BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS *MONO 98911 *

	£		250
	$		331

                                            BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

                                                                                 LOW NUMBER   98911  

ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS EXCELLENT AND ORIGINAL UK "WHITE ALBUM". FEATURING A  LOW NUMBERED, WIDE SPINE, 1ST ISSUE MONO SLEEVE, BLACK INNERS, POSTER, PHOTOS AND ORIGINAL VINYL'S WHICH OMIT THE "EMI RECORDING" TEXT AND DELIVER A SUPERB AUDIO THROUGHOUT.  

 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, WIDE SPINE 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"....

APPLE PMC 7067

YEX709/10/11/12-1-1-1-1

STAMPERS  GH 1  RG 2  HG 2  HG2

NO TAX CODE

AN "EMI RECORDING" TEXT IS NOT PRESENT TO ANY LABEL

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION . CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES AND JUST A HINT OF SPINDLE WEAR PRESENT TO SIDE ONE ONLY, THE LABELS ARE VERY VERY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE. ALL SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT .... LABELS DO NOT  CARRY "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT TO ALL 4 SIDES. 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AGAIN EXCELLENT...  THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE IT DOES DISPLAY A VARIETY OF LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SOME OBVIOUS NEEDLE MARKS , HOWEVER NONE ARE SEVERE OR FEELABLE AND NONE AFFECT AUDIO.THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE VINYL'S  SURFACE AND IS STILL GLOSSY AND BRIGHT.

AUDIO IS SUPERB... ONE  PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A CLEAR AND CRISP MONO AUDIO THROUGHOUT. THERE WAS SOME EXTREMLEY LIGHT AND NON OFFENSIVE CRACKLE TO THE RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE BUT THIS WA SNOTHING TO SPOIL THE LISTENING ENJOYMENT. ALL TRACKS PLAYED PERFECTLY WITH NO POPS. STICKS OR JUMPS. 

DISC 2

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

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EQUAL TO 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 VERY VERY LIGHT "FEATHERING" TO OPENING EDGES, THE INNERS ARE INTACT AND VERY CLEAN. 

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 CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JSUT MILDCREASING IN PLACES.

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND AGAIN SUPERB. THEY SHOW JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGEING OR HANDLING AND HAVE CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" TOP OPENING NUMBERED,  MONO, WIDESPINE SLEEVE IS FABULOUS EXAMPLE. THE FRONT DISPLAYS SOME VERY LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES AND JUST THE ODD EXTREMLEY TINY CREASE  BUT NOTHING SEVERE AND THESE ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED.THE FRONT IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND HAS RETAINED ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS NOT SUFFERED THE USUAL AGE "YELLOWING". THE REAR IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH THE . THE INNER IS ALSO SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND BOTH INNER SEAMS ARE PERFECTLY FLAT.THE  WIDESPINE IS UNCRUSHED AND RIGID BUT DOES DISPLAY SOME VISIBLE MINOR WEAR AND SOME FEELABLE LAMINATE CRACKING, ALL TEXT IS PERFECT AND FULLY READABLE. THE BEATLES LOGO AND THE LOW NUMBER...0098911....  ARE BOTH STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND UNSPOILT......THE SLEEVE IS ITS ORIGIANL AND AS MANUFACTURED TRUE  WHITE COLOUR. 

OVERALL A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH FEATURES ALL THE ESSENTIAL 1ST ISSUE CRITERIA AND IS HOUSED IN A VERY APPEALING LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE BELOW ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.