BEATLES WHITE ALBUM UK 1ST PRESS STEREO FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		300
	$		398

                                                      BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING FACTORY SAMPLE....  NUMBERED TOP OPENING SLEEVE,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS AND  BLACK INNERS.

 RELEASED NOVEMBER 22ND 1968 "THE BEATLES" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST DOUBLE ALBUM RELEASE AND THEIR FIRST ALBUM RELEASE ON THE APPLE LABEL. ONE WEEK AFTER ITS RELEASE IN THE U.K IT HIT NUMBER 1 WERE IT STAYED FOR NINE WEEKS IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST EVER DOUBLE ALBUM TO GET TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K.

THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE CALLED "A DOLLS HOUSE" WITH ARTWORK TO INCLUDE A TRANSPARENT COVER AS WELL AS CLEAR VINYL DISCS. ALSO THERE WAS TO BE A PROMOTIONAL ADVERT ON T.V BUT EVENTUALLY THIS WAS ALL SCRAPPED DUE TO THE OVERALL COST.

THE IDEA OF THE TOTALLY WHITE SLEEVE WAS SUGGESTED TO THE BEATLES BY AN ARTIST CALLED RICHARD HAMILTON, HE SUGGESTED THAT RATHER THAN ADDING TO THE NUMBER OF GARISH SLEEVES ALREADY IN EXISTANCE AT THAT TIME THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THE COVER LOOK DISTINCTIVE BY PUTTING NOTHING ON IT AT ALL EXCEPT THE TITLE "THE BEATLES" AND TO GIVE EACH ISSUE ITS OWN NUMBER. ALSO THE SLEEVE WAS GIVEN ITS OPENINGS AT THE TOP INSTEAD OF THE SIDE, AGAIN ANOTHER FIRST FOR ITS TIME.

ALL VERY FIRST ISSUES OF THE WHITE ALBUM WHERE TOP OPENING, GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVES WITH  BLACK INNERS,POSTER AND FOUR COLOUR PRINTS. VINYL HAD DARK GREEN LABELS, WITH A SMALL CIRCLED "P" NEXT TO THE DATE (SEE PICTURES) AND SOLD IN THE U.K TEXT,SOME CARRIED "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT AND SOME DIDNT. ALSO ALL HARRISON AND STARR COMPOSITIONS WHERE CREDITED TO APPLE, THIS LATER CHANGED TO "HARRISONGS" AND "STARTLING MUSIC".... THIS ALBUM CARRIES ALL THESE FEATURES ALONG WITH THE ADDED INCLUSION OF THE RARE WHITE PHOTO SPACER AND A VERY LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE WHICH FEATURES THE FIRST RUN WIDE SPINE.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ORIGINAL UK FCATORY SAMPLE, NUMBERED IST STEREO ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER ALBUM. THIS COPY OFFERS SUPERB VINYL, SUPERB LABELS AND IS COMPLETE WITH  ALL ESSENTIAL INSERTS AND IS HOUSED IN AN EXCELLENT NUMBERED STEREO SLEEVE. 

APPLE PCS 7067

YEX709/10/11/12-1-1-1-1

STAMPERS  AL  4   AP 1    P 2   OA 6

NO TAX CODE

NO "EMI RECORDING" TEXT TO ALL FOUR LABELS

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST TWO OR THREE VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES.THE LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER....SIDES ONE AND FOUR CARRY THE "FACTORY SAMPLE..NOT FOR SALE" STICKERS 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB... CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARK..IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT NONE ARE SEVERE OR FEELABLE AND NONE AFFECT THE AUDIO.THE BRIGHT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE VINYL HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING TO ITS ORIGINAL SHINY SURFACE AND IS COMPLETELY UNBLEMISHED.

AUDIO IS SUPERB... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A NEAR PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO ALL RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE BUT  EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS PLAY WITHOUT ANY  INTERFERANCE . THE STEREO AUDIO IS STRONG AND CLEAR. THE VINYL OF COURSE PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS WHATSOEVER..... A GENUINE PERFECT LISTENING EXPERIENCE.

DISC 2 THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN AS DISC ONE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS GOOD AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION....STILL CRISP AND STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES ,HOWVER ONE HAS HAD A SYMPATHETIC REPAIR TO SMALL "NICKS" TO THE CENTRE HOLE AND THE OTHER TO THE TOP OPENING EDGE.    

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS EXCELLENT.THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND SOME MILD CREASING AND A FEW AGE SPOTS THE POSTER IS HOWVER STILL VERY LEAN AND FREE FROM NAY MAJOR FAULTS. 

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE  IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" NUMBERED SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT . STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE SLEEVE SHOWS JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND THREE OR FOUR SMALL "THUMBNAIL"CREASES TO THE FRONT.THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH JUST A HINT OF "YELLOWING" VISIBLE TO THE SPINE EDGE.THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAY JUST MILD SIGNS OF  HANDLING,THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CORNER BUMPS PRESENT WITH ONE DEEPER BUMP VISIBLE TO THE BOTTON LEFT CORNER. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND AGAIN A HINT OF AGE "YELLOWING" IS VISIBLE, ALL THE  PICTURES AND TEXT ARE PERFECT. THE REAR IS AS PER THE FRONT WITH SIMILAR TINY EDGE WRINKLES. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY RIGID WITH JUST A HINT OF "FEELABLE" WEAR. "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0530600 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND THE NUMBER HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY RUBBING OR FADING....THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE CORRECT "STEREO" LOGO TO THE REAR  

OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A VERY DESIRABLE ,NUMBERED, SOUGHT AFTER UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING FACTORY SAMPLE.