BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE STEREO **RACOON** ERROR

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                                                      BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

                                                                                              "RACOON" LABEL ERROR

ORIGINAL 1968 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING....NUMBERED TOP OPENER,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS,AND  BLACK INNERS AND THE HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER "ROCKY RACCOON" LABEL ERROR.

 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.

OFFERED FOR SALE IS A SUPERB NUMBERED IST STEREO ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT -AFTER LABEL VARIATION COPY.

APPLE PCS 7067

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

STAMPERS   TR 4   GRO 3   AD 5  HL 2 

KJT TAX CODE TO SIDE 3

DISC 1

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. LABELS ARE VERY VERY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!.... LABELS DO  FEATURE "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT AND ALSO FEATYRE THE RARE "RACOON" ERROR 

THE GLOSSY VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SOME NEEDLE MARKS, HOWEVER NONE ARE SEVERE OR FEELABLE AND NONE AFFECT AUDIO.THE BRIGHT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE VINYL HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING TO ITS ORIGINAL SHINY SURFACE AND IS COMPLETELY UNBLEMISHED..

AUDIO IS FLAWLESS...ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS AN UNITERRUPTED, CLEAR AND CRISP MONO SOUND. THERE IS ABSOLUTLEY NO POPS, SKIPS OR JUMPS EVIDENT. BOTH DISCS PLAY WITH AN UNRIVALED CLARITY AND SHARPNESS WITH NO DISTORTION PRESENT AT ANY POINT.

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 SUPERB CONDITION.... THEY ARE INTACT WITH THE EXPECTED CREASES AND SOME MINOR BUT INSIGNIFICANT WEAR TO OPENING EDGES,THE INNERS ARE FREE FROM ANY  REPAIRS.

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS EXCELLENT.THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THE POSTER HAS ONE SMALL SEAM SPLIT BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND IS STILL VERY CLEAN AND CRISP

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE IN  NEAR MINT CONDITION. 

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" NUMBERED, SLEEVE IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE. THE SLEEVE IS STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR AND IS STILL EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL VERY GLOSSY . IT DISPLAYS NO "BROWNING" TO THE EDGES. THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST A FEW LIGHT CREASES AND HAS JUST TINY AND LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES TO FRONT RIGHT EDGE (NOTHING SIGNIFICANT) THE INNER IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND NEAR PERFECT AND ALL THE INNER SEAMS LIE FLAT, THE OPENING EDGES ARE STRAIGHT WITH NO SIGNS OF  WEAR. THERE ARE THE LIGHTEST AND MINOR BUT EXPECTED TINY CORNER BUMPS TO BOTTOM CORNERS EVIDENT  . THE  SPINE IS  RIDGID AND PERFECT WITH ABSOLUTLEY NO WEAR. BOTH "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0517786 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE.... A TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS STEREO SLEEVE 

OVERALL THIS REALLY IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK APPLE STEREO  1ST PRESSING WHICH IS COMPLETE WITH ITS CORRECT INNERS, FOUR PHOTOS, POSTER AND ALL HOUSED IN A TOP QUALITY OUTER SLEEVE AND FURTHER MORE HAS THE ADDED APPEAL OF BEING THE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE LABEL ERROR VERSION..... A GENUINE ENHANCEMENT TO ANY COLLECTION.