The Beatles ABBEY ROAD 1969 UK LP 1st MISALIGNED + BLUE RIM APPLE MINT MINUS

	£		210
	$		278

THE BEATLES - ABBEY ROAD

MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO

SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT

* MISALIGNED APPLE ON REAR OF SLEEVE

* UNHEARD OF BLUE RIM TO THE LOWER HALF OF THE APPLE ON SIDE TWO


ON OFFER IN THIS AUCTION IS POSSIBLY JUST A ONE OF KIND MISPRESS AT THE EMI FACTORY
TAKE A LOOK AT THE B SIDE LABEL AND YOU WILL INSTANTLY SEE WHAT IS AWRY WITH IT. THE LOWER THIRD OF THE OUTER EDGE OF THE APPLE HAS A BLUE BORDER.  THIS IS CLEARLY NOT MEANT TO BE THERE. AT FIRST I THOUGH THAT SOMEONE HAS BEEN AT IT WITH A FELT TIP PEN, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE, IT IS PERFECTLY SYMETRICAL AND THE TYPEFACE  SITS ON TOP OF THE COLOUR
NEVER EVER SEEN THIS BEFORE AND I HAVE HANDLED HUNDRED OF ABBEY ROAD RECORDS OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS
AN OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO GET A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE MISALIGNED APPLE SLEEVE BUT A VERY UNUSUAL AND RARE COPY OF A CLASSIC LABEL

• CATALOGUE: APPLE PMC 7088
• MATRIX:YEX 749-2 / 750-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 9 OTH / 8 MTD

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. 

THE DARK GREEN SIDE IS VERY RICH AND VIBRANT, AND HAS LOST NONE OF THE COLOUR AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOLD AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THE WHITE SIDE IS VERY WHITE AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE. 

THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN, THERE ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE 

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IS REALLY CLEAN. 

IN DAYLIGHT THE DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS , AND EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO I CAN ONLY SEE A FEW TINY WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF DISTORTION CAUSED THROUGH GROOVE WEAR.

 A STUNNING STEREO REPRODUCTION WITH NOTES BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY.

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLING AND NO LOUD CLICKS AT ANY POINT.

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE  . THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT

I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO TINY AND BARELY AUDIBLE SPECKS OF STATIC THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

TWI MINUSCULE TICS IN THE OPENING TRACK AND A VERY TINY BIT OF LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND AT THE RUN OUT TO SIDE TWO

ONE OF THE FINEST COPIES AVAILABLE 

MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH IN MY OPINION

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE

THIS IS THE RARER EXAMPLE WITH THE MISALIGNED APPLE LOGO ON THE REAR

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN.AND THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. 

THIS SLEEVE HISTORICALLY SUFFERS FROM SEVERE RING WEAR DUE TO THE FLIMSINESS OF THE CARD USED. THIS COPY IS FREE FROM ANY RING WEAR AND ONLY SHOWS A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

THIS IS THE SLEEVE THAT BARELY SHOWS THE DRAIN AT THE FOOT OF THE PICTURE

THERE ARE JUST FOUR VERY TINY PRESSURE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE,  FOUR ALONG THE TOP EDGE, THREE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND SIX THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE 

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY SQUARE AND UNRUBBED.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR OTHER THAN A SMALL SCUFF IN THE CENTRE OF THE BOTTOM ONE, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT FROM TIP TO TIP ON BOTH EDGES. THE CORNER TIPS REMAIN UNBLEMISHED

THE WAFER THIN SPINE IS IN TOP CONDITION. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECT AND UNBLEMISHED. THE ENDS ARE ALSO IMMACULATE WITHOUT ANY RUB TO THE VERY TIPS, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THE OPENING EDGE HAS  TINY BIT OF FEATHERING

THE THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS SUPERB AS THE FRONT, JUST FOUR TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, ONE ON THE TOP EDGE , TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE APPLE INNER SLEEVE HAS NO SEAM SPLITS AND IS IN TOP CONDITION

THIS SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT IT IS THAT GOOD!!!!