Beatles White Album original UK 1968 1st press EX+

	£		103
	$		136

"The Beatles" White Album

The original First Press of this Double LP issued in 1968.

Complete with :-
Numbered copy
Original top-loading sleeve
Original Black inners
Poster
Photos

The LPs and the cover and all the accessories are all in Excellent condition.
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LPs
* Original 1st pressing from 1968
* "Sold in UK subject to..." printed on all LP labels (first press).
* Dark green Apple label
* Original heavyweight vinyl
* Label number PCS 7067 and PCS 7068 ie stereo
* Matrix numbers YEX709-1, 710-2, 711-1, 712-1
* Mother/stampers are 4HH, 1GOD, 3GPR and 5GRT.
* All sides played right through, and individually rated EX+ to VG++

Outer Sleeve
* Original laminated outer sleeve by Garrod and Lofthouse.
* Heavyweight very early issue sleeve - the very earliest sleeves are instantly identifiable by their heavier weight and strength.
* Top-loading  - 1st issue
* Numbered copy, 0363930 stamped on front cover.
* "The Beatles" embossed in the laminate on front cover.
* The small word "stereo" on the back at top/right
* EX+ condition
* Wonderful condition, completely intact, with no tears or writing, just a few light scuffs along the opening edge and a few creases in the laminate.
* A nice white, only very slightly yellowing with age.
* Spine look great, undamaged, all words clearly readable, corners unscuffed.

Poster
* Lyrics poster
* Made by Garrod and Lofthouse, correctly identified as such on the back/bottom right corner.
* Rated as NM Near mint on the front
* EX+ on the back, a few blue marks in one place (looks like it has been stored next to a sheet of written notes?)
* Completely intact and undamaged,  no noticeable wear on the creases, looks as if it has never been used.

Photos
* Comes complete with 4 photos, one of each Beatle
* EX+ condition
* No tears, no writing, no pin-holes, no glue or sellotape marks.

Black Inner Sleeves
* The black inner sleeves are in EX condition
* Original 1968 matt black paper inner sleeves, (with the hole diecut on just 1 side.)
* Inner sleeve 1 is in EX condition  - completely intact, no seam splits,  no damage, just a few creases in the paper, a short one inch tear on the centre hole. 
* Inner sleeve 2 is EX, also completely intact, no damage, no tears, very small seamsplit on the base, 0.5 inch tear on the centre hole and less creases in the paper than inner 1.

LP -Visual and Play
All 4 sides of the LPs have been not only visually examined, but also played on a quality deck and carefully listened to all the way through. 

Side 1 - visually rated VG++ just a very few light superficial  scratches.  Play of the whole side was EX+ just a few light clicks detectable in the quiet gaps between tracks, so faint as to be hardly worthy of mention.
Side 2 - visually VG+ a few light superficial markings. Some light quiet background noise detectable in some of the quiet gaps between tracks. A number of regular quiet clicks from the end of In the Road  into the start of Juliet. VG.
Side 3 - visually EX just some light scuffing/rubbing from the inner sleeves and also plays EX, just the faintest of background noise between tracks.
Side 4 - visually rated VG++, a few light surface markings.  Plays EX, one light scratch probably gives a few quiet clicks in the last track, though it is hard to be sure with all the funny noises deliberately recorded onto this track by the Beatles themselves.

 On all the 4 sides there were no hops, no jumps, no sticks.

95 minutes of wonderful sound

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Postage + packing 

UK  special delivery including insurance = £6.00

  Airmail Japan, USA = £9.00
Airmail Europe         = £5.60
            
Insurance for Europe/Worldwide = £4.30

All photos are of the actual album for sale, not from "stock"or copied from elsewhere.  Please note that both text and photos are copyright. Please don't copy !