BEATLES White Album D/LP 1968 TOP OPENING 1st Press + INSERTS RAREST EVER

	£		234
	$		310

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 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 MOST SOUGHT AFTER BEATLES LPs OF ALL TIME AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE RAREST LPs ON THE APPLE LABEL, AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  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 LOW 'NUMBERED' (0527310) TOP OPENING GATEFOLD COVER!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS DOUBLE LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT HAS NO 'EMI RECORDING' TEXT ON ANY OF THE LABELS!!!!  AND THIS MAKES THIS DOUBLE LP THE RAREST 1ST PRESS VARIATION OF THIS DOUBLE LP EVER MADE!!!!  BECAUSE WHILST YOU DO SEE THIS QUITE COMMONLY ON MONO 1ST PRESSINGS - ON STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS IT IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF!!!!  USUALLY YOU FIND ONE OR TWO SIDES WITHOUT THE 'EMI RECORDING TEXT' - BUT ON SIDE 3 OR 4 (SORRY I FORGET WHICH!) IT WAS ADDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ON STEREOs - WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES EVER BEING MADE WITHOUT THIS TEXT!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH NO 'EMI RECORDING' TEXT ON ANY OF THE LABELS!!!!

THIS DOUBLE LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, WITH ULTRA RARE 1/1/1/1 MATRIXES (MOST DONT!)!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS DOUBLE LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION - AND IS A VERY DECENT EXAMPLE INDEED!!!!  THE POSTER IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION (WITH NO DAMAGE AT ALL!), THE 4 'COLOUR PRINTS' ARE SIMPLY SUPERB (THEY LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN REMOVED FROM THE COVER!), THE RECORDS ARE IN VERY NICE ORDER INDEED (AND STILL GLOSSY & SHINY!) - AND EVEN THE GATEFOLD COVER IS IN GREAT CONDITION, HAVING VERY SHINY LAMINATE, NO 'DIRTYNESS' TO THE 'EMBOSSED' 'THE BEATLES, THE CORRECT 'STEREO' PRINTED ON THE REVERSE, AND THE FRONT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PRINTED YESTERDAY - WITH NO INK FADING AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THE 'BLACK INNER' SLEEVES WITH THIS DOUBLE LP ARE ALSO COMPLETELY UNDAMAGED AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SPLITS AT ALL (ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS DOUBLE LP!)!!!!  THAT SAID - THE BLACK INNERS DO LOOK SO PERFECT, THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THE CORRECT SHAPE (AND CORRECTLY HAVE THE 'DIE-CUT' HOLE ON 1 SIDE ONLY!) AND HAVE THE CORRECT BLACK 'MATT' PAPER, I SUSPECT THEY MAY BE MORE RECENT REPLACEMENTS.  EVEN SO THIS IS A GREAT CONDITIONED WHITE ALBUM - AND ALMOST NEVER SEEN WITH NO 'EMI TEXT' ON ALL FOUR LABELS OF A STEREO 1ST PRESSING (IT IS THE RAREST 1ST PRESS VARIATION EVER MADE!)!!!! 

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK 'RAREST EVER' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS DARK APPLE LABELS, 1ST PRESS 1/1/1/1 MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, MATCHING 2 BLACK INNER SLEEVES, 1ST PRESS POSTER, 1ST PRESS 4 'COLOUR PRINTS', AND 1ST PRESS TOP OPENING 'NUMBERED' (0527310) 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 VERY 'Earliest' possible!)!!!!  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 (and 2 minutes longer!) than 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!!!!

BOTH record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition - and is still VERY bright & shiny looking indeed!!!!  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 BOTH records have NO nasty concentric marks AT ALL, only 3 or 4 light hairlines, only 3 or4 VERY light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORDS STILL RETAIN EVERY BIT OF THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the records are almost as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  They play with NO skips, barely ANY clicks, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  There is some typical audible background sound on the run on grooves & gaps (commonly found on this Double LP!) - though this is lost WAY behind the VERY loud music, which still plays VERY well indeed!!!!  Most importantly the actual sound quality itself is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The records must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  STILL A VERY DECENT SET OF RECORDS INDEED!!!!  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 SUPERB condition with NO edge splits, NO 'centre hole' splits, and NO fraying to the edges!!!!  A SUPERB SET OF BLACK INNERS!!!!  The ULTRA RARE Poster is in BRILLIANT condition (with NO damage AT ALL!) - and the 4 Colour 'Prints' are in absolutely SUPERB condition (apart from a crease to the VERY bottom of the Lennon print!) and it is VERY doubtful if they have EVER left the cover!!!!  A SUPERB SET OF INSERTS!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Gatefold TOP Opening FULLY Laminated Flipback 'Numbered' Cover is in GREAT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO edge splits, some typical laminate loss / VERY light wear to the spine (though the spine is still 100% WHITE in colour!), NO spine splits, NO grubbyness, slight corner wear, NO rips, NO tears, only a few VERY creases (cover is still VERY flat looking!), 1 more pronounced crease (but VERY small indeed!) to the bottom left front corner, shiny laminate, barely ANY yellowing, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The TOP opening edges are still VERY nice and straight, with NO rips, NO splits, and barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO writing, VERY nice flipbacks, VERY shiny laminate, NO grubbyness, and barely ANY yellowing AT ALL!!!!  The '0527310' 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 SUPERB with NO grubbyness and NO dirt AT ALL!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS THE RAREST 1ST PRESS VARIATION EVER MADE!) - SO MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  

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