George Harrison DARK HORSE UK LP 1ST W/ UNHEARD OF MINATURE INSERT PLAYS MINT

	£		127
	$		168

GEORGE HARRISON - DARK HORSE

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE-TWO PLAY MINT!!!!! CONDITION

ABSOLUTE MUSEUM CONDITION

INCLUDES AN INCREDIBLY RARE PROTOTYPE INSERT LYRIC SHEET

• CATALOGUE:APPLE PAS 10008 
• MATRIX: YEX 941-2U / YEX 942-2U
• SMAS-1/2-3418-Z12 ETCHED ON BOTH SIDES
• BLACK AND WHITE LABELS (BLUE AND WHITE ARE LATER ISSUES) 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 HD / 5 LO 
• THESE ARE ALL FIRST PRESS INDICATORS

THIS ALBUM COMES WITH AN INSERT THAT IN ALL MY YEARS OF COLLECTING AND DEALING WITH RECORDS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN MY LIFE. I HAVE TRIED TO RESEARCH IT, AND TO NO AVAIL.

THE STANDARD INSERT WITH THIS LP IS A ONE SHEET LP SIZED INSERT HAVING THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS ON ONE SIDE, AND A PICTURE OF GEORGE SITTING ON A WOODEN BENCH ON THE OTHER. EVERY SINGLE COPY OF THIS ALBUM THAT I HAVE HANDLED HAS HAD THIS INSERT INCLUDED.

UNTIL THIS COPY THAT IS!!!

I WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED TO FIND A SMALL PIECE OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A COLLECTORS ADDITION INSIDE THE SLEEVE, UNTIL I REALISED THAT THE LARGE INSERT SHEET WASN'T INSIDE.

UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THIS SMALL PIECE OF PAPER OPENED OUT CONCERTINA STYLE TO A LARGER PIECE FIVE TIMES THE WIDTH OF THE FOLDED PIECE. THE PAPER CONTAINS THE LYRICS TO ALL OF THE SONGS IN EXACTLY THE SAME FONT AS THE ORIGINAL .

THE DEFINING EVIDENCE APPEARS ON THE FRONT AND REAR SECTIONS WHERE THE ALBUM CATALOGUE NUMBER PAS 1008 SITS ATOP THE FRONT PANEL, AND THE FINAL PROOF THAT THIS BELONGS TO THE ALBUM IS WHERE G & L IS PRINTED AT THE FOOT OF THE LAST PANEL, BEING GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE THE SLEEVE PRINTERS, AND INCIDENTALLY THE SAME G & L IS FOUND ON THE FOOT OF THE LYRIC SIDE OF THE MASS PRODUCED LARGER SHEET.

SO MY CONCLUSION IS THAT THIS TINY INSERT WAS A PROTOTYPE OR TEST SHEET, AND NEVER INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL PACKAGE, BUT SOMEHOW THIS ONE HAS ESCAPED THE NET

SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS PROBABLY A 'ONE OFF' MEGA RARE COPY OF DARKHORSE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE PICTURES AND COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. . THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES CLOSE  THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, IT LOOKS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESSED IN 1973

EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM THE VERY ODD WISP. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST COPY OF THIS LP YOU WILL EVER COME ACROSS IN MY OPINION

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

TO FIND ANY MINT LP IS RARE BUT A BEATLES SOLO LP, JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. I HAD TO PLAY IT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE POTENTIAL BIDDERS THE CHANCE TO HEAR JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS VINYL IS. I HAVE OF COURSE BEEN EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN PLACING THE STYLUS ONTO THE SURFACE OF THIS MINT VINYL

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, INCLUDING THE RUN IN'S, THE RUN OUT'S AND THE LINKING GROOVES AS I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THIS SUPERB ALBUM OFF IN IT'S ENTIRETY

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.THE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST PURE FIRST PRESS. IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A STUNNING AUDIO PERFORMANCE FROM THE VINYL.

THERE IS OF COURSE NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ANY POINT

NO LOUD CLICKS AND NO VINYL NOISE

NO STATIC AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE TOTALLY SILENT

I AM CERTAIN THAT I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH EITHER

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT !!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

ALONG WITH THE INCREDIBLE VINYL, COMES A SLEEVE THAT MATCHES IT IN ITS SUPERBNESS (IS THAT A WORD?)

THE UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD IS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION AND THAT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE FROM NEW

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN, AND ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOURS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED, (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE MINUSCULE WHITE SLIVER NEAR THE TOP LEFT CORNER) AND REMAINS UNRUBBED.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE AND AMAZINGLY THERE ARE NO SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINE EITHER. NOR ARE THERE ANY ALONG EITHER THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES

FINALLY NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN THE SLIGHTEST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE. IT IS THAT GOOD!!!

THE TOP EDGE IS UNWORN WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS JUST A FEW TINY PINPRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH

THE SPINE ITSELF IS JUST SUPERB. ALL OF THE COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VERY TOP TIP WHICH SHOWS MINUSCULE RUBBING. THERE IS ALSO A TINY CHIP TO TWO LETTERS OF GEORGE HARRISON ALSO AT THE TOP

THE OPENING EDGE WOULD HAVE BEEN RAZOR SHARP HAD IT NOT BEEN OF A TINY TEAR TO THE INNER EDGE WHERE AN ERRANT THUMB HAS PRESSED A LITTLE TOO HARD

IT IS ALSO WORTH POINTING AGAIN OUT THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN A TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE ON EITHER FRONT OF BACK SURFACES.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS, AGAIN WITH ALL OF THE COLOURS UNRUBBED. AND JUST THAT LITTLE NICK TO THE RIGHT HAND EDGE

THE CORRECT STRONG PAPER INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT CONDITION. HAS THE LATGE THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDHE, AND THE SNIPPED OFF CORNERS. NO MARKS OR STAINS, AND NO SPLITS OR CREASES. A PERFECT EXAMPLE

THE MINIATURE LYRIC INSERT SHEET IS IN MINT CONDITION, AND AS A BONUS I HAVE INCLUDED A STANDARD INSERT SHEET SO THAT THE WINNER IS ABLE TO COMPARE THE FONTS ETC

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY