"ABBEY ROAD"
APPLE SO 383 STEREO
RELEASED: 10/1/69

THIRD AND FINAL PRINTED ISSUED COVER WITH
PAPER SLICKS ADHERED TO THE BACK OF STANDARD CONSTRUCTED FLATS
WITHOUT "HER MAJESTY" ON COVER

CONDITION: STILL SEALED
ITEM#: LP540
PRICE: $1,500

HERE IS A MOST OUTSTANDING AND IMMACULATE FACTORY SEALED EXAMPLE OF AN "ABBEY ROAD" LP ALBUM. THIS EXAMPLE IS THE THIRD AND FINAL OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUED COVERS (SC2A, SPIZER). THAT HAS THE PAPER SLICKS ADHERED ONTO THE BACK OF THE STANDARD CONSTRUCTED FLATS (AS OPPOSED TO THE FIRST TWO ISSUES THAT HAVE THE PRINT-ON-BOARD COVERS).

THE BACK COVER SLICK  DOES NOT LIST THE TRACK  "HER MAJESTY". THE FRONT COVER IMAGE SHOWS LESS OF THE TREES AND CROSSWALK (THE SQUARE SEWER IN THE ROAD IS MISSING) AND HAS A LARGER IMAGE OF THE BEATLES.

WHEN CAPITOL'S PRESSING PLANTS RAN OUT OF THE ORIGINAL FIRST TWO ISSUES OF THE PRINT-ON BOARD WRAP AROUND SHOREPAK COVERS, APPLE HIRED QUEENS LITHO TO PRINT SLICKS FOR ADDITIONAL "ABBEY ROAD" JACKETS FOR THE FINAL THIRD RUN. THESE COVERS USED SLICKS PRINTED BY QUEENS LITHO AND BERT-CO AND WERE MANUFACTURES BY IMPERIAL AND/OR MODERN ALBUM. THE BACK COVER SLICKS WERE MADE FROM THE ALBUM'S ORIGINAL ART WORK AND ACCORDINGLY DO NOT LIST "HER MAJESTY". THE FRONT COVER IMAGE WAS ENLARGED TO ALLOW FOR THE FRONT SLICK TO WRAPPED AROUND TO THE BACK COVER. THUS, THE PICTURE ON THE FRONT COVER SHOWS LESS OF THE CROSSWALK (SEWER IS MISSING) AND THE TREES AND HAS A LARGER INAGE OF THE BEATLES.

THIS IMPECCABLE AND IMMACULATE COVER HAS AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SEAL CORNER TO CORNER, WITH FOUR FACTORY SHRINK "BREATH HOLES" EVIDENT (2 ON FRONT, 2 ON BACK). THERE ARE NO RIPS, TEARS AND ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP. AS  DEPICTED IN OUR IMAGES, THE COLORS REMAIN VIBRANT, CRISP AND BOLD ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK, WITH A PERFECT, LEGIBLE SPINE. A TRUE WINNER INDEED - AND TRULY A WORLD-CLASS EXAMPLE.