BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE MONO IST PRESS..UPGRADE

	£		621
	$		823

                                                      BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING....NUMBERED TOP OPENER,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, SPACER 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.

OFFERED FOR SALE IS NEAR MINT AND BARELY PLAYED NUMBERED IST MONO ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHTAFTER ALBUM. THIS TRUE GEM OFFERS EARLY STAMPERS, IST ISSUE LABELS AND IS HOUSED IN ITS VERY VERY IST ISSUE WIDE SPINE "LIKE NEW"  GATEFOLD SLEEVE

APPLE PMC 7067

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DISC 1

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS  THERE APPEARS TO BE NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO VERT TINY AND LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE!!!!!!!. LABELS ARE VERY VERY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!.... LABELS DO  FEATURE "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT 

THE GLOSSY VINYL HAS CLEALRY RECIEVED NO MORE THAN TWOO OR THREE VERYCAREFUL PLAYS AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN ITS STUNNING APPEARANCE. VIEWED IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS UNIQUE VINYL PORTRAYS A MINT APPEARENACE AND ONLY CLOSE AND INDEPTH INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JSUT VERY VEYR LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS WILL CLEALRY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEEN REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE. THE BRIGHT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE VINYL HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING TO ITS ORIGINAL SHINY SURFACE AND IS COMPLETELY UNBLEMISHED..

AUDIO IS FLAWLESS...ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS AN UNITERRUPTED, CLEAR AND CRISP MONO SOUND. THERE IS ABSOLUTLEY NO POPS, SKIPS OR JUMPS EVIDENT. BOTH DISCS PLAY WITH AN UNRIVALED CLARITY AND SHARPNESS WITH NO DISTORTION PRESENT AT ANY POINT.

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.... THEY ARE INTACT WITH JUST  LIGHT CREASES AND SOME MINOR BUT INSIGNIFICANT WEAR TO OPENING EDGES,THE INNERS ARE FREE FROM ANY  REPAIRS AND ARE STILL REALLY CRISP.

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS NEAR MINT.THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). IT IS POSSIBLY THAT  THE POSTER HAS NEVER BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE MORE TAHN A FEW TIMES AND THIS HAS CLEALRY HELPED TO MAINTAIN THIS IN SUCH AMAZING CONDITION.

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE IN MINT CONDITION. 

THE RARE WHITE SPACER IS PRESENT AND IS STUNNING.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" NUMBERED, WIDE SPINE SLEEVE IS TRULY STUNNING AND SOME WOULD GRADE AS NEAR MINT, IT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES AROUND!  IT IS UNBELEIVABLY CLEAN AND STILL AMAZINGLY GLOSSY AND STILL HOLDS ITS GLEAMING  WHITE COLOUR. IT DISPLAYS ABSOLUTLEY NO "BROWNING" TO THE EDGES. THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS VIRTUALLY NO CREASES OR WRINKLES AND GENUINELY LOOKS LIKE NEW!!! IS INTACT AND ALL THE INNER SEAMS LIE FLAT, .. THE OPENING EDGES DISPLAY NO SIGNS OF  WEAR. IF I HAD TO BE PICKY THEN I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WHEN ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT A SLIGHT IMPRESSION FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE IS JUST ABOUT BE DETECTABLE. THE WIDE SPINE IS  RIDGID AND INTACT WITH NO CREASING OR WEAR. BOTH "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0160899 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND THE NUMBER HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY RUBBING OR FADING....THE SLEEVE STILL DISPLAYS THAT UNIQUE AS NEW "CRACKING" SOUND WHEN OPENED.... I COULD GO ON, BUT I REALLY CANT EMPHASISE JUST HOW GOOD THIS SLEEVE IS..SEEING IS BELEIVING!  

OVERALL THIS REALLY IS A STUNNING, NEAR MINT AND BARELY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS UK APPLE MONO ABSOLUTE 1ST PRESSING WHICH OFFERS AMAZING VINYL AND LABELS, IS COMPLETE WITH ITS CORRECT INNERS, FOUR PHOTOS, POSTER AND RARE SPACER AND IS HOUSED IN A SUPERB WIDE SPINE NUMBERED SLEEVE. 

THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS AND HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL THICK PLASTIC, GATEFOLD PROTECTIVE SLEEVE, THIS HAS MOST CERTAINLY HELPED TO PRESERVE THIS COPY IN SUCH AMAZING CONDITION.     

THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE THIS ALBUM IS SUCH STUNNING CONDITION...THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST "WHITE ALBUM" THAT WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO OFFER FOR SALE.....  THIS WILL NOT NEED UPGRADING AND ANY PURCHASER WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!