LENNON " IMAGINE "EARLIEST UK LP DIFF SLV FULLYCOMPLETE

	£		18
	$		24

LOVELY COPY COMPLETE WITH CUSTOM INNER, NEAR MINT POSTER AND POST CARD AND MEGA RAR DIFFERENT " PINCHED " SLEEVE VARIANT, AS WELL AS EARLIEST 1U 1U MATRICIES PORKY PECKO L@@K....

DOMESTIC UK POSTAGE NOTE:  ALL ITEMS THAT SELL FOR ABOVE GBP 9.99 WILL NOW HAVE TO BE SENT VIA 2ND CLASS RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DELIVERY TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT . THIS IS GBP 3.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AS PER MY LISTING If any potential bidders do not agree with this then please DO NOT BID . FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLS SEE MY FURTHER NOTES BELOW  

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTS Furthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED     

 WHEN THIS LP WAS RELEASED LATE IN 1971 THE FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVES WERE OF A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION AND ONLY EXSISTED FOR A VERY SHORT TIME BEFORE BEING REPLACED BY THE MORE COMMON FULLY LAMINTED GLUED BACK TO FRONT. NOT ONLY ARE THESE SLEEVES GLUED CONVENTIONALLY FROM FRONT TO BACK BUT THEY FAMOUSLY HAVE A DISTINCT PINCH SPINE AND THE WRITING ON THE SPINE IS LARGER THAN ON LATER SLEEEVES

  FIND ONE OF THESE IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION IS INCREDIBLE AND WHATS MORE THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST  PRESSINGS. TO RECAP THE EARLIEST SLEEVES CAN BE IDENTIFED IN THREE WAYS ( see comparison pics also ).

 FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE HAS A " FRONT TO BACK CONSTRUCTION" LATERS ONES ARE BACK TO FRONT .  

SECONDLY THE SPINE IS DISTINCTIVELY " PINCHED" AT BOTH ENDS 

THIRDLY THE TXT ON THE SPINE IS SLIGHTLY LARGER  

THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE WAS BOUGHT SOMEWHERE ON THE CONTINENT ( OR BY SOMEBODY FROM THE CONTINENT ) ON 15TH MARCH 1972 JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER RELASE SO IT'S A GENUINE FIRST PRESSING. YOU CAN TELL THIS BECAUSE IT HAS THE DATE WRITTEN NEATLY IN A " CONTINENTAL " STYLE HAND ON THE INNER AND THAT THIS LP CAME FROM A CONTINENTAL SOURCE WHICH GIVES IT A NICE PROVENENCE. AS IT IS YOU ARE NOT LIKELY TO SEE ANOTHER COPY AS EARLY AND AS COMPLETE AND GOOD AS THIS ONE,  SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS !

FOR AUCTION IS THE UK LP  " IMAGINE "

ARTIST: JOHN LENNON

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO:  PAS 10004

MONO/STEREO : STEREO ONLY  

LABEL:  CUSTOM APPLE

DATE : 1971

WEIGHT: 145g

MATRIX: -1U -1U    EARLIEST PORKY PECKO DUCK

MOTHERS/STAMPERS : 5 GAD  4GOG 

CONDITION......

SLEEVE:  STILL A NICE RARE PINCHED SPINE EXAMPLE, JUST SOME CREASING AND FEATHERING AROUND THE ENTRANCE  GRADES VG+/EXCELLENT-

VINYL VISUAL: STUNNING EARLIEST 1U 1U MATRICIES WITH PORKY PECKO ON THE DEADWAX, BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING ORDER, GLEAM AS THEY DID WHEN FIRST PURCHASED, JUST SOME LIGHT BAG REMOVAL MARKS UNDER MY HALOGEN LAMP  GRADES EX TO EX PLUS

LABELS: NO WRITINGS OR LABELS GRADE EX TO EX PLUS

INNER: SMALL STRESS SPLIT TO ONE EDGE AND THAT DATE ON THE FLIP BUT STILL A LOVELY EXAMPLE GRADES EX-

POSTER: STUNNING AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO SEE

POSTCARD: DITTO, PERFECT AS THE POSTER

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….EUROPE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS ARE USUALLY GBP 8.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND FOR USA/REST OF WORLD IT IS USUALLY GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE AND GBP 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE LP