BEATLES The Long And Winding Road Sweden 45 UNIQUE swedish p/s LISTEN
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Description
A: The Long And Winding Road
B: For You Blue
[APPLE, 4E 006-04514 M, SWEDEN]
HOLY GRAIL TIME! I have had the privilege to offer some very rare Beatles items in the past (the "Our First Four" box-set, black/gold "Please Please Me" LP etc.), but the item up for grabs here - the original Sweden release of the "The Long And Winding Road" 45 on Apple from 1970 trumps all of them. This 45 and its sleeve are only known to exist in a handful copies. For some reason it was immediately withdrawn from the market and the german release was instead sold here in Sweden. I have no idea why, but that is what happened.
Up for grabs here is the by far rarest Beatles record released in Sweden, and one of the absolute rarest worldwide releases as well. As far as I know it has NEVER BEEN SOLD ON EBAY earlier. This is the first copy of this 45 that I have ever had, I have actually never even seen another copy "in the flesh". Both the sleeve and the 45 are made in Sweden.
This item is in SUPERB condition. The sleeve is almost in total "time machine" condition, but I'm going to play it safe and grade it as EX+ due to some extremely light ringwear. There are NO tears, NO writing and NO seam splits anywhere on the sleeve. It looks lovely! The vinyl is also in superb condition, I'm going to give it a very conservative EX- grading due to some very light hairlines. Most people would probably grade it higher, but once again, I'm being very conservative here. Have a listen below!
Sleeve condition: EX+ (extremely light ringwear)
Vinyl condition: EX- (very light hairlines, plays superb, listen!)
SOUNDCLIP:
Double-click on the "play" button above to listen to SOUND CLIPS of both sides! If the player above doesn't work, click HERE to listen to the MP3.
Don't forget to check out my other auctions this week.
AIR-MAIL POSTAGE COSTS:
45s:
1-3 45s: $4 to Sweden, $8 to Europe, $10 to rest of the world.
4-8 45s: $6 to Sweden, $13 to Europe, $15 to rest of the world.
12"s/LPs:
1 LP/12": $8 to Sweden, $14 to Europe, $16 to rest of the world.
2-3 LP/12"s: $10 to Sweden, $26 to Europe, $31 to rest of the world.
4-7 LP/12"s: $14 to Sweden, $38 to Europe, $45 to rest of the world.
INSURED/REGISTERED SHIPPING is available and costs $13 on top of the postage fee quoted above. I know that's very expensive, but that's the swedish postal system for you...
IMPORTANT! Payment shall be recieved within 10 days.
PLEASE NOTE! In the unlikely event that it might happen, I can not be held responsible for packages going missing unless you've asked to have them sent with insured/registered shipping.
Payment is accepted via PayPal.
Thanks for looking and good luck bidding! og0og5
