(BEATLES) JAMES TAYLOR "JAMES TAYLOR" UK APPLE 1ST
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JAMES TAYLOR "JAMES TAYLOR"
ORIGINAL 1968 UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED DECEMBER 1968 JAMES TAYLORS SELF TITLED APPLE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE CALLED "JAMES TAYLOR & SON" AND WAS THE FIRST APPLE ALBUM TO APPEAR IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE.
TAYLOR WAS DISCOVERD BY PETER ASHER AND BOTH LATER LEFT APPLE TO PERSUR THEOR CAREERS ELSEWHERE.
PAUL MCCARTNEY APPEARS ON THIS ALBUM PLAYING BASS ON SOME TRACKS.
APPLE SAPCOR 3.
A/B-1-1
STAMPERS GM 1 GG 1
THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED UNDER A STRONG LIGHT THE LABELS HAVE JUST LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT. BOTH SIDES ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN WITH STRONG AND BRIGHT COLOURS AND PERFECT LETTERING.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARK, NONE ARE IN ANY WAY SEVERE.THIS HAS BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE ARE NO IMPERFECTIONS TO TEH PLAYING SURFACE.
THE INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.
THE OUTER FLIMSEY GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS SUPERB..SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO "THE BETALES FOR SALE" SLEEVE AND THEREFORE JUST LIKE THAT SLEEVE THIS ONE WAS NOT RENOWNED FOR SURVIVING VERY WELL....THIS ONE HAS SURVIVED REALLY WELL..THE FRONT THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS NO CREASES TO TEH FRONT BUT THERE IS A SECTION OF LAMINATE LIFT TOWARD LEFT SIDE (SEE PICTURE) IT MUST HOWEVER BE STRESSED THAT THE LAMINATE IS NOT SPLIT OR CRACKED. THE FRONT IS SPOTLESSY CLEAN WITH JUST A HINT OF WEAR EVIDENT TO TOP EDGE. THE REAR HAS JUST TWO OR THREE VERY TINY CREASES BUT IS AGAIN SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND GLOSSY.THERE IS ONE CORNER BUMP EVIDENT. THE INNER IS SPOTLESS AND STILL ITS GENUINE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR WITH NO HANDLING MARKS AND BOTH INNER FLIP BACKS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO CREASING. THERE ARE SOME MINOR CREASES TO INNER SEAM. THE SPINE IS STILL RIGID WITH JUST THE ODD LIGHT CREASE.
OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING.
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