JOHN LENNON TWO VIRGINS - RARE FIRST PRESS LP THE BEATLES monarch pressing

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1ST PRESSING of a controversial album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono titled "Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins". The cover featured the duo stark naked on both front and rear covers. It had to be packged in  plain brown outer sleeve. Unlike the bootlegs, this one opens from the side nd not the top. 1968 Apple Records ?– T-5001, Tetragrammaton Records ?– T-5001. Label Variation to This one: TWO VIRGINS and STEREO has different font sizes. Monarch Record pressing. Apple Records, in association with Tetragrammaton Records. May 1968. Made in Merrie England. (rear sleeve). Matrix info: Side A: T-5001-1 MR [Circled] ?12796. Side B: T-5001-2 MR [Circled] ?12796-X. PLAY TESTED VINYL is NEAR MINT. Visual is VG+ to NM. Cover is VG to VG+ (see slight stain in lower corner). Outer sleeve is VG+.This album contains the results of Lennon's first musical collaboration with Yoko Ono and dates from November 1968. The 'music' itself was the result of an all-night session of musical experimentation in Lennon's home studio at Kenwood with Yoko Ono and features 'avant-garde' pieces featuring tape loops from John's Mellotron, piano, organ, drums played by John together with sound effects and ad-lib comments and noises with Yoko.  IMPORTANT PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE BIDDING + PAYING IF YOUR WINNING BID IS OVER $30.00 PLEASE DO NOT PAY FOR YOUR ITEM UNTIL AFTER YOU RECEIVE AN INVOICE FROM ME THAT INCLUDES THE CHARGE FOR INSURANCE ON THE VALUABLE ITEM. THE $30.00 RULE ALSO APPLIES TO BUNDLED ITEM SHIPMENTS
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