BEATLES UK – original White Album, ‘Racoon’ mispress.

	£		94
	$		125

BEATLES UK – original White Album, numbered Stereo sleeve LP – ‘Racoon’ mispress.

1968 PCS 7067/7068 -  apple record labels.

A UK first pressing top loading Stereo copy with a unique serial number of  ‘ No. 0581947 ’ featuring:

1. on the rear of the main sleeve, see photo, there is a small sticker that says ‘FONA’,  I do not know what this sticker is or what it refers to,

2. on side two of the record label it features the spelling mistake of ‘Racoon’, as it has been incorrectly spelt with one ‘c’ !, this was soon spotted by EMI and corrected but some records with these mispressed labels made their way onto the public market,

3. side two on the label there are the letters ‘ K J T ’ embossed around the spindle hole. The letters KT were removed by EMI in January 1969, it is thought the letter ‘J’ was  a final amendment !,

4. labels two and four, the white sides of the apple have a more distinctive brown apple core detail,

5. label one has the text, ‘Sold in UK’ etc printed in the regular font, but on labels two, three and four this line of text is printed in a slimmer font, letter style !,

CONDITION:

THE MAIN SLEEVE:  is in near excellent condition, the double album gatefold sleeve has a very nice glossy laminate. On the front it has an embossed Beatles logo and a unique individual SERIAL Number of No. 0581947, this number appears clear and bold. On the rear there is a small ‘Stereo’ logo printed proving this to be a genuine STEREO sleeve. The spine is in very good condition and all the text can be read. The sleeve features two visible flipbacks when the sleeve is opened, these flipbacks are all excellent and well stuck down. When the sleeve is opened it is very glossy, clean and tidy. The rear of the sleeve is also very clean and glossy. There are NO splits, tears, stains, pen writing, stickers or sticker residue.

THE INNER SLEEVES: are the original APPLE black inner sleeves and have not been replaced. One sleeve is in near excellent condition with just one small tear, 10mm around the ‘die cut hole’, there are NO splits, stickers or sticker residue. The other sleeve is in near very good condition, it has a tear 30mm and a tear 10mm around the ‘die cut hole’ and a 40mm tear to the top rear (only) opening edge and some small tears to the rear (only) top edge.  There is a slight split to one of the side edges.

THE POSTER: the original poster is in very good+ condition. The poster has remained a good clean white. Theres NO sellotape / residue, pin holes, blue tack residue, stickers or sticker residue. The poster has a stain (water mark ?) at the top, see photo, it doesn’t notice that much, there is some wear to the folds on the outer edge of the poster and a small 10mm tear to the bottom edge and there is a small word written in pen on the rear of the poster.

THE PHOTOS: the original four photos are in near excellent condition. The photos are made from the original thick card. Theres NO pen writing, pin hole damage, tears, sellotape, blu tack damage. The rear of the photos have remained a good clean white.

THE VINYL: side one, two and three are in very good++ condition, side four is in excellent condition. The records are made of the original ‘thick and heavy’ vinyl.

The matrix nos. are:  YEX   709 – 1,  YEX  710 - 1, YEX  711 - 1 and  YEX 712 - 1.

The Mother/Stampers are:   ‘ 4  G D P ’,  ‘  2  G G T  ’, ‘ 5  H D  ’ and   ‘  6  R T ’.

THE AUDIO: is very good, the records play well with some light crackle and some light ‘ticks’ here and there. Each record lays flat on the turntable.

THE LABELS: are in excellent condition. As this is a very first press two of the labels feature the original DARK green apple colours. All the labels show the text ‘Sold in the UK’ etc, the George and Ringo songs are listed as ‘Apple Publishing’. The labels are free from any pen writing, stickers or sticker residue.

TO GRADE THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD I AM USING THE OFFICIAL GRADING SYSTEM FROM THE ‘RECORD COLLECTOR’ MAGAZINE.

PLEASE WAIT UNTIL I SEND YOU AN INVOICE BEFORE YOU SEND PAYMENT.

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POSTAGE AND PACKING.

ALL RECORDS POSTED TO A UK ADDRESS WILL BE SENT 1ST CLASS POST.

PACKING  -  ALL RECORDS ARE POSTED WITH MULTI LAYERED CARD STIFFENERS FOR PROTECTION.BEFORE POSTING, THE RECORD IS REMOVED FROM THE RECORDS ORIGINAL INNER AND OUTER SLEEVES, THE RECORD IS THEN PUT INTO A SECOND PAPER INNER SLEEVE TO MINIMISE ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY OCCUR WHILE IN TRANSIT. THE RECORD / SLEEVES ARE THEN PUT INTO A NEW PLASTIC SLEEVE FOR FURTHER PROTECTION.

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I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND RECORDS ANYWHERE OVERSEAS.

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