THE BEATLES - ABBEY ROAD RARE MISALIGNED APPLE 1966 1ST PRESS N MINT VINYL LP

Sold Date: May 14, 2023
Start Date: May 4, 2023
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Hi and thanks for looking at my listing

I have a massive RARE VINYL collection gathered over the past 40 years

I am now planning AGAIN to sell hundreds of the rarer ones at approximately 10-20 lps per week

so check all my listings, RARE, near MINT, FIRST PRESS listings each week including:

Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin, Beatles,

 Rolling Stones, Vertigo Swirls, Sex Pistols, Punk,

 Indie Prog Rock and Reggae, ETC.

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WORLDWIDE AND COMBINED POSTAGE OFFERED

ALL VINYLS CORRECTLY POSTED IN A MUSIC MAX CRUCIFORM MAILER WITH STIFFENERS

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THE BEATLES

ABBEY ROAD

RARE FIRST EVER MISALIGNED APPLE UK PRESS RELEASED ON 26 TH SEPTEMBER 1969

FIRST EVER 1969 UK MATRICES

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped, variant 1): YEX 749-2  Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped, variant 1): YEX 750-1 

NOTES

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 EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT, LOVELY WITH A DEEP GLOSSY LIKE NEW RAINBOW SHEEN TO THE VINYL SURFACES WHICH ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT. OBVIOUSLY PLAYED BUT SPARINGLY IN THE LAST 54 YEARS, LOVELY !!!

I CAN ONLY SEE A COUPLE OF  FEINT SLEEVE REMOVAL / HAIRLINES IN TOTAL ACROSS SIDE 2 ONLY, BUT ONLY WHEN VINYL IS TILTED, UNDER A STRONG LIGHT NO EFFECT AT ALL ON AUDIO PLAYBACK,  (SEE PICS)

CENTRE LABELS ARE IN SUPER CONDITION (SEE PICS) WITH JUST A FEW FEINT SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE DISC CENTRE EACH SIDE 

THEREFORE OBVIOUSLY , A GREAT AUDIO EXPERIENCE WHEN PLAYTESTED ON MY REGA TURNTABLE, TINY STATIC AT RUN INS  LOVELY PLAYBACK !!!

THE OUTER SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT ON THIS RARE MISPRINT COPY WITH THE APPLE LOGO ON REVERSE MISALIGNED WITH ABOVE TEXT IN ERROR !! SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED ON LATER PRESSINGS

AFEW LAMINATE CREASES AND SOME CORNER WEAR ONLY, NO SPLITS, TEARS OR WRITING ETC STILL GLOSSY AND THE CORRECT PINCHED SPINE IS FULLY LEGIBLE STILL. AMAZING

THE CORRECT FIRST PRESS BLACK TEXTURED PAPER WITH WITH ONE CENTRE HOLE INNER  SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT DUE TO ONLY LEAVING THE OUTER SLEEVE ON A FEW OCCASSIONS !!

A REALLY LOVELY CLEAN EXAMPLE !! SEE ALL PICS

SO, IN CONCLUSION, NOT ONLY A VERY RARE SUPER CONDITION UK FIRST PRESS, BUT A RARER  VERSION !! SO DONT MISS OUT !!

IMPORTANTLY THE VINYL LOOKS & SOUNDS SUPER !!!! 

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ALSO PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER RARE FIRST PRESS BEATLES, ZEPPELIN, ROCK VINYLS, PUNK LISTED, FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, GATHERED OVER 40 YEARS, 

AND THANKS FOR LOOKING

 – Abbey Road Label: – PCS 7088Format: , LP, Album, Misprint, Stereo, 1st Press Sleeve Variant Country:Released:Genre:Style: Tracklist Show Credits 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