BEATLES WHITE ALBUM UK 1ST PRESS MONO ***44438***

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                                                      BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO LOW NUMBERED 1ST PRESSING

 RELEASED NOVEMBER 22ND 1968 "THE BEATLES" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST DOUBLE ALBUM RELEASE AND THEIR FIRST ALBUM RELEASE ON THE APPLE LABEL. ONE WEEK AFTER ITS RELEASE IN THE U.K IT HIT NUMBER 1 WERE IT STAYED FOR NINE WEEKS IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST EVER DOUBLE ALBUM TO GET TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K.

THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE CALLED "A DOLLS HOUSE" WITH ARTWORK TO INCLUDE A TRANSPARENT COVER AS WELL AS CLEAR VINYL DISCS. ALSO THERE WAS TO BE A PROMOTIONAL ADVERT ON T.V BUT EVENTUALLY THIS WAS ALL SCRAPPED DUE TO THE OVERALL COST.

THE IDEA OF THE TOTALLY WHITE SLEEVE WAS SUGGESTED TO THE BEATLES BY AN ARTIST CALLED RICHARD HAMILTON, HE SUGGESTED THAT RATHER THAN ADDING TO THE NUMBER OF GARISH SLEEVES ALREADY IN EXISTANCE AT THAT TIME THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THE COVER LOOK DISTINCTIVE BY PUTTING NOTHING ON IT AT ALL EXCEPT THE TITLE "THE BEATLES" AND TO GIVE EACH ISSUE ITS OWN NUMBER. ALSO THE SLEEVE WAS GIVEN ITS OPENINGS AT THE TOP INSTEAD OF THE SIDE, AGAIN ANOTHER FIRST FOR ITS TIME.

ALL VERY FIRST ISSUES OF THE WHITE ALBUM WHERE TOP OPENING, GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVES WITH  BLACK INNERS,POSTER AND FOUR COLOUR PRINTS. VINYL HAD DARK GREEN LABELS, WITH A SMALL CIRCLED "P" NEXT TO THE DATE (SEE PICTURES) AND SOLD IN THE U.K TEXT,SOME CARRIED "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT AND SOME DIDNT. ALSO ALL HARRISON AND STARR COMPOSITIONS WHERE CREDITED TO APPLE, THIS LATER CHANGED TO "HARRISONGS" AND "STARTLING MUSIC".... THIS ALBUM CARRIES ALL THESE FEATURES ALONG WITH THE ADDED INCLUSION OF THE RARE WHITE PHOTO SPACER AND A VERY LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE WHICH FEATURES THE FIRST RUN WIDE SPINE.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ORIGINAL UK FCATORY SAMPLE, NUMBERED IST STEREO ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER ALBUM. THIS COPY OFFERS SUPERB VINYL, SUPERB LABELS AND IS COMPLETE WITH  ALL ESSENTIAL INSERTS AND IS HOUSED IN AN EXCELLENT NUMBERED STEREO SLEEVE. 

APPLE PMC 7067

XEX709/10/11/12-1-1-1-1

STAMPERS   OM 5    TT 5   GO  1     G 1

NO TAX CODE

AN "EMI RECORDING" TEXT TO SIDES 3&4 BUT NOT SIDES 1&2

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS  VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES.THE LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE. BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMELY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB.. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD  LIGHT NEEDLE MARK..IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT NONE ARE SEVERE OR FEELABLE AND NONE AFFECT THE AUDIO.THE BRIGHT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE VINYL HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING TO ITS ORIGINAL SHINY SURFACE AND IS COMPLETELY UNBLEMISHED.

AUDIO IS SUPERB... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A NEAR PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, THERE IS SOME MILD STATIC CRACKLE EVIDENT TO ALL RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE &  QUIETER TRACKS BUT NONE OF THIS INTERFERES WITH THE OTHERWISE PERFECT SOUND,  THE MONO AUDIO IS STRONG AND CLEAR. THE VINYL OF COURSE PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS WHATSOEVER..... A GENUINE PERFECT LISTENING EXPERIENCE.

DISC 2 THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN AS DISC ONE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS GOOD AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION....STILL CRISP AND STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES AND SOME MILD HANDLING TO THE TOP OPENING EDGES BOTH INNERS ARE FREE FROM ANY NICKS, TEARS OR SPLITS.

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS SUPERB .THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND SOME VERY MILD CREASING ,THE POSTER IS HOWEVER STILL VERY CLEAN AND CRISP AND FREE FROM ANY FAULTS. 

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE  AGAIN IN SUPERB CONDITION,AGAIN THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE . STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE FRONT SHOWS JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND JUST ONE ACTUAL CREASE TOWARDS THE RIGHT TOP CORNER, THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND STILL VERY CLEAN WITH  NO "YELLOWING" VISIBLE. MY ONLY CRITICAL POINT OF THE IS A LIGHT WATER TYPE STAIN TO THE SPINE EDGE BUT IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT THIS IS NOT REALLY OFFENSIVE. THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAY NO SIGNS OF  HANDLING/WEAR,AND THERE AREJUST THE LIGHTEST OF CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND ALL THE  PICTURES AND TEXT ARE PERFECT. THE REAR IS AGAIN VERY MUCH PER THE FRONT WITH SIMILAR TINY EDGE WRINKLES AND CREASES AND A LIGHT "INDENTATION" MARK VIISBLE. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY RIGID BUT DOES SHOW BOTH VISIBLE AND  "FEELABLE" WEAR BUT THIS IS NOT SEVERE. "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0044438 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND THE NUMBER HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY RUBBING OR FADING....A TRULY SUPERB EXAMPLE

OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A VERY DESIRABLE, LOW NUMBERED, UK MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH OFFERS SUPERB VINYL,LABELS AND AUDIO AND IS HOUSED IN A VERY ATTRACTIVE OUTER SLEEVE.