THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM US ORIG'68 APPLE A28 / B29 ORIGINAL MASTERING PRESS

$

760

1-6-8 PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 

THE PAYMENT MUST BE MADE WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE AUCTION. AFTER THE PAYMENT IS MADE, YOUR ITEM(S) WILL BE PACKED AND SHIPPED WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS. THE ITEM(S) WILL BE PROFESSIONALLY PACKED, IN TWO SPECIAL RECORD MAILER BOXES WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS IN ORDER TO FULLY SECURE THE ITEM(S) DURING THE TRANSIT. 

IF YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE ITEM I'LL COMBINE SHIPPING.

PRIORITY MAIL - $13 (IF YOU'D LIKE THE ITEM TO BE SHIPPED WITH USPS PRIORITY MAIL PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST AND I'LL SEND YOU AN UPDATED INVOICE)

USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL - $30

USPS PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL - $60

IF YOU’RE A BUYER FROM RUSSIA OR GERMANY, BEFORE MAKING A BID, PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST, BECAUSE I DON’T SHIP TO THESE COUNTRIES. I’LL CANCEL THE BID FROM THE BUYER WITH ZERO RATING, IF HE DOESN’T CONTACT ME FIRST.

I DO MY BEST TO DESCRIBE THE ITEMS ACCURATELY AND IN ALL OF THE DETAILS, BUT IF FOR SOME REASONS YOU AREN’T SATISFIED WITH THE RECEIVED ITEM PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST WITHOUT OPENING A RETURN REQUEST OR LEAVING A NEGATIVE / NEUTRAL FEEDBACK. PLEASE GIVE ME A CHANCE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, SO BOTH OF US ARE SATISFIED WITH THE TRANSACTION. I AM SINCERELY COUNTING ON A FRIENDLY COMMUNICATION. IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH MY POLICY WRITTEN ABOVE PLEASE REFRAIN FROM BIDDING. I’LL REGULARLY UPDATE MY POLICY BASED ON THE GAINED EXPERIENCE. I STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST, QUALITY OF THE ITEMS GUARANTEED. I HAVE 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK RATING AND A 100% TRACK RECORD OF OFFERING HIGH-QUALITY ITEMS, SERVICE, COMMUNICATION AND DELIVERY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF MY CUSTOMERS WHO'VE LEFT ME A POSITIVE FEEDBACK. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. BID WITH CONFIDENCE. YOUR SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED. COMPLETE MONEY BACK GUARANTEED IF FOR SOME REASONS YOU’RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE PURCHASED ITEM.

INCREDIBLY RARE PRESUMABLY NON-EXISTING EARLY LACQUER WITH A28 / B29 MATRIX NUMBERS

RAREST OF ALL THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM PRESSINGS WITH THE MATRIX NUMBERS LOWER THAN THE LOWEST COMMONLY KNOWN NUMBER OF 34, WHICH WAS REMASTERED BY GEORGE HARRISON

VERY EARLY 1ST PRE-MASTERING EAST COAST ISSUE CAPITOL RECORDS, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, PRESSING PLANT WITH ALL OF THE 7 INCORRECT SONG TITLES 

WITHOUT ANY DOUBTS THIS ITEM WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE IN YOUR WHOLE COLLECTION. THIS RAREST CAPITOL RECORDS PRESSING WITH THE MATRIX NUMBERS OF A28 / B29 ACCORDING TO BRUCE SPIZER SHOULDN'T EXIST AND WHOSE ALL OF THE COPIES ARE THOUGHT TO BE DESTROYED AFTER GEORGE HARRISON WASN'T HAPPY WITH THE COMPRESSION USED BY CAPITOL AND ALL COPIES WHICH USED ANY OF THE EARLY LACQUERS (ANY LESS THAN 34) WERE ORDERED TO BE DESTROYED. BASED ON THE VARIOUS SOURCES ONLY THREE COPIES ARE KNOWN TO EXIST IN THE WORLD. MY LUCKY FIND INCREASES THIS NUMBER TO FOUR. 

THE ALBUMS WITH THE MASTER NUMBERS 28 OR 29 (OR ANY NUMBER BELOW 34 IF THEY EXIST) WERE FROM CAPITOL'S ORIGINAL MASTERING OF THE ALBUM. WHEN GEORGE HEARD WHAT CAPITOL HAD DONE, HE INSISTED THAT THE ALBUM BE REMASTERED. CAPITOL WAS SUPPOSED TO DESTROY THE MASTER NUMBER 1-33, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME 28-29 MASTERS WEREN'T DESTROYED. GEORGE HARRISON, ALONG WITH MAL EVANS, WAS IN LOS ANGELES TO PRODUCE JACKIE LOMAX'S UPCOMING APPLE ALBUM. HE DROPPED BY THE CAPITOL TOWER TO HEAR THE WHITE ALBUM. HE HAD LEFT LONDON FOR LA PRIOR TO THE BANDING SESSION DURING WHICH THE ORDER OF THE SONGS WAS SELECTED FOR THE WHITE ALBUM, AND WANTED TO HEAR THE FINISHED PRODUCT. HE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE HEARD AND INSISTED THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO WORK WITH CAPITOL'S ENGINEERS TO REMASTER THE ALBUM. 

CAPITOL ENGINEERS HAD DONE ALL SORTS OF TECHNICAL THINGS TO IT THAT ALTERED HALF THE EFFECTS. AS WAS VERY COMMON AT THE TIME, THE CAPITOL ENGINEERS HAD RUN THE SOUND THROUGH A LIMITER AND COMPRESSED THE VOLUME RANGE OF THE RECORDING BY CUTTING BACK THE HIGH VOLUME PEAKS AND BRINGING UP THE LOW PASSAGES. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE ON "HELTER SKELTER," A LOUD ROCKER WITH A FAKE FADE-OUT ENDING, AND HARRISON'S "LONG, LONG, LONG," WHICH HAS QUIET PASSAGES THROUGHOUT AND LOUD DISTORTION AT THE END. ( WHILE DESCRIBING THIS LISTING, I USED THE PARTS OF THE DESCRIPTION MENTIONED IN BRUCE SPIZER'S "THE BEATLES ON APPLE RECORDS" AND "THE BEATLES BOOK (THE OFFICIAL BEATLES FAN CLUB MONTHLY PUBLICATION) 

COVER - EXCELLENT MINUS (EX-): FIRST ISSUE THICK CARDBOARD LAMINATED SNOW WHITE GATEFOLD COVER 1639586  SERIAL NUMBER STAMP EAST COAST SCRANTON PRESSING WITH "A" LEAD CHARACTER. ORIGINAL FOLD OUT LYRICS + PHOTO POSTER AND 4 GLOSSY PHOTOS ON THE CARD STOCK. THE COVER IS BEAUTIFUL CONDITION HAVING SOME LIGHT CORNER WEAR AND NO RING WEAR AT ALL

LABEL - VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) MANUFACTURED BY APPLE RECORDS PRESSED BY CAPITOL RECORDS PRESSING PLANT SWBO-101 CATALOG NUMBER STEREO GREEN APPLE LABELS WITH THE ”MANUFACTURED BY APPLE RECORDS. INC.” RIM PRINT ON THE SLICE SIDE OF THE LABEL. VERY FIRST LABEL VARIATION, APPLE WITH CAPITOL LOGO PERIMETER PRINT (APP 101.SR1(C), SPIZER); VERY EARLY FIRST APPLE RECORDS LABELS WITH ALL OF THE 7 INCORRECT SONG TITLES

? SIDE 1, TRACK 4 OBLADI OBLADA (INSTEAD OF “OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA”) 

 ? SIDE 1, TRACK 6 BUNGALOW BILL (INSTEAD OF “THE CONTINUING STORY OF BUNGALOW BILL” 

 ? SIDE 2, TRACK 5 ROCKY RACOON MISSING THE SECOND “C” IN “RACOON” 

 ? SIDE 2, TRACK 7 WHY DON’T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD WITHOUT THE QUESTION MARK (?)

? SIDE 4, TRACK 1 REVOLUTION No. 1 (INSTEAD OF “REVOLUTION 1”) 

? SIDE 4, TRACK 5 REVOLUTION No. 9 (INSTEAD OF “REVOLUTION 9”) 

? SIDE 4, TRACK 6 GOODNIGHT (INSTEAD OF “GOOD NIGHT”)

? MISPRINT 4 WITHOUT THE QUESTION MARK, IS THE RAREST OF ALL THE 7 WHEN YOU LOOK FOR ANOTHER COPY FOR SALE, MAKE SURE MISPRINT 7 IS AMONG THEM!

VINYL

SIDE 1 / SIDE 2: GOOD (G)

SIDE 3 / SIDE 4: VERY GOOD (VG)

 THICK GLOSSY VINYL PRE-MASTERING PRESSING WITH THE VERY EARLY FIRST MATRIX NUMBERS IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX)

SIDE 1: SWBO1 - 101 - A28 # 3 IAM IN TRIANGLE

SIDE 2: SWBO2 - 101 - B29 IAM IN TRIANGLE

SIDE 3: SWBO - 3 - 101 - A28 IAM IN TRIANGLE

SIDE 4: SWBO - 4 - 101 - B29 IAM IN TRIANGLE

INNER SLEEVES - NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-): ORIGINAL WHITE PAPER CAPITOL RECORDS INNER SLEEVES ARE IN GREAT SHAPE WITHOUT ANY TEARS OR SPLIT