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THE BEATLES BEATLES 1967-1970 THE BLUE ALBUM - ORIGINAL 1973 APPLE RECORDS STEREO LP SKBO-3404 NOTE: THIS IS NOT A CAPITOL REISSUE WITH A SAME CATALOG NUMBER, BUT WITHOUT APPLE LOGO ON THE BACK COVER
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL APPLE LABELS: ORIGINAL WHOLE GREEN APPLE ON ONE SIDE, SPLIT WHITE APPLE ON THE OTHER.
THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.
TWO BREATHE AIR HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
BACK COVER HAS A GREEN APPLE LOGO ALONG THE TOP SEAM A RELIABLE INDICATOR THAT THIS IS A FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM THE REISSUES HAVE CAPITOL LOGO
THE ALBUM COMES WITH ORIGINAL, MATCHING RED COLOR INNER SLEEVES UNIQUE TO THIS TITLE WE CAN SEE THEM THROUGH THE PROMO CUTOUT HOLE
ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD AMERICAN STYLE
COVER HAS A NIFTY HYPE ADVERTISEMENT STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE SHRINK WRAP.
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction. What you see is what you ll get. GUARANTEED
Picking up where 1962-1966 left off, the double-album compilation 1967-1970, commonly called The Blue Album, covers the Beatles later records, from Sgt. Pepper s through Let It Be. Like The Red Album, The Blue Album was released in the wake of a pair of widely advertised quadruple-LP bootlegs, Alpha Omega, Vols. 1-2: The Story of the Beatles, which had appeared early in 1973. And like its companion volume, this set contains a mixture of hits, including singles like Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, and Revolution -- which had originally appeared only as 45s -- plus important album tracks like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, A Day in the Life, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and Come Together, as well as orphaned tracks such as the single versions of Let It Be and Get Back, which had never been on any LP before. The first two sides of the original double-LP edition carry listeners through the highlights of the psychedelic era, starting with Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane and up through Magical Mystery Tour, before returning to rock roll territory on Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, and Revolution. The second LP skims three of the more popular tracks off of the sprawling White Album aka The Beatles and moves into the late singles The Ballad of John and Yoko, Old Brown Shoe, Let It Be , plus single and album highlights from Abbey Road and Let It Be. As a pr cis of the group s final 36 months, it s all mightily impressive, even if 1967-1970 misses several great songs. But like its predecessor, this set does capture the essence of the Beatles later recordings
REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
For its extraordinary contribution to the contemporary music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, songwriters and general public, or for some other inherent quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, show business professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, the legendary BBC Radio AR man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow a/k/a Cousin Brucie , Tim Rice , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton, Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc. . For more details, see: Critics Choice: Top-200 albums , Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565.
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CONDITION:
THE RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID .
b The records come in their original, custom blue inner sleeves, which are UNIQUE to this album we can see them through the promo cutout hole .
c The records are apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
THE COVER
COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has a minor bump dent on the opening side tiny dent aff
