Beatles Yesterday And Today Apple LP MINT STILL SEALED in Original Shrink Wrap
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Here is another MINT STILL SEALED BEATLES or BEATLES-RELATED LP from my collection. Please check my other auctions for others.
In this auction:
· “YESTERDAY AND TODAY” by the Beatles
· This LP is Apple Records ST 2553.
· This is a STEREO RECORD.
· This LP is in MINT STILL SEALED CONDITION. It is STILL in its ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP. There is a small push on the bottom left corner, and the shrink wrap has a 5-inch diagonal tear in it from just under the Capitol logo near the top of the spine to the mid-point of George’s tie.
· The Shrink Wrap has “breathe holes” and there is NO BAR CODE.
· The COVER is constructed of cardboard (NOT poster board). This is a Capitol-marked cover (on the spine and left top of the front cover and has the RIAA Gold Record Award Seal on it. The number “12” is printed at the lower right corner of the rear cover indicating that this LP was pressed at Capitol’s Winchester plant.
· “Mfd. by Apple” is printed on the uncut Apple label. How do I know this, since the LP is still sealed? I recall maybe 10 -12 years ago I won a couple of sealed Beatles LPs from Perry Cox, and he had stated that they had green Capitol labels (issued 1969-1971). The shrink wrap was split about 5-6 inches in the middle of the opening with 2 pieces of clear tape at the top and bottom of the cut to avoid further splitting of the shrink wrap. I understand that this was done to spread the opening a bit, and with a small light, shine inside to see the label.
· I followed the same procedure on this LP. I applied 2 pieces of clear tape about 3 inches from the top and bottom of the opening and slit the shrink wrap and white paper inner sleeve (because the paper inner sleeve did not have a die-cut center hole) at the middle of the opening. I used my IFM Optics Handheld HD Endoscope (with Color LCD Screen, Digital Borescope Inspection Camera with LED lights and 2.0 Megapixels Semi-Rigid Snake Camera) that I bought on Amazon, and I was able to see one of the labels (with a tiny mirror attached to the camera) and take a couple of photos with my cell phone (from the endoscopic screen) of the label which is included.
· Because the camera is so small, it can only see several letters of words at a time. I looked at the perimeter printing. In the images you will see 3 fuzzy images of the printing “MFD. BY APP” from the perimeter printing “MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC.” on the full-apple label. (Letters are reversed due to mirror being used on the end of the endoscopic device.)
· NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THIS LP’s VINYL or LABEL using the Endoscope to see the label which identified its years of production. IT IS STILL A SEALED LP.
· This data confirms that this APPLE LP was issued 1971 - 1975.
A NICE STILL SEALED BEATLES LP to add to your vinyl collection.
Thanks to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels for information about this record.
FYI: I use the COVER/SLEEVE GRADES and RECORD GRADES listed and described on page 8 of Perry Cox’s and Frank Daniels’ Price Guide for the Beatles American Records. These are: Good+ (G+), Very Good Minus (VG-), Very Good (VG), Very Good+ (VG+), Near Mint Minus or Very Good++ (NM- or VG++), Near Mint (NM), Mint Minus (M-), and Mint (M or MT) to VISUALLY grade this LP, so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for items you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish on the same day. Winning bidder must remit payment within 5 days of auction close by PayPal. Add $4.00 for shipping to a U.S. address via Media Mail with tracking.
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