GEORGE HARRISON All Thing Must Pass UK 1st Press MINT-

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GEORGE HARRISON - ALL THINGS MUST PASS

• CAT STCH 639 
• MATRIX: YEX 817-1U / 818-1U / 819-1U / 820-1U / 821-1U / 822-1U 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:3 GOA / 4 GRL / 1 GRP / 2 GAP / 4 GGM / 3 GRM

THIS IS A GENUINE UK 1ST PRESSING IN SUPERB CONDITION.

THE RECORD

THE LABELS ARE MAGNIFICENT.THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR AT ALL , AND IT IS CLEAR JUST BY LOOKING FOR THE SPIDER LINES THAT THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED FEWER THAN 3 TIMES. . I KNOW I HAVE ONLY EVER PLAYED IT ONE TIME IN THE 10 YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED IT.

THE VINYL IS SIMPLY STUNNING AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN. IT GLEAMS LIKE NEW. ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN YOU MAKE OUT A COUPLE OF REALLY LIGHT WISPY LINES, ALTHOUGH ON SIDE TWO RIGHT ON THE RUN IN GROOVE THERE IS ONE REALLY TINY SURFACE MARK WHICH I MUST HAVE DONE WHEN HANDLING THE LP. IT IS NO BIGGER THAN A COUPLE OF MILLIMETRES, BUT DOES CAUSE HALF A DOZEN LIGHT ROTATIONAL POPS AT THE BEGINNING OF WHAT IS LIFE

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE, THERE IS TOTAL RUN IN SILENCE!

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER TO ANY PART OF THE SOUND ON ANY TRACK OF THIS ALBUM, AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ALBUM THAT SHOWED GROOVE WEAR IN MY COLLECTION. THIS OF COURSE WOULD HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IF THE RECORD HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS.

THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THOUGH ALL 6 SIDES PRODUCING THE CLEAREST POSSIBLE SOUND QUALITY FROM THIS MAGNIFICENT VINYL. THERE IS AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES,

EACH LINKING GROOVE ONCE AGAIN PROVES JUST HOW SPECIAL THIS ALBUM IS AS EACH TIME ONE TRACK ENDS THERE IS A SILENT GAP BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW TRACK.

 IF I AM BEING PICKY THERE IS PERHAPS THE ODD AND I DO MEAN ODD BIT OF NEAR INAUDIBLE STATIC, WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO GET ON ANY DISC LET ALONE ONE THAT'S NEARLY 40 YEARS OLD, AND AS I MENTIONED A FEW LIGHT POPS AT THE START OF SIDE 2, BUT THESE ARE VERY VERY LIGHT AS THE MARK IS NOT A SCRATCH. THERE IS ALSO SOME VERY LIGHT STATIC IN SPOTS ON TRACK ONE SIDE ONE. THERE ARE NO MARKS ON THE VINYL, AND I HAVE CLEANED IT TWICE AND EACH TIME IT HAS IMPROVED MARGINALLY SO I SUSPECT THERE IS SOME DEEP SEATED DIRT IN THE GROOVE

TO SUM UP A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF A VERY RARE BEATLES PRESSING THAT WILL GRACE ANY COLLECTION, AND FULLY JUSTIFIES  A MINT MINUS GRADE

THE BOX

JUST HOW HARD IS IT TO FIND A FIRST PRESS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS NOT BECAUSE COLLECTORS DIDN'T LOOK AFTER THEM , BUT THAT THE GREY-WHITE SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP CLEAN, AND ONCE A MARK IS PRESENT IT JUST CANNOT BE WIPED OFF AS THE SURFACE IS POROUS. THEREFORE THE MAJORITY OF SLEEVES YOU WILL COME ACROSS ARE VERY HEAVILY SOILED ON THE FRONT SURFACE, AND SOME ARE STAINED AS WELL. IN ADDITION BY THE VERY NATURE OF HOW THE BOX SITS WHEN IT IS OPENED AND HOW THE RECORDS SIT INSIDE AND ARE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THE CORNERS WILL BE SPLIT.

SO ENOUGH OF THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE!!. THE FRONT SURFACE WHILST NOT 100% PRISTINE IS BETTER THAN VIRTUALLY ANY OTHER ONE YOU WILL FIND. I HAVE KEPT IT IN PLASTIC EVER SINCE THE DAY I OBTAINED IT SO IT IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. LOOKING CAREFULLY AT THE FRONT THE ONLY MINOR BLEMISHES ARE A VERY SLIGHT BIT OF FINGER MARKS ALONG THE TOP OF THE LEFT EDGE, AND ALONG THE TOP  AND DOWN THE VERY EDGE OF THE RIGHT SIDE AT THE TOP. TRUST ME THIS IS HARDLY ANYTHING. ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS WAS FIRST SOLD THERE WAS A SHOP STICKER ON THE FRONT, AND WHILST IT WAS EASILY REMOVABLE, BECAUSE OF THE DELICACY OF THE SURFACE IT HAS LEFT A VERY LIGHT IMPRESSION BEHIND. HAVING PICKED OUT THE LIGHT BLEMISHES IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT AGAIN THAT THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF A VERY HARD TO FIND COLLECTIBLE SLEEVE/BOX.

THE REAR SURFACE IS BLACK UN UNSCUFFED  LIKE SO MANY YOU WILL SEE. THE GOLD LETTERING IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND FINALLY THE CORNERS ARE 100% MINT UNSPLIT NEVER REPAIRED JUST PERFECT!!!

OPENING THE BOX REVEALS THE IMMACULATE RED SURFACE WITH THE SONG TITLES AND THE ALL IMPORTANT "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" AT THE BOTTOM.

MANY OF THE LATER ISSUES HAD THE BOX THAT WAS THE USA ISSUE. ONLY GENUINE FIRST PRESS UK ISSUES HAVE THE GB BOX.

THE THREE INNER SLEEVES ARE IN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE CONDITION TO FIND AS THEY ARE ALL TOTALLY UNSPLIT. AGAIN DUE TO THE VERY THIN POROUS PAPER USED FOR THESE  INNERS, THEY NEARLY ALL HAVE SPLITS. MAINLY ALONG THE BOTTOM WHERE THE LP DROPS ONTO THE SEAM, BUT CERTAINLY AS WELL ALONG THE SIDE, BUT ON THESE THREE THEY ARE JUST IMMACULATE.

NATURALLY I PLACED ALL THREE ALBUMS INTO POLY LINED SLEEVES AND HAVE KEPT THESE THREE SEPERATE FROM THE RECORDS RETAINING THAT UNBLEMISHED STATE

FINALLY THE HUGE POSTER IS IN MINT CONDITION. IT HAS NEVER BEEN ON A WALL AND HAS ONLY EVER SAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX

A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THIS SUPERB BOX SET!! AND NEAR MINT FOR SURE

GOOD LUCK

GARRY