BEATLES- JOHN TAVENER "THE WHALE" RARE UK APPLE
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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.
HAVING RECEIVED NO MORE THAN A LIMITED NUMBER OF VERY CAREFUL PLAYS THIS EXAMPLE OFFERS STUNNING VINYL AND LABELS.
APPLE SAPCOR 15
A/B-1U-1U
STAMPERS M 1 O 1
FEATURING NEAR MINT, UNMARKED 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 POSSIBLE TO DETECT JUST ONE OR TWO VERY TINY SPINDLE MARKS TO SIDE TWO ONLY, BOTH SIDES ARE SPOTLESS, VIVID AND VIBRANT WITH PERFECT LETTERING AND BRIGHT COLOURS.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS STUNNING. APART FROM THE EXPECTED LIGHT ,WISPY SURFRACE MARKS, CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FORM ITS SLEEVE THIS VINYL IS OTHERWISE UNMARKED. DISPLAYING A MINT APPEARENCE IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO IS FLAWLESS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION PRESENT.
THE ORIGINAL WHITE INNER IS PRESENT AND IS IN EXCELLENT 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 EXCELLENT. IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT EDGE WEAR AND MINOR CORNER BUMPS. THE FRONT IS STILL BRIGHT WHITE WITH A FEW HANDLING MARKS EVIDENT AND THERE IS SOME MILD DISCOLOURATION TOWARDS THE SPINE EDGE. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT. THE INNER IS SUPERB WITH VIRTUALLY NO HANDLING MARKS AND IS VERY VERY CLEAN. THE REAR SHOWS MINIMAL SIGNS OF WEAR WITH A HINT OF RINGWEAR EVIDENT. THE SPINE SHOWS SOME DISCOLOURATION BUT IS STILL RIGID A ND WORDING IS READABLE.
THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE ONE OF THE RAREST UK APPLE RELEASES.
