PAUL McCARTNEY 1st LP 1970 APPLE 1st Press SUPERB

	£		45
	$		60

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Paul McCartney called "McCartney" and is an ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Apple label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS WAS PAUL McCARTNEY'S FIRST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1970 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (LIKE THIS!), AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN THESE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS - THAT APPLY TO THE FIRST 900 COPIES OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!

1) THE TRACKING LISTING ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER HAS BOTH COLUMNS IN 'PALE BLUE' (LATER ONES DONT).

2) THE TEXT ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER READS:- 'EMI RECORDS (THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD) HAYES, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND' (LATER ONES DONT)

3) THE MATRIXES ENDING IN 2U/1U (THIS APPLIED TO THE FIRST 900 COPIES ONLY - AFTER THIS, BOTH MATRIXES WERE CHANGED TO 2U/2U!)

4) THE MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS (IN ORDER) ARE 1/R 1/A ('A' BEING THE 3RD STAMPER EVER USED - CLEARLY SHOWING THIS LP WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 900 COPIES EVER MADE!  THIS LP SOLD CLOSE TO 1 MILLION COPIES - AND SO TO FIND ONE OF THE FIRST 900 COPIES EVER MADE IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE!)

5) SIDE 2 HAS A 'B' STAMP IN THE RUN OFF GROOVES WHICH DOES NOT APPEAR ON LATER PRESSINGS!

6) THE INNER SLEEVE IS 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' HAVING 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' & 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' TEXT.

7) THE APPLE LABELS ARE THE 'DARKEST' SHADE OF GREEN!

ALL OF THESE AMAZING DETAILS CLEARLY SHOW THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSINGS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!  JUST TRY ANDF FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE LIKE THIS!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DARK APPLE LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' INNER SLEEVE, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 2U/1U MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1R/1A MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD FULLY LAMINATED COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Apple UK 1st Pressing from 1970 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is PCS 7102 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Apple label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 1 absolutely ULTRA light hairline trace, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely ULTRA faint touches of MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent(Minus) if not FULL Excellent!!!!  SUPERB RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Patents Applied For' inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press Gatefold FULLY Laminated Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (apart from the VERY lightest possible laminate ONLY wear), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate to the cover front, only a VERY faint record impression to the cover back (but even that has VERY shiny laminate), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "McCARTNEY" BY PAUL McCARTNEY, IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

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