THE BEATLES 1ST UK WHITE ALBUM MONO LOW NO. 0001863

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THE BEATLES 1ST UK WHITE ALBUM MONO LOW NO. 0001863 Search

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THE BEATLES

THE WHITE ALBUM

MONO

NO. 0001863

TOP OPENING

DISC 1             "AN EMI RECORDING"

DISC2         NO “AN EMI RECORDING”

"SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT

DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS

PMC 7067 - 7068

HI THERE AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL AUCTION HERE AT ALLADINS CABIN.

THIS PACKAGE IS INCREDIBLE. 

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING OF THE BEATLES “WHITE ALBUM”. IT IS NUMBERED ONLY 0001863 AND WAS BOUGHT WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OF RELEASE. IT IS TOP OPENING WITH “THE BEATLES” EMBOSSED ON THE FRONT COVER. ALL LABELS STATE "SOLD IN THE U.K." TEXT. 

THE PACKAGE COMES COMPLETE WITH:

1ST PRESS “KISS” LYRIC POSTER ( NEAR MINT )

FOUR 1ST PRESS COLOUR PORTRAITS ON THICK CARD OF EACH BEATLE ( NEAR MINT )

TWO THICK ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS ( VERY GOOD + ).

VINYL VERY GOOD + TO EXCELLENT

NO PHOTO SPACER

CATALOGUE NUMBERS

APPLE PMC 7067

APPLE PMC 7068

                                   STAMPERS

XEX 709 - 1  MATRIX                    6 AM

XEX 710 - 1  MATRIX                    4 AA

XEX 711 - 1   MATRIX                   2 AD

XEX 712 - 1   MATRIX                   2 RE

NO TAX CODE ON ANY OF THE LABELS

AN "EMI RECORDING" TEXT ON DISC 1 LABELS

NO "EMI RECORDING" TEXT ON DISC 2 LABELS

The album's sleeve was designed by Richard Hamilton, a notable pop artist who had organised a Marcel Duchamp retrospective at the Tate Gallery the previous year. Hamilton's design was in stark contrast to Peter Blake's vivid cover art for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and consisted of a plain white sleeve. The band's name was discreetly embossed slightly below the middle of the album's right side, and the cover also featured a unique stamped serial number, "to create," in Hamilton's words, "the ironic situation of a numbered edition of something like five million copies.” Indeed, the artist intended the cover to resemble the "look" of conceptual art, an emerging movement in contemporary art at the time. Later vinyl record releases in the U.S. showed the title in grey printed (rather than embossed) letters.

PLEASE OBSERVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL DOUBLE GATEFOLD "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" TOP OPENING SLEEVE WHICH IS FANTASTICALLY NUMBERED AN UNBELIEVABLY LOW 0001863 WITH THE BEATLES “EMBOSSED” SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN CENTRAL.

THIS SLEEVE WOULD HAVE INDEED BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST EXAMPLES OFF THE SHELF, EVEN WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OF ITS RELEASE ON THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1968.

THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE STILL HOLDS ITS GLOSS SHINE. "THE BEATLES" EMBOSSED LOGO IS BOLD AND STRONG TO THE EYE AND THE NUMBER 0001863 IS EXCELLENT WITH MINOR FADING AND MINOR WEAR. IT REMAINS CLOSE TO FLAT WITH ONLY MINOR RINGWARE AND MINOR CRACKING. THE OPENING TOP EDGES SHOW JUST THE SLIGHTEST SIGNS OF HANDLING WEAR AND THERE ARE LIGHT CORNER BUMPS PRESENT.

THE INSIDE OF THE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE ( PRINTED AND MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN) SLEEVE AS A NEAR PERFECT CENTRE SEAM AND UNSPOILT PICTURES AND TEXT, THERE IS ONLY MINOR DISCOLOURATION PRESENT AND SLIGHT WEAR TO THE MARGINS.

THE REAR (WITH NO INDICATION OF “STEREO” IN THE UPPER RIGHT) IS VERY GOOD + WITH ONLY MINOR WRINKLES AND MINOR CRACKS. 

THE  SPINE IS VERY GOOD WITH A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF CREASING AND PEELING.

PLEASE OBSERVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES WHICH, ON ALL SIDES, ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. FOLLOWING INSPECTION UNDER NATURAL DAYLIGHT CONDTIONS, THE LABELS SHOW FEW MINOR SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS THEY ARE EXTREMELY RESPECTABLE. EACH LABEL IS SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND THE TEXT REMAINS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ALL SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH ONLY MINOR WEAR AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLES!

THE APPLE LABELS ON DISC 1 INDICATE "AN EMI RECORDING" AND "SOLD IN THE U.K." “MFD IN UK” TEXT AND DISPLAY A CLEAR AND CLEAN APPEARANCE WITH A FEW SPIDER TRACES AND MINOR WEAR AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE. EVEN THOUGH, THESE ARE WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF THE FIRST PRESS MONO APPLE LABELS.

PLEASE OBSERVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL GLOSSY VINYL. IT IS GRADED BETWEEN VERY GOOD + AND EXCELLENT, IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS THE GREAT LOOKING MONO VINYL DISPLAYS A MIRRORED SHINE AND FOLLOWING INSPECTION SHOW SURFACE MARKS BUT NO EXCESSIVE MODERATE NEEDLE MARKS. THE BRIGHT SHINY VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

TO CLARIFY, THE VISUAL CONDITION OF EACH SIDE:

SIDE 1 – VERY GOOD PLUS TO EXCELLENT

SIDE 2 – VERY GOOD PLUS TO EXCELLENT

SIDE 3 - VERY GOOD PLUS

SIDE 4 - VERY GOOD PLUS

Most of the songs that would end up on The Beatles had been conceived during the group's visit to Rishikesh, India in the spring of 1968. There, they had undertaken a transcendental meditation course with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Although the retreat, which had required long periods of meditation, was initially conceived by the band as a spiritual respite from all worldly endeavours – a chance, in Lennon's words, to "get away from everything" both Lennon and McCartney had quickly found themselves in songwriting mode, often meeting "clandestinely in the afternoons in each other's rooms to review the new work. "Regardless of what I was supposed to be doing," Lennon would later recall, "I did write some of my best songs there."Close to forty new compositions had emerged in Rishikesh, a little more than half of which would be laid down in very rough form at Kinfauns, George Harrison’s home in Esher.

The Beatles left Rishikesh before the end of the course, with Ringo Starr and then Paul McCartney departing first, and Lennon and George Harrison departing together later. According to some reports, Lennon left Rishikesh because he felt personally betrayed by rumours that Maharishi had made sexual advances toward Mia Farrow, who had accompanied The Beatles on their trip. Shortly after he decided to leave, Lennon wrote a song called "Maharishi" which included the lyrics, "Maharishi/You little twat"; the song became "Sexy Sadie". According to several authors, Alexis Mardas (aka "Magic Alex") deliberately engineered these rumours because he was bent on undermining the Maharishi's influence over each Beatle. However, Lennon himself, in a 1980 interview, acknowledged that the Maharishi was the inspiration for the song. "I just called him 'Sexy Sadie'." In May 1968, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison assembled at Kinfauns, and demoed 23 songs that they composed at Rishikesh.

THE MONO AUDIO IS AMAZINGLY STRONG AND CLEAR. IT IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR ONE OF THE FIRST WHITE ALBUMS TO BE RELEASED IN THIS MOODY AND ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION. THERE IS ONLY MINOR DISTORTION THROUGHOUT ALL SIDES, THESE WE WOULD CLARIFY AS LOW CRACKLES AS THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH WONDERFULLY WITH NO STICKS, NO MAJOR POPS OR JUMPS. EVEN BETWEEN TRACKS THE DISTORTION IS CLARIFIED AS LOW CRACKLE.

 PLEASE OBSERVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR PORTRAITS. THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL 1968 THICK CARD PORTRAITS AND THEY ARE ALSO IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. AGAIN, WE SAY THIS AS THEY HAVE BEEN STORED IN A CLEAR PLASTIC SLEEVE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR LIFE-SPAN.

 PLEASE OBSERVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED “LIPSTICK KISS” POSTER  WHICH IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND CERTAINLY LOOKS AS THOUGH IT HAS NEVER EVEN BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A FEW TIMES. WE SAY THIS AS THEY HAVE BEEN STORED IN A CLEAR PLASTIC SLEEVE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF ITS LIFE-SPAN.

PLEASE OBSERVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL THICK MATT BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN VERY GOOD + TO EXCELLENT CONDITION....STILL CRISP AND STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE EXPECTED CREASES FROM THE VINYLS BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE. EACH INNER IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR WEAR AND A COUPLE OF SMALL (2 INCHES) SEAM .

THIS WONDERFUL LOW NUMBERED 0001863 MONO EXAMPLE SURELY WILL EMPHASISE THE ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC CONTENT THAT WAS MEANT FOR TRUE FANS OF THE BEATLES, BY THE BEATLES.

WHAT A FANTASTIC PIECE OF HISTORY UP FOR GRABS WITH A STARTING BID OF JUST £1.

FUTURE ALLADINS_CABIN AUCTIONS WILL INCLUDE:

THE WHITE ALBUM FANTASTIC 1ST PRESS FACTORY SAMPLE, TOP OPENING AND NUMBERED PRESSING.

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 PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BUY AS PER THE ITEM DESCRIPTION ABOVE. THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT UNLESS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT DESCRIBED.

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FOLLOWING ENQUIRIES REGARDING CLOSER ANALYSIS OF THE ALL IMPORTANT LOW NUMBER, WE HAVE ADDED MORE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR COMPLETE CLARITY !!