You are bidding on a Vinyl LP of The Beatles 1969 album, “Abbey Road.” This is a US LP, issued on the Apple Records label, (SO-383).  This appears to be a 1969 issue, but if you have any clues as to how to confirm, please let us know. If you have questions, please ask; we will be glad to check Matrix and runoff numbers.

This issue does list “Her Majesty” on the rear LP cover, and "Her Majesty” is listed on the actual label as well.  Of course, it is on the actual recording.  This item does have the small part of a square sewer located between Ringo and John's feet. 

We actually purchased this item decades ago, and it has been sitting in our home (vertically) for the last few decades. 

The LP is in very good condition; but we bought the LP decades ago, and the LP shows signs of age and wear.  The album Jacket is also in VG condition, with wear around the corners (See Photos) as well as some stains and markings on the right bottom of the front cover.  Please remember that this album was well taken care of, but it was played as part of our record collection decades ago.  (See Photos). Other items to note include the writing of the owner’s (me) name on the labels (both sides) and initials on the top right rear cover.

Every song is fantastic, and this album is on many peoples’ list of best albums ever. 

This item has been stored at room temperature, in a smoke free home.  Please see photos of actual item being sold.

“Where Sgt. Pepper pioneered such mind-bending aural techniques, Abbey Road truly seized the possibilities of the studio and, in doing so, pointed the way forward to the album rock era of the 1970s. Many of the studio tricks arrive during that brilliant suite of songs, a sequence that lasts nearly a full side of an album. Here, McCartney's playful eccentricity juts against John Lennon's curdled cynicism, while the band thrills in sudden changes of mood and plays plenty of guitar, culminating in McCartney, Lennon, and George Harrison trading solos on "The End." The depth of sonic detail within "You Never Give Me Your Money" and "She Came in Through the Window" provided ideas for entire subgenres of pop in the '70s, but Abbey Road also contains a handful of the most enduring Beatles songs, each adding a new emotional maturity to their catalog. The subdued boogie of Lennon's "Come Together" contains a sensuality previously unheard in the Beatles -- it's matched by "Because," which may be the best showcase for the group's harmonies -- Harrison's "Something" is a love ballad of unusual sensitivity, and his "Here Comes the Sun" is incandescent, perhaps his purest expression of joy. As good as these individual moments are, what makes Abbey Road transcendent is how the album is so much greater than the sum of its parts. While a single song or segment can be dazzling, having a succession of marvelous, occasionally intertwined moments is not only a marvel but indeed a summation of everything that made the Beatles great.”

“Side 2 is the greatest thing ever committed to vinyl by a rock and roll band. The most remarkable feature is the sheer volume of brilliant ideas developed briefly, then abandoned for new explorations. With almost dizzying speed the band reveals their priceless musical gems, only to toss them almost casually aside and move on. Ideas that this band develops for less than 2 minutes would, for any ordinary rock band, be the highlight not only of an album, but even a career, something to be turned into an opus and stretched out to marathon length. That this band had so many moments of inspiration is an incredible testament to their creativity, and the main reason why they were not just the greatest rock band that ever has been, but the best there ever could be. The genre, and our culture, has changed so much since the Beatles heyday that the phenomenon that they became, both artistically and culturally, can never be equaled again.”