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

	£		125
	$		166

                                                       BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

                                                                                                                  0405109

ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING....  NUMBERED TOP OPENING SLEEVE,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS,  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 AND ORIGINAL  NUMBERED IST UK STEREO  ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER ALBUM. THIS COPY OFFERS SUPERB,BARELY PLAYED VINYL AND IS COMPLETE WITH  ALL CORRECT INSERTS AND INNERS. 

APPLE PCS 7067

YEX709/10/11/12-2-1-1-1

STAMPERS  GRG 2   GOR 6   GGD 2   GR 1

KT TAX CODE TO SIDE TWO CENTRE LABEL

 "EMI RECORDING" TEXT PRESENT ON ALL LABELS

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION .CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST ONE OR TWO VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO BOTH SIDES . THE 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 . 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS STUNNING...THIS HAS CLEARLY  BEEN BARELY  PLAYED AND THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS HIGH GLOSS AND SHEEN AND CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS BUT NO ACTUAL NEEDLE MARKS,  THE VERY IMPRESSIVE 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 AN ALMOST PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH ALL RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND AT SOME OF THE QUIETER PARTS BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING INTRUSIVE. THE STEREO AUDIO IS STRONG AND CLEAR. THE VINYL OF COURSE PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS WHATSOEVER..... A GENUINE PERFECT LISTENING EXPERIENCE.

DISC 2

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

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.... STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES AND SOME GENERAL HANDLING CREASES. EACH INNER IS COMPLETELY INTACT BUT ONE HAS HAS A SMALL "NICK" TO THE CENTRE HOLE SYMPATHETICALLY REPAIRED. 

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS EXCELLENT. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST  LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND SOME LIGHT CREASES THE POSTER IS STILL QUITE CLEAN AND BRIGHT.

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE  IN SUPERB CONDITION.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE"  NUMBERED, WIDE SPINE SLEEVE IS SUPERB . STILL ITS  BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD BUT VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLES TO THE FRONT AND JUST ONE LIGHT THUMBNAIL CREASE (THIS REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT), THERE IS JUST A HINT OF RINGWEAR PRESENT .  THE SLEEVE SHOWS JUST A TINY HINT OF MILD YELLOWING DUE TO AGE TO THE EDGES.THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN.THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAY JUST A SOME LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE VERY LIGHT CORNER BUMPS PRESENT TO THE BOTTOM CORNERS AND ONE MORE PROMINENT BUMP TO TEH TOP, FRONT CORNER BUT THIS IS NOT SEVERE. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND UNSPOILT PICTURES AND TEXT, THE REAR AGAIN IS SUPERB WITH THE SAME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES. THE WIDE SPINE IS  RIDGID AND INTACT WITH NO CREASING AND JUST A HINT OF WEAR VISIBLE. "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0405109 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE. 

OVERALL A SUPERB AND BARLEY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL  NUMBERED UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING.

A NOTE TO U.S BUYERS...

 THIS ITEM IS LISTED AS "USED".

ON EBAY U.S.A "USED" ITEMS APPEAR AS "LIKE NEW"...... apparently "like new" means "used" (CONFUSED?...SO TOO ARE MANY OTHER BUYERS!)

THEREFORE "LIKE NEW" DOES NOT MEAN MINT, ITS DOES NOT MEAN PRISTINE AND IT DOES NOT MEAN THE ITEM  LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MANUFACTURED YESTERDAY.

THE U.S.A DEFINITION OF "LIKE NEW", AS DETERMINED BY EBAY, IS "USED".