BEATLES Abbey Road 1969 *original* SEALED COPY

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BEATLES ~ Abbey Road 1969 *original* SEALED COPY







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 THE BEATLES ~ Abbey Road  (Apple Records) SO-383  Stereo

   **ORIGINAL**  Still factory sealed copy 1969

        There were 3 variations of this original pressing lp,  this being a fantastic NEVER OPENED virgin copy of the rarest of the 3 variations.  The front cover shows the larger version of the cross-walk and part of the sewer cover just below Ringo & John's feet.  While the track "Her Majesty" is listed on the back.  To explain further why this is important...I've taken the liberty to cut & paste more detailed information from an on-line artical.

Abbey Road (released October 1, 1969) was the first Beatles album in America packaged with print-on-board covers. These covers involved the process of printing the cover image directly onto white posterboard, which is then folded and glued to form the album jacket. The previous Beatles album covers were constructed by affixing separately printed slicks to cardboard jackets. The new print-on-board covers were a superior looking package. Another advantage was that these covers were manufactured by one company, whereas the older style coversinvolved both a printer and an album fabricator.

       Capitol documents indicate that the album's artwork was shipped on September 11,1969.

COVER # 1 : FIRST BATCH

The first batch of covers (SC1A, Spizer) do not list Her Majesty on the back cover track listing. The front cover has more of the crosswalk at the bottom edge of the cover, and includes a portion of a square road sewer positioned on the bottom edge of the cover, beneath Ringo and John's feet.

COVER # 2 : SECOND BATCH

Prior to the album going on sale, Capitol had the film for the back cover revised to list the song Her Majesty after The End. By the time the new artwork was sent out on September 24, 1969 many covers had been printed. Thus, the SECOND BATCH of jacket covers listing Her Majesty (SC1B, Spizer) are less common and rarer than the covers not listing the song.The front cover image has the exact characteristics of Cover # 1 : more of the crosswalk at the bottom edge of the cover, and includes a portion of a square road sewer positioned on the bottom edge of the cover, beneath Ringo and John's feet.

COVER # 3 : THIRD BATCH

Abbey Road ended up being the only Beatles album to have print-on-board covers upon its initial release. Although Capitol was pleased with the print-on-board jackets, future decisions regarding the mastering, packaging and advertising of Apple releases were handled directly by Apple by very loyal individuals who had a long-standing relationship with Queens Litho and selected them again to be the primary printer of cover slicks for future Beatles albums starting with Hey Jude. When Capitol's pressing plants ran out of the print-on-board covers, Apple hired Queens Litho to print slicks for additional Abbey Road jackets. These THIRD (and final) BATCH Covers (SC2A, Spizer) used slicks printed by Queens Litho and Bert-Co and were manufactured by Imperial and/or Modern Album. The back cover slicks were made from the album's

original artwork and accordingly do not list Her Majesty on the back cover. The front cover image was enlarged to allow for the front slick to be wrapped around to the back cover. Thus, the picture on the front shows less of the trees and crosswalk (the square sewer in the road is missing) and has a larger image of the Beatles.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE ARTICLE REPRINTED COURTESY OF THOM VANGHELE, FAB4COLLECTIBLES.COM

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  High bidder can be sure that this lp will be well packed in a thick square edged record mailer, with the record seperated from it's jacket to prevent any seam-splitting in transit. (unless the record is still sealed)  If it is still sealed, I will pack it snug to keep it from moving around.  If you wish me to open it, please let me know. 

    Shipping in the USA (media mail) w/delivery confirmation ...$4. 

    Shipping to Canada, or Mexico ...$9

    Shipping to Europe, Astralia, Asia, or anyplace else ...$14  

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                                    Thanks for your interest!