George Harrison ALL THINGS MUST PASS UK UNPLAYED MINT

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GEORGE HARRISON'S - ALL THINGS MUST PASS

IN INCREDIBLE UNPLAYED!!!! CONDITION

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT UK BOX SET

COMPLETE WITH UK POSTER

• CATALOGUE: APPLE STCH 639
• MATRIX: YEX 817-1U / 818-1U / 819-1U / 820-1U / 821-1U / 822-1U
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 1 HG / 2 PL / 2 TA / 2 HO / 1 GR / 1 HH
• AN INCREDIBLY EARLIEST PRESS, THE EARLIEST I HAVE EVER LISTED

OH MY GOD!!! THATS WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS ABSOLUTE BEAUTY. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS WONDERFUL SET HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED UNTIL TODAY WHEN MY CAREFUL TEST PLAY REVEALED ABSOLUTELY STUNNING AUDIO PLAYBACK.

WHOEVER WINS THIS WILL HAVE THE BEST COPY OF THIS 3 LP SET THAT MONEY CAN BUT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN INVESTMENT GRADE SET

 I WANT TO START THIS OFF BY STATING THAT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER I HAVE BELIEVED THAT THE VERY FIRST UK PRESSES HAD TO HAVE A UK MADE BOX, AND THAT THE US BOXES WERE USED ONCE THE BRITISH ONES RAN OUT. I HAVE CAUSE TO DOUBT MYSELF HERE, AND THE REASON IS THIS:- JUST ABOUT EVERY COPY THAT I HAVE HAD THAT HAS FEATURED A UK BOX HAS HAD VINYL INSIDE THAT HAD 3 LETTERS IN THE STAMPER ( 4 GOT) FOR EXAMPLE. THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESS CAN ONLY BE 1 G. BUT CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THIS ALBUM STAYED IN THE UK CHARTS FOR 24 WEEKS AND 8 OF THOSE AT NUMBER 1, MEANING THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF COPIES BEING PRESSED, SO IT'S NO SURPRISE TO SEE A GENUINE NOVEMBER 1970 1ST ISSUE WITH STAMPERS THAT HAD THREE LETTERS. THIS SET HERE WITH A US BOX HAS ONLY 2 STAMPERS AND IS THEREFORE EVEN EARLIER OF THE PRESS. SO MY FAITH IS BEING TESTED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS, AND IT IS THEREFORE VERY POSSIBLE THAT BOTH THE US AND THE UK BOXES WERE BEING USED AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME DUE TO THE DEMAND OF PRODUCTION

ANYWAY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS AN ABSOLUTELY MINT UNPLAYED EXAMPLE WITH EVERY SINGLE COMPONENT PART OF THIS SET IN 100% MINT!!!! CONDITION

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THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE 6 PICTURE LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON ANY SIDE, AND NO COLOUR LOSS. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNWORN. IN FACT THERE IS STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE HOLE ON A COUPLE OF THE DISCS SHOWING THAT THESE ALBUM HAVE JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLES ON ANY OF THE DISCS AND I HAVE TRIED MY BEST TO FIND JUST ONE UNDER A SPOTLIGHT AS WELL. THIS IS THE FIRST INDICATOR THAT THE SET HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED

THE VINYL

ROCK SOLID HEAVY WEIGHT FIRST PRESS EMI VINYL THAT IS JUST SUBLIME. HOLDING EACH DISC IN TURN THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING EITHER, NOT EVEN THE WISPY HAIRLINES FROM SLEEVE REMOVAL, AND I HAVE EVEN TILTED THE DISCS INTO DIRECT SUNLIGHT WHICH WILL ALWAYS SHOW UP ANY INVISIBLE LINE, AND THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NONE, AND THIS IS THE SECOND INDICATOR WHY THIS SET HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED. THE THIRD IS THE REPRODUCTION

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE 3 ALBUMS AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID, IF THEY HAD THE CHOICE. I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE TO MY CUSTOMERS 

LOWERING THE STYLUS TO THE RUN IN GROOVE OF EACH SIDE THERE IS TOTAL SILENCE ON EACH OF THE 6 SIDES UNTIL THE MUSIC STARTS. TOTAL SILENCE ON EACH OF THE RUN OUT GROOVES, AND TOTAL SILENCE IN EACH OF THE LINKING GROOVES. YOU CANNOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, BUT THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE IF THE SET HAD NEVER BEEN PLAYED

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE, NO CLICKS, NO STAIC, NO POPS NOTHING!! JUST THE ODD SECOND OR SO OF VINYL NOISE

I STILL CANNOT GET OVER THE FACT THAT FOR 41 YEARS THIS HAS SAT UNPLAYED

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB. THE OPENING TRACK ON SIDE 5 IS THE BEST INDICATOR OF JUST HOW PURE THE SOUND IS, AS THE PIANO NOTES JUST HIT YOU AS CLEAR AS IF THE PIANO WAS IN THE SAME ROOM

I CANNOT GIVE ANY OTHER GRADE THAN MINT!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF, BUT BE PREPARED TO BE AMAZED

THE SLEEVE

WELL A BOX, NOT A SLEEVE. HOW HARD IS THIS TO FIND IS COLLECTIBLE CONDITION? NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. FIRSTLY YOU HAVE MOST OF THESE BOXES WITH TORN CORNERS AND SECONDLY THE POROUS SURFACE IS USUALLY VERY BADLY SOILED.

THIS BOX IS 100% MINT, IT'S CONTENTS ARE 100% MINT

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE QUITE LIKE THIS

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THIS USUALLY MOTTLED , GRUBBY, STAINED, HAS STICKER REMOVAL MARKS ON IT, AND GENERALLY LOOKS SHABBY. HERE WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE EXAMPLE.

THE GREY SURFACE IS IN SUPREME CONDITION. NOT ONE FINGERMARK, NOT ONE STAIN, NOT ONE MARK OF ANY DESCRIPTION, AND IT IS CLEAR THIS HAS BEEN KEPT SECURE INSIDE SOME PLASTIC SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE BOX FROM ANY WEAR WHATSOEVER. NO SIGNS OF AGING AT ALL, AND NO LOSS OF THE BLACK AND VARIOUS SHADES OF GREY THAT MAKE UP THE PICTURE

ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE PRISTINE, AND THE SPINES AND TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO UNMARKED.THE EDGES ARE FINISHED IN A JET BLACK MATT FINISH WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND SHELFWORN, BUT HERE THE BLACK IS STILL PERFECTLY BLACK AND UNRUBBED. THE LEFT SPINE WITH THE GOLD TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE GOLD LEAF IS IMMACULATE, WITH JUST THE 'ORG' FROM GEORGE WITH THE BAREST TRACE OF LOSS

THE BASE OF THE BOX IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION, AND THIS IS USUALLY SCRATCHED AND RUBBED, BUT NOT ON THIS SET

AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS BOX HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM NEW IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE, TO BE IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION

OPENING THE BOX AND LOOKING INSIDE AT THE PANELS UNDER THE LID, AGAIN THE STORY IS THE SAME. THE ORIANGE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND THERE HAS BEEN NO BLEMISH TO ANY PART OF IT. ALL THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECT. THE WEBBINGTHAT MAKES THE SPINE HINGE IS PERFECT, AND ALL OF THE INTERNAL CORNERS ARE PRISTINE

INSIDE THE BOX THE THREE ALBUMS COME HOUSED INSIDE THREE VERY VULNERABLE ROUGH TEXTURED INNER SLEEVES THAT IN MOST CASES HAVE SPLIT ALONG THE SEAMS. ON THIS COPY HOWEVER ALL THREE INNERS ARE IN UNSPLIT CONDITION.AND ARE TOTALLY UNCREASED, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FOURTH INDICATOR THAT THESE LP'S HAVE NEVER EVER BEEN OUT OF THE BOX, BECAUSE THESE INNERS ARE JUST PRISTINE. 100 FLAT AND UNCREASED AND NOT EVEN A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE. I AM TAKING NO CHANCES AND ALL THREE DISCS ARE NOW IN NEW POLY LINED SLEEVES TO ENSURE THESE INNER REMAIN IN MINT CONDITION

THE HUGE POSTER WHICH IS OFTEN MISSING FROM THIS SET IS IN MINT CONDITION. EVERY FOLD LINE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS WHEN LOOKING AT IT, THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLACED ON ANY WALL, WELL NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE BOX EITHER. I HAVE CAREFULLY CHECKED IT, AND IT IS THE FIRST ISSUE MADE IN GT BRITAIN AND NOT THE AMERICAN POSTER

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT!!!!!!!

AN INVESTMENT GRADE COLLECTIBLE . A MODERN ANTIQUE IF YOU LIKE, IN MINT CONDITION. UNHEARD OF???

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY