BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS MONO **2194**

	£		705
	$		934

                                                   BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

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ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.... LOW NUMBERED TOP OPENING SLEEVE,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, SPACER AND  BLACK INNERS.

 RELEASED NOVEMBER 22ND 1968 "THE BEATLES" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST DOUBLE ALBUM RELEASE AND THEIR FIRST ALBUM RELEASE ON THE APPLE LABEL. ONE WEEK AFTER ITS RELEASE IN THE U.K IT HIT NUMBER 1 WERE IT STAYED FOR NINE WEEKS IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST EVER DOUBLE ALBUM TO GET TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K.

THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE CALLED "A DOLLS HOUSE" WITH ARTWORK TO INCLUDE A TRANSPARENT COVER AS WELL AS CLEAR VINYL DISCS. ALSO THERE WAS TO BE A PROMOTIONAL ADVERT ON T.V BUT EVENTUALLY THIS WAS ALL SCRAPPED DUE TO THE OVERALL COST.

THE IDEA OF THE TOTALLY WHITE SLEEVE WAS SUGGESTED TO THE BEATLES BY AN ARTIST CALLED RICHARD HAMILTON, HE SUGGESTED THAT RATHER THAN ADDING TO THE NUMBER OF GARISH SLEEVES ALREADY IN EXISTANCE AT THAT TIME THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THE COVER LOOK DISTINCTIVE BY PUTTING NOTHING ON IT AT ALL EXCEPT THE TITLE "THE BEATLES" AND TO GIVE EACH ISSUE ITS OWN NUMBER. ALSO THE SLEEVE WAS GIVEN ITS OPENINGS AT THE TOP INSTEAD OF THE SIDE, AGAIN ANOTHER FIRST FOR ITS TIME.

ALL VERY FIRST ISSUES OF THE WHITE ALBUM WHERE TOP OPENING, GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVES WITH  BLACK INNERS,POSTER AND FOUR COLOUR PRINTS. VINYL HAD DARK GREEN LABELS, WITH A SMALL CIRCLED "P" NEXT TO THE DATE (SEE PICTURES) AND SOLD IN THE U.K TEXT,SOME CARRIED "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT AND SOME DIDNT. ALSO ALL HARRISON AND STARR COMPOSITIONS WHERE CREDITED TO APPLE, THIS LATER CHANGED TO "HARRISONGS" AND "STARTLING MUSIC".... THIS ALBUM CARRIES ALL THESE FEATURES ALONG WITH THE ADDED INCLUSION OF THE RARE WHITE PHOTO SPACER AND A VERY LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE WHICH FEATURES THE FIRST RUN WIDE SPINE.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FOR SALE A SUPERB LOW NUMBERED IST MONO ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER ALBUM. THIS COPY OFFERS STUNNING VINYL AND LABELS, IS COMPLETE WITH  ALL ESSENTIAL INSERTS AND IS HOUSED IN A VERY APPEALING LOW NUMBERED, QUALITY MONO SLEEVE. 

THIS IS ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERED COPIES OF THIS ALBUM THAT WE HAVE OFFERED FOR SALE AND WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THIS WILL ENHANCE ANY BEATLES COLLECTION. 

APPLE PMC 7067

XEX709/10/11/12-1-1-1-1

STAMPERS...DISC ONE...  HA 3   TL7  DISC TWO....  GM 2   G 1

KT TAX CODE

AN "EMI RECORDING" TEXT TO SIDES THREE AND FOUR ONLY

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!.... SIDE THREE AND FOUR LABELS CARRY "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT AND DISPLAY A GENUINE "AS NEW" APPEARENCE. 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS TRULY STUNNING... ONLY CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD LIGHT NEEDLE MARK . THE BRIGHT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE VINYL HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING TO ITS ORIGINAL SHINY SURFACE AND IS COMPLETELY UNBLEMISHED.

AUDIO IS SUPERB... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A SUPERB PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, THERE ARE TWO VERY LIGHT AND QUICKS CLICKS TO "BACK IN THE USSR" AND ONE CLICK TO "PIGGIES" AND THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES, HOWEVER THE MONO AUDIO IS STILL CLEAR AND CRISP AND OTHERWISE PLAYS ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH NO STICKS OR JUMPS...STILL AN ENJOYABLE LISTENING EXPERIENCE.  

DISC 2

THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN AS DISC ONE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS STUNNING AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION....STILL CRISP AND STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES AND SOME MILD HANDLING TO TOP OPENING EDGE. EACH INNER IS FREE FROM ANY WEAR, NICKS OR SPLITS AND BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY.   

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS SUPERB.THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING  AND IS SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND STILL VERY CRISP.

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE AGAIN IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH JUST LIGHT HANDLING/AGE MARKS TO THE REAR.

THE RARE SPACER IS EXCELLENT WITH JUST  LIGHT CREASES AND SIGNS OF HANDLING. 

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE IS SUPERB . STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD BUT VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE BUT NO DEEP CREASES AND IT SHOWS JUST A HINT OF YELLOWING DUE TO AGE. THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN.THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAYS JUST A HINT OF  HANDLING AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND UNSPOILT PICTURES AND TEXT. THE REAR IS AGAIN SUPERB WITH THE SAME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES. THE SPINE IS  RIDGID,STRONG AND INTACT WITH NO CREASING AND JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF "FEELABLE" WEAR EVIDENT. "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0002194 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND THE NUMBER HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY RUBBING OR FADING....  

OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A GENUINELY LOW NUMBERED, SOUGHT AFTER UK MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH IS COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY AND HA STHE ADDED APPEAL OF BEING NUMBERED BELOW 5000..... A CERTAIN ENHANCEMENT TO ANY COLLECTION.