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,BLACK INNERS,WHITE SPACER AND THE HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER "ROCKY RACOON" 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.

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 AN EXCELLENT NUMBERED IST STEREO ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER LABEL VARIATION COPY.

APPLE PCS 7067

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

STAMPERS   GR 1GLG 3   GRO 3   PP 2  PP 1 

NO TAX CODE

"AN EMI RECORDING" TO ALL FOUR LABELS 

DISC 1

DESPITE A TINY AND LIGHT NAME WRITTEN TO SIDE 2 & 4 (LOU)THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO OTHER UNWANTED MARKS . CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES. 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 FEATURE THE RARE "RACOON" ERROR 

THE GLOSSY VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SOME NEEDLE MARKS AND THERE IS A "SCUFF" MARK TO SIDE TWO, 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 EXCELLENT...ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A CLEAR AND CRISP STEREO SOUND, THERE IS SOME VERY MILD CRACKLE TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE BUT THERE ARE ABSOLUTLEY NO POPS, SKIPS OR JUMPS EVIDENT.

DISC 2

THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN AS DISC ONE (SAME NAME TO SIDE 4).

THE GLOSSY VINYL CARRIES FEWER SURFACE MARKS THAN DISC ONE AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY "SCUFFS"  .

AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.... THEY ARE INTACT WITH THE EXPECTED CREASES AND SOME SIGNS OF WEAR TO OPENING EDGES,THE INNERS HAVE AT SOME POINT SUFFERED FROM A FEW SMALL "NICKS" WHICH HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.

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  EXCELLENT CONDITION. 

THE RARE WHITE SPACER IS PRESENT. IT DOES SHOW SOME LIGHT HANDLING/AGE MARKS AND SOME MILD CREASING BUT IT IS TOTALLY INTACT.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" NUMBERED, SLEEVE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. THE SLEEVE IS STILL ITS  BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR AND IS STILL EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL VERY GLOSSY . IT DISPLAYS JUST A HINT OF AGE "YELLOWING" IN PLACES. THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS SOME LIGHT CREASES AND HAS JUST TINY AND LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES TO FRONT RIGHT EDGE .THE INNER IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN  AND ALL THE INNER SEAMS LIE FLAT, THE TOP OPENING EDGES ARE STRAIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT SIGNS OF  WEAR VISIBLE. THERE ARE THE EXPECTED  CORNER BUMPS TO ALL CORNERS. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE CORRECT "STEREO" LOGO AND IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT EXCEPT FOR ONE DEEPER CREASE TOWARDS THE TO EDGE. THE  SPINE IS  RIDGID WITH A HINT OF FEELABLE WEAR EVIDENT. BOTH "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0578562 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE.

OVERALL THIS REALLY IS AN EXCELLENT AND VERY RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS UK APPLE STEREO  1ST PRESSING WHICH IS COMPLETE WITH ITS CORRECT INNERS, FOUR PHOTOS, POSTER, SPACER AND ALL HOUSED IN AN EXCELLENT OUTER SLEEVE AND FURTHER MORE HAS THE ADDED APPEAL OF BEING THE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE "RACOON" LABEL ERROR VERSION.