BEATLES "YELLOW SUBMARINE" RARE UK APPLE 1ST ** MONO**

	£		181
	$		240

                                              BEATLES "YELLOW SUBMARINE"

                                               RARE UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.

RELEASED JANUARY 17TH 1969 "YELLOW SUBAMRINE" IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE FILM OF THE SAME NAME AND IT IS BELEIVED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A FILM HAD BEEN BASED AROUND A SONG. THE FILM IS BASED AROUND THE "YELLOW SUBMARINE" AND "SGT PEPPERS" SONGS.

THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM IN THE UK SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME A BEATLES RELEASE NOT TO CONTAIN ALL BEATLES COMPOSISTIONS AS THE B-SIDE WAS CREDITED TO GEORGE MARTIN WHO ALSO WROTE THE SCORE FOR THE FILM. 

AVAILABLE FOR SALE IS THE EXTREMLEY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER UK MONO VERSION OF THIS ALBUM.   

OFFERED IN SUPERB AND BARELY PLAYED  CONDITION THIS ALBUM FEATURES ALL ITS ORIGINAL IST ISUUE CRITERIA.... DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS, EARLY STAMPERS, BLACK INNER AND IS HOUSED IN ITS FIRST ISSUE FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH TWO RED LINES ABOVE AND BELOW THE REAR SLEEVE NOTES WHICH DOES NOT CARRY THE "MADE IN GT BRITAIN BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE...." TEXT TO BOTTOM REAR FLIP BACK.

PMC 7070

XEX 715/6-1-1

STAMPERS   RD 1  GG 2

KT TAX CODE.

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDIITON. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST ONE  SPINDLE  MARK PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN WITH ABSOLUTLEY NO MARKS OR BLEMISHES. ALL WORDING IS PERFECT AND UNSPOLIT AND THE LABELS RETAIN THEIR DEEP COLOUR AND ORIGINAL LUSTRE.

THE GLOSSY HEAVIER WEIGHT VINYL IS SUPERB. THIS ALBUM HAS CLEALRY ONLY RECEIVED A LIMITED NUMBER OF CAREFUL PLAYS AND THEREFORE IT DISPLAYS  JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS, MOST ARE VERY WISPY AND ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT .THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO DULLING OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS TO TEH PLAYING SURFACE.

AUDIO IS SUPERB... THERE MAYBE A HINT OF CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE BUT THE VINYL PLAYES THROUGH WITHOUT ANY OTHER DISTORTION PRESENT AND THERE IS CERTAINLY NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS EVIDENT...TH AUDIO IS CLEAR AND CRISP THROUGHOUT.     

THE ORIGIANL BLACK INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST A HINT OF AGE AND HANDLING EVIDENT AND THE ODD LIGHT CREASE.

THE OUTER FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE IS AN SUPERB AND TOP QUALITY EXAMPLE.DISPLAYING A STRONG FRONT LAMINATED PANEL, THE PANEL FEATURES JUST THE ODD VERY SMALL EDGE WRINKLE AND A FEW TINY "THUMBNAIL" CREASES, THESE ARE MORE PROMINENT WHEN SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT. THE FRONT MAINTAINS ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS WITH BOLD AND SOLID COLOURS AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISCOLOURATION PRESENT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND TRUE WITH NO SIGNS OF HANDLING EVIDENT , THERE IS THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS PRESENT BUT THESE REALLY ARE MINOR. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS ALSO SUPERB,FEATURING THE CORRECT 1ST ISSUE RED LINES WIT NO 2GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" CREDIT AND DISPLAYING JUST LIGHT BUT MINIMAL HANDLING MARKS AND WITH JUST THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF DISCOLOURATION TO THE OPENING EDGE THE REAR IS QUITE STUNNING, ALL THREE FLIPBACK ARE PERFECT WITH A FEW LIGHT  CREASES BUT NO LIFTING. THE REAR IS STILL ITS GENUINE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR. THE SPINE IS PERFECT WITH A FEW TINY CREASES BUT NO WEAR AND WITH ITS ORIGINAL FACTORY PINCHED ENDS STILL INTACT, ALL WORDING IS PRISTINE AND READABLE.....

THESE ELUSIVE 1ST ISSUE UK MONO COPIES DO NOT SURFACE FOR SALE THAT OFTEN AND ARE EXTREMLEY SOUGHT AFTER.