The Beatles WHITE ALBUM 1968 UK T/L MONO Complete + Spacer PLAYS NEAR MINT HEAR

	£		600
	$		795

MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH

BARELY PLAYED

1968 NUMBERED TOP OPENING PRESS  - IN MONO
UNIQUE NUMBER  - 0297663

SUPERB EXAMPLE

A WORD ABOUT THIS PRESS. AS YOU KNOW THE WHITE ALBUM WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1968. IT WAS REPRESSED AGAIN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL LABELS CONTAINED AN ERROR. THEY OMMITED 'EMI RECORDING' AT 9 O'CLOCK. THIS WAS RECITFIED WITH THIS ISSUE

IF YOU ARE A BEATLES COMPLETEST THEN THIS SET WILL GRACE YOUR COLLECTION

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE DARK GREEN SIDES ARE VERY RICH AND VIBRANT, AND HAVE LOST NONE OF THE COLOUR AT ALL. 

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOLD AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THE WHITE SIDES ARE VERY WHITE AND HAVE NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE. 

THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNWORN, AND THERE ARE JUST 2-3 TINY SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLES

THE VINYL

THESE TWO RECORDS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

IN DAYLIGHT THEY LOOK TO BE TOTALLY FLAWLESS

A SUPERB PAIR OF DISCS

THE TEST PLAY

ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THIS ALBUM IS THAT IT IS OFTEN FOUND TO LOOK GOOD, BUT AS SOON AS THE STYLUS HITS THE VINYL A DISTORTION TO THE RECORDED SOUND IS HEARD USUALLY THROUGH JUST ONE SPEAKER. 

I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE TIMES I HAVE FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE A GREAT SET ONLY TO BE LET DOWN WHEN PLAYING IT.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A TOTALLY DISTORTION FREE PAIR OF VINYLS. 

NOT ONE JOT OF GROOVE WEAR ANYWHERE AT ALL, AND THE MONO REPRODUCTION IS THEREFORE CRISP AND CLEAR AND PERFORMS LIKE A TRUE FIRST PRESS SHOULD

THIS FANTASTIC SET OF DISCS PLAYS WITHOUT ANY  BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

SILENT LINKING GROOVES AND STATIC FREE ALL ACROSS BOTH RECORDS

ALL I HEARD DURING THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH WERE APPROXIMATELY 10-12 TINY LITTLE SINGLE TICS APART FROM JULIA WHICH I HEARD THREE ROTATIONAL LITTLE ONES

AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE VINYL PLAYTHROUGH AS NEAR MINT

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A GLEAMING  WHITE SLEEVE , IN REALLY TOP CONDITION. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ONLY HAS SOME PALE YELLOW STREAKS UNDER THE LAMINATE NO TOTALLY YELLOW LIKE MANY

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS, AND NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE AT ANY POINT. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE ONLY MARRED BY A TINY SPECK OF RUB ON THE TIP ENDS

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE  SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE

NONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NONE ON THE RIGHT EDGE

THE UNIQUE NUMBER IS STILL VERY CLEAR WITH ALL OF THE DIGITS CLEAR AND UNFADED APART 

THE EMBOSSED BEATLES LOGO HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE FIRMLY AFFIXED TO IT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE

THE RIGHT AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND JUST A DOT OD RUB ON THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE LAMINATE IS UNBLEMISHED OTHER THAN THE TINIEST SPECK OF  FLAKE ON THE BOTTOM END

THE OPENING EDGES HAVE SOME FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GLEAMING AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT, NO PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP OR RIGHT EDGES
NO RING WEAR
OPENING THE GATEFOLD SHOWS THAT THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY ADHERED, AND THE WHITENESS IS EVEN BETTER THAN THAT ON THE FRONT AND BACK

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE 100% UNSPLIT AT THE SEAMS, ALTHOUGH BOTH HAVE TEARS TO THE DIE CUT HOLES

THE ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE POSTER IS ALSO INCLUDED AND IS IN TOP CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, AND THE FOLD LINES ARE SHARP. IN MY OPINION THIS HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

IT IS THAT GOOD

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT