The Beatles 1967-1970 GERMAN OPTIMAL 2014 PRESSING ALL-ANALOGUE 180g Vinyl NEW

Sold Date: May 25, 2022
Start Date: March 25, 2022
Final Price: $159.99 (USD)
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This is a 2014 GERMAN pressing of 1967-1970 by The Beatles, better known as The Blue Album.  The initial pressing of 10,000 albums was done by the very highly-regarded Optimal Media record pressing plant in Germany, and the ones I'm selling are from that initial pressing run.
A subsequent pressing was done in 2018 by a company in Canada, and the consensus is that the German pressings are noticeably better than the Canadian ones.  I've read numerous comments online stating that while the German pressings are all-analog, the Canadian pressings are NOT all-analog.

How can you tell whether you're buying a German or Canadian pressing? On the German pressings, the hype sticker is in the top-left area of the album cover's shrink wrap, while it's in the lower-right area of the Canadian pressings. The hype sticker on the German pressings says "All Analogue Master..." near the top of the sticker, while it says "All Analog Master..." (note the spelling difference) on the Canadian hype stickers. On the back of the album jacket, next to the bar code, the Universal Music Group logo is shown for the German pressings, while the Capitol Records and UMe logos are shown for the Canadian pressings. In the upper-right corner of the back of the jacket, the "small print" copyright info starts with "A Capitol Records Release..." and includes the years 2014 and 2018 for the Canadian pressings, while it does not mention Capitol Records and only includes the year 2014 for the German pressings. On the spine of the jacket of the German pressings, the entire UPC is shown, while the Canadian pressings show an abbreviated number.  (Same goes for the numbers shown on the hype stickers.) The photos for this listing prove that the albums I'm selling in this listing are the German pressings.
I have a smoke-free, pet-free home and will ship the album inside a Bags Unlimited Mighty Music Mailer, one of the best (if not THE best) record album mailers available.  They do a fantastic job of protecting record albums!!