BEATLES 1969 WHITE ALBUM 2nd PRESS FULLY LAMINATED SIDE OPENING NUMBERED SLEEVE
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BEATLES WHITE ALBUM UK 2nd PRESSING FROM 1969 FIRST SIDE OPENING FULLY LAMINATED PRESSING WITH A SEVEN FIGURE NUMBER WITH "No" IN FRONT No 0133031 COMPLETE WITH ALL FOUR PICTURES AND POSTER AND ALL ENCLOSED IN A N.E.M.S. PROTECTIVE SLEEVE
A LITTLE HISTORY FIRST WHICH YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW
THE WHITE ALBUM WAS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 22nd 1968 ,FULLY LAMINATED TOP OPENING NUMBERED WITH PICTURES AND POSTER IN STEREO AND MONO ,THERE WERE SOME VARIATION' WITHIN THIS USUALLY LABEL MISPRINTS OR LAYOUTS THEN IN 1969 SOMETIME BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER THIS SECOND PRESSING WAS PRODUCED STILL FULLY LAMINATED STILL WITH A SEVEN DIGIT NUMBER BUT SIDE OPENING WITH ONE INTERNAL TOP SEAM ( EASIER TO PRODUCE IN THIS FORMAT) AND NOW WITH WHITE APPLE PRINTED NONE DIE CUT INNER SLEEVES . THESE SLEEVES WERE APPEARING MORE AND MORE IN THE APPLE CATALOGUE AS THE BLACK DIE CUT VARIATION WAS DISPENSED WITH. THIS VARIATION OF THE WHITE ALBUM LASTED FROM SUMMER 1969 TO SEPTEMBER 1970
IN OCTOBER OF 1970 THE SIDE OPENING NUMBERED ALBUMS DROPPED THE PREFIX"No" AND SIX FIGURE NUMBERS WERE INTRODUCED AND THAT PARTICULAR PRESSING LASTED TILL SPRING OF 1971
STAMPER NUMBERS 1 GPA 3 GTO 3 RRP 3 GTD MATRICES -1 -1 -1 -1 FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION ALL FOUR FACES RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL COLOUR AND ARE FREE FROM LAMINATE LIFT WITH JUST MINOR EDGE CREASING ,THE SEAM EDGE HOWEVER DOES HAVE SOME WEAR AND THE ODD BIT OF LAMINATE LOSS BUT FORTUNATELY THE SEAM IS UNCRUSHED
WHITE APPLE INNERS ARE IN NICE CONDITION SOME SLIGHT BROWNING / AGE FADING BUT ALL TEXT IS LEGIBLE
POSTER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING , PIN HOLES OR SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS
ALL FOUR PHOTO'S ARE AGAIN IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION AND FREE FROM ANY DISTRESS
DISC'S HAVE A SUPERB DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO ALL FOUR SURFACES THERE ARE SOME HANDLING MARKS AND LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS ( C'MON ITS THE BEATLES IT GETS PLAYED ) NOTHING FEELABLE OR DISTRESSING TO VIEW AND ALL FOUR LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND UNMARKED WITH ANY SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE DISC CENTRE
HAVE PLAY TESTED BOTH DISC'S AND THE AUDIO WAS EXCELLENT QUIET SPACES AND RUN INS AND A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO ,I USE A 1960's HI-FI TO PLAY ON HAS A HEAVIER PICK UP THAN TODAYS MODERN SYSTEMS SO YOU COULD GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE
AS MENTIONED EARLIER RECORD COMES IN A N.E.M.S. SLEEVE WHICH SUPPLIED FROM BRIAN EPSTEINS SHOPS IN LIVERPOOL AND AGAINST THE WHITE SLEEV LOOKS SUPERB
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