NOT ONLY A FABULOUS EXAMPLE WITH A  NUMBERED  TOP OPENING " stereo " SLEEVE OF 0476797  BUT THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE LAST OF THE TOP OPENERS AS ALL FOUR DISCS INSIDE OMIT THE " SOLD IN UK TXT "

THE " SOLD IN UK ... " STATMENT WAS REMOVED FROM EMI PRODUCED RECORDS AROUND JULY/ AUGUST 1969, BY THAT TIME EMI WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING PRODUCTION OF WHITE ALBUMS FROM OPENING FROM THE TOP TO THE MORE CONVENTIONAL  OPENING AT THE SIDE.

I HAVE SEEN SIDE OPENING WHITE ALBUMS WITH THE " SOLD IN UK..." TEXT AND BOTH SIDE AND TOP OPENING WHITE ALBUMS WITH CROSS OVER DISCS ( IE WHERE A DISC HAS THE SOLD IN UK ON ONE SIDE AND NOT ON THE OTHER ). THIS IS A WHITE ALBUM THAT HAS A LOVELY TOP OPENING SLEEVE AND TWO LOVELY DISCS WITH ALL FOUR SIDES WITHOUT THE " SOLD IN UK... " TEXT.

HOWEVER REGARDLESS OF WHICH TYPE OF SLEEVE THESE LP'S COME WITH THIS IS A MUCH RARER LABEL VARIATION AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY...

ALL FOUR SIDES HAVE " AN EMI RECORDING " ON THEM, THAT IS NOTHING UNUSUAL, HOWEVER FROM THE TIME OF " YELLOW SUBMARINE " IN JANUARY 1969 THE BEATLES APPLE LABELS WERE BEING PRODUCED WITH  ( "  AN EMI RECORDING " ) , I.E. IN BRACKETS !!!

THESE LABELS ARE WITHOUT BRACKETS AND ARE PROBABLY EARLIER STOCK BEING USED UP JUST FOR WHITE ALBUMS. BY THE TIME OF " ABBEY ROAD " IN SEPTEMBER 1969 ALL THE BEATLES APPLE LABELS SEEM TO HAVE SWITCHED TO ( " AN EMI RECORDING " ) ON THEM MEANING THAT THESE " AN EMI RECORDING " LABELS, WITHOUT THE BRACKETS FOR THE WHITE ALBUM ARE QUITE UNUSUAL AND PROBABLY REPLACED BY AROUND SEPTEMBER 1969 BY THE BRACKETED LABELS.

IF YOU YOU WISH TO CHECK ON EBAY 99.9% OF ALL NON SOLD IN UK TEXT LABELS WILL HAVE THE ( " AN EMI RECORDING " ) IN BRACKETS, THIS IS ONE OF THE 0.1 %  OF LABELS WITHOUT THE SOLD IN UK TEXT  THAT YOU WILL FIND WITH  " AN EMI RECORDING " WITHOUT THE BRACKETS  !!

...ONE SMALL POINT, ONLY BEATLES AND POST 70 BEATLES SOLO APPLE LP'S BEAR THE ( " AN EMI RECORDING " ) STATEMENT. THIS IS BECAUSE THESE LP'S WERE NOT APPLE RECORDINGS BECAUSE THE BEATLES REMAINED CONTRACTED TO EMI UNTIL 1975. THAT IS WHY THESE LP'S BEAR PARLOPHONE CATALOGUE NUMBERS AND NOT APPLE ONES ALTHOUGH EMI MADE A CONCESSION FOR THEIR RECORDS FROM HEY JUDE ONWARD TO USE THE APPLE LABELS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT REALLY " ON " THE APPLE LABEL AS SUCH AND SO ALWAYS BORE THE TEXT " AN EMI RECORDING " ( WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VERY EARLY WHITE ALBUM LABELS WHERE THIS WAS OMITTED, BUT THAT WAS A SIMPLE ERROR AND A WHOLE OTHER STORY...)   

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTSFurthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED

DOMESTIC BIDDERS PLEASE NOT ALL ITEMS HAVE TO BE SENT VIA SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WHICH FOR A DOUBLE LP IS GBP 4.99, THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLIAMS OF NON RECEIPT, IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THIS PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLS SEE NOTES BELOW

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  THE BEATLES " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO:  STEREO

Cat. No : PCS 7067/8

LABEL: DARK APPLE 

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1968

MOTHER/STAMPERS         2 GAP 3  GMP     1 GLR  3 GPL

MATRICIES:     -1  -1  - 2  -2

TRACK LISTING :

VINYL WEIGHT: 150g 150g

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE: THESE TOP OPENERS RARELY SEEM TO SURVIVE IN TOP CONDITION SO THIS HAS TO BE AN EXCEPTION. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICS THIS REAR STEREO EMBOSSED COPY NUMBERED 0476797 RETAINS MUCH OF IT'S WHITENESS AND STILL RETAINS A LOVELY CLEAN AND READABLE SPINE, ALSO RARE FOR ONE OF THESE TOP OPENERS. IT HAS NO SERIOUS FLAWS TO SPEAK OF,  A TINY BIT OF LAMINATE RUB AND CRACKING AT THE SPINE WHICH IS FAIRLY NORMAL BUT NOT EXCESSIVE ( SEE PICS ) MINOR RINGWARE AND ONLY MINOR CREASING THIS IS EASILY ONE OF THE BETTER TOP OPENING SLEEVES I HAVE HANDLED AND I RATE IT AS EXCELLENT MINUS 

VINYL VISUAL: FABULOUS !! SIMPLY LOVELY LOOKING......... LIKE SGT PEPPER AND ABBEY ROAD THE LACK OF TRACK BANDING MEANS THAT TO FIND A DECENT LOOKING COPY IS REALLY HARD. THIS IS ONE SUCH COPY. EVEN UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN THERE AREN'T MANY MARKS TO SEE, AND THOSE THAT YOU CAN SEE ARE LIGHT SURFACE OR BAG REMOVAL MARKS. UNDER NORMAL LIGHT THE DISCS RETAIN THEIR JUST PRESSED LOOKED. AGAIN ALL FOUR SIDES GRADE EXCELLENT OR BETTER.

VINYL PLAY :  THIS LP IS GRADED VISUALLY ONLY

LABELS: ALL FOUR SIDES  NO SERIOUS FLAWS WRITINGS OR LABELS JUST MINOR SPINDLE TACES SO ALL 4 SIDES ONCE AGAIN GRADE AS EXCELLENT

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POSTER/PICS : PICS HAVE NO FLAWS ALL FOUR GRADE EXCELLENT BUT RINGO IS STRANGELY MISSING ;-(  .... THERE IS THE OLD SPLIT ON SOME OF THE FOLDS TO THE POSTER WHIC IS FAIRLY NORMAL AFTER 41+ YEARS BUTI HAVE SEEN A LOT WORSE SO VG TO VG+ 

INNERS : SOFT BLACK DIE CUT INNERS HAVE SOME SPLITS AND ARE A BIT SCRUFFY BUT I HAVE SEEN A LOT WORSE  - GRADE VG-

THIS IS A LOVELY COMPLETE AND IMPORTANT LABELLED COPY, ESPECIALLY   IN THIS CONDITON - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS. 

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 8.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE... 

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