an APPLE a day PAGE ONE 1969 MONSTER PSYCH PROG UK LP
  £   912
  $   1,208

 


£ 912 Sold For
Aug 7, 2011 Sold Date
Jul 31, 2011 Start Date
£   800 Start price
3   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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ALL MY LISTINGS ARE FROM FAMILY MEMBERS AND HAVE KINDLY BEEN GIVEN TO ME TO AUCTION TO PUT TOWARDS MY COLLEGE COSTS

VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE READ !!

THE NEXT SET OF LISTINGS WILL BE FROM MY DADS OWN PRIVATE COLLECTION OF HIS VINYL'S. IT IS NOT A 'COLLECTORS' COLLECTION ... MORE A PERSONAL ONE. EACH OF THESE WILL BE NUMBERED FROM 1 ONWARDS ... MY DAD HAS GIVEN ME ALL THE DETAILS TO WRITE ON EACH LISTING WHICH WILL BE HONEST VISUAL OBSERVATIONS AS WE KNOW LONGER HAVE THE MEANS TO PLAY THEM FOR AUDIO QUALITY ... PLEASE BEAR THIS IS MIND BEFORE BIDDING
ANY QUESTIONS / QUERIES WILL BE ANSWERED BY HIM & NOT ME.
ANY 'PROBLEMS' THAT MAY ARISE WILL ALSO BE 'DEALT 'WITH BY MY DAD.
 HE WOULD LOVE THESE TO GO TO A TRUE COLLECTOR WHO STILL APPRECIATES VINYL QUALITY.

ALL LISTINGS ARE UK MAINLAND ONLY. I DO NOT SHIP OVERSEAS
FOR AUCTION (9)


THE ULTRA ULTRA RARE

ORIGINAL UK MONSTER PSYCH PROGRESSIVE LP

MUCH SOUGHT AFTER ......

Apple

"an Apple a day ..."


RELEASED IN 1969 ON PAGE ONE RECORDS

STEREO PLAYABLE MONO

MATRIX  POLS 016  1Y1 // 2Y1

COMES IN ORIGINAL PLASTIC LINED WHITE SLEEVE

PLEASE NOTE DOES NOT COME WITH COLORED INSERT FROM THE BRITISH APPLE AND PEAR DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

THE VINYL'S INNER LABELS ARE BOTH STILL VIBRANT SILVER ON BLUE WITH NO MARKS

THERE IS SOME SLIGHT WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM EDGING OF COVER AND SLIGHT RING WEAR AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE FRONT COVER (SHOWN IN PICS). YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICS THE SPINE IS IN QUITE FAB CONDITION WITH ALL LETTERING CLEARLY VISIBLE. THE BACK COVER HAS SOME SLIGHT AGEING DISCOLOURATIOR BUT THIS IS BY NO MEANS DRAMATIC AT ALL AND THERE ARE NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND AFTER LOOKING OVER THE NET AT OTHER COPIES THAT HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE I BELIEVE THIS ONE IS UP THERE AMONGST THE BETTER ONES

THE VINYL SHOWS NO SURFACE SCRATCHES OR MARKS AND EVEN NO HAIRLINE MARKS ARE VISIBLE.... IT COULD JUST POSSIBLY DO WITH A WIPE WITH SOME FORM OF SPECIALIST CLOTH TO DE-DUST IT IF ANYTHING.

IT HAS BEEN PLAYED WITHIN THE LAST 10 DAYS ON MY UNCLE'S LATE 80'S PHILLIPS RECORD DECK TO CHECK OUT THE SOUND ... and both my dad und my uncle said it sounded exactly as they remembered it .........WITH NO JUMPS OR SKIPS AND MINIMAL IF NONE CRACKLING ONLY POSSIBLY IN BETWEEN TRACKS

APPLE WERE A UK PSYCHEDELIC BAND FOUNDED IN CARDIFF IN 1968 ... SPOTTED BY LARRY PAGE ... OWNER OF PAGE ONE RECORDS THIS ALBUM WAS PRODUCED BY CALEB QUAYE AND RELEASED IN 1969 WITH ALMOST NO PROMOTION AT ALL. HENCE ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT WERE PRESSED AND IT BECAME A COMMERCIAL FAILURE ... THE BAND FOLDED THE SAME YEAR. 
YEARS LATER SEVERAL TRACKS FROM THE LP ..NOTABLY ..'The Otherside' By Harrad BECAME DUBBED BY CRITICS AS SOME CLASSICS OF BRITISH PSYCHEDELIC ROCK.... THERE WAS A VINYL RE-ISSUE IN 1993 ..AND CD TOO !!!


 THIS IS ONE OF THE LIMITED MEGA ORIGINALS !!!!

QUOTED IN 'RECORD COLLECTOR'  AS 1 OF THE TOP 20 SOUGHT AFTER RECORDS IN THE WORLD

PLEASE NOTE THIS CAN BE COLLECTED IF REQUIRED FROM MY DADS HOUSE IN TORQUAY DEVON ... AS I AM BACK AT COLLEGE WHEN THIS AUCTION ENDS....NEXT DAY SPECIAL DELIVERY IS LISTED YET THE SYSTEM ONLY ALLOWS £4 FOR P+P WHICH IS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT IT COSTS BUT I WILL LIASE WITH WINNING BIDDER ONCE THE AUCTION ENDS ON OTHER POSSIBILITIES

THIS IS DEFINITELY A MUST HAVE FOR ANY TRUE COLLECTOR OF BRITISH 60'S PROGRESSIVE / PSYCHEDELIC ROCK AND IT DOESN'T COME MUCH BETTER THAN THIS

this vinyl has been sold for over £2000 in the past..... grab a bargain at £800 !!!

ANYONE WITH LESS THAN MY + FEEDBACK NEED NOT BID

WILL BE SHIPPED VERY SECURELY FOR SAFETY DURING TRANSIT

SHIPPING WILL BE BY ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL NEXT DAY DELIVERY  UK MAINLAND ONLY (INSURED)
 WHICH COVERS BOTH BUYER / SELLER AND WILL BE POSTED THE NEXT DAY AFTER FULL SECURED PAYMENT HAS CLEARED


 N:B Returns not accepted as I have listed this and ALL my auctions to the best of my honest VISUAL ability and I trust the audio judgement of my dad ..... I also take no responsibility for items lost in the postal system but will aid buyer with tracking number and assistance if claim needed from courier used !!!

Check out my  other items!

HAPPY BIDDING !!!

ANY QUESTIONS ... DON'T HESITATE TOO ASK !!


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