The Beatles WHITE ALBUM 1968 1st UK MONO No EMI Complete EX+ AUDIO

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	$		245

THE BEATLES -WHITE ALBUM

MONO 1ST PRESS (NO EMI ON LABEL)

LOW NUMBER 0089500

TOP LOADER SLEEVE IN SUPER CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH ALL INSERTS AND SPACER SHEET

FULL ALBUM RECORDED IN MONO FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO BEFORE BIDDING

• SOLD IN THE UK WORDING ON THE LABEL
• NO "EMI RECORDING" AT 9'OCLOCK ON THE LABEL ( ONLY HAS MFD IN U.K)
• APPLE RECORDS
• CATALOGUE: PMC 7067/8
• MATRIX NUMBERS XEX 709-1 / 10-1 / 11-1 / 12-2
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3 HA / 7 AT / 1 GRP / 1 GRG

  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE LABELS HAVE ALL THE HALLMARKS OF THE FIRST PRESS. " SOLD IN THE UK"STATEMENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE LABEL. MFD IN UK AT 9.O'CLOCK AND NO EMI RECORDING STATEMENT. THEY ARE THE CORRECT DARK APPLE LABELS. THE COLOUR IS RICH AND THE BLACK TEXT IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS SMALL SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE.

THE VINYL

IN DAYLIGHT BOTH DISCS LOOK SUPERBLY CLEAN, AND ITS ONLY UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE EVIDENCE OF THE PLAYS THAT IT HAS RECEIVED

SIDE ONE HAS A SMALL NON SOUNDING DULL MARK ON TRACK ONE, AND SOME SURFACE WISPY HANDLING LINES AGAIN NON SOUNDING

SIDE TWO HAS NUMEROUS SMALL WISPY HAIRLINES AND SOME SMALL SURFACE HANDLING LINES

SIDE THREE IS SIMILAR TO SIDE TWO

SIDE FOUR HAS A LITTLE DULLING TO THE SHEEN, SOME WISPY HAIRLINES AND SURFACE HANDLING LINES AND ONE SMALL DULL MARK

PLAYING THE RECORDS

DESPITE THE VISUAL APPEARANCE UNDER SPOTLIGHT THIS SET PLAYS WITH A SUPERB LOUD CLEAR AND DISTORTION FREE REPRODUCTION. AS I MENTIONED ABOVE I HAVE RECORDED THIS IN MONO SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE CORRECT SOUND WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE RECORDING

SO DESPITE THE MANY PLAYS THE SET HAS RECEIVED THE AUDIO PERFORMACE IS REALLY CLEAN

SOUNDS SPEAK LOUDER AND CLEARER THAN ANY OF MY WORDS AND ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU HAVE A CAREFUL LISTEN TO ALL OF THE RECORDINGS. YOU WILL FIND THAT THE RUN INS ARE NEAR SILENT, NO HEAVY BACKGROUND AND NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS, AND THE MUSIC IS CRYSTAL CLEAR WITHOUT ANY GROOVE WEAR DISTORTION, EVEN ON THE VERY VULNERABLE "JULIA"

YOU WILL HEAR A LITTLE LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND ON OCCASION AND A FEW RANDOM AND TINY LITTLE TICS HERE AND THERE

THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE THREE DOES HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND NOISE BUT THIS IS THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE

SO PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF, BUT I BELIEVE THE AUDIO GRADES EX+

Mono/Stereo Differences

This release is probably the most essential to have in both mono and stereo, as almost every track has some difference. But the following thirteen tracks have the most marked variations.

"Back In The U.S.S.R."

The airplane overdubs occur in different places on the mono and stereo versions.

"Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"

The stereo version has hand-clapping during the intro, the mono version does not.

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

The stereo version has some vocal sounds from George at the end, the mono version does not.

"Blackbird"

The bird sound effects are quite different between the stereo and the mono release.

"Piggies"

The pig sound effects are quite different between the stereo and the mono release.

"Don't Pass Me By"

The mono version is much faster than the stereo, and therefore is shorter.
The violin sounds at the end are markedly different.

"Why Don't We Do It In The Road"

The stereo version has hand-clapping during the intro, the mono version does not.

"I Will"

The stereo version has more prominent bongos.

"Birthday"

The stereo version has extra vocals at the end of the second chorus.

"Sexy Sadie"

The stereo version has two taps on the tambourine during the intro, the mono version only has one.

"Helter Skelter"

The stereo version has a fade-out/fade-in dummy ending with Ringo's shout of "I've got blisters on my fingers", the mono version does not ! ... this makes the stereo version almost a minute longer.

"Long, Long, Long"

The stereo version is fine, but on the mono, George's double-tracked vocal is embarrassingly out of synch.

"Honey Pie"

The stereo version has a shorter guitar solo than the mono version.

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED TOP LOADING ORIGINAL MATCHED SLEEVE. I SAY MATCHED BECAUSE THE CORRECT SLEEVE FOR THE MONO PRESSING DOES NOT HAVE THE SMALL "STEREO" WORDING IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE.

THIS IS A VERY LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE 0089500. THESEE DOUBLE ZERO NUMBERS ARE GETTING INCREASINGLY HARD TO FIND AND ARE USUALLY CORRECTLY MATCHES WITH FIRST PRESSES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE EMI RECORDING TEXT ON THE LABELS

THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION, AND IS ONE OF THOSE SLEEVES THAT USUALLY SUFFERS FROM MANY FLAWS, SUCH AS RING WEAR, LAMINATE PEEL, HEAVY CREASING AND SEVERE BROWNING.

SO STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE, THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES AT ALL ANYWHERE, AND AMAZINGLY NO RING WEAR. THE WHITE SURFACE HAS VERY SLIGHTLY YELLOWED LIGHTLY WITH AGE, BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS MUCH AS SOME I HAVE SEEN. THE PICTURES ACTUALLY MAKE IT LOOK BROWNER THAN IT IS. I WOULD SAY IT HAS YELLOWED AROUND THE EDGES IN PARTICULAR.

THERE ARE JUST TWO SMALL LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE, BUT THE RIGHT EDGE DOES HAVE QUITE A FEW SMALL ONES . ON THE MAIN PART OF THE FRONT THERE ARE JUST TWO LAMINATE LINES BOTH IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AREA

THE OPENING TOP EDGES ARE ALSO IN GREAT SHAPE, JUST A FEW TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ON THE SHARP SURFACE

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS NO CREASES OR HEAVY RING WEAR, JUST THE SIMILAR AMOUNT OF LIGHT YELLOWING. AND HERE THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES BY THE LEFT EDGE AND NONE BY THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE SAME HIGH GLOSS FINISH TO THE LAMINATE, AGAIN LIGHTLY YELLOWED, BUT NO HEAVY CREASES. THE TWO FLIPBACKS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION AND PROPERLY STUCK DOWN. THERE IS ONE SMALL LAMINATE LINE ON THE LEFT SIDE

THE SPINE DOES HAVE SOME FLAKING TO THE LAMINATE WHICH IS QUITE USUAL ON THE WHITE ALBUM. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBEL

INSIDE THE SLEEVE THE 4 PHOTOS ARE TO BE FOUND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL ISSUE PICTURES ON THE HEAVIER CARD, NOT LATER COPIES ADDED TO THE ALBUM. THESE ARE GENUINE ITEMS, VIBRANT IN COLOUR AND HAVE NEVER BEEN STUCK TO ANYTHING OR PINNED TO ANY WALL. AS GOOD AS YOU WILL FIND IN MY OPINION. THE RARE AND MOST OFTEN LOST SPACER SHEET IS ALSO STILL WITH THIS SET IF A LITTLE CREASED

THE POSTER IS OFTEN FOUND BADLY WORN , TORN OR STAINED, BUT HERE WE HAVE ONE THAT I SUSPECT HAS ONLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE A FEW TIMES AND HAS CERTAINLY NOT BEEN MOUNTED ON A WALL OR ANYTHING. THE QUAD FOLD CREASE LINES ARE VERY SHARP AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR CREASES ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE PAPER, AND NO PIN HOLES ON ANY OF THE FOLDS

THE TWO BLACK INNER SLEEVES ARE THE ORIGINALS AND ARE IN TOP CONDITION, UNSPLIT AND ONLY SHOW LIGHT RECORD SHAPE AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICS. THE MIDDLE HOLES ARE ALSO UNSPOILEDTHE LP'S HAVE BEEN PLACED IN NEW POLY LINES INNERS TO PROTECT THE ORIGINALS FROM ANY FURTHER PUNISHMENT.

I GRADE THE ENTIRE SLEEVE AS EXCELLENT PLUS

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY