BEATLES WHITE ALBUM 1969 RARE 2ND PRESS SIDE OPENING NUMBERED WITH NEMS SLEEVE
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THE BEATLES "THE WHITE ALBUM" PCS 7067/68
1969 UK STEREO 2nd PRESSING WITH SIDE OPENING LAMINATED NUMBERED SLEEVE WITH GOLD REAR STEREO STICKER AND WHITE SPACER ALL ENCASED IN A RARE N.E.M.S SLEEVE
IN MID 1969 EMI SWITCHED FROM TOP OPENING SLEEVES FOR THE WHITE ALBUM TO SIDE OPENING SLEEVES STILL RETAINING A FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE PHOTO'S AND SPACER ORIGINAL POSTER AND DIE CUT BLACK INNERS ,ALSO THE NUMBERING SEQUENCE WAS PUT BACK TO 100,000 AND RESTARTED
THE GOLD STEREO STICKER WAS PROBABLY USED TO CONFIRM THE PRESSING AND VICE VERSA MONO STICKERS ON STEREO PRINTED SLEEVES ( EMI WERE IN THE HABIT OF DOING THIS ,COST SAVING APPARENTLY )
THE APPLE LABELS HAD A MATT FINISH AND RETAINED 'AN EMI RECORDING" AND "MFD IN UK" BUT "NO SOLD IN THE UK"
ALL THE ABOVE IS APPLICABLE TO THIS COPY WHICH GOING BY ITS NUMBER No 0132347 WOULD PROBABLY PLACE IT AS A JULY - DEC 1969 PRESSING
STAMPER NUMBERS 5 GPO 2 GRO 1 GRR 2 GRG
MATRICES -1 -1 -1 -1
THE FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS IN STUNNING CONDITION BRIGHT WHITE IN COLOUR AND UNMARKED , LIKELY STORED OUT OF THE SUN FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE
POSTER ,PICTURES AND SPACER ARE ALSO IN SIMILAR STUNNING CONDITION TO THE ABOVE AND ARE UNMARKED AGAIN HIDDEN FROM THE SUN WITHIN THE SLEEVE WHICH HAS RETAINED THEIR AMAZING CONDITION
BLACK DIE CUT INNER SLEEVE'S HAVE FARED JUST AS WELL APART FROM A SMALL REPAIRED TEAR ON THE DIE CUT OF ONE SLEEVE ( THEY ARE EASILY DAMAGED IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL SLIDING THE PICS OR THE POSTER BACK INTO THE SLEEVE)
VINYL DISCS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES WITH PRISTINE UNMARKED LABELS AND THE AUDIO IS FIRST CLASS AND A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO
THE COMPLETE SET COMES IN A N.E.M.S PROTECTIVE SLEEVE ORIGINALY SUPPLIED FROM BRIAN EPSTEINS SHOP IN LIVERPOOL
THESE SLEEVE'S ARE VERY THIN AND FRAGILE AND DON'T SURVIVE WELL ,THIS ONE IS COMPLETE WITH A SMALL REPAIRED TEAR AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER
SIDE OPENING NUMBERED COPIES ARE BECOMING HARDER TO FIND THESE DAYS MORE SO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
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