BEATLES, The Beatles (White Album) 1978 w/photos & poster UK Exc- 2LP FREE SHIP
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The Beatles – The Beatles Label: Apple Records – PCS 7067-8 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue Country: UK Released: 1978 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental A1 Back In The U.S.S.R. A2 Dear Prudence A3 Glass Onion A4 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da A5 Wild Honey Pie A6 The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill A7 While My Guitar Gently Weeps Guitar [Uncredited] – Eric Clapton A8 Happiness Is A Warm Gun B1 Martha, My Dear B2 I'm So Tired B3 Blackbird B4 Piggies B5 Rocky Raccoon B6 Don't Pass Me By B7 Why Dont We Do It In The Road B8 I Will B9 Julia C1 Birthday C2 Yer Blues C3 Mother Nature's Son C4 Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey C5 Sexy Sadie C6 Helter Skelter C7 Long, Long, Long D1 Revolution 1 D2 Honey Pie D3 Savoy Truffle D4 Cry, Baby, Cry D5 Revolution 9 D6 Good Night Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd. Record Company – E.M.I. Records Engineer – Chris Thomas, Geoff Emerick, Ken Scott Producer, Orchestrated By – George Martin Written-By – Harrison* (tracks: A7, B4, C7, D3), Lennon-McCartney (tracks: A1 to A6, A8 to B3, B5, B6 to C6, D1, D2, D4 to D6), Starkey* (tracks: B6) Commonly known as ''The White Album''. Issued with 4 glossy photographs, a double-sided poster Embossed lettering (The Beatles) on the cover, jacket opens on right No "Sold In The UK subject to....." but label text has: ("An E.M.I. Recording") Mfd. in U.K.
UK 1978 PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN SIDE-OPENING EMBOSSED LAMINATED SLEEVE. COMPLETE WITH 4 PHOTOS, POSTER AND ORIGINAL COMPANY INNER SLEEVES.
MATRIX: YEX 709-1 / YEX 710-3; YEX 711-1 / YEX 712-2.
MOTHER / STAMPER: 3 / RPH; 2 / PO; 2 / ART; 3 / RTT.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. POSTER AND INNER SLEEVES VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS. J, P & G PHOTOS CLEAN NO DAMAGE, RINGO HAS CORNER PINHOLES AND SMALL BOTTOM LEFT NICK.
DISCS: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. DISCS DO NOT LOOK PLAYED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES, IF THAT. CLEAN LABELS.
Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?
First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl. Why experience the worse elements of both formats? These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared. They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound. There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.
First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider. Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive. Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.
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