BEATLES Abbey Road LP 1969 EARLIEST 1st Press MINT FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		431
	$		571

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "Abbey Road" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Dark Apple label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE APPLE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  INCREDIBLY, THIS LP HAS THE ULTRA RARE 'MISALIGNED' APPLE LOGO (SEE PICTURES) ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (WHICH WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED!) AND NO 'HER MAJESTY' CREDIT ON THE LABELS!!!!  THIS LP WAS ONLY PRESSED LIKE THIS FOR A TINY AMOUNT OF TIME ONLY - BEFORE THE COVER & LABEL ERRORS WERE CORRECTED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A 100% GENIUNE 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING WITH 'MISALIGNED APPLE' ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER & NO 'HER MAJESTY' ON THE LABELS - AS BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / PARLOPHONE THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  THEY WERE NEARLY ALWAYS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!) - AND ARE NOW VERY VERY HARD TO FIND!!!!  AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN NEVER BEE 100% CERTAIN THAT THEY WERE ON THIS LP FROM NEW (UNLESS YOU HAVE THE FULL LPs HISTORY!).  THOUGH IN THIS CASE, I HAVE EXAMINED THE STICKER VERY CAREFULLY INDEED - AND IT IS 100% GENIUNE (NOT A RE-PRINT!), AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OF 'RE-STICKING'!!!!  THE STICKER IS ALSO 100% FLAT TO THE TOUCH TOO - LEADING ME TO STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN ON THIS LP FROM NEW, AND THE STICKER ITSELF IS DEFINITELY 100% GENIUNE IN ALL RESPECTS!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP OF THE UTMOST RARITY (ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION!)!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DARK APPLE LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS NO 'HER MAJESTY' LABEL CREDIT, 'EARLIEST' BLACK APPLE INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS FULLY LAMINATED 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' NARROW SPINE 'MISALIGNED APPLE' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Apple UK 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in AWESOME condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are YEX 749-2 & YEX 750-1 (the 1st Press Matrixes!).  The Cat. No is PCS 7088 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'DARK' Green Apple label (see picture) and is a Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 1 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface trace, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays almost as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some EXTREMELY low level background sound in places (common to this LP)!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Black inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition - with NO edge splits, NO centre hole splits, and NO repairs either!!!!  The ULTRA rare MISALIGNED APPLE 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' FULLY Laminated 'Narrow Spine' Cover is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (SUPERB flat & straight spine!), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO rips, NO tears, VERY shiny laminate, NO splits, barely ANY record impression AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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