BEATLES White Album U.K. Mono TRUE 1st Press NO "An E.M.I." Recording... EX
£
300
$
398
£ 300
Sold For
Apr 27, 2015
Sold Date
Apr 8, 2015
Start Date
£ 369
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Germany
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The Beatles
»The Beatles«
(White Album)
(23 detailed pictures on bottom of listing)
U.K. 1968 ~ 1st WORLDWIDE Press
Dark Green Apple ~ PMC 7067/68 ~ MONO (!!)
"Sold in U.K. ..." on top of label
NO "An E.M.I. Recording..." on either label
original NEAR MINT Black inner sleeves ~ TOP Opener
complete with John Kelly color portraits & While Hamilton collage poster
copy number # 119,293
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(WITH "Sold in U.K. subject...", withOUT "An E.M.I. Recording") 2nd November 27-30, 1968, PMC 7067/68, Dark Green Apple
(WITH "Sold in U.K. subject...", corrected "An E.M.I. Recording") 3rd July'81 thru Mid August'82, PMC 7067/68, Dark Green Apple
(NO "Sold in U.K...." on mid-top of label, WITH "An E.M.I. Recording", Label Variations A & B) 4th September 09, 2009, PMC 7067/68, Y/B Parlophone
2009 REMASTERS MONO Collection NOTE If you're not looged in thru the U.K. eBay site, you can watch all of our OTHER RECORDS here .
NOTES
Yes, this is a true first press, available in U.K. stores for barely a week. In an era, when pressings were shifted from Parlophone to Apple labels, initial mistakes were hardly avoidable. So it was here, when whoever was in charge "forgot" to mention ?An E.M.I. Recording? on any of the White Album's labels, thus constituting a clear copyrights violation. Only five days later, on November 27, 1968, officials corrected that error (most probably unaware of the fact to -by strictly adhering to the rules- just having created a highly sought-after collector's item, namely a "true first press variation").
This copy is complete and hence comes with its original two Black die-cut inner sleeves.
There's also double albums that carry one disc with ?An E.M.I. Recording? credit, the other one without. However, since it is impossible to prove that these two discs initially belonged to each other, collectors, at least in our experience, rather avoid such "variations".
Other identifiers: First label variation have ?33 1/3? text at the top line of the left side, as well ?Sold In U.K. subject to resale price conditions, see price lists? text on top of label. Publishing year printed with small copyright symbol (p). The labels are quite dark although the actual shade of green varies greatly among copies.
Copy up for auction here is a gatefold cover top opener, with its original black die cut inner sleeves. It comes with all the details aforementioned to distinct a first press from other releases, and it certainly has all four glossy John Kelly color portraits as well as the While Hamilton collage poster with the lyrics on the back.
This copy is numbered 119,293. And although the sequential numbering of the covers remains somewhat of a mystery, it appears that the first 300,000 numbers were generally held for mono covers, whereas numbers 300.001 thru 399,999 were quite obviously being used for mono and stereo. That means that they have both "PMC 7067/8 mono" and "PCS 7067/8 stereo" printed on its spine as well as the word "stereo" on the cover reverse side's upper right corner, no matter whether the discs held within were either mono or stereo.
400,001 to 600,000 were held for stereo. First 400,000 numbers were not used exclusively for mono covers. Numbers from ZERO to 50,000, and some numbers in the 200,000 to 300,000 range were (also) used for stereo covers paired with export albums having Parlophone labels. Some later mono covers were printed with numbers over 600,000, perhaps as high as 630,000.
This copy comes in a "true" mono cover, hence without mentioning of the word "stereo" at the upper right corner of the cover's reverse side (as usual for numbers with 5 digits or less as described above). We point this out to avoid a wave of questions in our eBay messages inbox.
To make it bulletproof: You're bidding on a 100% early first true press MONO copy of the Fab's White Album.
Last but not least, every collector should bear in mind that numbering in U.K. and Germany were completely independent on each other, regarding both its sequencing and numbers themselves, hence both countries started with "000001". Moreover, the Germans' pressings were a) the worlwide first, starting to release roughly a month prior to the album's publication in the United Kingdom, and b) came as stereo mixes only. Provided the fact that the worldwide first press, Germany's stereo version, was sold at least 500,000 copies within the first months...
... you have a guess regarding the "real" number of any White Album published outside Germany. That is why we consider one of our German copies -#000364 for instance- a real "under 1,000" album. A thing discussed time and again with other collectors - but that's the good thing with "collecting the Fabs", it's more or less a "science", right?
Please see grading details for a more elaborate description of the record's condition.
IMPORTANT NOTE for GERMAN BIDDERS: Please constact us before bidding, for otherwise we will remove your bid without prior notice. This is in view of constantly recurring problems, often caused by language. It's NOT an offense. Collectors want harmony and consensus, not trouble. Record Grading
Visual Grading Cover Front EX Cover Back EX Cover Inside EX Inner Sleeve Disc One NM
original Black Inner Sleeve Disc Two NM
original Black John Kelly color portraits EX/NM While Hamilton collage poster VG+ Label Side A EX Label Side B EX+ Label Side C EX Label Side D EX+ Vinyl Side A EX- Vinyl Side B EX Vinyl Side C EX+ Vinyl Side D EX- Audio Grading Side A VG Side B EX Side C EX Side D VG+ We use superb vinyl equipment with its heart being an Ortofon real-diamond system and gold plated contacts all around.
If available, audible checks were performed with an ORTOFON Pro-Ject Audio system connected to a DENON PMA 520-AE amplifier, using a Sennheiser 350 headset. Remarks As for the Cover and related issues, please refer to pictures, heavily extensive provided right after. Spine is perfectly readable. All sides of the cover are really glossy! Some ring wear, and writing on inside of gate-fold.
Labels B and D are clean. Labels A and C have a name written on. No spots, stains, or wear, clean spindle holes.
Vinyl shows many hairlines, still barely impacting the audio (see below).
Regarding audio: Damn clear, straight MONO sound, incredibly full and authentic. Not to mention all the arrangements that are very different from what we know from the stereo pressing!
In detail:
- Side A bg noise, clicks at While My Guitar Gently Weeps, one skip at Back In The USSR
- Side B some bg noise, no skips or clicks
- Side C some bg noise, no skips or clicks
- Side D bg noise, one skip at Honey Pie
Please keep in mind that an opinion is bound to be subjective. Refer to pictures, provided extensively.
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£450.00 Australia, 1st MONO 1963
SOLD on March 02, 2014, to
£280.00 Germany, 1st EXPORT 1964
SOLD on November 04, 2013, to
£410.00 U.K., 1st "Jobete" 1963
SOLD on December 20, 2013, to
£240.00 Mexico, 1st MUSART 1964
SOLD on February 20, 2014, to
£90.00 U.K., 1st MONO 1968 # 4,406
SOLD on December 15, 2013, to
£1,350.00 U.K., 1st MISALIGNED Apple
SOLD on February 03, 2014, to
£180.00 DE, WW 1st EXPORT CH
SOLD on August 03, 2014, to
£100.00 DE, 4th UNPLAYED 1976
SOLD on August 22, 2014, to
£100.00 FR, 1st Horse Cover 1965
SOLD on August 24, 2014, to
£280.00 U.K., 1st -3N/-3N 1964
SOLD on July 20, 2014, to
£90.00 DE, 1st EXPORT 1964
SOLD on October 13, 2013, to
£450.00 Collectors from these Countries trust us already:
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We are Collectors, hence every record is stored (and will be sent) in a sophisticated way. Many experienced collectors were thrilled by our unique, bullet-proof "packing technicque". Original cover, inner sleeve(s), prospective inserts, and/or whatever may come across, are stored separately. The vinyl sits in a neutral antistatic, padded inner sleeve, which is housed in a stable, neutral cardboard cover. Package is protected by one (or more) transparent plastic sleeves. Finally, all items are being wrapped with thick bubble foil and go to a professional record mailer, which is then being properly sealed with water-resistant tape.
(PLEASE NOTE that pictured record is an EXAMPLE only. It is NOT the item up for auction. Thank you.) Pictures (all pictures taken using our NIKON D3200 24 MP prior to auction) More rare Collectibles ~ already on auction, or soon to come (all records 2nd, 3rd, or 4th/whatever copies from our own collection) France, 1st, OSX 231, Horse-Cover U.K., ULTRA-RARE 2nd EXPORT, S/B one-boxed, PCS 7067/68 Germany, 1st, Dark Red HoerZu, NEAR MINT Germany, 1st, R/W/G Odeon ZTOX 5550, Sold to Allied Forces only Germany, 1st, Green Odeon OPX 82 U.K, 1st, PMC 7027, FOURTH PROOF/ AR D 1321 , Excellent/PLUS Germany, ULTRA RARE SMO Blue Odeon SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
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