(BEATLES) HARRISON WONDERWALL MUSIC RARE UK APPLE MONO

	£		150
	$		199

                                                                         GEORGE HARRISON "WONDERWALL MUSIC"

                                                                      MONO...... APCOR 1

ORIGINAL AND EXTREMLEY RARE UK APPLE MONO 1ST PRESSSING.

RELEASED NOVEMBER 1968 "WONDERWALL MUSIC" WAS THE FIRST BEATLE SOLO ALBUM AND ALSO THE FIRST ALBUM RELEASE ON THE BEATLES NEWLY FORMED RECORD LABEL, "APPLE".

THE ALBUM WAS THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE FILM OF THE SAME NAME BUT FAILED TO CHART IN THE UK.

THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO CARRY THE CATALOGUE NUMNBER STAP 1 BUT A DESCION WAS LATER TAKEN TO CHANGE THIS TO APCOR 1, ALL ORIGINAL PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM HAVE STAP 1 CROSSED OUT IN THE RUN OFF GROOVE AND REPLACED WITH APCOR 1.  

BY 1969 MOST RECORD COMPANIES HAD ALL BUT PHASED OUT USING MONO RECORDINGS IN FAVOUR OF THE MORE POPULAR STEREO, HOWEVER A VERY VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES OF "WONDERWALL" WHERE ISSUED IN MONO BUT SINCE MOST PEOPLE BY NOW WHERE BUYING IN STEREO VERY FEW MONO COPIES WHERE ACTUALLY SOLD WHICH HAS NOW RESULTED IN MONO COPIES OF THIS ALBUM BEING EXTREMLEY ELUSIVE AND VERY HARD TO FIND AND THIS ALBUM IS NOW CLASSED AS ONE OF THE RAREST UK APPLE ALBUMS.  

APPLE APCOR 1

1A-1 1B-1 (SCRATCHED OUT STAP 1)

STAMPERS    M1   M1

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS SOME LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS BUT ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE WEAR. THE LABELS ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH PREFECT LETTERING AND ARE CLEAN WITH NO WRITING OR OTHER UNWANTED MARKS.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EXCELLENT. AGAIN WHEN CLOSELY INPECTED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE, THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE CARRIES SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, SOME MINOR SCUFFS AND THE ODD HAIRLINE BUT IT HAS TO STRESSED THAT NONE ARE SEVERE. THE PLAYING SURFACE IS STILL BRIGHT WITH NO DULLING.

AUDIO IS SUPERB, THE ALBUM PLAYS CLEAR AND SHARP THROUGHOUT, THERE WHERE A FEW MILD CLICKS EVIDENT ON TRACK 3, SIDE TWO BUT THIS WAS NOTHING THAT INTERFERES WITH THE OVERALL LISTENING EXPERIENCE.  THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED.

THE CORRECT PLAIN WHITE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" INNER IS PRESENT AND IS IH SUPERB CONDITION. THE INNER IS STILL A BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR WITH A FEW LIGHT AND MINOR CREASES. THE INNER IS TOTALLY INTACT WITH NO SPLITS E.T.C. AND IS FREE FROM WRITING.

THE ORIGINAL AND RARE APPLE INSERT IS ALSO PRESENT. THE INSERT, WHICH FEATURES A PICTURE OF HARRISON TO ONE SIDE AND THE APPLE LOGO AND ADDRESS TO THE OTHER   IS AGAIN SUPERB WITH LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING. IT IS STILL VERY CLEAN AND IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING.

THE OUTER FULLY LAMINATED MONO ONLY SLEEVE IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE. THE FRONT DISPLAYS A FEW EDGE WRINKLES AND THE ODD VERY LIGHT BUT TINY CREASE. TH EFRONT RETAINS ITS ORIGIANAL DEEP GLOSS AND ALL THE CLOURS AND LETTERING ARE STILL BRIGHT AND VIBRANT. THE SLEEVES HAS THE INEVITABLE MINOR CORNER BUMPS PRESENT BUT THESE ARE NOTHING TO CAUSE CONCERN. THERE IS NO EDGE WEAR AND THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP AND TRUE. THE REAR ALSO HAS SOME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES BUT REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. THE REAR CARRIES THE "MONO" ONLY TEXT. THE SPINE IS STILL RIGID WITH  A HINT OF WEAR VISIBLE. THE SLEEVE IS TOTALLY INTACT WITH NO REPAIRS AND IS OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY WRITING. 

OVERALL A VERY APPEALING EXAMPLE OF THIS EXTREMLEY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER UK APPLE MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH OFFERS SUPERB LABELS, EXCELLENT VINYL, SUPERB AUDIO AND VERY 1ST STAMPERS AND IS HOUSED IN A VERY ATTRACTIVE 1ST ISSUE MONO SLEEVE.

THIS IS THE FIRST EVER SOLO BEATLE ALBUM, THE FIRST EVER ALBUM RELEASE ON THE APPLE LABEL AND THEREFORE THE FIRST TO CARRY APPLE NUMBERING AND THE FIRST ""BEATLE" ALBUM NOT TO ENTER THE UK CHARTS.  

MONO COPIES OF THIS ALBUM DO NOT SURFACE FOR SALE THAT OFTEN AND IS A TRUE MUST HAVE FOR ANY BEATLE/HARRISON OR APPLE COMPLETIST.