Sold Date: June 25, 2017
Start Date: June 15, 2017
Final Price: £293.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 33
Seller Feedback: 82
Buyer Feedback: 271

I sell vinyl records with complete honesty and reliability. Above all things I am a record collector and music lover. I only sell records that I would want to receive. I know well the disappointment of receiving an over-graded record that turns up two weeks late. That is not the service you will receive here, so bid with total confidence. 

I don’t sell a lot of records because I spend a lot of time carefully finding, grading and listing them and do not like to rush this process, as many sellers must do to be able to sell 100 records a week!


I am mostly a collector of old time music, pre-war blues and folk, so buy job-lots that often contain rare records that aren’t to my taste so to eBay they go!

(On that note, if you have any early American blues or folk ((vinyl or shellac)) to swap or sell, please get in touch!)

I have only 20 records left to sell and these are my true gems. They came to me from a nuclear engineer who played them once to record to cassette, wrapped them outside of their sleeves and filed them away. 

They are, without a doubt, the most pristine records I have come across and I would hasten a guess the best in existence for most. Please keep watching if you want a chance of getting hold of some incredibly rare, museum quality vinyl.


Anyway, enough of the chit chat and on to the record at hand…

The Beatles

Abbey Road

September 26, 1969

UK 1st Pressing

PCS 7088

Apple Records

Stereo

Here we have a beautiful example of a 1st UK pressing of the Beatles' Abbey Road 

There are a few criteria which denote a true 1st pressing and these are:

·         Dark labels with cut and uncut apple

·         Misaligned apple on rear of sleeve

·         No ‘Her Majesty’ credit on Side 2

·         An EMI recording is split over two lines on labels.

·         The grate is visible on the front of the sleeve

·         Vinyl housed in either a black or white inner sleeve.

This is a fully complete example that is in terrific condition throughout.

Matrix Numbers

Side 1: YEX 749-2

Side 2: YEX 750-1

Stampers

  Side 1:  5    MAO

                                                                                                Side 2:  4    AOM

Sleeve Condition.

The 1st press iconic fully laminated Stereo sleeve is simply the best you will come across. It is simply perfect. It looks as new! The bottom and top sides are pristine, sharp and with no signs of wear. 

The spine is perfectly straight, without a single sign of any wear, rubbing or aging. The corners are sharp and square. If you bought this today from a shop you would expect it to look the same!

The front is beautiful, with the white still vibrant and fresh, with only the very mildest sign of a thumb crease to the left side! Holding this record is a thing of utter beauty!

The rear is as good as the rest, just pristine

All in all, a true 1st pressing in museum archive quality! Impossible to be mint in my opinion by its very nature, but as close as you will ever get to shop bought.

Nr MINT

Inner Sleeve Condition.

The first press white inner sleeve with purple patent No is near to been as new as you can get. There is no foxing, writing or stains and it holds the vinyl perfectly as it should. 

There are no splits to any of the edges and it holds the vinyl perfectly as it should!

Near Mint

Label Condition.

The first press Apple labels are simply perfect. There are no rips, wear or writing at all.  

There is no centre hole damage at all. Under a strong halogen I can see 1 or two ghost spindle lines on each side. Unheard of!

Excellent

Vinyl Visual Condition.

The record itself looks perfect on eye inspection!  It still retains its factory shine and lustre and looks as new. 

!  Under a strong halogen, there is only mild signs of use with the occasional wispy hairline that have no feel or playback issue. 

Just the lightest of removal ghosts to be seen and light play.

Excellent

Vinyl Audio Condition.

The record sounds truly amazing from start to finish!  The songs just jump off the record with no distortion or skipping at all. It is an audiophiles dream on all frequencies.  Come Together just comes alive as the band fall in and I Want You has never sounded as good as it has here. 

Abbey Road is a dazzling and varied amount of recording techniques, volumes and highs and lows and it’s a real test in playback, and on full volume I only heard the occasional click throughout each side. Stunning!

Excellent

So there we have it. An absolutely stunning example of the Abbey Road, a 1st press fully complete stunner that you won’t better!

A true time warp of a pop masterpiece!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Happy Bidding!

All my records are sent first class, tracked and signed for. Where insurance is needed, the cost will be covered by myself. I will endeavour to post all records a day after payment is made.

Records will be sent in defenda-box mailers which are strong corrugate cardboard boxes ensuring that no bending can take place. They are in essence bomb proof!

Records will be sent housed in new poly-lined inners outside of the sleeve to protect both the sleeve and original inner

I hand clean records with Clear groove and a microfiber cloth, however, if you use your own system or machine and would prefer I didn’t, then please ask.

In the unlikely case you have reason to disagree with my grading, then do not hesitate to get in touch for a no quibble full refund, although I do ask that return postage is covered by the buyer.