BEATLES White Album 2/LP 1968 APPLE 1st Press SUPERB

	£		143
	$		189

On offer here is a VERY rare Double LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called 'The Beatles (more commonly known as 'The White Album') and is an ORIGINAL UK Apple 1st Pressing on the 1st Press DARK Apple labels!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER BEATLES LPS OF ALL TIME AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS INCREDIBLE DOUBLE LP IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL HUGE POSTER, 2-RECORDS, 4 COLOUR 'PRINTS', 2 BLACK APPLE INNERS, AND 'NUMBERED' (0350154) TOP OPENING GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH 1/1/1/1 MATRIXES (MOST DO NOT!)!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS DOUBLE LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL EXTRA 2 'SPACERS' TO 'SPACE OUT' THE 4 PHOTOS (ALMOST ALWAYS MISSING!)!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS DOUBLE LP!!!!  WHEN THIS DOUBLE LP WAS MADE BACK AT THE FACTORY - THE 4 COLOUR 'PRINTS' (THE PHOTOS OF EACH BEATLE) WERE 'SEPARATED' PRIOR TO PACKING.  NATURALLY IT WOULD BE FAR TOO TIME CONSUMING FOR THE PACKERS TO INDIVIDUALLY SEARCH OUT & PACK THE CORRECT PICTURES FOR EACH DOUBLE LP FROM 4 DIFFERENT PILES, AND SO EACH 'SET OF 4' COLOUR PRINTS WERE 'SPACED OUT' PRIOR TO PACKING!!!!  A PIECE OF THIN PAPER (A 'SPACER') WAS PLACED EITHER SIDE OF EACH SET OF 4 PRINTS ON THE PRODUCTION LINE (PROTECTING THE PHOTOS & MAKING IT EASY TO PACK) - AND EVERY SINGLE 1ST PRESSING ORIGINALLY CAME WITH 2 'SPACERS' EITHER SIDE OF THE PICTURES!!!!  NATURALLY 99% OF THESE PAPER 'SPACERS' WERE THROWN AWAY THE MOMENT EACH 1ST PRESSING REACHED HOME - AFTER ALL, TO AN AVERAGE BUYER THEY WERE SIMPLY DEEMED SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS (THOUGH OF COURSE - THEY REALLY ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS DOUBLE LP!)!!!!  BUT WHAT THIS DOES MEAN - IS THAT TODAY, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP STILL 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'EXTRA 2 SPACERS' IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  IT ALSO A VERY CERTAIN SIGN THAT THE PICTURES THEMSELVES HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE COVER - FOR IF THEY HAD BEEN, THE 'SPACERS' WOULD HAVE ALMOST CERTAINLY BEEN THROWN AWAY!!!!  AND FOR ANY DOUBTERS OUT THERE - THIS PAPER CANNOT BE 'SUBSTITUTED' OR 'SWOPPED'!!!!  FOR THE PAPER THE 2 'SPACERS' WERE MADE FROM IS OF A 100% PLAIN UNGRAINED VERY THIN 'SHINY' TYPE WHICH IS SIMPLY NOT MADE TODAY (ANY WHITE ALBUMS WITH 'NORMAL' THICKNESS PAPER SPACERS ARE SUBSTITUTES!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT THE IMPOSSIBLY RARE 2 'SPACERS' WITH THIS DOUBLE LP ARE 100% GENIUNE - AND THE 'MINT' CONDITION OF THE '4 COLOUR PRINTS' (WHICH CLEARLY HAVENT EVER BEEN OUT OF THE COVER!) BACK THIS UP AS WELL!!!!  SO NOT ONLY DOES THIS WHITE ALBUM HAVE ITS USUAL COMPLEMENT OF POSTER, 4 COLOUR 'PRINTS', BLACK INNERS, & TOP OPENING NUMBERED COVER - BUT IT REALLY IS TRULY 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 2 'EXTRA' SPACERS AS WELL!!!!  IT IS ALSO WELL WORTH NOTING - THAT FOR ONCE, THE BLACK INNER SLEEVES ARE COMPLETELY UNDAMAGED AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SPLITS AT ALL (IMPOSSIBLE ON THIS DOUBLE LP!)!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS DOUBLE LP IS IN STUNNING CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS DARK APPLE LABELS, 1ST PRESS 1/1/1/1 MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT, 1ST PRESS 2 BLACK INNER SLEEVES, 1ST PRESS POSTER, 1ST PRESS 4 COLOUR PRINTS (WITH THEIR IMPOSSIBLY RARE 2 'EXTRA SPACERS'!), AND 1ST PRESS TOP OPENING 'NUMBERED' (0350154) FULLY LAMINATED FLIPBACK 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' COVER!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  The records are pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are YEX 709-1, YEX 710-1, YEX 711-1 & YEX 712-1!!!!  The Cat. No is PCS 7067/68 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press DARK Apple labels (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer STEREO 1st Pressing (most were Monos)!!!!  PLEASE ALSO NOTE - that this Double LP has the FULL LENGTH version of 'Helter Skelter' (with Ringos 'blisters on my fingers!' ending) - and this is exclusive to STEREOs ONLY (Monos dont have this AT ALL!)!!!!  There are also many MANY other mix differences too, which are exclusive to STEREOs ONLY - which makes this ULTRA RARE STEREO 1st Press mix far FAR superior to the Mono version!!!!  All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE RECORDS HAVENT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s Double LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and Record 1 has NO scratches, only 1 VERY light hairline, only 2 or 3 MEGA light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  Record 1 must visually grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  Record 2 has NO scratches, NO hairlines, only 2 or 3 MEGA light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  Record 2 must visually grade Excellent(Minus) if not better!!!!  ALL SIDES RETAIN EVERY BIT OF THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINE LIKE NEW!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the records are as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  They play with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves ONLY (virtually NONE elsewhere!)!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The records must grade overall (playing & visual) Very Good++++ if not Excellent(Minus)!!!!  WHAT A BRILLIANT SET OF RECORDS!!!!  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  BOTH records also come in 2 matching Black inners which are in absolutely BRILLIANT condition with NO edge splits, and NO 'centre hole' splits either (IMPOSSIBLE like this!)!!!!  The ULTRA RARE Poster and the 4 Colour 'Prints' are in absolutely SUPERB condition (see pictures) and it is VERY doubtful if they have EVER left the cover (the 4 Colour Photo 'Prints' certainly NEVER have!)!!!!

The 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Gatefold TOP Opening FULLY Laminated Flipback 'Numbered' Cover is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, only VERY slight corner wear, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, NO indentations (apart from an absolutely TINY one towards the VERY top of the reverse of the cover), NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The TOP opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO writing, PERFECT flipbacks, STUNNING shiny laminate, NO grubbyness, and NO yellowing AT ALL!!!!  The '0350154' number on the cover front is EXACTLY 'as printed' back in 1968 and has absolutely NO wear AT ALL - and the raised lettering of 'The Beatles' on the cover front is absolutely AWESOME with NO grubbyness and NO dirt AT ALL!!!!  The cover must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+ and is INCREDIBLY hard to find like this!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 100% COMPLETE UK 1968 1ST PRESSING OF "THE BEATLES (THE WHITE ALBUM)" BY THE BEATLES, IN STUNNING CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: