The Beatles WHITE ALBUM 1969 UK 2 X LP SIDE OPENING & NUMBERED MINT MINUS HEAR

	£		279
	$		370

THE BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH!!!  CONDITION

PLAYED JUST ONCE OR TWICE EVER!!

1969 NUMBERED SIDE OPENING PRESS  - IN STEREO

OUTSTANDING SLEEVE AND INSERTS

UNIQUE NUMBER 174429

• CATALOGUE: APPLE PCS 7076/8
• MATRIX:YEX 709-1 / 710-1 / 711-1 / 712-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 5 GPO / 7 GTC / 4 RGH / 5 GTR

A WORD ABOUT THIS PRESS. AS YOU KNOW THE WHITE ALBUM WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1968. IT WAS REPRESSED AGAIN IN 1969 AND THE ORIGINAL TOP LOADING SLEEVES WERE USED UP, AND THEN THE SAME DISCS WERE PLACED INTO THE NEW NUMBERED SIDE OPENING SLEEVE.

I WANT' TO STRESS THAT THESE PRESSES WERE OF EQUAL QUALITY TO THE 1968 PRESSES, AND ONLY WHEN THEY WERE REISSUED AGAIN IN THE UNNUMBERED SIDE OPENING SLEEVE IN 1973, WERE THE LABELS LIGHTER IN COLOUR AND THE VINYLS THINNER AND HAVING DIFFERENT MATRIX NUMBERS

IT MAKES SENSE ANYWAY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT LET IT BE AND ABBEY ROAD WERE BOTH ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON HEAVY VINYL WITH DARK APPLE LABELS AND THEY WERE 1969/1970

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

INTERESTING TO NOTE AS WELL THAT THE SIDE OPENING SLEEVE STILL HAD THE TYPEFACE FOR BOTH THE MONO, AND STEREO CATALOGUE NUMBERS ON THE SPINE, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS ONLY EVER ISSUED IN STEREO IN THIS FORMAT!!

THE PHOTOS ON THESE EARLIEST OF PRESSES ARE STILL ON THE HEAVY STOCK CARD . AGAIN LATER  ONES IN THE RUN WERE ON THINNER CARD. CLEARLY THE TOP LOADER SLEEVE WAS NOT IN PRODUCTION BUT ALL OF THE INNERS AND VINYLS STILL WERE FOR A SHORT TIME

THIS PARTICULAR PRESS STILL HAS THE BLACK INNER SLEEVES WHEREAS MOST OF THE SIDE OPENERS HAD PLAIN WHITE ONES

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

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 IS JUST A SINGLE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE BY THE SPINDLE HOLES

THE VINYL

THESE TWO RECORDS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION

IN DAYLIGHT THEY LOOK TO BE TOTALLY FLAWLESS

PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THEY STILL LOOK PRISTINE. APART FROM SIDE FOUR WHICH HAS A LIGHT DULL SCUFF ON THE SURFACE (SEE PICS)

AS YOU WILL HEAR IF YOU LISTEN TO SIDE FOUR THE MARK IS SURFACE ONLY AND DOES NOT IMPACT THE SUND WHATSOEVER

PLAYING THE RECORD

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 STEREO REPRODUCTION IS THEREFORE CRISP AND CLEAR AND PERFORMS LIKE A TRUE FIRST PRESS

THIS FANTASTIC SET OF DISCS PLAYS WITHOUT ANY  BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO CLICKS OR POPS EITHER

A SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION

I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST SPECKS OF STATIC IN A LINKING GROOVE OR TWO

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

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 UNLIKE MOST COPIES HAS MAINTAINED IT'S WHITENESS 

THE ONLY SIGN OF SOME AGEING APPEARS ON THE VERY OUTER EDGES WHERE THERE ARE SOME REALLY TINY BROWN SPECKS VISIBLE

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS, AND NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE AT ANY POINT. THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF RUB ONLY. THERE IS NO RING WEAR  WHATSOEVER

THERE ARE JUST FOUR LITTLE LAMINATE LINES NEXT TO THE  SPINE. TWO MINUSCULE ONES ALONG THE TOP EDGE

TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND JUST ONE SMALL THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER

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

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

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE NEAR PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND ONLY A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE LAMINATE IS UNBLEMISHED, THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS HAVE A LITTLE RUB

THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL SHARP WITH JUST TINY BIT OF EXTEMELY MILD FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GLEAMING AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT,  A LITTLE  LUMPINESS UNDER THE LAMINATE BY THE SPINE , BUT THIS IS VERY LIGHT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE TWO INNER PANELS, WHICH ARE ALSO FREE FROM CREASES. JUST A LITTLE AGEING TO THE VERY EDGES

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE 100% UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED, 

THE ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE POSTER IS ALSO INCLUDED AND IS IN EX CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, AND THE FOLD LINES ARE SHARP. THERE IS A LITTLE FOXING ON THE SURFACE THOUGH

THE 4 PHOTOS ARE ALSO INCLUDED AND ARE ALSO IN TOP CONDITION. 

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE VERY CLOSE TO NEAR MINT

IT IS THAT GOOD

A TRULY MAGNIFICENT COLLECTIBLE WHITE ALBUM THAT WOULD BE HARD TO UPGRADE

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