BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS **STEREO**

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                                                       BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

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ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING....  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.

APPLE PCS 7067

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

STAMPERS  GHD  3    AMG  2    LOG 5   HA 6

NO TAX CODE 

 "EMI RECORDING" TEXT PRESENT ON ALL LABELS

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION .CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST  VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO BOTH SIDES . THE LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO  FLAWS WHATSOEVER!.... LABELS DO  CARRY "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT . 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB...THIS HAS CLEARLY ONLY EVER BEEN CAREFULLY  PLAYED AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE VINYLS APPEARANCE. THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS HIGH GLOSS AND SHEEN AND CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARK, NONE ARE SERIOUS OR FEELABLE AND THESE ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE VINYL IS ANGLED IN STRONG LIGHT. THIS GREAT 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 FLAWLESS THROUGHOUT... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT,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 DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.... STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES AND SOME GENERAL HANDLING CREASES AND WEAR. EACH INNER IS COMPLETELY INTACT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY. 

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS ALSO EXCELLENT. THIS HAS NEVER EVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND SHOWS SOME LIGHT CREASING AND THE ODD LIGHT HANDLING MARK, THE POSTER IS COMPLETELY ITACT WITH NO NOCKS OR TEARS AND ALL COLOURS AND TEXT ARE PERFECT. 

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE SUPERB WITH VERY VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING  .

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE"  NUMBERED SLEEVE IS CERTAINLY AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE . STILL ITS  BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST TWO VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLES TO THE FRONT AND ONE OR TWO VERY LIGHT INDENTATION MARKS. THERE IS A SLIGHT IMPRESSION VISIBLE FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE. THE OPENING TOP EDGES ARE STRAIGHT WIH JUST A HINT OF WEAR VISIBLE AND THERE ARE JUST TWO CRONER BUMPS PRESENT. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND UNSPOILT PICTURES AND TEXT AND JUST ONE MILD CREASE, THE REAR AGAIN IS SUPERB WITH THE SAME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES. THE REAR CARRIES THE CORRECT PRINTED "STEREO" LOGO. THE  SPINE IS  RIDGID AND INTACT WITH NO CREASING AND JUST A HINT OF WEAR VISIBLE. "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0332805 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE.

OVERALL A TRULY EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK 1ST PRESSING STEREO WHICH IS FULLY COMPLETE AND OFFERS SUPERB LABELS, VINYL AND AUDIO.

THIS EXAMPLE HAS CLEALRY BEEN CAREFULLY STORED AND HANDLED OVER THE YEARS AND THIS HAS MEANT THAT THIS VERY IMPRESSIVE COPY HAS REMAINED IN SUCH BEAUTIFUL CONDITION THROUGHOUT... A POSSIBLE UPGRADE COPY FOR MANY!