BEATLES Abbey Road LP 1969 APPLE 1st Press MISALIGNED APPLE FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		102
	$		135

Hello!  Please note, that this auction will end on late Tuesday January 2nd UK time.  Of course, I usually end my auctions on Sundays.  However, as this coming Sunday falls on News Years Eve in the UK this is impossible.  I do NOT stop for the Christmas period, and will be listing some truly INCREDIBLE items!  In fact, most of my listings over the Christmas period have all come from one AMAZING collection, and are the BEST and RAREST items I have seen for a very VERY long time.  So don't forget to check back before Tuesday January 2nd UK time - to see some the BEST ITEMS I have EVER listed!  Please read on about this AMAZING item below, and GOOD LUCK if you decide to bid:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "Abbey Road" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Dark Apple label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE APPLE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  INCREDIBLY, THIS LP HAS THE ULTRA RARE 'MISALIGNED' APPLE LOGO (SEE PICTURES) ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (WHICH WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED!) AND NO 'HER MAJESTY' CREDIT ON THE LABELS (LATER ONES DO!)!!!!  THIS LP WAS ONLY PRESSED LIKE THIS FOR A TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY - BEFORE THE COVER & LABEL ERRORS WERE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A 100% GENIUNE 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING WITH 'MISALIGNED APPLE' ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER & NO 'HER MAJESTY' ON THE LABELS - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE (IN COMPARISON TO LATER COPIES!)!!!!

THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING (AND IS 100% GENIUNE - COMING FROM THE SAME COLLECTION OF OTHER 'FACTORY SAMPLES' I ALSO HAVE LISTED THIS WEEK!)!!!!  AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / PARLOPHONE THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLES' WERE NEARLY ALWAYS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!) - AND ARE TRULY EXCEPTIONALLY HARD TO FIND TODAY, AS BARELY ANY EXIST!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP OF THE UTMOST RARITY (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO nasty concentric marks AT ALL, only 3 or 4 VERY small hairlines, only 2 or 3 MEGA light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in what looks to be its ORIGINAL Black inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition - with NO edge splits, NO centre hole splits, and NO repairs either!!!!  However - although this black inner has EVERY SINGLE correct characteristic for a 1st Press inner sleeve (one centre hole, flipback construction, etc!), it looks a bit too 'fresh' for my liking, and so could well be a re-pro inner!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press MISALIGNED 'Narrow Spine' FULLY Laminated Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), shiny laminate, NO splits, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

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