DESCRIPTION
(ACTUAL IMAGES)AS MONO WAS BEING PHASED OUT IN AMERICA IN LATE 1967, MONAURAL
PRESSINGS OF CAPITOL'S ELABORATE GATEFOLD (WITH ATTACHED BOOKLET INSIDE)
"MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" LP ALBUM ARE SIGNIFICANTLY RARER THAN THEIR STEREO COUNTERPARTS FOR NOT MANY WERE PRESSED BY CAPITOL. A MONO
FACTORY STILL SEALED COPY IS QUITE A FIND INDEED.
THE "MONO" PREFIX IS PRINTED IN BLACK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT END OF THE
BEAUTIFUL SOLID SPINE, AND THE "MAL 2835" WHITE PRINT IS PRESENT IN THE LOWER
RIGHT CORNER OF THE BACK COVER.
THIS EXAMPLE IS INCREDIBLE TO SAY THE LEAST, IN STUNNING NEAR MINT FACTORY
STILL SEALED
CONDITION, WITH GREAT SHARP CORNERS. THE
FRONT AND BACK COVER IMAGES ARE STUNNING - WITH BOLD, CRISP AND COLORFUL, VIBRANT TONES.
NO RINGWEAR OR OTHER DISTRACTIONS AT ALL. THE WHITE BORDERS ON ALL EDGES ARE
GORGEOUS AND BRIGHT. THERE ARE TWO FACTORY SHRINKWRAP "BREATH HOLES" EVIDENT ON
THE FRONT COVER. THE ORIGINAL ALEXANDER'S DEPARTMENT STORE
¾" X ¾"
RED $1.88 PRICE STICKER REMAINS ADHERED TO THE BACK COVER IN THE UPPER RIGHT
CORNER.
THIS IS NO DOUBT ONE OF THE BEST THAT EXISTS - A DREAM COPY OF THE FINAL
MONAURAL PRESSING OF U.S. ORIGINAL BEATLES ALBUMS RELEASED BY CAPITOL RECORDS.
THE SEALED MONAURAL GATEFOLD ALBUM IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF
AUTHENTICITY FROM WELL-KNOWN BEATLES RECORD COLLECTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE, EXPERT,
AND BEATLES PRICE GUIDE AUTHOR STANLEY (STAN THE BEATLEMAN) PANENKA. THE ALBUM
WAS SOLD THOUGH HERITAGE AUCTIONS FROM MR. PANENKA'S COLLECTION.
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