BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE STEREO 1ST PRESS.N/MINT

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                                            BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

BEATLES-64 ARE PROUD TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ORIGINAL 1968 UK STERO 1ST PRESSING.... NUMBERED TOP OPENER....0571584,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, SPACER, STUNNING WIDE SPINE SLEEVE, 1ST STAMPERS AND AWESOME VINYL. 

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 AND 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, ALSO ALL HARRISON AND STARR COMPOSITIONS WHERE CREDITED TO APPLE, THIS LATER CHANGED TO "HARRISONGS" AND "STARTLING MUSIC".... THIS ALBUM CARRIES ALL THESE FEATURES.

APPLE PCS 7067

XEX709/10/11/12-1-1-2-1

STAMPERS   OO 1    GGM 3   GOG 1     RAG 2

NO TAX CODE

DISC 1

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES  ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE!!!!!!!. LABELS ARE VERY VERY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE..... THESE LABELS REALLY ARE QUITE STUNNING

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB...WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT ANY SURFACE MARKS (ANY THAT ARE THERE WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE)... MANY WOULD DESCRIBE THIS AS NEAR MINT!!!.... THIS ALBUM WAS ONLY PLAYED TWO OR THREE TIMES BY MYSELF. BOTH DISCS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING E.T.C. AND HAS THE "LIKE NEW" APPEARENCE.

AUDIO IS FLAWLESS!!!!!...... BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND TRACK GROOVES ARE SILENT AND THE STEREO AUDIO IS CLEAR AND CRISP.... A REAL JOY TO LISTEN TO!!!!

DISC 2 

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

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS GOOD AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN FLAWLESS AND IS AS DISC ONE. 

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN FABULOUS CONDITION.... THEY ARE INTACT WITH JUST THE ODD  LIGHT CREASES AND NO WEAR OR REPAIRS.. INNERS ARE STILL REALLY CRISP........ THESE REALLY ARE SUPERB 

THE ORIGINAL POSTER  IS STUNNING .THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THE POSTER HAS VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING AND HAS NO BROWNING... I DONT THINK I EVER ACTUALLY REMOVED THIS FROM THE SLEEVE UNTIL TODAY AND NOW I HAVENT FULLY OPENED IT.  

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE IN MINT CONDITION, AGAIN THESE WHERE NOT REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE ORIGINAL AND RARE WHITE SPACER IS SUPERB WITH JUST A HINT OF HANDLING EVIDENT!!!

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" WIDE SPINE, NUMBERED SLEEVE IS QUITE STUNNING. IT IS VERY CLEAN AND STILL GLOSSY AND STILL EXCEPTIONALLY WHITE ,IT DISPLAYS JUST A HINT OF "YELLOWING" TO THE EDGES. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND ALL SEAMS LIE FLAT, THE SLEEVE HAS VIRTUALLY NO CREASING AND ABSOLUTELY NO LAMINATE LIFT. THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL STRAIGHT AND TRUE WITH ALMOST NO SIGNS OF HANDLING . THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY RIDGID  AND INTACT WITH JUST A HINT OF  LAMINATE LIFT TO THE TOP EDGE (THIS WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH STORAGE) . THE SLEEVE STILL RETAINS ITS "LIKE NEW" FEEL AND ITS ORIGINAL FRESHNESS. BOTH "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE  NUMBER  ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE..... THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST WHITE ALBUM SLEEVES I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

OVERALL THIS REALLY IS A TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS STEREO  1ST PRESSING, WHICH OFFERS NEAR MINT VINYL, 1ST STAMPERS, MINT POSTER AND PHOTOS, SUPERB RARE SPACER, FLAWLESS AUDIO AND A SUPERIOR QUALITY WIDE SPINE SLEEVE...... I DOUBT THIS WILL NEED UPGRADING!!!! 

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SHOULD YOU HAVE A RECORD LIKE THIS TO SELL THEN PLEASE DONT "STEAL" THIS WRITE-UP. WHILST WE DONT OBJECT TO ANYONE USING OUR WRITE-UPS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES WE HAVE FINALLY LOST PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE "STEALING" THEM WORD FOR WORD AND USING THEM FOR THEIR BENEFIT... THIS IS AGAINST EBAY POLICY AND SHOULD WE BE MADE AWARE THAT ANY PART OF THIS TEXT HAS BEEN "STOLEN" WE WILL WITH OUT HESITATION REPORT THIS TO EBAY"....thank you

IT IS WITH REGRET THAT BEATLES-64 MUST NOW ASK ANY FIRST TIME BIDDERS WITH US WHO ARE PLANNING TO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS IF THEY COULD KINDLY PAY FOR EACH ITEM AS THEY WIN IT, WE WILL OF COURSE HOLD ALL ITEMS UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED BIDDING AND THEN COMBINE THE SHIPPING COSTS FOR ALL... WHILST WE APPRECIATE THAT MOST BIDDERS ARE HONEST AND GENUINE WE HAVE FOUND TO OUR COST THAT SOME ARENT AND WE HAVE RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A NEW BIDDER TO US WHO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH (RUNNING UP A VERY LARGE INVOICE) AND HAS NOW NOT PAID. UNFORTUNATELY AS IS USUALLY THE CASE THE MINORITY HAVE SPOLIT IT FOR THE MAJORITY......WE APPRECIATE YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS....thank you