BEATLES "YELLOW SUBMARINE" UK APPLE RARE 1ST MONO
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£ 255 Sold For
Oct 24, 2007 Sold Date
Oct 14, 2007 Start Date
£   30 Start price
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                             BEATLES "YELLOW SUBMARINE"

                    RARE UK MONO 1ST PRESS

ORIGINAL 1969 UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING.

RELEASED JANUARY 17TH 1969 "YELLOW SUBMARINE" WAS THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE FILM OF THE SAME NAME AND THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE THE FIRST FILM EVER TO BE BASED ON A SONG. THE STORYLINE IS BASED AROUND THE "YELLOW SUBMARINE" SONG AND "SGT PEPPERS LONLEY HEARTS CLUB BAND".  

THE ALBUM REACHED A HIGH OF NUMBER 3 IN THE U.K CHARTS AND WAS PREVENTED FROM REACHING NUMBER ONE BY THE BEATLES OWN "WHITE ALBUM".

THE RELEASE OF THIS ALBUM WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE UK NOT TO CONTAIN ALL BEATLE COMPOSITIONS AS THE B-SIDE WAS CREDITED TO GEORGE MARTIN WHO ALSO WROTE THE FILM SCORE.

ALL FIRST ISSUES OF THIS APPLE RELEASE FEATURED DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS, BLACK INNERS AND RED LINES TO THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE...  THIS ALBUM CARRIES ALL THESE FEATURES.

THIS COPY IS ALSO THE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND VERY VERY RARE UK MONO VERSION.   

APPLE PMC 7070

XEX 715/6-1-1

STAMPERS    L3    O1

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED UNDER ABRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE JUST VERY LIGHT, SPIDERY SPINDLE TRAILS PRESENT. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND VERY VIVID. ALL THE WORDING IS CRISP AND FREE FROM RUBBING E.T.C.

THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS IN STUNNING CONDITION, AGAIN WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, MOST ARE JUST WISPY MARKS AND THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL SEVERE, IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS HASNT BEEN  OVERPLAYED. THE VINYL LIES FLAT WITH NO WARPING E.T.C AND THERE IS NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED.

AUDIO IS FLAWLESS... BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES ARE SILENT AS ARE THE TRACK GROOVES, THE MONO SOUND IS  CLEAR AND CRISP THROUGHOUT WITH ABSOLUTLEY NO STICK, POPS OR JUMPS..... SIMPLY AWESOME!!

THE ORIGINAL BLACK INNER IS NEAR MINT.. IT IS INTACT AND STILL VERY VERY CRISP.

THE OUTER FRONT LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE RED LINED SLEEVE IS SIMPLY STUNNING GIVEN ITS AGE, I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS SLEEVE I HAVE SEEN. THE FRONT HAS JUST THREE VERY SMALL CREASES TO SPINE EDGE BUT REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL PERFECTLY STRAIGHT AND TRUE AND THERE ARE NO USUAL CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE REAR IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL BRIGHT WHITE AND ALL THE SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE SPINE IS PERFECT AND RIGID AND ALL WORDING IS READABLE. THE SLEEVE STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL HIGH GLOSS AND SHEEN..... A TRULY SUPERIOR QUALITY SLEEVE.,

OVERALL A SIMPLY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS HIGHLY DESIRABLE AND EXTREMLEY SOUGHT AFTER RARE UK MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH OFFERS SUPERB VINYL & LABELS, EARLY STAMPERS, FLAWLESS MONO AUDIO AND IS HOUSED IN A SUPERIOR QUALITY 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE...... THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE FO THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR! 




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