THE BEATLES-THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM) APPLE 1ST PRESS MONO 1968 - No 0022993 VG
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THE BEATLES-THE BEATLES TYPE DOUBLE LP-MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO
APPLE 1ST PRESS WITH DARKER LABELS and "Sold in U.K." TEXT with matrix numbers: XEX 709-1 XEX 710-1 XEX 711-1 XEX 712-2 and stampers: 4MM/7PO & 1GO/1G - Interesting that side 4 has the later -2 matrix and 1G stamper.
CATALOGUE NUMBER PMC 7067 YEAR OF RELEASE 1968 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD-GARROD & LOFTHOUSE FULLY LAMINATED TOP OPENING WITH NUMBER 0022993 on front. INSERTS/EXTRAS 1 ORIGINAL BLACK DIECUT INNER. NO PICTURES OR POSTER GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)VERY GOODISH (Reasonable condition clean with quite a lot of light marking, they play ok with a good reproduction some light background and light clicking, but not the greatest copy you are going to see. Basically listing it for the low(ish) number.
LABELSVERY GOOD ( CLEAN LABELS with - NO rips tears stickers or removal marks with SOME spindleusage and LIGHT handling storage and ageing marks, with the addition of biro "spiders webs" on 2 and 4)
SLEEVEFront board.Inner gatefold EX-
Clean sleeve with NO writing rips tears - Front laminate is shiny and relatively unworn with some handling and storage wear and a bit of light watermarking in the bottom left corner.INNER GATEFOLD is clean with light wear and some light staining bottom middle.
Rear Board EX- Rear board much as the front clean and unmarked with some LIGHT wear and ageing Flipbacks EX Clean complete and stuck fast Spine POOR Not really much of it there, has extensive wear for most of its length, but is nicely contained with a neat clear repair Top & bottom edges EX Front and bottom edges have lightish wear with no major defects Opening EX Openings have LIGHTISH usage and LIGHTISH wear Corners VG ALL the corners have some wear and rounding INNER /EXTRASINNER SLEEVE: VG- Complete with wear and some ripping around the opening.
DETAILSEach song on the sprawling double album The Beatles is an entity to itself, as the band touches on anything and everything it can. This makes for a frustratingly scattershot record or a singularly gripping musical experience, depending on your view, but what makes the so-called White Album interesting is its mess. Never before had a rock record been so self-reflective, or so ironic; the Beach Boys send-up "Back in the U.S.S.R." and the British blooze parody "Yer Blues" are delivered straight-faced, so it's never clear if these are affectionate tributes or wicked satires.
Lennon turns in two of his best ballads with "Dear Prudence" and "Julia"; scours the Abbey Road vaults for the musique concrète collage "Revolution 9"; pours on the schmaltz for Ringo's closing number, "Good Night"; celebrates the Beatles cult with "Glass Onion"; and, with "Cry Baby Cry," rivals Syd Barrett. McCartney doesn't reach quite as far, yet his songs are stunning -- the music hall romp "Honey Pie," the mock country of "Rocky Raccoon," the ska-inflected "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," and the proto-metal roar of "Helter Skelter."
Clearly, the Beatles' two main songwriting forces were no longer on the same page, but neither were George and Ringo. Harrison still had just two songs per LP, but it's clear from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," the canned soul of "Savoy Truffle," the haunting "Long, Long, Long," and even the silly "Piggies" that he had developed into a songwriter who deserved wider exposure.
And Ringo turns in a delight with his first original, the lumbering country-carnival stomp "Don't Pass Me By." None of it sounds like it was meant to share album space together, but somehow The Beatles creates its own style and sound through its mess.
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