BEATLES WHITE ALBUM 1ST UK PRESS TOP OPENER TOP AuDiO

	£		255
	$		338

THE BEATLES ''WHITE ALBUM'' 1ST UK PRESSING DOUBLE ALBUM CAT NO. PMC 7067 & PMC 7068 EXTREEMELY RARE IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION COMPLETE!(THE AUDIO IS SUPERBE)  (NO) AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS OR SCRATCHES THAT I HEARD UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!AUDIO RATED AT THE TOP!!!! DARK APPLE LABELS (ONLY 1ST PRESS)THIS IS COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL BLACK INNER SLEEVES, ORIGINAL POSTER AND FOUR ORIGINAL PHOTOS THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK (MONO) PRESSING!!!!! TOP OPENER (LOW NUMBERED GARROD & LOFTHOUSE COVER NO. 0080450 UNBELEIVABLY RARE IN THIS CONDITION!!! CRISTAL CLEAR AUDIO THROUGHOUT!!! -1-`-1 -1 -1 MATRIX (MONO) EVEN RARER STILL (EMITS ''AN EMI RECORDING'' ) ON SIDE 1. AND FEATURES THIS ON SIDE 2. SO RARE LIKE THIS!!!!! K.T TAX CODE STAMPED ON SIDE 4.!!!!!

MONO! IN MY OPINION THE ONLY WAY TO HEAR THIS ALBUM!!! AS IT SHOULD BE! TOP! TOP! AUDIO!!!!

Here on offer is another from my personal collection! One of nearly 1000 Beatles albums that I have accumilated\collected over a period of more than 35 years. This being an original 1st press MONO beatles (white album) is in truly exceptional condition for an original that is nearly 40 years old!!! And complete with the original poster untouched never used or put on the wall and also four original photos of the Beatles!!!!!

''The Beatles'' is the ninth official album by The Beatles, a double album released in 1968 . It is most often referred to as The White Album, as it has no text other than the band's name on its plain white sleeve, designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton. Originally planned to be titled A Doll's House, the album is often hailed as one of the major accomplishments in popular music..

With this album, each of the four band members began to showcase the range and depth of his individual songwriting talents and styles that would be carried over to their eventual solo careers. For one thing, some Beatles began recording some of their songs individually, a heretofore unheard-of practice. For another, some songs that the individual Beatles were working on during this period eventually were released on solo albums (John Lennons "Jealous Guy"; Paul McCartney's "Junk" and "Teddy Boy"; George Harrison's "Not Guilty"). The album is also marked by experimentation with different musical genres.

The album was recorded between 30 May 1968 and 14 October 1968, largely at Abbey Road Studios, with some sessions at Trident Studios. Although productive, the sessions were sometimes fractious and exacerbated the growing tensions within the group. In the difficult seven months before the sessions, Brian Epstein died, and they had their first artistic and commercial failure in the Magical Mystery Tour television film, and a long trip to India to study Transcendental Meditation which ended in disillusionment for John Lennon. Concurrent with the sessions, they were also in the midst of launching their new multimedia business corporation Apple Corps, which would lead to increased conflict within the group as the year progressed. These sessions also marked the first appearance in the studio of Lennon's new girlfriend and artistic partner Yoko Ono, who would thereafter be a constant presence. Prior to Ono's appearance on the scene, the individual Beatles had been very insular during recording sessions.

Often McCartney would record in one studio while Lennon would record in another at the same time, using different engineers. At one point in the sessions, George Martin, whose authority over the band in the studio had waned, spontaneously left on vacation, leaving Chris Thomas in charge of producing the sessions. The studio tensions carried over into the Beatles' subsequent album and film project in early 1969, ultimately released as Let It Be. The Beatles' recording engineer Geoff Emerick quit during these sessions out of disgust.

These sessions also marked the change from 4-track to 8-trak recording, although in essence this had started in 1966 and 1967 with the technique of 'bouncing down' several tracks onto one, to free up new tracks for recording.

While Abbey Road Studios had yet to install an 8-track machine that had supposedly been sitting in a storage room unpacked for months (evidently because EMI could not afford its power cord) the Beatles decided to out-source to the more updated Trident Studios.

Starr's temporary departure

At one point during the recording sessions for the album, Starr suddenly walked out of the studio, feeling his role was minimized compared to that of the other members Lennon, McCartney and Harrison pleaded with Starr to return, and after two weeks he did. In Starr's absence, McCartney played drums on "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Dear Prudence." Upon his return, he found his drum kit decorated with red, white and blue flowers, a welcome-back gesture from Harrison!!!!!!

Side one

1. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 2:43
2. "Dear Prudence" – 3:56
3. "Glass Onion" – 2:17
4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" – 3:08
5. "Wild Honey Pie" – 0:52
6. "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" – 3:13
7. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison) – 4:45
8. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" – 2:43

Side two

1. "Martha My Dear" – 2:28
2. "I'm So Tired" – 2:03
3. "Blackbird" – 2:18
4. "Piggies" (George Harrison) – 2:04
5. "Rocky Raccoon" – 3:32
6. "Don't Pass Me By" (Ringo Starr) – 3:50
7. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" – 1:40
8. "I Will" – 1:45
9. "Julia" – 2:54

Side three

1. "Birthday" – 2:42
2. "Yer Blues" – 4:00
3. "Mother Nature's Son" – 2:47
4. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" – 2:24
5. "Sexy Sadie" – 3:15
6. "Helter Skelter" – 4:29
7. "Long, Long, Long" (George Harrison) – 3:03

Side four

1. "Revolution 1" – 4:15
2. "Honey Pie" – 2:40
3. "Savoy Truffle" (George Harrison – 2:54
4. "Cry Baby Cry" – 3:02
5. "Revolution 9" – 8:13
6. "Good Night" – 3:11

The Vinyl.

The matrix

side 1. XEX 709-1 side 2. XEX 710-1 side 3. XEX 712-1 side 4. XEX 713-1 (1ST MONO MATRIX)

The Mother stampers

side 1. ''3'' ''GDG'' side 2. ''3'' ''MD'' side 3. ''1'' ''GRD'' side 4. ''2'' ''PH'' (VERY VERY EARLY STAMPERS)PLEASE NOTE! THE MOTHER STAMPERS AT 9 OCLOCK TO THE MATRIX IS MISSTAMPED THE NUMBER ''3'' THREE TIMES!!!!!

Visual inspection of both vinyls. Both lie flat on the turn table. They have retained their original glossy sheen from new!!!!!! And look superbe!!!!! The other important thing to note is that these are the original thick and chunky type of vinyls with deeper grooves and therefor much more robust than later pressing which are much more flimsier!!!!!

Please note! I have played all four sides track for track and I would class my self as highly criticle and have given my honerst opinion on the quality of the audio (which i rate at the very top through out) Please note!These vinyls have been stored in a case for years and a build up of dirt and dust in the grooves does contibute to this. Constant cleaning before each play would make a noticable difference to the audio quality from my experience!!!

Side 1. graded excellent\excellent plus plus ! Plays through cristal clear and vibrant  through out (no) grooveware or that this has been overplayed at all. In strong light there are very (verty) few \fine surface marks I can't see any needle scratches at least (none) audio sounding even between tracks and background noise is minimal superbe awesome audio through .!!!!! This played through absolutely awesome throughout with (no) clicks or pops or background noise that i heard !!Please allow for the odd light static crackle here and there (not consistant throughout the audio) These vinyls have been stored in a case for years and a build up of dirt and dust in the grooves does contibute to this. Constant cleaning before each play would make a noticable difference to the audio quality from my experiance!!!

side 2.

Side 1. graded excellent\excellent plus plus ! Plays through cristal clear and vibrant  through out (no) grooveware or that this has been overplayed at all. In strong light there are very (verty) few \fine surface marks I can't see any needle scratches at least (none) audio sounding even between tracks and background noise is minimal superbe awesome audio through .!!!!! This played through absolutely awesome throughout with (no) clicks or pops or background noise that i heard !!Please allow for the odd light static crackle here and there (not consistant throughout the audio) These vinyls have been stored in a case for years and a build up of dirt and dust in the grooves does contibute to this. Constant cleaning before each play would make a noticable difference to the audio quality from my experiance!!!

side 3.graded excellent\excellent plus plus Plays through cristal clear and vibrant  through out (no) grooveware or that this has been overplayed at all. In strong light there are very (verty) few \fine surface marks\scuffs I cant see any needle scratches at least (none) audio sounding even between tracks and background noise is minimal superbe awesome audio through .!!!!! This played through absolutely awesome throughout with (no) clicks or pops or background noise that i heard !!Please allow for the odd light static crackle here and there (not consistant throughout the audio) These vinyls have been stored in a case for years and a build up of dirt and dust in the grooves does contibute to this. Constant cleaning before each play would make a noticable difference to the audio quality from my experiance!!!

side 4.graded excellent\excellent plus  Plays through cristal clear and vibrant  through out (no) grooveware or that this has been overplayed at all. In strong light there are very (very) few surface marks (no) scratches (none) audio sounding even between tracks and background noise is minimal superbe awesome audio!!!!!  This looks and sounds hardly played at all only a handfull of times if that!! This played through absolutely awesome throughout with (no) clicks or pops or background noise that i heard  !!!!! Audio is rated at the top!!!! This will be hard to surpass

The labels

These feature the original (Dark Green) apple logos (only early press) ''Apple records .....'' featured around the label rim (only early press).also Mfd in  UK. ''sold in the UK........'' is featured across the labels (only 1st press) There are (no) scuffs Spidering can be seen only in strong light. little if (no) spindle ware (the holes are perfectly round)  Please note this vinyl has not been over played!!!!! VERY RARE LABEL ON SIDE 1. EMITS ''AN EMI RECORDING'' on side 2. features this!!! NEVER SEEN LIKE THIS! This would be the transitional stage when EMI was featured on all the labels after this time!!!!!!

The Record Sleeves

These are the original ''black'' company sleeves Which have one only label hole cut out on each sleeve (only earlY press) bothe have general storage ware small light tares and general creases one only has a small split at one side. Bothe are original and becoming fragile with age and are stored seperately from the vinylS!!!! and original!!!!!! 

The Cover

This is the original ''Garrod and Lofthouse'' Gate fold (top Opener) NUMBERED 0080450  (VERY LOW NUMBER)mono cover is stamped  In truly superbe condition There are (no) splits or tares very light creases and minimal (if any) storage ware to the corners very light marks\staining  hardly noticable unless you really look for it (see photos) very (very) slight yellowing with age (common on this white cover) but not too bad in my opinion This is an extreemely great example. The writing can be clearly read on the spine which is also in great condition. UNUSUALLY SUPER GLOSSY AMAZINGLY HARDLY ANY CREASES IN THE LAMINATE VERY VERY RARE INDEED!!!!!!

The poster.

This is the original (two sided) poster in superbe condition and has never been used One side contains the full lyrics of this album Original AS NEW!!!

The Four Photos

Also these are the original colour photos of the four Beatles in superbe condition!!!!!! grades as near mint!!!!!

PLEASE DON'T UNDERESTEMATE THE RARETY OF THIS, THESE ARE EXTREEMELY COLLECTABLE AND SOUGHT AFTER!!!!!!!!EARLy 1ST PRESSING!!!!!AWESOME AUDIO THROUGHOUT!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE NOTE! I ALWAYS ADD THIS DISCLAIMER! I HAVE TRIED TO GIVE AS HONEST OPINION AS I CAN WHEN DESCRIBEING THIS ALBUM. I HAVE PLAYED BOTH VINYLS THROUGH TRACK FOR TRACK AND ALTHOUGH I NEVER HEARD ANY CLICKS,POPS OR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THOSE MENTIONED. PLEASE ALLOW FOR THE ODD LIGHT STATIC TICK OR CLICK HERE AND THERE (NOT CONSISTANT THROUGH OUT THE AUDIO. THIS IS A GENUINE 1ST PRESSING (NOT A REISSUE) THAT IS NEARLY 40 YEARS OLD AND WOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON A 40 YEAR OLD SYSTEM!!! PLEASE LOOK AT MY COMPLETED LISTINGS ON ALBUMS THAT I HAVE SOLD OF THIS CALABER AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALLY GET IT RIGHT!!!!

PLEASE DO NOT UNDERESTEMATE THE RARETY OF THIS ALBUM RARELY FOUND IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION LIKE THIS, HIGHLY COLLECTABLE AND SOUGHT AFTER!!!!!! 

I HAVE 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK SO PLEASE BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDANCE!!!!!

I WILL DESPATCH SECURELY WITH REINFORCEMENT AND ALSO DESPATCH BY RECORDED DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING!!!!!

THIS HAS BEEN STORED IN A CLEAR RECORD PROTECTOR ALL ITS LIFE AND WILL BE DESPATCHED WITH THE RECORD!!!!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE DISPATCHED BY 1ST CLASS SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING.AND WILL BE PACKAGED SECURELY WITH AMPLE REINFORCEMENT.

SHIPPING TO USA IS 11.76GBP +INSURANCE

POSTAGE IN ENGLAND IS 5.00GBP+ INSURANCE

SHIPPING TO EUROPE IS 8.89GBP + INSURANCE

PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

I HAVE TAKEN TIME TO TAKE A FEW PHOTOS IN STRONG LIGHT SO THAT ALL ASPECTS OF THIS AWESOME ALBUM CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN!!!!!

PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER RARE 1ST PRESSING RECORDS LISTED NOW!!!!!

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