PAUL McCARTNEY 1st LP 1970 APPLE 1st Press MINT FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		127
	$		168

Hello!  Please note, that this auction will end on late Tuesday January 2nd UK time.  Of course, I usually end my auctions on Sundays.  However, as this coming Sunday falls on News Years Eve in the UK this is impossible.  I do NOT stop for the Christmas period, and will be listing some truly INCREDIBLE items!  In fact, most of my listings over the Christmas period have all come from one AMAZING collection, and are the BEST and RAREST items I have seen for a very VERY long time.  So don't forget to check back before Tuesday January 2nd UK time - to see some the BEST ITEMS I have EVER listed!  Please read on about this AMAZING item below, and GOOD LUCK if you decide to bid:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Paul McCartney called "McCartney" and is an ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Apple label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS PAUL McCARTNEY'S FIRST & RAREST LP EVER (LIKE THIS!) - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1970 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (LIKE THIS!), AND WAS ALMOST CHANGED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL, AS IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE - WITH ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 'EMI RECORDS / GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD' TEXT ON THE BOTTOM BACK OF THE COVER (THIS TEXT WAS ONLY EVER PRINTED IN THE FIRST MONTH OF RELEASE ONLY - BECAUSE AFTER THE BEATLES OFFICIALLY SPLIT UP - IT WAS THEN CHANGED TO 'AN APPLE RECORD' INSTEAD ON ALL LATER COPIES!), AND 2U/2U MATRIXES (ALL LATER ONES HAD HIGHER NUMBERS INSTEAD!)!!!!

THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING (AND IS 100% GENIUNE - COMING FROM THE SAME COLLECTION OF OTHER 'FACTORY SAMPLES' I ALSO HAVE LISTED THIS WEEK!)!!!!  AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / APPLE THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLES' WERE NEARLY ALWAYS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE - AND ARE TRULY EXCEPTIONALLY HARD TO FIND TODAY, AS BARELY ANY EXIST!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THIS 'FACTORY SAMPLE' CAME FROM A VERY GENIUNE AND VERIFIED SOURCE!!!!  AND AS YOU WILL SEE (THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK), ALONG WITH FACTORY SAMPLES FROM MANY DIFFERENT ARTISTS, THERE ARE ALSO 1960s AND 1970s WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSINGS, 'PRESS PACKS', AND DEMO LABELLED LPs FROM THE SAME COLLECTION - CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS 'FACTORY SAMPLE' IS 100% GENIUNE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION FOR ONCE!!!!  AND THE RECORD IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'DARK' APPLE LABEL, 1ST PRESS 2U/2U MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'EMI RECORDS' GATEFOLD FULLY LAMINATED COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Apple UK 1st Pressing from 1970 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is PCS 7102 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Apple label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'EMI Records' Gatefold FULLY Laminated Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, only an absolutely TINY laminate lift in 1 corner, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO rips, NO tears, shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  Of course, as is normal with this cover, there is some laminate glazing under light, and inevitable record impression on the cover back.  But in ALL other respects this cover is simply STUNNING!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, STUNNING shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better - and is very VERY close to a grade above!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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