The Beatles WHITE ALBUM 1968 UK T/L STEREO Complete + Spacer PLAYS NEAR MINT

	£		410
	$		543

 NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH

1968 NUMBERED TOP OPENING PRESS  - IN STEREO
UNIQUE NUMBER  - 0340287

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE IN GREAT CONDITION. THE DARK GREEN SIDES ARE VERY RICH AND VIBRANT, AND HAVE LOST NONE OF THE COLOUR AT ALL. 

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOLD AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THE WHITE SIDES ARE VERY WHITE AND HAVE NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE. 

THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNWORN, AND THERE ARE 12-15  SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLES

THE VINYL

THESE TWO RECORDS ARE IN VERY CLEAN CONDITION

IN DAYLIGHT THEY LOOK TO BE TOTALLY FLAWLESS

THE TEST PLAY

ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THIS ALBUM IS THAT IT IS OFTEN FOUND TO LOOK GOOD, BUT AS SOON AS THE STYLUS HITS THE VINYL A DISTORTION TO THE RECORDED SOUND IS HEARD USUALLY THROUGH JUST ONE SPEAKER. 

I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE TIMES I HAVE FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE A GREAT SET ONLY TO BE LET DOWN WHEN PLAYING IT.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A TOTALLY DISTORTION FREE PAIR OF VINYLS. 

NOT ONE JOT OF GROOVE WEAR ANYWHERE AT ALL, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS THEREFORE CRISP AND CLEAR AND PERFORMS LIKE A TRUE FIRST PRESS SHOULD

THIS FANTASTIC SET OF DISCS PLAYS WITHOUT ANY MAJOR BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

SILENT LINKING GROOVES 

ALL I HEARD DURING THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH WAS A MINUSCULE COUPLE OF SPECKS OF STATIC ON SIDE ONE. SIDE TWO HAS A LITTLE LIGHT LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND AT THE START AND FEW SPECKS OF SIMILAR ELSEWHERE
SIDE THREE PLAYS TO PERFECTION
SIDE FOUR I HEARD A FEW LITTLE TICS TOWARDS THE END

AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE VINYL PLAYTHROUGH AS NEAR MINT / EX+ / MINT MINUS / EX+

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A GLEAMING  OFF WHITE SLEEVE , IN REALLY TOP CONDITION. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ONLY HAS SOME PALE YELLOWING  UNDER THE LAMINATE 

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS, AND NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE AT ANY POINT. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE ONLY MARRED BY A TINY SPECK OF RUB ON THE TIP ENDS

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE  SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE

THREE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NONE ON THE RIGHT EDGE ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CREASE LINE RUNNING PARALLEL WITH THE BOTTOM HALF OG THE RIGHT EDGE

THE UNIQUE NUMBER IS STILL VERY CLEAR WITH ALL OF THE DIGITS SHARP AND UNFADED A

THE EMBOSSED BEATLES LOGO HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE FIRMLY AFFIXED TO IT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE

THE RIGHT AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND JUST A DOT OF RUB ON THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE LAMINATE HAS A LITTLE FLAKING IN THE MIDDLE

THE OPENING EDGES HAVE SOME VERY MILD FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GLEAMING AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT, NO PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP OR RIGHT EDGES
NO RING WEAR. ONE SMALL DENT AND SCRATCH NEAR THE TOP (MIDDLE)

OPENING THE GATEFOLD SHOWS THAT THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY ADHERED, AND THE COLOUR AGAIN HAS YELLOWED A LITTLE AROUND THE EDGES AND SPINE

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE 100% UNSPLIT AT THE SEAMS, ONE HAS A MINUSCULE NICK TO THE DIE CUT HOLE AND THERE IS RECORD IMPRESSION. NO MARKS OR STAINS

THE ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE POSTER IS ALSO INCLUDED AND IS IN TOP CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, AND THE FOLD LINES ARE SHARP. IN MY OPINION THIS HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES. THERE IS A LITTLE FOXING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP TWO PANELS ON THE LYRIC SIDE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

IT IS THAT GOOD

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