BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS MONO **2007**

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                                                              BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

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ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.... EXTREMELY LOW NUMBERED TOP OPENING SLEEVE ,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS AND  BLACK INNERS.

 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 BE ABLE TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS GENUINE LOW NUMBERED 1ST PRESSING UK MONO VERSION OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM.

ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTABLE OF ALL THE BEATLES ALBUMS, THE "WHITE ALBUM" WILL ALWAYS ATTRACT INTEREST FROM ALL COLLECTORS. MOST COLLECTORS ENDEAVOUR TO AQUIRE THE LOWEST NUMBERED COPY THAT THEY CAN OBTAIN AND THE LOWER THE NUMBERED SLEEVE THE MORE SOUGHT-AFTER THE ALBUM WILL BE.  

APPLE PMC 7067

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

STAMPERS  LL 5  LD 7    TH 3  TG 4

NO TAX CODE

NO "EMI RECORDING" TEXT PRESENT TO ANY LABEL

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!.... LABELS DO NOT CARRY "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS TRULY SUPERB... ONLY CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD SMALL NEEDLE MARK BUT NOTHING SERIOUS OR SEVERE . 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 NEAR PERFECT... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT EXCEPT FOR SOME VERY MILD BUT NON OFFENSIVE CRACKLE TO THE QUIET "BLACKBIRD",  THE OTHER QUIETER TRACKS ARE PRISTINE. 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 STUNNING 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 LIGHT "FEATHERING" TO OPENING EDGES. THE INNERS ARE INTACT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY. 

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS SUPERB.THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING 

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE EXCELLENT THEY SHOW SOME LIGHT AGEING AND HANDLING MARKS BUT HAVE CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" EXTREMELY LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE IS VERY GOOD BUT IT DOES SHOW SIGNS OF AGE AND WEAR. THE FRONT SHOWS SOME CREASING AND EDGE WRINKLES AND HAS A SMALL TEAR TO TOP OPENING EDGE, THERE IS A WATER STAIN TO THE SPINE EDGE WHICH EXTENDS TO THE REAR IND INNER BUT THIS IS LIGHT. THE FRONT DISPLAYS SOME HANDLING MARKS BUT IS STILL QUITE CLEAN. THE REAR IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT. THE INNER IS STILL CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND BOTH INNER SEAMS ARE FLAT. THE SPINE HAS SUFFERED FROM SOME WEAR AND SOME LAMINATE LIFT WHICH EXTENDS SLIGHTLY ONTO BOTH FRONT AND REAR LAMINATE. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND IS FREE FROM ANY WRITING AND THE BEATLES LOGO AND THE INCREDIBLY LOW NUMBER ARE BOTH STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE...... CERTAINLY NOT A PERFECT EXAMPLE BUT THE APPEAL OF THIS SLEEVE IS THE LOW NUMBER RATHER THAN THE QUALITY BUT PLEASE DO BEAR ITS CONDITION IN MIND BEFORE BIDDING.  

 OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A GENUINELY LOW NUMBERED, SOUGHT AFTER UK MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH IS COMPLETE  AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF FEATURING SUPERB 1ST PRESS VINYL.