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George Harrison Wonderwall Music MONO APCOR 1968 RAREST Apple 1st UK Pressing
Rarest ever to find original mono, very scarce and sought after. The first ever Apple album. This includes the rare insert. The vinyl plays through there is suface marks/scratches but there are no skips or jumps. The cover and insert are excellent.
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Wonderwall Music is the soundtrack album to the 1968 film Wonderwall, and the debut solo release by English musician George Harrison. It was the first album to be issued on the Beatles’ Apple record label, and the first solo album by a member of that band. The songs are all instrumental pieces, except for occasional non-English vocals, and a slowed-down spoken word segment on the track “Dream Scene”. Harrison recorded the album between November 1967 and February 1968, with sessions taking place in London and the Indian city of Bombay. Following his Indian-styled compositions for the Beatles since 1966, he used the film soundtrack to further promote Indian classical music by introducing rock audiences to musical instruments that were relatively little-known in the West – including shehnai, sarod and santoor.
Harrison’s main collaborator on the project was classical pianist and orchestral arranger John Barham, while other contributors include Indian classical musicians Aashish Khan, Shivkumar Sharma, Shankar Ghosh and Mahapurush Misra. Harrison also recorded Western rock music selections for the album, which feature contributions from Tony Ashton and the latter’s band, the Remo Four, as well as guest appearances from Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Peter Tork. During the sessions, Harrison recorded many other pieces that appeared in Wonderwall but not on the soundtrack album, and the Beatles’ song “The Inner Light” also originated from his time in Bombay. Although the album’s release in November 1968 marked the end of Harrison’s direct involvement with Indian music, it inspired his later collaborations with Ravi Shankar, including the 1974 Music Festival from India.
The album cover consists of a painting by American artist Bob Gill in which, as in director Joe Massot’s film, two contrasting worlds are separated by a wall, with only a small gap allowing visual access between them. Harrison omitted his name from the list of performing musicians, leading to an assumption that he had merely produced and arranged the music; the 2014 reissue of Wonderwall Music recognises his contributions on keyboards and guitar. The album was first remastered for CD release in 1992, for which former Apple executive Derek Taylor supplied a liner-note essay.
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The Vinyl:
This is the original thick heavier chunky slab of vinyl only found like this on the earliest pressings. On visual inspection I can see any needle scratches/ surface marks some that would cause clicks or pops.
The Audio Quality:
I have played this vinyl at very loud volume prior to this listing on a top system. Importantly using a dedicated mono cartridge. The vinyl plays through with surface noise some clicks and pops but no skips or jumps audio graded VG
The Matrix:
Side 1“APCOR 1A-1”
Side 2“APCOR 1B-1”
The Mother Stampers:
Side 1 “1” “R”
Side 2 “1” “O”
The Labels:
These are the original 1st issue Apple Labels: (correct for this early pressing) Any spidering can be seen angled to the light and there is little if no spindle wear the hole is perfectly round. This has obviously been played a few times.
The Record Sleeve:
This is the original custom black Apple sleeve is creased and worn torn at the edges.
The Cover:
This is the original 1st issue MONO fully laminated cover. There is some scuffing/creasing at the opening edge on the front to mention this is nice and straight as it should be. no edge splits or tares. The rear is clean light rubbing wear at the rear only really noticed if looked for in my opinion. I would grade this at least excellent plus in my opinion if not better.
The Insert
This is complete with the very scarce original insert rarely seen. Light creasing only but no tears.
Summery:
For any Beatles related lovers this is a classic from the Dark Horse one of the rarest apple albums to find in MONO and with the very scarce insert.
