INCREDIBLY-RARE VERY FIRST ISSUED LABEL VARIATION WITHOUT  GEORGE MARTIN PRODUCTION CREDIT, MATRIX NUMBERS, OR
"RECORDED IN ENGLAND" STATEMENT

ACCOMPANIED BY EQUALLY RARE WEST COAST
'THUMB TAB' CUT "THE BEATLES ON APPLE" BLACK SLEEVE

ACCOMPANIED WITH THE EQUALLY RARE WEST COAST "THUMB TAB" DROP CENTER APPLE SLEEVE IT WAS ISSUED IN.  THIS "BEATLES ON APPLE" SLEEVE IS REALLY VERY RARE AS ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT WERE MADE WITH THE 'THUMB TAB' CUT. AS FOR THE 45, THERE ARE MANY APPLE VARIANTS OF THIS RECORD (APPROXIMATELY EIGHT), BUT THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ISSUE. THE RARE 'THUMB TAB' SLEEVE IS IN VG++ CONDITION.

CONDITION: RECORD NM (UNPLAYED  "AS NEW") / SLEEVE VG++
ITEM#: S795
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SECOND ISSUED LABEL VARIATION WITH GEORGE MARTIN PRODUCTION CREDIT AND "RECORDED IN ENGLAND" STATEMENT, BUT WITHOUT THE MASTER NUMBERS.

ACCOMPANIED BY EQUALLY RARE WEST COAST
'THUMB TAB' CUT "THE BEATLES ON APPLE" BLACK SLEEVE

"APPLE LABEL WITH CAPITOL SUBSIDIARY LOGO" (APP 2276.01L(II)(C), SPIZER).

SECOND RUN OF LABELS FROM THE LOS ANGELES FACTORY WHICH HAVE THE "GEORGE MARTIN" PRODUCTION CREDIT AND THE "RECORDED IN ENGLAND" CREDIT, BUT STILL LACKS THE MASTER NUMBERS.

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING MINT  "AS NEW" UNPLAYED EXAMPLE. THE RARE WEST COAST 'TAB CUT' "THE BEATLES ON APPLE" SLEEVE IS IN VERY NICE VG++ CONDITION.

CONDITION: M "AS NEW" (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: S778
PRICE: $575

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THIRD ISSUED LABEL VARIATION WITH GEORGE MARTIN PRODUCTION CREDIT, "RECORDED IN ENGLAND" STATEMENT, AND THE MASTER NUMBERS NOW ADDED.

RARE RCA PRESSING WITHOUT RUN-OUT SERRATED GROOVES.

ACCOMPANIED BY EAST COAST STRAIGHT CUT "THE BEATLES ON APPLE" BLACK SLEEVE

APPLE LABEL WITH CAPITOL SUBSIDIARY LOGO" (APP 2276.01(II)(AS), SPIZER).

THIRD BATCH OF LABELS WHICH HAVE THE "GEORGE MARTIN" PRODUCTION CREDIT, THE "RECORDED IN ENGLAND" CREDIT -  BUT NOW ADDING THE MASTER NUMBERS.

THIS IS THE RARER RCA RECORDS PRESSING (INDICATED BY THE STAMPED "R" IN THE RUN-OUT) AND DOES NOT HAVE THE SERRATED GROOVES IN THE RUN-OUT AS WELL.

A TRULY STELLAR MINT MINUS  "AS NEW" UNPLAYED EXAMPLE, WITH JUST TWO SUPERFICIAL HAIRLINE SLEEVE PULL WHISPS ON THE A-SIDE. THE EAST COAST STRAIGHT CUT "THE BEATLES ON APPLE" SLEEVE IS A NEAR MINT MINUS BEAUTY.

CONDITION: M-  "AS NEW" (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: S779
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WHAT IS VERIFIED IS THAT ONLY A MERE HANDFUL OF THESE SLEEVES WITHOUT THE DIE-CUT CENTER HOLE HAVE EVER SURFACED, AND COLLECTORS HAVE SPECULATED THAT THESE WERE SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL SLEEVES. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. ACCORDING TO FORMER QUEENS LITHO EMPLOYEE RICHARD ROTH, “IF A BLACK APPLE SLEEVE LEFT QUEENS WITHOUT A CENTER HOLE, IT WAS A MISTAKE”.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC 1968 "THE BEATLES ON APPLE" U.S. SLEEVE WITHOUT THE DIE-CUT CENTER HOLE ON EITHER SIDE TO DISPLAY THE LABELS … AND THEY ARE INDEED, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE.

THIS EXAMPLE IS A BRILLIANT AND VIBRANT "AS NEW" STORE STOCK MINT MINUS, RETAINING IT'S ORIGINAL HIGH SHEEN GLOSS. NO SEAM SPLITS, NO WRITING, NO STAPLE HOLES, AND MOST IMPORTANT, NO RINGWEAR AT ALL. JUST A VERY LIGHT, IMPERCEPTIBLE HINT OF 'RECORD NOTCHES' IMPRESSION. THE EDGES ARE EXTREMELY SHARP AND CLEAN.

ACCOMPANYING THE SLEEVE IS THE MATCHING EAST COAST, SCRANTON PRESSING OF THE VERY SCARCE FIRST EVER COMMERCIAL ISSUE, FEATURING THE FIRST LABEL VARIATION WITHOUT THE GEORGE MARTIN PRODUCTION CREDIT, THE MATRIX NUMBERS, OR THE "RECORDED IN ENGLAND" STATEMENT. THE LABELS GRADE A STUNNING NEAR MINT AND THE VINYL IS A SHIMMERING VG+++, DISPLAYING LIGHT SUPERFICIAL HAIRLINE MARKS.

CONDITION: M- "AS NEW" STORE STOCK (SLEEVE) / VG+++ (RECORD)
ITEM#: PS623
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THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC 1968 "THE BEATLES ON APPLE" U.S. SLEEVE WITHOUT THE DIE-CUT CENTER HOLE ON EITHER SIDE TO DISPLAY THE LABELS … AND THEY ARE INDEED, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE.

THIS EXAMPLE IS A VERY NICE VG+++, DISPLAYING SOME LIGHT RINGWEAR AND HANDLING, NO SPLITS OR TEARS, AND A SMALL AREA OF REMNANT FROM A PRICE STICKER THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED. NO PAPER LOSS IN THAT AREA AT ALL.

CONDITION: VG+++
ITEM#: S443
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ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE 45 IS IT'S ACCOMPANYING RARE WEST COAST TAB-CUT BLACK "APPLE" SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.

CONDITION: M (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: S346
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RARE 1975 ISSUE WITH "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" INFO ON LABEL.
"MFD. BY APPLE" ON A-SIDE (APP 2276.12J(AR), SPIZER).

THIS JACKSONVILLE PRESSING HAS THE SAME LAYOUT AS ABOVE ITEM NUMBER S464 (2276.03, SPIZER), BUT HAS THE "ALL RIGHTS" LANGUAGE APPEARING ON FIVE LINES TO THE LOWER LEFT OF THE CENTER HOLE ON BOTH SIDES. IT HAS THE DULL GREEN APPLE LABELS.

CONDITION: NM- (VG+++)
ITEM#: S670
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1975 ISSUE WITH "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" INFO ON LABEL.
"MFD. BY APPLE" (APP 2276.11L(AR), SPIZER). UNPLAYED, STORE STOCK.

CONDITION: M (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: S731
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