Beatles Abbey Road UK 1969 Press *NEAR MINT in SHRINK*
£
1,035
$
1,371
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Description
THE BEATLES - 'ABBEY ROAD'
This outstanding example of The Beatles' final studio album is a 1st UK pressing on the dark green Apple Record label: PCS 7088.
The side 2 label includes the 'Her Majesty' title.
Matrix numbers: YEX 749-2 & YEX 750-1
Stamper codes: 4/OTP & 1/ODT
Vinyl weight: 146g
Housed in a fully laminated 'Garrod & Lofthouse' printed cover with the Apple logo aligned beneath the rear side 1 track listing.
It comes complete with its original shop shrink-wrapping & original plain white 'Patents No. 1,125,555' inner-sleeve.
CONDITION
Disc
Labels: NEAR MINT
An immaculate pair with just two faint spindle trails around the side 2 centre hole but nothing around the side 1 centre.
Visual: NEAR MINT
Immaculate 'factory-fresh' deep-gloss playing surfaces which are MINT and completely unmarked in strong daylight with just a few barely visible wispy paper hairlines and a sparkling rainbow shine directly beneath my unforgiving halogen desk lamp. a hard one to upgrade.
Sound Quality: NEAR MINT
This pristine sounding copy has clearly received just one or two extremely careful plays at most on good equipment. My single careful play-check at volume detected no trace of any groove/play wear on any track. In fact, apart from a single soft 'tick' at the end of 'Sun King', this is MINT. You will never need to look for another copy of this masterpiece.
Cover: NEAR MINT
A really 1st class example of this cover variant which has been protected these past 42 years by its original shop shrinkwrapping. The shrink itself has inevitably split in places but still fits snugly over the cover. the cover itself is virtually 'shop new' with just a little shelfwear bruising to the lower corners but no trace of wear to the upper two or to either opening edge. Both seams and the spine are smooth, unstressed & unsplit, making this example one of the best you could hope to locate.
Inner-sleeve: NEAR MINT
Perfectly clean & white with no tears, writing or seam splits.
- This item is located in and will be shipped from AUSTRIA. Priority signed for airmail postage to UK addresses will be 11.75 GBP**
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