BEATLES- BILLY PRESTON "ENCOURAGING WORDS" UK APPLE
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BILLY PRESTON "ENCOURAGING WORDS"
OFFERED FOR SALE IN BARELY PLAYED CONDITION AND FEATURING STUNNING LABELS AND VINYL, G 1 STAMPERS, ORIGINAL BLACK INNER AND EXCELLENT OUTER SLEEVE.
RELEASED SETEMBER 1970 "ENCOURAGING WORDS" WAS PRESTONS SECOND UK APPLE ALBUM, HOWEVER AFTER THIS RELEASE PRESTON DID NOT RECORD FOR APPLE AGAIN IN HIS OWN RIGHT BUT DID CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OTHER APPLE ARTISTS ALBUMS.
THE ALBUM FEATURES PRESTON'S VERSIONS OF GEORGE HARRISONS "MY SWEET LORD" & "ALL THINGS MUST PASS" AND HIS VERSION OF THE BEATLES "IVE GOT A FEELING".
THE ALBUM WAS PRODUCED BY PRESTON HIMSELF AND GEORGE HARRISON.
APPLE SAPCOR 14
A/B-1U-1U
STAMPERS G 1 G 1
FEATURING SUPERB NEAR MINT APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES.... CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO VERY TINY AND LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE . BOTH SIDES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND VIVID WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR BLEMISHES....QUITE STUNNING
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, CLEARLY THIS HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND THEREFORE WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL, WISPY SURFACE MARKS PRESENT, IT HAS TO BE STRESSED THAT THESE REALLY ARE MINIMAL...IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS VINYL PORTRAYS A MINT APPEARENCE. THE MIRROR LIKE FINISH TO THE VINYL IS UNSPOILT AND UNBLEMISHED WITH NO DULLING. THE VINYL IS PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
THE ORIGINAL BLACK INNER IS STUNNING. IT HAS THE ODD LIGHT CREASE AND A SMALL "NICK" TO THE DIE CUT EDGE ON ONE SIDE. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND HAS NOT BEING REPAIRED IN ANY WAY.
THE LAMINATED SLEEVE IS ALSO A STRONG EXCELLENT EXAMPLE GIVEN ITS AGE. DISPLAYING ITS ORIGIANL DEEP GLOSS AND SHEEN THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS SOME TINY EDGE WRINKLES AND LIGHT THUMBNAIL CREASES TO THE FRONT AND ONE DEEPER CREASE TO RIGHT EDGE. THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS JUST MINOR SIGNS OF HANDLING AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS VISIBLE. THE REAR AGAIN HAS LIGHT CREASES AND EDGE WRINKLES AND SOME RINGWEAR VISIBLE BUT ONLY WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED. THE SPINE IS INTACT AND RIGID. THE SLEEVE IS VERY CLEAN AND ALL WORDING AND COLOURS ARE STILL STRONG AND VIVID.
THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE ONE OF THE RAREST UK APPLE RELEASES, RARELY SEEN FOR SALE AND VERY VERY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS.
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