John/Yoko Lennon - Two Virgins UK 1968 Apple LP Beatles
£
195
$
258
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO - 'UNFINISHED MUSIC - TWO VIRGINS'
Only 5,000 copies of this album which was released on November 28th 1968. Due to the nature of the cover EMI agreed only to press the discs but refused to handle distribution or print the covers. The distribution was subsequently taken up by Track Records and a small independant printing firm 'Technink' was contracted to print the infamous covers.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 togetrher with sound effects and ad-lib comments and noises with Yoko.
This barely played stereo copy comes from that one and only UK batch of 5,000 and is on the dark green Apple label with the Track logo & catalogue number: 613012
Both labels include the 'Sold in UK..' text but there is no purchase tax code visible in the centre of either.
Matrix numbers: SAPCOR 2A-1 & SAPCOR 2B-1
Stamper numbers: 1/GD & 1/T
Disc weight: 147g
The disc is housed within 'Technink Limited' printed cover with the printed wording on the rear panel.
Complete with its original die-cut, matt-black inner-sleeve.
CONDITION
Disc
Labels: EXCELLENT +
Both labels are bright & clean, bearing just a small number of light spindle marks to the side 2 centre hole only.
Visual: MINT
Immaculate and totally unmarked deep-gloss both in strong dalyight AND directly beneath my powerful halogen desk lamp. Not even a wispy paper hairline in sight.
Play: NEAR MINT
This copy has been barely played and as a result, the sound is completely unworn and is without any traces of audible wear throughout.
Cover
EXCELLENT
A extremely respectable example of this infamous & fragile cover which retains very bright & unyellowed panels. As is normal for this delicate cover, there is some laminate lift/cracking towards the spine area on the front & rear. There is also some light bruising to the corners but no wear to either opening edge. Both seams and the unworded spine are all smooth, unstressed & unsplit.
Inner-sleeve
VERY GOOD -
Clean & flat with no damage to the centre hole window. There is however a 15cm split to one seam and a 3.5cm split to the other.
**PLEASE NOTE: This item is located in and will be shipped from AUSTRIA. 1st class international postage to UK addresses will be 7.00 GBP**
- Our grading is strict & conservative grading under strong daylight & directly beneath a halogen desk lamp to UK 'RECORD COLLECTOR' standards.
- We carefully play every record I sell on an EMT 950 transcription turntable fitted with a 'TSD 15' cartridge at volume and list all visual and audible faults.
- Every image in this listing has been taken by ourselves (with a Canon G3 camera) and are of the actual item for sale. We do not copy from other listings or use stock images.
- Each record is professionally & securely packaged in custom-made record mailing boxes with the disc removed from the cover.
- For more information on our grading and packaging policies, take a look at my About Me page.
- If you would like to get the best price for your rare records, why not let us do all the work for you. Contact us for details about our commission selling service. All text & images © Parlogram 2010
price rating
![TWICE READY TO BE MARBLE ORCHID COLOR VINYL LP target exclusive[ PRE-ORDER ]](https://www.popsike.org/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20230203/165920800028.jpg)
![PINK FLOYD - PULSE [4 X VINLY LP + BOOK] NEW & SEALED](https://www.popsike.org/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20250618/286660507142.jpg)
