BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE MONO IST PRESS....12146

	£		400
	$		530

                                                      BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.... EXTREMLEY LOW NUMBERED TOP OPENER,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.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FOR SALE IS A TRULY STUNNING AND CLEARLY BARELY PLAYED  LOW NUMBERED IST MONO ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER ALBUM. THIS COPY OFFERS STUNNING VINYL AND NEAR LABELS AND IS COMPLETE WITH  ALL ESSENTIAL INSERTS AND IS HOUSED IN TRULY STUNNING AND NEAR PERFECT LOW NUMBERED QUALITY MONO SLEEVE. 

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES 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   HL 5   HH 3  HA 2   TT 7 

NO TAX CODE

NO "EMI RECORDING" TEXT

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS NO MORE THAN A FEW VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!.... LABELS DO NOT  FEATURE "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 VERY VERY LIGHT NEEDLE "KISS" . 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 FLAWLESS... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS ARE PRISTINE. THE MONO 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 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. 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 MINT.THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND I DOUBT IT HAS EVEN BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A FEW TIMES.

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE AGAIN IN MINT CONDITION....ALONG WITH THE POSTER THESE HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY  STORED IN THEIR OWN PLASTIC SLEEVE FROM NEW!

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" LOW NUMBERED, SLEEVE IS NEAR PERFECT . STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD BUT VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND JUST TWO VERY SMALL THUMBNAIL CREASES , IT HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY OF THE USUAL YELLOWING DUE TO AGE. THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN.THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAY NO SIGNS OF  HANDLING OR WEAR AND THERE ARE NO 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 EXCEPTIONAL WITH THE SAME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES BUT NO OTHER CREASES. THE  SPINE IS  RIDGID AND INTACT WITH NO CREASING AND IS PERFECTLY SQUARE. "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER  ARE 0012146 STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND PERFECT AND THE NUMBER HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY RUBBING OR FADING....THE SLEEVE STILL DISPLAYS THAT AS NEW "CRACKING" SOUND WHEN OPENED.... THIS TRULY IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE...THIS REMARKABLE SLEEVE HAS SPENT ITS LIFE PROTECTED BY ITS ORIGINAL THICK, PLASTIC, GATEFOLD OUTER SLEEVE.  

OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN EXTREMLEY LOW NUMBERED, SOUGHT AFTER UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.

THIS COPY HAS CLEALRY BEEN WELL LOOKED AFTER OVER THE YEARS AND THIS IS GENUINELY REFLECTED IN ITS OVERALL CONDITION..... THIS WOULD BE A DEFINITE UPGRADE COPY FOR MANY COLLECTORS.