The sleeve has arrow spines.

Small Ⓟ on labels.

Copies exist with both black and white generic inners, the order of release (if any) has been debated since original release date.

There a  of this with all same features apart from having "Her Majesty" printed on the B side label.

CONDITION 

RECORD IS LOVELY WITH A DEEP GLOSSY LIKE NEW RAINBOW SHEEN TO THE VINYL SURFACES WHICH ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT. I CAN ONLY SEE A COUPLE OF FEINT HAIRLINES EACH SIDE, AND ONLY WHEN VINYL IS TILTED, UNDER A STRONG LIGHT, NOT FEELABLE AND THEREFORE A GREAT AUDIO EXPERIENCE WHEN PLAYTESTED ON MY REGA TURNTABLE, SLIGHTEST STATIC AT RUN INS ONLY LOVELY !!!

GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED RECORD SLEEVE IS THE FIRST PRINTING & IS IN EXCELLENT OVERALL GLOSSY CONDITION , SMALLEST CORNER RUB PRESENT WITH AN UNCRUSHED SEAM AND NO LAMINATE LIFT THE SPINE IS STILL FULLY LEGIBLE,  AND THE OPENING EDGE IS CLEAN AND DEFINED. LOVELY EXAMPLE !! (SEE ALL PICS)

BLACK INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN FRESH CLEAN EXCELLENT + CONDITION WITH SOME MILD CREASING THROUGH STORAGE 

APPLE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH JUST A FEW SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE DISC CENTRE 

SO IN CONCLUSION, NOT ONLY A RARE SUPER CONDITION UK FIRST PRESS BUT THE VINYL LOOKS AND SOUNDS GREAT !!!! SUPER EXAMPLE OF THIS FIRST EVER PRESS, 53 YEAR OLD ICONIC ALBUM 

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 – Abbey Road Label: – PCS 7088Format: , LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo, 1st Press Sleeve Variant Country:Released:Genre:Style: Tracklist
A1Come Together Written-By –  4:21A2Something Written-By – * 3:03A3Maxwell's Silver Hammer Written-By –  3:27A4Oh! Darling Written-By –  3:27A5Octopus's Garden Written-By – * 2:51A6I Want You (She's So Heavy) Written-By –  7:47B1Here Comes The Sun Written-By – * 3:05B2Because Written-By –  2:46B3You Never Give Me Your Money Written-By –  4:02B4Sun King Written-By –  2:27B5Mean Mr. Mustard Written-By –  1:06B6Polythene Pam Written-By –  1:13B7She Came In Through The Bathroom Window Written-By –  1:57B8Golden Slumbers Written-By –  1:32B9Carry That Weight Written-By –  1:37B10The End Written-By –  2:20B11Her Majesty Written-By –  0:23