Beatles Abbey Road 1st 1969 press misalign Apple -no HM
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Description
The Beatles "Abbey Road"
This is not only the first pressing of Abbey Road from 1969, but also a rare early variant of that pressing.
* The Apple logo on the back cover is misaligned, as shown in photo on the left.
* The "Her Majesty" track is not listed on record label at the end of side 2 as shown in the second photo.
* There is a secret track on the LP vinyl at the end of side 2.
(Misaligned Apple - The picture of the Apple at bottom left of the rear cover should be in line with the paragraph of text just above it. You can see it is instead displaced/misaligned to the left.
Her Majesty Listing - The listing on the vinyl label at the end of side 2 on all later labels is "NCB. THE END HER MAJESTY (Lennon....) On this rare variant the words "Her Majesty" are missing from the label.
Secret Track - On this record when you play side 2, there is a very long silence at the end of the last track - about 10 seconds of silence - and you think the LP has finished - then the secret track "Her Majesty" not listed on the label starts to play.)
LP
* Stereo
* Label PCS 7088
* Matrices YEX 749-2 and YEX 750-1 ie first pressing
* Dark green Apple label
* "Her Majesty" not listed on label
* Excellent EX / EX+ condition
Outer Cover
* Excellent condition
* No damage, no tears, all edges undamaged, no writing. Just a few creases in the laminate near the record entrance.
* "Her Majesty" not listed on the rear of the cover .
* Apple logo on front misaligned.
* Fully laminated original cover by Garrod and Lofthouse.
Inner Sleeve
* Matt black paper cover
* Excellent EX+ condition
* Completely unmarked, undamaged, no writing, no tears
* No seamsplits
LP Visual and Play
* Side 1- visually rated excellent EX+ just the faintest of scuff marks become visible in strong light. On play, as would be expected, the sound quality is excellent throughout.
* Side 2 - visually rated excellent EX, three very faint short superficial marks become visible in strong light. These do not produce any effect on the soundtrack. Between tracks 1 and 2 is what looks like a greasy fingerprint, this produces a quiet tick during playback for a few revolutions between tracks.
There are no sticks, no jumps, no writing, just wonderful sound everywhere.
Payment accepted by Paypal, credit cards via Paypal or UK cheque (all at no additional charge.)
Postage + packing
UK next day special delivery including insurance = £6.00
Europe airmail = £4.30
Japan, USA, worldwide = £6.60
Insurance for Europe/worldwide = £4.30
All photos are of the actual item for sale, not taken from "stock" or copied from elsewhere. Please don't copy mine.
On 20-Jul-05 at 10:17:44 BST, seller added the following information: Pay instantly with your debit or credit card through PayPal.
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