BEATLES- M.J.Q "UNDER THE JASMINE TREE" UK APPLE 1ST
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THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET "UNDER THE JASMINE TREE"
OFFERED FOR SALE IN SUPERB CONDITION IS ONE OF THE RAREST AND BEST ALBUMS TO APPEAR ON THE UK APPLE LABEL.
RELEASED DECEMBER 1968 M.J.Q'S "UNDER THE JASMINE TREE" WAS THEIR FIRST UK APPLE ALBUM.
THE GROUP WHO ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN JAZZ WHERE SIGNED TO APPLE BY RON CASS BECAUSE HE LIKED THEM!!
THE ALBUM DOES NOT FEATURE ANY PRODUCER CREDITS NOR DOES IT STATE WHERE THE TRACKS WERE RECORDED.
ORIGINAL UK ISSUES OF THIS ALBUM ARE VERY VERY ELUSIVE AND RARELY SURFACE FOR SALE.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS PLANNED FOR THIS ALBUM TO CARRY "STAP 2" CATALOGUE NUMBER BUT THIS WAS CHANGED TO SAPCOR 4, ALL ORIGINAL COPIES CARRY "STAP 2" CROSSED OUT TO RUN OFF GROOVE.
APPLE SAPCOR 4
SAPCOR 4 A/B-1-1 (STAP 2 CROSSED OUT)
STAMPERS G 1 O 1
FEATURING SUPERB APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES.... THE LABELS DISPLAY JUST ONE OR TWO VERY LIGHT AND MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE AND THESE ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT. BOTH SIDES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND VIVID WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR BLEMISHES.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, CLEARLY THIS HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS PRESENT. THE MIRROR LIKE FINISH TO THE VINYL IS UNSPOILT AND UNBLEMISHED WITH NO DULLING. THE VINYL IS PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
THE ORIGINAL BLACK INNER IS STUNNING. IT HAS THE ODD LIGHT CREASE BUT IS PERFECTLY WHITE AND STILL VERY VERY CRISP. THE INNER IS INTACT AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY.
THE LAMINATED SLEEVE IS ALSO A SUPERB EXAMPLE GIVEN ITS AGE. DISPLAYING ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS AND SHEEN THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS SOME TINY EDGE WRINKLES AND THREE LIGHT "THUMBNAIL" CREASES TO THE FRONT. THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS JUST MINOR SIGNS OF HANDLING AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS VISIBLE. THE REAR AGAIN HAS LIGHT CREASES AND EDGE WRINKLES AND A SMALL SECTION OF LAMINATE LIFT TO SPINE EDGE THE SPINE IS INTACT AND RIGID. THE SLEEVE IS VERY CLEAN AND ALL WORDING AND COLOURS ARE STILL STRONG AND VIVID.
THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE ONE OF THE RAREST AND EARLY UK APPLE RELEASES, RARELY SEEN FOR SALE AND VERY VERY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS.
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