(BEATLES) MJQ "UNDER THE JASMINE TREE" RARE UK APPLE
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MODERN JAZZ QUARTET "UNDER THE JASMINE TREE"
ORIGINAL AND RARE 1968 UK 1ST STEREO ISSUE.
THE M.J.Q ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN JAZZ, THEY WERE SIGNED TO APPLE BY RON CASS WHO SIGNED THEM SIMPLY BECAUSE HE LIKED THEM.
"UNDER THE JASMINE TREE" WAS THEIR FIRST OF TWO ALBUMS RECORDED ON THE APPLE LABEL. NEITHER ALBUM SOLD WELL IN THE U.K MAKING ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUES NOW SOMEWHAT HARD TO FIND.
THE ALBUM WAS ONLY THE SECOND NONE BEATLE ALBUM RELEASE ON APPLE AND THIS PARTICULAR VERY VERY 1ST PRESSING CARRIES THE SCRATCHED OUT MATRIX NUMBER "STAP 2" (THIS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR LENNONS "TWO VIRGINS") AND IT ALSO CARRIES THE MATRIX "SAPCOR 2" ( THIS WAS THE NUMBER EVENTUALLY USED FOR "TWO VIRGINS") BUT THE "2" HAS BEEN SCRATCHED OUT AND REPLACED ABOVE IT WITH THE CORRECT "4".
APPLE SAPCOR 4
STAP 2 SCRATCHED OUT
4-A/B-1-1 (SCRATCHED OUT 2)
STAMPERS G1 G1
NO TAX CODE
THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SIMPLY STUNNING CONDITION. WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT LABELS HAVE NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT!!!! LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND VERY VERY VIVID.
THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS AGAIN STUNNING. AGAIN CLOSE INSECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT AND VERY MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS (THESE ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER THE LIGHT) MOST OF THESE WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE AS THIS CANT HAVE BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO IS FLAWLESS WITH NO DISTORTION PRESENT. THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGHOUT WITHOUT ANY SKIPS, POPS OR JUMPS.
BLACK INNER. THE INNER SHOWS JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND IS TOTALLY INTACT WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY.
THE OUTER FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. THE FRONT DISPALYS JUST LIGHT CREASES AND ONE HEAVIER CREASE TO BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. THERE IS SOME LAMINATE LIFT EVIDENT TO FRONT AND REAR SPINE EDGE BUT IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT THE LAMINATE HAS NOT SPLIT. THE REAR HAS JUST THE ODD VERY LIGHT CREASE. THE SLEEVE IS TOTALLY INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING AND IS STILL EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND REATINS ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN.
OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE UK APPLE VERY 1ST PRESSING. WHICH OFFERS SIMPLY STUNNING LABELS AND VINYL, VERY 1ST STAMPERS AND UNIQUE MATRIX NUMBERS.
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