BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS ***STEREO***

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	$		338

                                            BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

  ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING.

 WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS STUNNING AND ORIGINAL UK "WHITE ALBUM". FEATURING FABULOUS CAREFULLY PLAYED VINYL AND HOUSED IN A NEAR MINT, TOP OPENING, NUMBERED SLEEVE, THIS REMARKABLE COPY IS ALSO COMPLETE WITH ITS RARE PHOTO SPACER.  

OFFERED IN TRULY SUPERB CONDITION THIS FABULOUS RARITY IS 100% COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY. 

 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 PCS 7067

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

STAMPERS  AD 2 LG 1  LH 3  LM 2

NO TAX CODE

AN "EMI RECORDING" TEXT IS PRESENT TO ALL  LABELS

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN TRULY 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 BUT NO SPINDLE WEAR, IT HAS TO BE STRESSED THAT THESE SPINDLE MARKS ARE REALLY MINIMAL (NO MORE THAN 3 PER SIDE AND ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT) LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!.... LABELS DO  CARRY "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT TO ALL 4 SIDES. 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS TRULY SUPERB...  CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARK BUT NOTHING SERIOUS OR SEVERE .....THIS HAS CLEALRY ONLY EVER RECEIVED A LIMITED NUMBER OF VERY CAREFUL PLAYS... 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 NEAR PERFECT... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT EXCEPT FOR SOME VERY MILD BUT NON OFFENSIVE CRACKLE TO THE RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT DETRACTS FROM THE LISTENING ENJOYMENT. THE STEREO AUDIO IS STRONG AND CLEAR. THE VINYL OF COURSE PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS WHATSOEVER..... A GENUINE 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 VERY VERY LIGHT "FEATHERING" TO OPENING EDGES, ONE HAS A SMALL "NICK" TO THE OPENING EDGE. THE INNERS ARE INTACT AND VERY CLEAN. 

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS NEAR MINT.THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THIS HAS CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND I DOUBT THAT IT HAS ONLY EVER BEING REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE A FEW TIMES.

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE NEAR MINT. THEY SHOW VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGEING OR HANDLING AND HAVE CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.

THE WHITE PHOTO SPACER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" TOP OPENING NUMBERED,  STEREO SLEEVE IS A NEAR MINT AND STUNNING 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 TEH SLEEVE IS ANGLED.THE FRONT IS SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND HAS RETAINED ITS DEEP GLOSS. THE REAR IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH THE STEREO LOGO STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE. THE INNER IS ALSO SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND BOTH INNER SEAMS ARE PERFECTLY FLAT.THE  SPINE IS PERFECT AND RIGID AND IS UNCRUSED WITH ABSOLUTLEY NO WEAR EVIDENT, ALL TEXT IS PERFECT AND FULLY READABLE. THE BEATLES LOGO AND THE NUMBER... 0496887 ARE BOTH STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND UNSPOILT......THE SLEEVE IS ITS ORIGIANL AND AS MANUFACTURED TRUE BRILLAIN WHITE COLOUR AND HAS NOT SUFFERED FROM THE USUAL "YELLOWING" AND RETAINS ITS AS NEW APPEARANCE AND FEEL....... THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO OFFER FOR SALE. 

OVERALL A REMARKABLE AND CERTAINLY CAREFULLY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING WHICH IS COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY.

THIS EXAMPLE HAS CLEARLY BEEN VERY WELL LOOKED AFTER AND STORED OVER THE YEARS AND THIS HAS CERTAINLY HELPED TO MAINTAIN THIS COPY IN SUCH STUNNING CONDITION.... A POSSIBLE UPGRADE FOR MANY.