BEATLES White Album LP THE RAREST POSSIBLE PRESSING

	£		96
	$		127

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called 'The Beatles (more commonly known as 'The White Album') and is a UK Stereo pressing on the DARK Green Apple label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE ALL TIME RAREST POSSIBLE PRESSING OF THIS LP WITH DIFFERENT LABELS AND A TOP OPENING COVER AND WAS ONLY EVER PRESSED FOR ONE MONTH (IF THAT) AND ONLY IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN.  AS MOST PEOPLE WILL ALREADY KNOW - THE VAST MAJORITY OF SALES OF THE WHITE ALBUM TOOK PLACE IN 1968. THESE 1ST PRESSINGS CAME IN TOP OPENING 'NUMBERED' COVERS AND WERE OF COURSE COMPLETE WITH POSTER, 4 COLOUR PRINTS, BLACK INNER SLEEVES AND THE TWO RECORDS OF COURSE!!!!  HOWEVER BY LATE 1969 SALES OF THIS LP WERE MUCH MUCH LOWER AND IN LATE 1969 THE DECISION WAS TAKEN TO AXE THE TOP OPENING COVER AND USE A SIDE OPENING COVER INSTEAD.  HOWEVER BEFORE THIS HAPPENED THERE WAS A TINY CROSSOVER POINT IN JUNE 1969 ONLY - WHERE THIS LP FITS IN!!!!  LATE 1968 & EARLY 1969 1ST PRESSINGS OF 'THE WHITE ALBUM' HAD 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT ON THE DARK APPLE LABELS AND ALSO 'AN EMI RECORDING' IN ONE LONG LINE ON EACH LABEL.  HOWEVER IN LATE MAY 1969 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT WAS NO LONGER NEEDED AND WAS REMOVED FROM ALL DARK APPLE LABELS.  HOWEVER FOR 1 MONTH ONLY IN JUNE 1969 AFTER THE 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT WAS REMOVED - THE 'AN EMI RECORDING' TEXT WAS LEFT ON THE DARK APPLE LABELS STILL IN THE 1ST PRESS STYLE OF ONE LONG LINE!!!!  THIS ONLY LASTED AROUND A MONTH AND BY THE TIME PRESSING STARTED FOR ABBEY ROAD (EVENTUALLY RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 1969) THE 'AN EMI RECORDING' TEXT HAD BEEN SHORTENED ON 2 LINES AND PUT INTO BRACKETS (AS HAD PRESSINGS OF THE 'WHITE ALBUM')!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT BY AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1969 (AS MENTIONED ABOVE) THE TOP OPENING COVERS HAD BEEN AXED AND REPLACED WITH SIDE OPENING COVERS!!!!  SO THIS DATES THIS LP ABSOLUTELY EXACTLY TO JUNE 1969 AND IT IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE PRESSING OF 'THE WHITE ALBUM' YOU CAN POSSIBLY FIND!!!!  ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT WERE EVER PRESSED AND THIS LP IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  AND APART FROM THE ULTRA RARE LABELS - THIS LP HAS EXACTLY THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS ALL 1ST PRESSINGS - WITH A TOP OPENING 'NUMBERED' COVER, 1ST PRESS POSTER, 1ST PRESS '4 COLOUR INSERTS', AND 1ST PRESS BLACK INNER SLEEVES!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE NUMBER CORRESPONDS EXACTLY TO THE CORRECT TIME OF JUNE 1969 - BEING '0542435' (ONE OF THE HIGHEST TOP OPENING NUMBERS I HAVE SEEN)!!!!  THIS LP WAS ALSO ONE OF THE LAST 'WHITE ALBUM' LPS EVER TO STILL RETAIN THE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS BLACK INNERS TOO - AS THEY WERE DISCONTINUED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS!!!!  THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE PRESSING OF THE WHITE LP EVER - AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME (IF EVER) BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  IT IS ALSO 100% COMPLETE!!!!  THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE PRESSING OF THIS LP AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Stereo UK Pressing from June 1969 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are YEX 709-1, YEX 710-1, YEX 711-2 & YEX 712-2!!!!  The Cat. No is PCS 7067/68 on the ORIGINAL Dark Apple labels (see picture) and is a STEREO pressing!!!!  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 AWESOME 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 BRILLIANT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and I will grade each side in turn visually and give a play grade and overall grading at the end.  Side 1 has NO scratches, only 1 light hairline, only 1 light scuffline, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  Side 1 must visually grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  Side 2 has NO scratches, NO hairlines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  Side 2 must visually grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  Side 3 has NO scratches, NO hairlines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! Side 3 must visually grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  Side 4 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!!!! Side 4 must visually grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  ALL SIDES RETAIN EVERY BIT OF THEIR ORIGINAL SHINE AND HAVE A 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the records is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! They play with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL (apart from the VERY slight touch on a couple of the run on grooves), and only the absolute MEGA faintest touches of MEGA low level background sound in a VERY few places (barely ANY)!!!!  ALL sides have AWESOME sound quality with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The records must grade overall Very Good++++ if not Excellent(Minus)!!!!  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 their ORIGINAL Black inner sleeves which are in STUNNING condition and most importantly UNSPLIT!!!!  The Poster and the 4 Colour Prints are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) and they dont look to have EVER left the cover!!!!  

The 1st Press Gatefold 'TOP OPENING' Laminated Flipback NUMBERED Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, only VERY slight corner wear (the cover still retains a VERY nice shape to ALL corners), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), AWESOME shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!! The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in STUNNING condition with NO writing, PERFECT flipbacks, STUNNING shiny laminate, NO grubbyness, and barely ANY yellowing!!!!  The number on the cover front looks like it was pressed yesterday and the raised writing of 'The Beatles' is simply AWESOME and DIRT FREE!!!!  Not only that but this White Album is only VERY slightly yellowed and absolutely MILES better than the usual heavily yellowed examples that show up!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better and is VERY hard to find in this condition!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING 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 1969 'RAREST POSSIBLE' STEREO PRESSING OF "THE BEATLES (THE WHITE ALBUM)" BY THE BEATLES, IN BRILLIANT 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.  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: