GEORGE HARRISON ALL THINGS MUST PASS EARLIEST PRESS

	£		90
	$		119

GEORGE HARRISON ALL THINGS MUST PASS IMPOSSIBLE EARLIEST FIRST PRESS!!!

how well do you know your Beatles albums?

I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS THOROUGHLY AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS 3 LP SET IS THE EARLIEST FIRST PRESS WITH THE OFF WHITE BOX INNER AND WHITE CARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS SET IS THE 'EARLIEST' AND RAREST 1ST PRESSING YOU CAN POSSIBLY FIND AND HAS SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES WHEN COMPARED TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  IT EVEN HAS AN EXTRA SPECIALLY MADE INSERT THAT ONLY EVER CAME WITH THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED PRESSINGS EVER (I WILL EXPLAIN THIS FURTHER BELOW)!!!!  BEFORE I GET TO THIS 'EXTRA SPECIAL' RARITY - I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP A 'TRUE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  FIRSTLY IT HAS UK 1ST PRESSED RECORDS WITH 1U MATRIX ENDINGS TO EVERY SIDE (LATER ONES DONT)!!!!  SECONDLY IT HAS 'TEXTURED' 'COLOURED' INNER SLEEVES WITH THE SAME COLOUR ON THE INSIDE OF THE INNERS AS THE OUTSIDE (LATER ONES ARE WHITE INSIDE)!!!!  THIRDLY THE 'FULL SIZE' POSTER HAS 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' PRINTED IN ONE CORNER, AND HAS A LIGHTLY TEXTURED 'MATT' FINISH (LATER ONES WERE 'GLOSSY' AND USUALLY NOT MADE IN GT BRITAIN).  AND LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY - THE OUTER BOX COVER IS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' AND HAS SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!! 

LIKE ANY GENIUNE 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IT IS 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' AND IS FAR LARGER THAN THE LATER THINNER 'U.S.' COVERS THAT FOLLOWED!!!!  HOWEVER THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE!!!!  THE COVER HAS A HEAVILY 'TEXTURED' TEXTURED FINISH TO THE BLACK PART OF THE COVER (LATER 'GT BRITAIN' COVERS DONT).   BUT THE REAL DIFFERENCE THAT IDENTIFIES THIS COVER AS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER IS THAT IT HAS A PLAIN WHITE BOTTOM TO THE INSIDE OF THE 'BOX SET' (LATER ONES ARE ORANGE)!!!!  AND THIS TIES IN PERFECTLY WITH THE 'EXTRA INSERT' I MENTIONED EARLIER!!!!
WHEN THIS BOX SET WAS FIRST CONCIEVED THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE A PLAIN BOTTOM TO THE INSIDE OF THE COVER, AND THEN TO COVER THIS WITH AN 'EXTRA' STIFFENER INSERT WHICH WAS PERFECTLY COLOURED IN ORANGE ON ONE SIDE TO MATCH THE INSIDE LEFT HAND OPENING SIDE OF THE COVER (IT WAS ALSO DESIGNED TO 'FILL' THE COVER TO STOP MOVEMENT)!!!!  IF YOU LOOK AT MY PICTURES - YOU WILL SEE EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN!!!!  HOWEVER THIS IDEA WAS IMMEDIATELY DROPPED (DUE TO TIME & PRODUCTION COSTS) AND IT WAS DECIDED TO LINE THE BOTTOM OF THE INSIDE OF ALL LATER BOX SETS IN ORANGE (WHICH ELIMATED THE NEED FOR THE INSERT)!!!!  NATURALLY THOSE LATER PRESSINGS DO NOT HAVE THIS SPECIALLY MADE 'WHITE' INSERT!!!!

I BELIEVE THAT  THIS IS THE RAREST AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS AMAZING BOX SET EVER AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  IT IS ALSO WORTH MENTIONING - THAT EVEN THE TINY FRACTION OF 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS THAT DID ORIGINALLY HAVE THIS INSERT WOULD HAVE LOST IT OVER THE YEARS - WHICH MAKES THIS BOX SET EVEN RARER STILL!!!!    THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS APPLE LABELS, 1ST PRESS 1U MATRIX ENDINGS TO ALL SIDES, 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' INNERS, 1ST PRESS 'FULL SIZE' COLOUR POSTER, ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS WHITE 'STIFFENER' INSERT,  AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GT BRITAIN' TEXTURED OUTER BOX!!!!  THIS BOX SET IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS !!!!!!!!!!!


THE BOX:


THIS IS OF COURSE THE 'DEEP' BOX WITH THE LEATHER EFFECT...THE BOX IS ONE PIECE-SEE PHOTO 5-JOINED BY THE BINDING ALONG THE SPINE- THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM MOST OF THE SETS ADVERTISED ON EBAY WHICH HAVE A TWO PIECE BOX AND ARE OF COURSE MUCH LATER ISSUES!!!!!!!!!IN PHOTO 5 YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE BOX ON THE LEFT IS THE ONE I AM SELLING!!!!!! ON THE RIGHT IS THE LATER VERSION!!!!!!
THE FRONT COVER AS YOU CAN SEE IS GENERALLY CLEAN WITH NO WRITING STAINS OR MARKS........ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE IS A MARK FROM THE MANUFACTURE WHICH IS ALSO ON THE REAR-WHY IT WAS MADE LIKE THIS I DO NOT KNOW!!!!!!

THE BOX LID HAS COME APART AT 3 CORNERS AND HAS A SMALL SPLIT IN THE LEFT EDGE.COULD IT BE REPAIRED?

THE BOX 'BOTTOM' HAS 3 INTACT CORNERS.........
THE SPINE IS STILL READABLE BUT SOME OF THE GOLD TEXT HAS WORN.

INSIDE BOX: LEFT.NICE ORANGE-DIFFERENT SHADE FROM LATER ISSUES-
CREDITS WITH 'MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN' AT THE BOTTOM!!!!!

RIGHT HAND SIDE: HAS THE FIRST ISSUE OFF WHITE OPTION WITH NO WRITING STAINS ETC........

INTO THIS FITS THE WHITE CARD WHICH IS IN PERFECT CONDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AS WITH THE REST-NO WRITING STAINS ETC- IT IS IN THE 3RD PHOTO!

THE VINYL:
ALL LPS HAVE A NICE SHINE: THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYED BUT NOT EXCESSIVELY.......
I ONLY HAVE A NORMAL LIGHT IN MY KITCHEN WHICH SHOWED A LINE ON SIDE 2 AND ONE ON SIDE 4........

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE ARE THE USUAL LINES FROM NORMAL USAGE IE TAKING THE RECORD IN AND OUT OF THE COLOURED INNER COVERS.........

ALL SIX SIDES PLAYED EXCELLENTLY!!!!!!!!!

NO NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS!!!!!!!!!

THE ONLY FAULT I HEARD WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF THE TITLE TRACK-BUT THIS IS AFTER THE MUSIC HAS FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 QUICK NOISES

LABELS : ALL EXCELLENT

INNER RECORD SLEEVES:

ALL ARE IN NICE CONDITION BUT SADLY HAVE GONE THROUGH AT THE BOTTOM
1ST LP 4 INCH SPLIT
2ND 6 INCH SPLIT
3RD 2 INCH SPLIT

NO WRITING STAINS AGAIN

I WILL SEND WITH LPS IN DIFFERENT SLEEVES SO THAT NO MORE DAMAGE IS CAUSED!!!!!!!!!

SO FOR THE MATRICES!!!!!!!!!!!!

AL LPS ARE 1-U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEX 817 1-U                      STAMPERS  GRR                                            ALSO IN RUN OFF  2

YEX 818 1-U                                              TD                                                                                 3

YEX 819 1-U                                              GDP                                                                              1

YEX 820 1-U                                              PM                                                                                2

YEX 821   1-U                                            OO                                                                                3

YEX 822 1-U                                              PL                                                                                 2

POSTER: IS ALMOST MINT!!!!!!!!!! IT HAS NEVER BEEN ON A WALL!!!!!!!!

NO HOLES-NO TAPE OR BLU TACK!!!!!!!!

IT HAS JUST SAT IN THE BOX FOR 39 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAS THE MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN TEXT AT THE BOTTOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!


SUMMARY: THIS IS I BELIEVE AN INCREDIBLY RARE LP.........ACCORDING TO SOME WEB SITES ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE MADE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!! IT IS NOT PERFECT- IF IT WAS IT WOULD BE WORTH £500 OR MORE!!!!

I HAVE TRIED TO GIVE A 100% ACCURATE DESCRIPTION-BUT I COULD HAVE MISSED A TINY BIT OF STATIC!!!!
IT IS A LONG SET OF WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


POSTAGE: I WILL ONLY CHARGE WHAT THE POST OFFICE CHARGE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HAVE A BOX SO IT WILL ONLY BE COST OF CARRIAGE!!!!!!!!!!!


PS THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED SEVERAL TIMES BY ME RECENTLY BUT WOULD NEED TO BE PLAYED A FEW MORE TIMES TO GET THE DEEPEST DUST OUT OF THE GOOVES.......I LIVE IN A PET FREE AND SMOKE FREE HOME -BUT THE DUST STILL SEEMS TO GET IN!!!!!!!!

PPS THE REAR OF THE BOX IS BLACK WITH A LEATHER EFFECT. IT HAS SUFFERED A FEW DIGS BUT IT IS QUITE GOOD.