THE BEATLES UK PRESSED 1978 WHITE VINYL WHITE ALBUM EXC CONDITION
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THE BEATLES
1978 UK PRESSING OF A STEREO "WHITE ALBUM" ON WHITE VINYL
EXTREMELY RARE BRITISH PRESSING FOR THE EXPORT MARKET
APPLE PCS 7067 / 7068 "mfd in U.K." LABEL TEXT
RELEASED 29th SEPTEMBER 1978
IT WAS PART OF A SET OF FOUR BEATLES LP's THE OTHER THREE BEING ,ABBEY ROAD (GREEN VINYL ), MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (YELLOW VINYL) ,LET IT BE (WHITE VINYL) FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET PRESSED IN VERY LIMITED NUMBERS
THE FULLY LAMINATED WHITE ALBUM SLEEVE HAS "THE BEATLES" EMBOSSED ON THE FRONT (NO NUMBER ) AND IS SIDE OPENING ,COMES COMPLETE WITH ALL FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE POSTER .
THE FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WOULD BE CLASSED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION BUT A TINY PIECE OF THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE SLEEVE FRONT HAS BROKEN OFF
BOTH DIE CUT WHITE INNER SLEEVES ARE PRESENT THESE ARE VERY VERY THIN COPIES AND ARE COMPLETE BUT A LITTLE CREASED
BEING COLOURED VINYL AND IN PARTICULAR WHITE ITS VERY HARD TO ASSESS THE CONDITION BUT GOING BY THE LABELS ( VERY FEW SPINDLE MARKS) IT HAS NOT SEEN MANY PLAYS ( SIDE THREE LABEL HAS SOME SMALL WRINKLES FROM THE PRESSING PROCESS BUT TEXT IS LEGIBLE)
I HAVE PLAY TESTED THE RECORDINGS AND THEY SOUND EXCELLENT ,BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ITS COLOURED VINYL AND BACK IN THE 1970's THE AUDIO WASN'T AS GOOD AS BLACK VINYL ACCORDING TO THE REVIEWS
I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE RECORDS HAVE A SLIGHTLY DISHED RUN IN AREA SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL APPLYING THE PICK UP TO THE RECORD
BUT HAVING SAID THAT IT IS A COLLECTORS ITEM SO HOPEFULLY ITS AN INVESTMENT AND NOT FOR PLAYING
I HAVE HAD THE USA AND GERMAN WHITE VINYL COPIES IN THE PAST I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST UK ONE I'VE HAD OR SEEN SO I TEND TO THINK ITS THE RAREST COLOURED PRESSING OF THE THREE
ALL FOUR PICTURES ARE CLEAN AND UNDAMAGED AS IS THE POSTER
THIS IS A REAL RARITY AND HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS
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