THE BEATLES

‘THE WHITE ALBUM’

DOUBLE LP

CAT NO – PMC 7067 ; PMC 7068  (MONO)

ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE, MONO, EARLY PRESS

LOW NUMBER ; 0069310

‘THE BEATLES’ IS THE 9TH ALBUM BY THE BEATLES AND IS OFTEN REFFERED TO AS ‘THE WHITE ALBUM’. IT WAS THE 1ST ALBUM RELEASED ON THE NEWLY FORMED APPLE LABEL, AND WAS RELEASED IN 1968.

THE COVER WAS DESIGNED BY POP ARTIST RICHARD HAMILTON, IT IS PLAIN WHITE WITH NO TEXT OTHER THAN THE BAND’S NAME EMBOSSED ON THE FRONT AND ON EARLY ISSUES, A SERIAL NUMBER PRINTED. IN THIS CASE ; 0069310.

THE PLAIN WHITE COVER IS MADE FROM HEAVY WEIGHT CARDBOARD, SHOWING IT’S ORIGINAL STATUS. NO WRITING ON THE BACK COVER, SHOWS YOU IT’S AN ORIGINAL MONO SLEEVE. THIS IS A TOP OPENING, FIRST ISSUE, WIDE SPINED, GATEFOLD COVER, PRINTED AND MADE IN GT. BRITAIN BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE.

THE MATT BLACK INNER SLEEVES HAVE DIE CUT HOLE ON ONE SIDE ONLY.

THE LABELS ARE 1ST PRESSINGS. THEY STATE ‘SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT…’ AND ‘MFD. IN U.K.’ EARLY PRESSINGS ONLY CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY HAVING NO ‘AN EMI RECORDING’ TEXT ON THE LEFT OF THE SPINDLE HOLE.

THE LABEL NUMBERS ARE PMC 7067 AND PMC 7068 = MONO INSTEAD OF PCS 7067 AND PCS 7068.

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE XEX709-1 ; XEX710-1 ; XEX711-1 ; XEX712-2

THE MOTHER STAMPERS ARE 3TT ; 7GGR ; 5GGO ; 2GRM

FOUR 8” X 10” GLOSSY PHOTOS WERE INCLUDED AS INSERTS WITH THE WHITE ALBUM. THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN BY JOHN KELLEY IN THE AUTUMN OF 1968.

ALSO IS A LYRICS POSTER PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE, IDENTIFIED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER.

ON THIS ALBUM, EACH OF THE BEATLES BEGAN TO SHOWCASE THE RANGE AND DEPTHS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL SONGWRITING TALENTS. SOME SONGS WERE RELEASED LATER, ON SOLO ALBUMS, SUCH AS J. LENNONS ‘CHILD OF NATURE (RENAMED ‘JEALOUS GUY’), P. MCCARTNEYS TEDDY BOY AND G. HARRISONS ‘NOT GUILTY’.

LENNONS CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MORE HARD EDGED LYRICALLY, THAN HIS PREVIOUS WORK, WHICH CARRIED OVER TO HIS SOLO CARREER. EXAMPLES, HIS PLEAS FOR DEATH (YER BLUES) AND DRUG ADDICTION (HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN)

MCCARTNEY’S SONGS INCLUDED POP BALLADS, PROTO HEAVY METAL AND A MUSIC-HALL FOXTROT, AMOUNG MANY OTHERS.

HARRISON’S SPARSE BALLAS ‘LONG, LONG, LONG’ SHOWED TO BE QUITE SIMILAR TO HIS SOLO OUTPUT.

RINGO STARR INCLUDED THE FIRST SONG COMPOSED ENTIRELY BY HIMSELF, ‘DON’T PASS ME BY’.

CONDITION

PLEASE NOTE – I GRADE MY VINYL VERY STRICTLY AND AS ACURATELY AS POSSIBLE.

COVER – VERY GOOD PLUS

THE ORIGINAL LAMINATED GATEFOLD TOP LOADING COVER IS PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE AND IS GRADED AS A STRICT VERY GOOD +. THE THIVKER HEAVIER WEIGHT CARDBOARD SHOWS IT IS A FIRST PRESS COVER.

‘THE BEATLES’ IS EMBOSSED ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER, UNDER THE LAMINATE. THE LAMINATE COVER ING THIS IS FULLY INTACT WITH NO SPLITTING. THE EDITION NUMBER IS STAMPED AND PRESSED INTO THE COVER – NO. 0069310.

THIS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE COVER HAS FULLY LAMINATED FLIP BACKS WHICH ARE IN FABULOUS CONDITION.

THE CRAMY WHITE COVER HAS BEGUN TO ‘YELLOW’ IN AGE AS MANY WHITE COVERS DO. THE LAMINATE IS 99% IN TACT WITH IT’S ONLY SPLITTING ON THE SPINE EDGE. THE CORNERS DO HAVE SOME SLIGHT WEAR AND RUBBING, AS DOES THE TOP OPENING EDGE.

OVERALL THIS PLAIN WHITE COVER IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION CONSIDERING IT’S AGE (40 YEARS OLD!!!). THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD COVER RETAINS IT’S ORIGINAL ‘AS NEW’ SHINE AND LOOKS TRULY AMAZING.

VINYL – EXCELLENT MINUS

BOTH HEAVY WEIGHT VINYLS SHOW SOME SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED. HOWEVER THESE ARE LIGHT SUPERFICIAL HAIRLINES AND THE ODD LIGHT SCRATCH OR SCUFF. NONE OF THE VINYL HAVE ANY NASTY MARKS OR HEAVY SCRATHES OR CHIPS. THEY PLAY THROUGH VERY WELL WITH ONLY SLIGHT NOISE INTERFERENCE IN THE QUIET SECTIONS AND A SLIGHT SKIP. TOTAL SOUND QUALITY FROM THESE MONO VINYLS.

ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS – GOOD

THE ORIGINAL BLACK DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. THEY DO HAVE SEAM SPLITS ON ALL EDGES AND SOME SMALL RIPS NEAR THE DIE CUT HOLE. HOWEVER THEY HAVE NO WRITING OR STICKERS AND HAVE NO RIPS ANYWHERE ELSE.

APPLE LABELS – EXCELLENT PLUS

THE ORIGINAL APPLE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THEY HAVE NO WRITING, STICKERS OR NASTY MARKS. NO SPINDLE WEAR OR SPIDER MARKS ON ANY SIDE. TRULY REMARKABLE CONDITION.

ALL 1ST APPLE LABELS FEATURED THE ‘SOLD IN U.K…’ TEXT, THIS IS FOUND ON ALL PARLOPHONE LABELS FROM THIS PERIOD.

4 PRINTS OF BAND MEMBERS 

- EXCELLENT

THE 4 PRINTS ON ORIGINAL THICK CARD ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THEY HAVE NO WRITING, STICKERS, TEARS OR NASTY MARKS. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE SHARP WITH NO WEAR. THERE ARE SOME DISCOLOURATION SPOTS TO THE WHITE.

ORIGINAL LARGE “LIPSTICK KISS” POSTER - VERY GOOD+

THE LARGE, ORIGINAL ‘LIPSTICK KISS’ POSTER WITH LYRICS ON THE REVERSE IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION. IT IS INTACT BUT DOES HAVE ONE OR TWO SEAM SPLITS AND WEAR TO THE SEAMS. THERE ARE SOME STAIN SPOTS. IT IS THE RARE ‘LIPSTICK KISS’ VERSION. OVERALL IN BRILLIANT CONDITION FOR AN INSERT THIS AGE.

THIS RECORD IS EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND, COMPLETE, WITH SUCH A LOW NUMBER. IT IS A MUST FOR ANY MUSIC / BEATLES FAN.

ALL RECORDS ARE SENT IN 12” LP RECORD MAILERS AND CARDBOARD STIFFENERS ARE USED TO PROTECT THEM. ITEMS WILL BE DISPATCHED BY 1ST CLASS ROYAL MAIL, ONLY ONCE PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND CLEARED.

I HAVE GRADED THE RECORD/S TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT YOU ARE NOT 100% SATISFIED, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME. I WILL ACCEPT RETURNS AND GIVE A FULL REFUND WITHIN 7 DAYS OF RECIEPT.

I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ITEMS DELAYED, LOST OR DAMAGED IN THE POST BUT ALWAYS GET PROOF OF POSTAGE.

I DO GIVE POSTAL DISCOUNTS ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES.

THE FIRST RECORD IS FULL PRICE AND EACH ADDITIONAL RECORD THEREAFTER IS 1.50 POUNDS FOR THE UK AND 2.00 POUNDS FOR EUROPE. DOUBLES ARE COUNTED AS 2 RECORDS.

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS I CAN.