THE BEATLES Blue Album 1967-1970 LP Stereo 1973 Apple EARLIEST UK 1st Press!

Sold Date: February 18, 2023
Start Date: February 13, 2023
Final Price: £47.63 (GBP)
Bid Count: 22
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I've collected 50's, 60's, and early 70's records of almost every genre - Psych, Prog, Psychedelic Funk, Soul, Rhythm 'n' Blues, Pop, Folk, Garage, Acid, Freakbeat, Rock, Jazz e.t.c and everything in between for all my life!!! Obviously, 90% of the LP's I've ever gotten hold of are completely trashed from the hard living ways and the rock 'n' roll, drug and booze fuelled debauchery of all the wild parties of the times, but the golden 10%? Reluctantly, I've decided to offer them to all of you serious record collectors out there!!! I'm currently trying to set up a record label so unfortunately personal sacrifices have to be made when it comes to my collection, resulting in GREAT benefits for all you shrewd bidders and serious connosieurs of TRUE solid gold music history out there!!! Make no mistake, I'll try my best to consistently offer some of the VERY BEST records available on ebay, many which have taken me YEARS to find!!!


I aim to put a weekly batch up (time permitting) every Wednesday, all timed to end 10 days later on Saturday night. I'll only ever offer THE BEST, MOST AMAZING, MOST IMPORTANT, VERY RAREST UK 1ST PRESS ORIGINAL RELEASE RECORDS I've got!!! I won't insult you with later 2nd pressings unless they are of exceptional quality and rarity. I'm sure you love good music as much as me, especially when it's a 1st Press LP, direct from the master tape, as the musicians intended it to be heard (none of this "digitally remastered",weak reissued, remixed rubbish from hired hands with one eye on the mixing desk and the other on the clock! If these session men really knew how genius should sound, surely they would've been geniuses themselves?! There will only ever be one Hendrix, and that's just a tiny example).


I try to be one of the best sellers on ebay and would like to thank all of you potential bidders for your support and taste in music!!! I strictly grade all LP's I list, visually and sonically using the UK RRPG standards as customer satisfaction is highly important to me, and I'll always do my very best not to let you down. Be sure to add me to your favourite sellers list and check my auctions frequently as i'll be listing some gems that you just WON'T want to miss out on!!!


I think that's everything, so let the auction commence!!!


Title : The Beatles - Blue Album 1967-1970


Label & year : Original Apple PCSP 718 Double LP , Stereo 1973 ULTRA RARE UK 1st Press!!!

Matrix's : Side A : YEX 909 - 2 , Side B : YEX 910 - 3 , Side C : YEX 911 - 3 , Side D : YEX 912 - 1

Musicians : John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and George Martin (Producer)


IMPOSSIBLY RARE EXTREMELY LIMITED TRUE DAY OF RELEASE EARLIEST EVER CUT CORNER INNER EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC COMPILATION IN ASTONISHING BARELY EVEN PLAYED CONDITION WITH STUNNING AUDIO AND UNBELIEVABLY EARLY MATRIXES AND 100% COMPLETE WITH EARLIEST POSSIBLE GOLD STICKER AND TOTALLY UNAGED AND UNSPLIT LYRIC INNERS!!! IMPOSSIBLE!!! BY FAR THE GREATEST EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER SEEN AND WILL EVER SEE AGAIN - SHOP FRESH TIME CAPSULE CONDITION!!! UNBELIEVABLY UNAGED AND IN TRUE MUSEUM SHAPE, ULTRASONICALLY CLEANED FOR MAXIMUM FIDELITY!!! - OUTSTANDING!!!

IMMEDIATELY REISSUED WITH THINNER VINYL AND ROUNDED INNERS - NOT THE CASE HERE!!! IMPOSSIBLY HARD TO FIND UNUSED AND UNAGED LIKE THIS!!! AN ASTONISHING COMPILATION OF THIS ICONIC TRAILBLAZING BAND PLAYING AT THEIR VIBRANT BEST WITH AN EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY THAT SHOOK THE WORLD!!! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ONE OFF CONDITION WITH TRULY ASTONISHING AUDIO!!! A TRULY ICONIC PIECE OF BEATLES HISTORY IN EARLIEST EVER DAY OF RELEASE UNAGED 100% COMPLETE WITH EARLIEST GOLD STICKER AND UNAGED AND UNSPLIT LYRIC INNERS TIME CAPSULE CONDITION!!! Don't miss out on this PHENOMENAL Unbeatable Time Capsule earliest UK 1st Press pioneering compilation classic - bid now!!!

About : Ultra Rare Apple 1973 UK 1st Press!!! This ULTRA RARE LP initially sold barely anything (LP's were also really expensive to most people back then!!!) and therefore had a very small run, and is INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND, especially in this condition!!! AN absolute classic LP from this incredible band!!! An astonishing album that really DESERVES to be in EVERY serious 60's / 70's record collection!!! Don't miss out on this MEGA RARE LP!!! If you like good music, bid now!!!

The LP :


Labels :

Classic UK 1st Press 1973 Apple labels!!! All sides are OUTSTANDING with NO real signs of age, NO graffiti, and NO writing OR tears whatsoever!!! Just has an absolutely TINY amount of ultra light spindle marks which suggests that this has barely even been played, if ever, at all!!! IMPOSSIBLE for a 50 year old record!!! Both must grade overall at least as Excellent++++!!!

Record : Visual -

Spectacular Original 1973 UK 1st Press Vinyls!!! Nice bright, clean and shiny as if they were just pressed!!! Fantastic jet black mirror like surfaces, they look ASTONISHING with NO nasty marks, NO scuffs, NO scratches, NO fingerprints, and NO groovewear whatsoever!!! The only blemishes off TRUE perfection are only a TINY amount of ULTRA light, wispy sleeve traces (only visible in mega strong angled light) from where it has sat or been removed from it's cover over the years!!! Of course, none of these ULTRA light blemishes interfere with play AT ALL!!! Most probably wouldn't/couldn't even mention them!!! UNBELIEVABLE for a record of this age and rarity!!! You'll be amazed by how clean and unworn it is!!! Must grade overall visually at least as Excellent++++!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)


Record : Audio -


Thankfully, it plays AMAZINGLY with fantastic stereo separation and clarity!!! It really sounds incredible with NO hisses, hops, distortion, skips OR sticks!!! Only like pretty much ALL records has the very RAREST quiet isolated tick here and there, and possibly just the MEREST TOUCH of low level static in the rarest few and far between places such as on the run in grooves and between some tracks, but that's truly about it!!! The vast, vast, majority of the music is TRULY crystal clear - It really does play with a CD-like near 100% black silence, but with that bass, depth, clarity and warmth you can only get from original UK 1st Press vinyl!!! EVEN the vast majority of the quiet sections!!! Absolutely ESSENTIAL!!! ASTONISHING for a record of this age and rarity!!! Must grade overall audibly at least as Excellent++++!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)


Sleeve :


Original 1973 UK 1st Press laminated gatefold day of release gold stickered “G&L” sleeve complete with original earliest cut corner blue lyric inners (fantastic ultra clean and 100% intact condition - stunningly unaged and unsplit seams and unmarked, UNBELIEVABLE!!! The lines in photo one are just camera flash laminate reflection)!!! IMPOSSIBLE to find this sleeve in anything approaching a good condition - most are spent, torn and worn due to age and the lifestyles of the buyers of this particular LP!!! This one is NOT, and looks PHENOMENAL, especially considering the nature of these fragile sleeves!!! NO tears, NO writing OR graffiti, NO dulling, NO bad marks AT ALL, NO seam splits, and still ULTRA strong and solid after all these years!!! Only has a few minor signs of ageing such as just a miniscule amount of ultra light manufacture edge creases (NO half moons, being very picky here - as new) and only the merest ghost of a record imprint, only some incredibly minor touches of the slightest general storage glazing here and there from where it has sat between sleeves over the years (being very picky here, still glass like and looking as new - truly minimal and absolutely nothing drastic whatsoever), a slight touch of denting to the four corners which basically ALL vintage LP's have, and POSSIBLY (just to be sure!!!) one or two other minor signs of age here and there, though nothing that really stands out to note at all!!! And that's truly about it!!! I tend to bring it down by listing the most minor negatives I can possibly find, but this is an UNBEATABLE one off time capsule sleeve, and a TRUE rarity to find one as truly astonishing as this - most have been virtually destroyed or are just about being held together, but not this one!!! It remains ultra strong, solid, unsplit and unspoilt, and even the spine remains ultra strong, solid, unsplit and 100% readable!!! Must grade overall at the least as Excellent++!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)



Summary : A PHENOMENAL one off time capsule example of this ULTRA RARE earliest cut corner inner 1973 UK 1st Press iconic compilation classic!!! Hard to find in ANY condition, but SERIOUSLY RARE TO FIND ONE AS TRULY ASTONISHING AS THIS!!! YOU WILL NEVER GET THE CHANCE AGAIN, so don't miss out on this scarce opportunity to own a true piece of 60's/70's music history!!! Bid now!!!

Please take a look at all my other auctions for many other ultra rare classic LPs, and feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Thanks again for looking, it's truly appreciated!! Cheers!!!

I've realized that most countries have their own unique grading system. I base mine strictly on the UK RRPG grading system (occasionally with a + or a - to indicate the higher and lower ends of the grade, though I only use these if i'm having real trouble deciding!), so please check their chart for further clarity if you are unsure of what my grades mean. As a general rule, a mint record will be 100% perfect, an excellent record will be in fantastic clean condition with the occasional mild mark and minor use from the years, and a very good record will have noticeable, yet light visual markings and obvious signs of age and use, but will still remain clean with relatively light wear and will play fantastically well with plenty of life remaining in it. I very rarely offer records below the very good region unless they are of an EXCEPTIONAL rarity and playing quality...I hope this helps!

Postage and packing (UK bidders) will be £5.99 signed for for the first item, £2.00 for every item after that. Europe buyers, postage is £17.99 signed for for the first item, £2.00 for every item after that. Rest of the world buyers, postage is £21.99 signed for for the first item, £2.00 for every item after that (orders over £30 need to be sent signed for). Contact is expected to be made within a day, and payment expected within 3 days of the auction ending, otherwise you may lose priority over the item and it may be offered second chance to the under bidder or relisted e.t.c. Contact is king! UK bidders, I accept paypal or postal orders. International bidders, I accept Paypal or Bank Transfer! Unfortunately, I cant accept any other internet payment other than paypal. Please PLEASE get in touch via the ebay messaging system rather than opening a case if there’s any kind of problem, I will do my very best to sort it out.


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