(BEATLES) JOHN TAVENER "THE WHALE" RARE UK APPLE 1ST
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JOHN TAVENER "THE WHALE"
OFFERED FOR SALE ONE OF THE RAREST UK APPLE RELEASES TO OBTAIN.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 1970 "THE WHALE" WAS TAVENER'S FIRST UK APPLE RELEASE.
JOHN TAVENER HAD BECOME RENOWNED AS A GREAT MODERN DAY CLASSICAL COMPOSER AND WAS INTRODUCED TO APPLE BY RINGO, YET DESPITE THIS THIS ALBUM WAS ONE OF APPLE'S POOREST SELLERS.
ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE COPIES OF THIS ALBUM HAVE BECOME VERY VERY ELUSIVE AND ARE VERY MUCH IN HIGH DEMAND AMONGST BEATLES AND APPLE COLLECTORS ALIKE.
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS UNPLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE APPLE RELEASE WHICH IS HOUSED IN A STUNNING GATEFOLD SLEEVE.
APPLE SAPCOR 15
A/B-1U-1U
STAMPERS G 1 A 1
FEATURING MINT, UNMARKED AND SLIGHTLY TEXURED, VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES. THE LABELS ARE ABSOLUTELY LIKE NEW AND UNBLEMISHED IN ANY WAY. WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT ANY SPINDLE MARKS, BOTH SIDES ARE SPOTLESS, VIVID AND VIBRANT WITH PERFECT LETTERING AND BRIGHT COLOURS.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO MINT AND UNMARKED. CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS A PRISTINE VINYL WITH NO SURFACE MARKS PRESENT. CLEARLY UNPLAYED THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND IS AS PRESSED!!.
THE ORIGINAL WHITE INNER IS PRESENT AND IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT HAS THE ODD LIGHT CREASE BUT DISPLAYS NO DISCOLOURATION TO THE EDGES, THE SLEEVE IS INTACT WITH NO WRITING.
THE ORIGINAL NON-LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS STUNNING. REMAINING STRONG, FIRM AND RIGID THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST TWO OR THREE VERY TINY AND MILD CREASES AND MINOR CORNER BUMPS. THE FRONT IS STILL BRIGHT WHITE WITH NO HANDLING MARKS EVIDENT AND THERE IS NO DISCOLOURATION VISIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT. THE INNER IS SUPERB WITH VIRTUALLY NO HANDLING MARKS AND IS VERY VERY CLEAN. THE REAR IS AS PER THE FRONT. THE SPINE IS PERFECT, STRONG AND UNCRUSHED WITH PERFECT TEXT. ALL EDGES ARE PERFECTLY SQUARE AND STRAIGHT. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN, BRIGHT AND VIVID AND IS OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY TEARS, SPLITS OR WRITING.
THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE ONE OF THE RAREST UK APPLE RELEASES OFFERED IN STUNNING AND UNPLAYED CONDITION..
