The Beatles White Album SWBO-101 Purchased Nov 22, 1968 #A2815070

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The Beatles White Album SWBO-101 Purchased Nov 22, 1968 #A2815070. This is about as original As It Gets it has wear on it as you can see but it was purchased in November of 1968

Embossed number on cover A2189010

Includes the stock photo insert of John McCartney in mint condition. No other inserts. 

Wax Etchings:

Side 1: SWBO-1-101-J46 #3   

Side 2: SWBO-2-101-J45 #2

Side 3: SWBO-3-101-J48 

Side 4: SWBO-4-101-J44 #5

Here are all the 7 song errors on the labels:

1. "Bungalow Bill" instead of "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"

2. "Obladi Oblada" instead of "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da"

3. "Rocky Racoon", missing the second "C" in Raccoon

4. "Goodnight" instead of "Good Night"

5. "Revolution No. 1" instead of "Revolution 1"

6. "Revolution No. 9" instead of "Revolution 9"

7. "Why Don't we do it in the road" without the question mark (?)

Error #7 without the question mark, is the rarest of all the 7

These are RARE, but if you can find others for sale, make sure error #7 is among them. 

Embossed and fairly low numbered A 2189010. Original 1968 U.S. Scranton first pressing of The Beatles 'White Album'. This is the rare and highly sought after pressing containing all 7 printing errors on the labels. Upon release of the album, these mistakes were noticed and had them corrected immediately on future pressings but not before some of these extremely rare error copies had already entered the marketplace.

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Here's very invaluable information on how The Beatles White Albums were numbered, and the meaning behind all the sequences...

The first 25 White Albums were numbered with an 'A' prefix and then a series of zeros preceding the number (e.g. A0000009). There are always seven digits following the 'A' so if it was a single digit number it would be preceded by six zeroes or if it was a two digit number it would be preceded by five zeroes. It is not known what the 'A' was indicative of (it may mean printed in America or Apple but neither is confirmed).

Numbers 26-99 were three digit numbers preceded with a zero and no prefix.

Numbers 100 through approximately 209,999 were preceded with the correct number of zeroes to make them a seven digit number 

(with no letter prefix)

Beginning around 210,000 to up near 590,000, they were preceded by a zero and had an 'A' prefix.

Copies 590,000 up to about 1,350,000 remain at seven digits using a leading zero if necessary and are prefixed with a large dot 

The next batch from 1,350,000 up to some point past 2,000,000 are prefixed with an 'A' but it's a thinner 'A' than used earlier.

*From 2,000,000 to around 2,250,000 some are prefixed with a large dot and some with the 'A'

From 2,250,000 up to 3,000,000 the numbers are prefixed with the abbreviation for number (i.e. No.) On some of these the 'o' in No. is raised with the period below it instead of beside it.

For the final numbers over 3,000,000 the numbers are prefixed with a wide 'A'