(BEATLES) LENNON "IMAGINE" RARE APPLE QUADRAPHONIC

£ 36

$ 48

£ 36 Sold For

Nov 16, 2007 Sold Date

Nov 9, 2007 Start Date

£ 25 Start price

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JOHN LENNON "IMAGINE"

ORIGINAL 1972 AUSTRALLIAN APPLE 1ST PRESSING.

RELEASED OCTOBER 1971 "IMAGINE" WAS A UK NUMBER ONE HIT FOR LENNON AND SPENT A TOTAL OF 101 WEEKS IN THE CHARTS. THIS WAS LENNON'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM AND HIS ONLY NUMBER 1 UNTIL THE RELEASE OF THE "DOUBLE FANTASY" ALBUM.

ALL ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUES OF THIS ALBUM CONTAINED A POSTER OF LENNON SAT AT HIS PIANO AND A POSTCARD OF LENNON HOLDING A PIG BY THE EARS... AN OBVIOUS PARODY OF THE COVER OF MCCARTNEY'S "RAM" ALBUM WHICH HAD BEEN RELEASED EARLIER THAT SAME YEAR.

IT IS ALSO PURPORTED THAT THE TRACK "HOW DO YOU SLEEP" WAS IN ANSWER TO MCCARTNEY'S REPORTED ATTACKS ON LENNON ON THE "RAM" ALBUM.

IN 1972 THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED AGAIN IN QUADRAPHONIC SOUND. THESE PRESSINGS WHERE ISSUED IN VERY LIMITED NUMBERS AND ANY ISSUES ARE NOW VERY VERY HARD TO OBTAIN

APPLE Q4 PAS 10004

QEX.865/6-3-4

THE APPLE PICTURE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN ABSOLUTE MINT CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND VIVID AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING E.T.C.

THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS NEAR MINT, IT DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SURFACE MARK WHICH WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE ANDTHESE ARE JUST ABOUT VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT. THIS LOOKS VERY APPEALING AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS UNPLAYED!!!

THE POSTER IS MINT, IT IS IN ITS ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED CONDITION AND APPEARS TO HAVE NEVER BEEN UNFOLDED AND I DOUBT IT HAS SELDOM BEEN REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE

THE RARE AND ORIGINAL PIG POSTCARD IS MINT!!! AGAIN I DOUBT THIS HAS EVER BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE LYRIC INNER IS ALSO IN ITS ORIGINAL AND MINT CONDITION. THE VINYL HAS NEVER BEEN STORED IN THIS INNER (IT HAS BEEN KEPT IN A SEPERATE SLEEVE) THEREFORE THE INNER DISPLAYS NO CREASING OR RING WEAR AND DOESNT EVEN DISPLAY THE IMPRESSION OF THE VINYL.... SIMPLY AMAZING!!!

THE OUTER SLEEVE IS AGAIN IN AMAZING NEAR MINT CONDITION.THE SLEEVE STILL HAS ITS PROTECTIVE FILM COVERING IT AND THIS HAS UNDOUBTEDLY HELPED TO MAINTAIN ITS LIKE NEW APPEARENCE. IT HAS NO CREASES, THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND TRUE AND THE SLEEVE IS FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED MARKS. THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND ALL WORDING IS READABLE. THE SLEEVE IS SPOTLESSY CLEAN, IT STILL RETAINS IT HIGH GLOSS APPEARENCE AND HAS A LIKE NEW FEELAPPEARENCE...THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED YESTERDAY!!!

OVERALL A SIMPLY STUNNIG AND NEAR MINT, UNPLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY VERY RARE APPLE QUADRAPHONIC PRESSING. WHICH OFFERS NEAR MINT VINYL, POSTER AND POSTACRD AND A SUPERIOR TOP QUALITY OUTER SLEEVE............ THESE QUADROPHONIC PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM COMPLETE WITH ALL ITS ORIGINAL COMPONENTS ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION OR ANY FORMAT.... THIS IS ONE NOT TO MISS!!!!!!

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