BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE STEREO IST PRESS....

	£		270
	$		358

                                                      BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING.... NEAR PERFECT NUMBERED TOP OPENING SLEEVE,SUPERB VINYL'S AND COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, SPACER 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 PLEASED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS COMPLETE STEREO 1ST PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN ONE OF THE BEST WHITE ALBUM SLEEVES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

APPLE PCS 7067

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

STAMPERS  LO 4   GPM 7    AP 1   GT 2

KT TAX CODE TO DISC TWO

 "EMI RECORDING" TEXT ON SIDE 1&2 LABELS BUT ON 3&4 LABELS

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST 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!.  

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS SUPERB... THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE THE VINYL DOES DISPALY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS, HOWEVER NONE ARE SEVERE AND AFFECT THE AUDIO. THE BRIGHT AND GLOSSY 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 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 WAER, NICKS OR SPLITS AND BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY.   

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 NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.

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

THE RARE SPACER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT CREASES. 

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE"  NUMBERED, SLEEVE IS WITHOUT DOUBT A STUNNING EXAMPLE. . STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGE AND HAS NO WAER!!! IT HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY OF THE USUAL YELLOWING . THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN.THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAY UST A HINT OF  HANDLING AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CORNER BUMPS PRESENT BUT THESE REALLY ARE MINOR. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND UNSPOILT PICTURES AND TEXT. THE REAR IS AGAIN EXCEPTIONAL .THE  SPINE IS  RIDGID AND INTACT WITH NO CREASING "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0357927 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE 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. 

OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A SUPERB ORIGINAL UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING.