(BEATLES) LENNON "IMAGINE" RARE UK APPLE QUADRAPHONIC
£
204
$
270
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
JOHN LENNON "IMAGINE"
ORIGINAL 1972 RARE UK APPLE QUADRAPHONIC 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 ISSUED AGAIN IN QUADRAPHONIC SOUND. THESE ISSUES WHERE PRODUCED IN VERY LIMITED NUMBERS AND THE ORIGINAL UK VERSION IS NOW EXTREMLEY HARD TO FIND.
OFFERED IN UNPLAYED CONDITION THIS RARE APPLE ALBUM IS COMPLETE WITH ITS RARE AND ORIGINAL "QUADRAPHONIC" INNER AND A MINT POSTER AND POSTCARD.
APPLE Q4 PAS 10004
QEX 865/6
STAMPERS O 1 O 1
THE APPLE PICTURE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN NEAR MINT AND UNMARKED CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED CLOSELY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT LABELS DISPLAY JUST ONE TINY SPINDLE MARK TO EITHER SIDE. BOTH LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND VIVID AND FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING....BOTH SIDES DISPLAY THEIR ORIGIANL LIKE NEW APPEARENCE.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS NEAR MINT. CLOSE AND CAREFUL INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT AND TINY, WISPY SURFACE MARKS WHICH WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE, IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS MINT. BOTH DISCS RETAIN THEIR LIKE NEW GLOSS WITH NO DULLING PRESENT AND BOTH LIE PREFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.CLEALRY HAVING RECEIVED NO MORE THAN TWO VERY CAREFUL PLAYS THIS VINYL IS IN TRULY STUNNING CONDITION.
CORRECT AND RARE "QUADRAPHONIC" INNER IS PRESENT AND IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. DISPLAYING JUST LIGHT CREASING, MAINLY FROM WHERE THIS HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE.THE INNER IS TOTALLY INTACT WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND IS OF COURSE FREE FROM WRITING.
THE ORIGINAL LARGE POSTER IS MINT. CLEARLY HAVING NEVER BEING DISPLAYD I DOUBT THE POSTER HAS REARELY BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE.
THE PIG POSTCARD IS MINT
THE ORIGINAL QUADRAPHONIC SLEEVE IS SUPERB. RETAINING IT ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT EDGE CREASES AND SOME VERY VERY LIGHT "THUMBNAIL" CREASES (THESE ARE ONLY VISIBLE WHEN SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN LIGHT). THE SLEEVE IS STILL CLEAN AND BRIGHT . THE GLOSSY REAR IS AS PER THE FRONT AND SUPERB. THE SPINE IS STILL RIGID AND ALL WORDING IS READABLE. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND IS AGAIN FREE FROM WRITING.
OVERALL A STUNNING AND PLAYED TWICE EXAMPLE OF THIS NOW VERY RARE UK APPLE RELEASE.
COPIES OF THIS ALBUM VERY RARELY SURFACE FOR SALE .... THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS ALBUM WHICH IS COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND RARE QUADRAPHONIC INNER, MINT POSTER AND MINT POSTCARD.... THIS IS ONE NOT TO BE MISSED.
