George Harrison Beatles ALL THINGS MUST PASS UK 3LP M-

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GEORGE HARRISON'S - ALL THINGS MUST PASS

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

THIS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS 3 LP BOX SET THAT I HAVE EVER HAD THE FORTUNE TO HANDLE AND POSESS

THIS IS THE UK BOX VERSION, NOT THE US BOX. ONLY THE VERY FIRST ISSUES CAME IN THE UK BOX

• CATALOGUE: APPLE STCH 639
• MATRIX: YEX 817-1U / 818-1U / 819-1U / 820-1U / 821-1U / 822-1U
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 2 GPD / 4 GAA / 2 GAO / 2 GMA / 2 GRG / 3 GRO

I HAVE SEEN HUINDREDS OF COPIES OF THIS BOX SET IN THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN SELLING ON EBAY(1998) AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST COPY OF THIS IS HAVE EVER HAD. IT IS TRULY MAGNIFICENT, HAVING ONLY EVER HAD ONE PLAY FROM NEW, AND THEN FILED AWAY AND NEVER PLAYED AGAIN. EVERYTHING THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE SET: BOX, LP'S, INNERS, AND POSTER ARE ALL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION.

THIS IS A GENUINE UK FIRST PRESSING . MANY MANY OF THE EARLY PRESSES HAD BOXES THAT WERE MADE IN THE USA. ONLY A GENUINE FIRST PRESS HAS A UK MADE BOX, AS SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST RUN, THE US BOXES WERE USED BOTH HERE AND IN THE US. IN ADDITION THE -1U MATRIX NUMBERS ON EVERY SIDE OF THE 3 LP'S GUARANTEES A FIRST PRESS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE 6 PICTURE LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRITINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON EITHER 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 IS JUST ONE MINISCULE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE ON EACH LABEL INDICATIONG THE ONE PLAY THAT THESE LP'S HAVE HAD SINCE 1971

THE VINYL

THESE THREE DISCS LOOK AS GOOD TODAY AS THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE PRESSED IN 1971. THEY ARE IMMACULATE AND TOTALLY BLEMISH FREE. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SEE, NOT EVEN ANY WISPY HAIRLINES. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER OUT THERE!

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 TWELVE THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  SET,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPRODUCTION IS IMMACULATE

THE LPS PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ON ALL SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW CRISP AND CLEAN THE DISCS SOUND. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND WHATSOEVER, ALL THAT YOU HEAR IS THE FANTASTIC REPRODUCTION. THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND THE CLARITY CRISP AND CLEAN. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS, AND ONLY IF I AM BEING MEGA PICKY WOULD I SAY THERE IS THE RANDOM SECOND OF STATIC IN ONE OR TWO SPOTS. TO HAVE A VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED COPY OF THIS MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL PRESS IS JUST UNHEARD OF

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL SET MINT MINUS!!!

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 ONE HAS ALL EIGHT CORNERS ON BOTH BASE AND LID IN IMMACULATE UNTORN CONDITION.

AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THIS IS THE UK BOX AND I WILL GET TO THE PROOF OF THAT LATER IN THE LISTING

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY CLEAN AND VIRTUALLY MARK FREE.THIS IS JUST ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AN ORIGINAL BOX WITHOUT SOME FORM OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT SURFACE. THE LIGHT GREY POROUS SURFACE IS USUALLY RIDDLED WITH STAINS AND MARKS, AND IN MOST CASES LOOKING VERY VERY SHABBY INDEED. THIS ONE IS 95% IN AS NEW CONDITION. THE ONLY MINOR BLEMISHES ARE ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE THERE IS A SQUARE OUTLINE WHERE THERE WAS S STICKER PLACED INTO THE CORNER AND THEN REMOVED AT SOME POINT. THE BACKGROUND GREY PAPER IS STILL COMPLETELY INTACT, BUT THE OUTLINE OF THE STICKER STIULL SHOWS LIGHTLY, AND IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER THERE ARE A FEW SPECKS OF BROWN MOTTLING TO THE SURFACE, BUT AGAIN THIS IS MINISCULE COMPARED TO MOST YOU WILL FIND.

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE PRISTINE, AND THE SPINES ARE ALSO UNMARKED.THE SPINES ARE FINISHED IN A JET BLACK MATT FINISH WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND SHELFWORN, BUT HERE THE BLACK ISTILL PERFECTLY BLACK AND UNRUBBED. THE LEFT SPINE WITH THE GOLD TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE BASE OF THE BOX IS ALSO IN AN AMZING MINT CONDITION. USUALLY SCRATCHED AND COLOUR WORN THIS ONE IS IMMACULATE, 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 PANEL UNDER THE LID, THIS IS WHERE THE EVIDENCE OF THE UK BOX IS FOUND. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE IS THE BLOCK CAPITAL TYPEFACE WHICH READS ' MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN'

THE SUPERB ORANGE SURFACE IS IN BEAUTIFUL RICH AND VIBRANT CONDITION, AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND IN IMMACULATE UNRUBBED CONTION. IT IS HERE THAT WE ALSO FIND WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWENR DECIDED TO NEATLY PEN SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE LP SET. THIS IS DOWN THE LEFT HAND EDGE OF THE INNER SURFACE

THE BASE OF THE BOX IS WHITE AND IMMACULATE AND NO EVEIDENCE OF ANY WEAR TO ANY OF THE FOUR CORNERS

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 THEY BARELY HAVE A CREASE LINE ON THEM ANYWHERE.

I HAVE REMOVED THE LP'S AND PLACED THEM IN POLY LINED INNERS TO ENSURE THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF THE ORIGINALS SUSTAINING ANY DAMAGE AT ALL

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, AND IN THIS CASE NEVER BEEN OUTOF THE BOX MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE. IT IS IMMACULATE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

THIS IS WITOUT A DOUBT THE BEST COPY OF THIS ALBUM THAT MONEY CAN BUY AND SOME LUCKY COLLECTOR IS GOING TO GET A REAL TREASURE

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

GARRY