BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK PARLOPHONE EXPORT ***DECCA***

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                                               BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

                          RARE UK PARLOPHONE EXPORT DECCA PRESSING

ORIGINAL 1968 UK PRESSED, BLACK AND YELLOW, PARLOPHONE LABEL, DECCA CONTRACT EXPORT PRESSING.......P-PCS 7067.

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.

THAT SAME YEAR (1968) EMI ISSUED THIS ALBUM FOR EXPORT PURPOSES ONLY. THE EXPORT COPIES WHERE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE UK ISSUES, GATEFOLD NUMBERED SLEEVES, BLACK INNERS, POSTER E.T.C BUT INSTEAD OF FEATURING THE NEW APPLE LABELS EMI ISSUED THE EXPORT COPIES ON THE WELL KNOWN BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS. THE LABELS FEATURED THE USUAL "GRAMMOPHONE CO" RIM TEXTS, "MADE IN Gt.BRITAIN" TEXT BUT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT CARRY THE "SOLD IN UK" LABEL TEXT.  

THESE EXPORT COPIES WHERE PRESSED IN STEREO ONLY AND CARRIED THE SAME CATALOGUE NUMBER AS THE UK ISSUES... PCS 7067 BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF A "P" PREFIX...P-PCS 7067.

IT IS NOW WELL KNOWN THAT OVER THE YEARS EMI REGULARLY CONTRACTED OUT PRESSINGS OF BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS TO OTHER COMPANIES SUCH AS DECCA OR PYE AND THE EXPORT "WHITE ALBUM" WAS NO EXCEPTION, SOME COPIES OF THIS EXPORT ALBUM WHERE PRESSED BY DECCA.

THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO JUST HOW MANY COPIES WHERE PRESSED BY DECCA BUT WHAT IS CERTAIN IS THAT THE NUMBERS WHERE VERY FEW AND VERY LIMITED.

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT FEWER OF THESE DECCA PRESSINGS EXIST THAN THE INFAMOUS "BLACK & GOLD" STEREO (REPUTED TO BE JUST 900 ???) AND WHILST THAT SUGGESTION IS OPEN TO DEBATE WHAT CANT BE DISPUTED IS THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT PRESSING APPEARS FOR SALE ON THE OPEN MARKET FAR LESS OFTEN THAN THE "BLACK & GOLD" STEREO AND BOTH THESE ALBUMS ARE NOW CONSIDERED AMONGST THE ALL TIME RAREST UK RECORDS OF ALL TIME AND OF ANY ARTIST.

WITH ALL THAT IN MIND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ULTIMATE BEATLES RARITY.

OFFERED IN OVERALL SUPERB CONDITION THROUGHOUT THIS HIGHLY COLLECTABLE ALBUM FEATURES ALL ITS ORIGINAL AND ESSENTIAL CRITERIA. NOT ONLY IS THIS THE HIGHLY-SOUGHTER PARLOPHONE EXPORT COPY BUT IS ALSO THE ABSOLUTE RARITY THAT IS A DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING.

P-PCS 7067

YEX709/10/11/12-1-1-1-1

STAMPERS  4  7  4 7   (NO LETTERS)

NO TAX CODE

P-PCS 7067  HAND ETCHED TO ALL FOUR RUN OFF GROOVES 

DISC 1

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE DECCA LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO BOTH SIDES. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK CLOLOURING.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT AND ALL LETTERING IS CLEAR AND UNSPOILT........THE LABELS CARRY THE DESTINCTIVE DECCA "RIDGE" APPROXIMATELY 15MM FROM THE LABEL EDGE.  

THE GLOSSY, HEAVIER VINYL IS TRULY STUNNING... IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS FABULOUS VINYL DISPLAYS A  NEAR MINT APPEARENCE AND ONLY CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY TINY AND LIGHT NEEDLE MARK BUT ABSOLUTELY NO SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS E.T.C . 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 FLAWLESS... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS ARE PRISTINE. THE STEREO 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 PARLOPHONE DECCA 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. EACH INNER SHOWS JUST THE LIGHTEST AMOUNT OF WEAR TO THE TOP OPENING EDGES AND AROUND THE DIE-CUT HOLE BUT NONE OF THIS IS SEVERE. BOTH INNERS ARE FREE FROM ANY NICKS OR SPLITS AND BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY.   

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS SUPERB.THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER, THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND SOME MILD CREASING. THERE ARE SOME LIGHT AGE MARKS TO ONE SIDE BUT NOTHING REALLY MAJOR AND THE POSTER IS COMPLETELY INTACT. 

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE IN GREAT CONDITION WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" NUMBERED SLEEVE IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE. STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT AND  TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND A FEW MILD CREASES.THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH NO SIGNS OF "YELLOWING".THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAY SOME MILD SIGNS OF  HANDLING AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CORNER BUMPS PRESENT WITH JUST ONE MORE PROMINENT TO THE FRONT BOTTOM LEFT. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS ALL THE  PICTURES AND TEXT ARE PERFECT. THE REAR IS AS PER THE FRONT BUT WITH JUST A FEW MORE VISIBLE "THUMBNAIL" CREASES.THE SPINE IS STRONG AND RIGID ALTHOUGH IT DOES DISPLAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEELABLE WEAR AND A TINY HINT OF LAMINATE FLAKING. "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0509383 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND THE NUMBER HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY RUBBING OR FADING....  

OVERALL THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL THE BEATLES UK PRESSINGS THAT IS KNOWN TO EXIST.

THESE VERY ELUSIVE PRESSINGS DO NOT APPEAR FOR SALE THAT OFTEN AND BECAUSE OF THIS MOST BEATLES COLLLECTIONS WILL REMAIN INCOMPLETE WITHOUT THIS PARTICULAR ALBUM. 

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