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Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins - Apple - Ex

JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (Very Rare original Dutch issue 1968 first press 12-track stereo vinyl LP on an Apple label with Apple catalogue number & logo [distributed by Negram in The Netherlands due to conflicts at Apple]. Housed in a fully laminated controversial nude picture sleeve with pinched spine and 'Made in Merrie England' credit on the reverse. In part due to its shocking cover the album did not sell well, therefore finding a first edition Dutch pressing is extremely difficult, this rare copy remaining in excellent shape!)
See 'More Info' for further details on this fabulous rarity..

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1968 - 56 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Apple
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Product Catalogue No NK7004-S
Music Genre Artist / Graphic Design, 60s Rock, POP, Apple label, 70s Rock
Country Comes from Netherlands Comes from 'Netherlands'
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Tracklisting & More Information

John and Yoko's first album venture was into the realms of the avant-garde with this mysterious home made album of sound effects, tape loops, free-form vocals and snatches of slowed down or speeded up music. It was recorded in May 1968 (probably the 19th/20th) between midnight and dawn, when John had invited Yoko to his home in Weybridge.

John had been experimenting with various recordings of his own for some time in his attic music room, Yoko was naturally interested in his way-out sound collages and so they decided to record something together.

Their distant 18-month relationship was finally consummated after John audibly declared at the end of the tape "I've had enough now".
The naked cover photographs for the album were later taken in the basement of Ringo's flat in Montague Square, London, with John using a delayed action shutter release as he was too embarrassed to allow a professional to take the nude pictures.

It took six months for John to persuade the other band members to allow him to release the album. When released it did not enter the UK chart selling a mere 5000 copies in total before being deleted by EMI !

Condition

The Apple labels are in great condition with 'NEGRAM Made in Holland' label text. There are few light spindle marks around the centre hole.

The matrix numbers are machine stamped, they are as follows

Side One : SAPCOR 2A-1
Side Two : SAPCOR 2B-1

The vinyl remains in excellent condition, with light inaudible surface marks to indicate play - transcending respectable with ease for a 43 year old album!

The fully laminated picture sleeve was very shocking in 1968 as it showed the couple naked on the front of the sleeve. Many shops refused to stock it and in the US it was issued with a brown paper bag to hide the nudity. With 'Made In Merrie England' text on the back.

The sleeve, being predominantly white, is prone to discolouration. The discolouration to this sleeve is minimal and is only obvious to the edges. There is slight laminate lift/creasing to the edges/spine, with only a trace of ring marking, a natural consequence of age, only detectable when held up to the light but even with these minor flaws we can confirm that this is and excellent copy of this amazing rarity, you'd be very hard-pushed to find better copies!

Tracklisting :-
1. Two Virgins No. 1
2. Together
3. Two Virgins No. 2
4. Two Virgins No. 3
5. Two Virgins No. 4
6. Two Virgins No. 5
7. Two Virgins No. 6
8. Hushabye Hushabye
9. Two Virgins No. 7
10. Two Virgins No. 8
11. Two Virgins No. 9
12. Two Virgins No. 10


LP RECORD  
Recording Artist John Lennon
Product Title Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins - Apple - Ex
Product Information John Lennon Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins - Apple - Ex Netherlands vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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