Vinyl: George Harrison ALL THINGS MUST PASS UK SET 1ST PRESS MINT FINAL UPGRADE COPY

GEORGE HARRISON'S - ALL THINGS MUST PASS

UK 1ST PRESS COMPLETE SET

IN INCREDIBLE ONE PLAY!!!! CONDITION

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT MINT / MINT MINUS!!!UK BOX SET

COMPLETE WITH MINT UK POSTER

FINAL UPGRADE COPY

• CATALOGUE: APPLE STCH 639
• MATRIX: YEX 817-1U / 818-1U / 819-1U / 820-1U / 821-1U / 822-1U
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS:2 GRD / 3 TR / 1 GDP / 2 PM / 3 RL / 2 PL

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT THIS SET IS IN THE MOST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION POSSIBLE. THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAS METICULOUSLY CARED FOR THE VINYLS, HAVING REMOVED THEM FROM THE DELICATE INNERS ON DAY ONE, AND PLACED THEM INTO POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES. PLAYED ONCE AND CAREFULLY STORED AWAY UNPLAYED FOR ALL THIS TIME.

WHOEVER WINS THIS WILL HAVE ONE OF THE BEST COPIES OF THIS 3 LP SET THAT MONEY CAN BUT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN INVESTMENT GRADE SET

READ ON..........................

LETS COVER WHAT A FIRST PRESS UK SET MUST HAVE

1. THE BOX MUST BE THE LARGE DEEP ISSUE
2. THE BASE OF THE BOX (INSIDE) MUST EITHER BE PLAIN BROWN OR WHITE CARD (NOT ORANGE)
3. THE TYPEFACE INSIDE THE BOX LID MUST BE SLIGHTLY EMBOSSED NOT SMOOTH
4. THE LETTERING AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS TEXT MUST SAY ' MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN'
5. THE INNER SLEEVES MUST BE TEXTURED AND HAVE A SMALL CIRCLE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER STATING ' PRINTED IN USA'
6. THE GIANT POSTER MUST BE PRINTED ON MATT PAPER AND HAVE ' PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN STCH 639' IN PINK TYPEFACE
7. THE SPINES AND BASE OF THE BOX MUST BOTH HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME HEAVILY TEXTURED FINISH WITH THE SAME PATTERN (LATER ONES HAD A DIFFERENT FEEL AND PATTERN TO THE SPINES)
8. THE BOX MUST HAVE A WEBBING STYLE HINGE AND NOT SEPARATE LID AND BASE
9. THE VINYLS MUST ALL HAVE -1U AT THE END OF THE MATRIX
10. THE LABELS MUST STATE 'MFD IN UK' AT 9 O'CLOCK
11. THE CLOSER TO 1G THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS ARE THE EARLIER THE PRESSING

T HE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE 6 PICTURE LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT A MARK ON ANY SIDE, AND NO COLOUR LOSS. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNWORN. IN FACT THERE IS STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE HOLE ON A COUPLE OF THE DISCS SHOWING THAT THESE ALBUM HAVE JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED. THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE AROUND THE HOLES

THE VINYL

EXAMINING EACH DISC IN TURN THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT. THEY GLEAM LIKE BRAND NEW VINYLS. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN ONE OR TWO TINY WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN ON A COUPLE OF SIDES

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.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE 3 ALBUMS AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID, IF THEY HAD THE CHOICE. I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE TO MY CUSTOMERS

ALL THREE ALBUMS PLAY TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE GRADE. THEY ARE FLAWLESS

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT, MEANING THAT THE ONE CAREFUL PLAY THIS SET HAS RECEIVED (2 NOW WITH MY TEST PLAY) WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

ALL THREE DISCS PLAY WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. NOT ONE JOT ANYWHERE

NO LOUD CLICKS AT ALL AT ANY POINT DURING THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

A 44 YEAR OLD SET THAT HAS AT MOST A COUPLE OF RANDOM SECONDS OF THE LIGHTEST AND BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE RUN IN WAX SEGMENTS, CERTAINLY NO VINYL NOISE AT ALL!!!

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB. TAKE A LISTEN TO THE OPENING TRACK ON SIDE 5 TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN

I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO MINUSCULE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I CANNOT GIVE ANY OTHER GRADE THAN MINT !!!.

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF, DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT

THE SLEEVE

WELL A BOX, NOT A SLEEVE. HOW HARD IS THIS TO FIND IS COLLECTIBLE CONDITION? NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. FIRSTLY YOU HAVE MOST OF THESE BOXES WITH TORN CORNERS AND SECONDLY THE POROUS SURFACE IS USUALLY VERY BADLY SOILED.

THIS BOX IS 95% MINT, IT'S CONTENTS ARE 100% MINT

THIS SET IS AS GOOD AS ANYTHING OUT THERE I BELIEVE

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THIS USUALLY COMES MOTTLED , GRUBBY, STAINED, HAS STICKER REMOVAL MARKS ON IT, AND GENERALLY LOOKS SHABBY. HERE WE HAVE AN ALMOST PRISTINE EXAMPLE.

THE GREY SURFACE IS IN SUPREME CONDITION. NOT ONE FINGERMARK, NOT ONE STAIN,JUST A TINY TRACE OF FOXING TO THE VERY TOP LEFT EDGE. AND THE BAREST BIT OF GREYING.

OTHER THAN THIS IT'S JUST ABOUT PERFECT WITH THE VARIOUS SHADES OF GREY AND BLACK RICH AND VIBRANT. NO NICKS TO THE BORDERS OF THE PASTE ON IMAGE

ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE,MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY ARE NOT SPLIT. THERE IS NOT ONE SCUFF TO ANY OF THEM THEY ARE ALL JET BLACK

THE SPINES AND TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE ALSO UNMARKED.THE EDGES ARE FINISHED IN A JET BLACK MATT BUT TEXTURED FINISH WHICH IS OFTEN FOUND SHELFWORN, BUT HERE THE BLACK IS STILL PERFECTLY BLACK AND UNRUBBED. THE LEFT SPINE WITH THE GOLD TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, WITH THE GOLD LEAF JUST IMMACULATE AND EVERY LETTER UNRUBBED.

THE BASE OF THE BOX IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION, AND THIS IS USUALLY SCRATCHED AND RUBBED, BUT NOT ON THIS SET. IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT IN THE BEST CONDITION I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE

AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS BOX HAS BEEN PROTECTED ALMOST FROM NEW IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE, TO BE IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION

OPENING THE BOX AND LOOKING INSIDE AT THE PANELS UNDER THE LID, AGAIN THE STORY IS THE SAME. THE ORANGE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND THERE HAS BEEN NO BLEMISH TO ANY PART OF IT, WITH ONE SMALL BLACK SMUDGE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK LISTING NEAR THE BOTTOM. ALL THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECT. THE WEBBING THAT MAKES THE SPINE HINGE IS PERFECT, AND ALL OF THE INTERNAL CORNERS ARE PRISTINE

THE CARD BOX FILLER PROTECTS A PLAIN GREY BARE CARD MATT FINISH TO THE BASE OF THE BOX

INSIDE THE BOX THE THREE ALBUMS ORIGINALLY CAME HOUSED INSIDE THREE VERY VULNERABLE ROUGH TEXTURED INNER SLEEVES THAT IN MOST CASES HAVE SPLIT ALONG THE SEAMS. ON THIS COPY HOWEVER ALL THREE INNERS ARE IN UNSPLIT CONDITION.AND ARE TOTALLY UNCREASED, THESE INNERS ARE JUST PRISTINE. 100% FLAT AND UNCREASED AND NOT EVEN A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE. AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE VINYLS WERE REMOVED AND STORED SEPARATELY FROM THE DAY OF PURCHASE

THE HUGE POSTER WHICH IS OFTEN MISSING FROM THIS SET IS IN MINT CONDITION. EVERY FOLD LINE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS OBVIOUS WHEN LOOKING AT IT, THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLACED ON ANY WALL, WELL NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE BOX EITHER. I HAVE CAREFULLY CHECKED IT, AND IT IS THE FIRST ISSUE MADE IN GT BRITAIN AND NOT THE AMERICAN POSTER

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS BOX MINT MINUS WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT

THE CONTENTS EXCLUDING THE VINYLS ARE MINT!!!

A MUSEUM GRADE VINYL AND BOX!!!!!

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

GARRY