(BEATLES) HARRISON "WONDERWALL MUSIC" UK APPLE APCOR 1
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GEORGE HARRISON "WONDERWALL MUSIC"
ULTRA RARE NEVER SEEN MONO VERSION
ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED NOVEMBER 1ST 1968 "WONDERWALL MUSIC" WAS NOT ONLY THE FIRST EVER BEATLES SOLO ALBUM RELEASE BUT ALSO THE FIRST EVER ALBUM RELEASE ON THE NEWLY FORMED APPLE LABEL.
THE ALBUM WHICH WAS THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOVIE OF THE SAME NAME FAILED TO CHART IN THE UK MAKING IT THE FIRST "BEATLES" ALBUM NOT TO DO SO.
THE ALBUM CATALOGUE NUMBER WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED AS STAP 1 BUT THIS WAS LATER CHANGED TO AN APPLE CATALOGUE NUMBER... STAP 1 IS HOWEVER STAMPED IN THE RUN OFF GROOVE BUT IS CROSSED OUT AND REPLACED WITH APCOR 1.
THIS ALBUM HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHTAFTER OF ALL APPLE RELEASES, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY BUT BECAUSE IT CARRIED MANY "FIRST'S" AT THAT TIME.... IT WAS THE FIRST EVER U.K SOLO BEATLES ALBUM, THE FIRST EVER ALBUM RELEASE ON THE APPLE LABEL, THE FIRST ALBUM TO CARRY AN APPLE CATALOGUE NUMBER AND THE FIRST BEATLES ALBUM NOT TO ENTER THE U.K CHARTS.
BY 1968 ALL ALBUMS WHERE MASS PRODUCED IN STEREO AND MONO WAS QUICKLY BEING PHASED OUT ALTOGETHER, SO WHEN A NEW ALBUM WAS RELEASED ONLY A VERY VERY LIMITED NUMBER WOULD BE ISSUED IN MONO (IF ANY AT ALL), ALSO WHEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THIS ALBUM JUST DIDINT SELL VERY WELL IN ANY FORMAT IT IS CLEAR TO UNDERSTAND WHY MONO VERSIONS OF THIS ALBUM ARE SO RARE, IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND ARE CONSIDERED "THE HOLY GRAIL" OF HARRISON ALBUMS.
ALL ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM CARRY THE SCRATCHED OUT STAP 1 MATRIX, HAVE A BLACK INNER AND CAME WITH A TRACK LISTING APPLE INSERT... THIS ALBUM IS COMPLETE WITH ALL THESE FEATURES.
APPLE APCOR 1
1A/1B-1-1
SCRATCHED OUT STAP 1 MATRIX
STAMPERS G1 G1
THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE IN STUNNING CONDIITON TO BOTH SIDES, WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPIDERY SPINDLE TRAILS VISIBLE TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND ARE FREE FROM ANY FADING, RUBBING OR AGE MARKS. ALL WORDING IS CRISP AND VERY VIVID.... THESE LABELS DO LOOK STUNNING!!!
THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS SUPERB, AGAIN WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT, WISPY AND MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS AND THREE VISIBLE NEEDLE MARKS BUT THESE ARE NOT FEELABLE.... IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS HAS ONLY HAD A LIMITED NUMBER OF PLAYS. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING E.T.C...... VISUALLY THIS LOOKS TRULY STUNNING!!
AUDIO IS SUPERB..... BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES HAVE SOME VERY LIGHT CRACKLE AND ONE OF THE NEEDLE MARKS CAUSES TWO VERY LIGHT CLICKS BUT THIS REALLY DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE OVERALL AUDIO QUALITY. THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS.
THE ORIGINAL BLACK INNER IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE INNER DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT CREASES AND STILL VERY CRISP WITH NO SPLITS, TEARS OR MARKS E.T.C.
THE ORIGINAL APPLE INSERT IS SUPERB. IT DISPLAYS THE ODD LIGHT CREASE AND THE ODD HANDLING MARK BUT REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. THE INNER IS AGAIN INTACT WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS.
THE OUTER FULLY LAMINATED, MONO ONLY SLEEVE IS ALSO FANTASTIC. IT SHOWS A FEW VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLES (THESE REALLY ARE MINIMAL AND ARE PROBABLY NOT REALLY WORTH MENTIONING) BUT AGAIN APART FROM THAT THE SLEEVE IS STUNNING. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND TRUE AND THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID. THE SLEEVE RETAINED ITS FULL GLOSS AND IS FREE FROM ANY SPLITS, REPAIRS OR WRITING. ALL COLOURS ARE STILLL AS PRESSED AND STRONG AND VIBRANT.. THIS SLEEVE DOES DISPLAY A GENUINE AS NEW FEEL AND APPEARANCE!
OVERALL A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY AQUIRE THE FRIST EVER UK APPLE ALBUM RELEASE BUT AQUIRE THE ULTRA RARE MONO VERSION. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THESE MONO COPIES ARE HUGHLY SOUGHTAFTER AND HARDLY EVER SURAFCE FOR SALE, TO OBTAIN A MONO VERSION THAT IS NOT ONLY COMPLETE BUT IS OFFERED IN SUCH DESIRABLE QUALITY IS A CHANCE NOT TO BE MISSED......
