BEATLES WHITE ALBUM 1ST UK PRS TOP OPENER AwEsOmE AuDiO

	£		180
	$		239

THE BEATLES ''WHITE ALBUM''  VERY EARLY STEREO 1ST UK PRESSING DOUBLE ALBUM CAT NO. PCS 7067 & PCS 7068  (STEREO)EXTREEMELY RARE IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION (THE AUDIO IS SUPERBE ON ALL FOUR SIDES)   UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!AUDIO RATED AT THE TOP!!!! THIS IS COMPLETE!, WITH THE ORIGINAL BLACK INNER SLEEVES, ORIGINAL POSTER AND FOUR ORIGINAL PHOTOS THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK STEREO PRESSING (DARK APPLE LABELS)!!!!! EARLIEST STEREO TOP OPENER (LOW NUMBERED GARROD & LOFTHOUSE COVER NO. 0321244 UNBELEIVABLY RARE IN THIS CONDITION!!! CRISTAL CLEAR AUDIO THROUGHOUT!!! -1-`-1 -1 -1 MATRIX (STEREO)  !!!! VERY RARE!!!!!

EARLY STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS ARE THE HARDEST TO FIND! I HAVE 98 ORIGINAL WHITE ALBUMS AND 95% ARE MONO RECORDINGS!!!!!!

side 3 and 4 look and sound like it has hardly ever been played!!!

Here on offer is another from my personal collection! One of nearly 1000 UK Beatles albums that I have accumilated\collected over a period of more than 35 years. This being an original 1st press STEREO beatles (white album) is in truly exceptional condition for an original that is nearly 40 years old!!! And complete with the original poster  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. YEX 709-1 side 2. YEX 710-1 side 3. YEX 712-1 side 4. YEX 713-1

The Mother stampers

side 1. ''6'' ''GDR'' side 2. ''2'' ''LH'' side 3. ''2'' ''GPO'' side 4. ''1'' ''HM'' (LOOK VERY EARLY STAMPERS)

Visual inspection of both vinyls. Both lie flat on the turn table. They have retained their original glossy sheen from new!!!!!! And look superbe!!!!!

Please note! I have played all four sides track for track and I would class my self as highly criticle and have given my honest opinion on the quality of the audio (which i rate at the very top through out) Points to note! I have many many original UK pressings of the white album collected over a period of 35 years! This original stereo produces a really deep bassey audio which beleive me can not be surpassed on the later pressings! Many factors i have found contibute to this awesome sound, mainly the original thicker materials used and the fact that these are early stampers!!! Can not be surpassed! ALL FOUR SIDES PLAY AWESOME WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION!

Grading!

I have graded these vinyls for the audio quality only! Please note! I follow (no) other codes or practices other than my personal opinion giving my very best honest opinion.I play these at very high volume on a top system. Please look at my completed listings of records that i have sold of this calaber and you will see that i normally get it right!!!!  

Side 1. 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\scuffs\SCRATCHES (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 !!very light static crackle (not consistant throughout the audio)!!! TOP AUDIO!no distortion!!

side 2. graded excellent\excellent plus  Plays through cristal clear very rich and very vibrant   through out (no) grooveware or that this has been overplayed at all.  Only In strong light there are very (very) few surface marks\scuffs (I can't see any needle or audio sounding scratches)    even between tracks and background noise is minimal superbe awesome audio ccristal clear and vibrant audio!!! This played through absolutely awesome throughout with (no) loud clicks or pops or background noise that i heard !!(very) light static crackle. The odd static tick aprox three or four only heard at the intro at the 1st track nothing detrimentle to the audio in my opinion  (nothing\) consistant throughout the audio!!!  in my opinion had very minimal interfearance with the overall track or indeed the overall audio experiance which was truly awesome through out!!TOP TOP AUDIO!!

side 3.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 few surface marks\scuffs (no) needle scratches at least (no) (none) audio sounding even between tracks and background noise is minimal superbe awesome audioThis played through absolutely awesome throughout with (no) clicks or pops or background noise that i heard at all !!(very) light static crackle \tick (not) consistant throughout the audio!!! !!!!!Audio is rated at the top!!!! This will be hard to surpass!!!!

side 4. graded excellent plus!  Plays through cristal clear and vibrant  through out (no) grooveware or that this has been overplayed at all.  Only In strong light there are very (very) few surface marks (non) audio sounding  even between tracks and background noise is minimal superbe awesome audio This played through absolutely awesome throughout with (no) loud clicks or pops or background noise that i heard !!!!!  in my opinion had very minimal interfearance with the overall track or indeed the overall audio experiance which was truly awesome through out!!!

TO SUM UP!

AS YOU CAN SEE I HAVE TAKEN MY TIME TO CAREFULLY DESCRIBE THIS ALBUM AS I HEAR AND SEE IT GIVING MY TRUE AND HONEST OPINION ON THIS TRUELY UNIQUE EARLY STEREO MIX!! ALL FOUR SIDES PLAY THROUGH ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST SOUNDING STEREO WHITE ALBUM THAT I GHAVE HEARD IN A VERY LONG TIME! IN MY OPINION IT WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS! SIDE 3 & 4 LOOK BARELY PLAYED IN MY PERSONAL OPINION! A REALLY RARE COPY TO FIND LIKE THIS AND ORIGINAL EARLY COPY!

Please note! I always add this disclaimer! I have given my honest opinion on the audio quality as I hear it! I would class myself as highly critical! Please alow for some light static crackle and the odd tick (not consistant throughout the audio) Please remember that these  are genuine 39 year old vinyls that would have originally been played on a 39 year old system!!!

An important note! These vinyls have been stored in a case laying dormant for at least 25 years or more! These would benefit from a constant clean before each play! Build up of dirt and dust in the grooves cause static crackle and from my personal experiance a constant clean reduces this and greatly enhances the audio quality!!!!!

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 But in my opinion these vinyls have not been overplayed at all!!!. Little if (no) spindle ware (the holes are perfectly round)  Please note this vinyl has not been over played!!!!!

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 are in very fragile condition with small light tares and a side split on one of the sleeves  and general creases . Bothe are original and becoming very fragile with age and are stored seperately from the vinyl!!!! and are the originals!!!!!! 

The Cover

This is the original ''Garrod and Lofthouse'' Gate fold (top Opener) NUMBERED 0321244   In truly superbe condition SUPER GLOSSY LAMINATE Amaiingly (no) real creases worth to mention Just minor very very small creases hardly noticable (hardly any) storage ware\extreemely minimal to the corners (see photos) Amaizingly (NO) yellowing with age (common on this white cover) but THIS IS EXCEPTIONALY WHITE in my opinion very slight stain mark can be seen front top right (only noticable if looked for) This is an extreemely TOP  example. the spine which is also in great condition shows light laminate lift (hardly noticable) NICE AND SQUARE (NORMALLY FLATTENED WITH AGE). The small stereo logo can be seen at the rear (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ONLY ORIGINALS HAVE THIS!)  This is graded excellent plus PLUS PLUS!!! PROBABLY THE BEST AND EARLIEST STEREO ORIGINALS IN THIS CONDITION!!!

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 becoming fragile with age!!!!

The Four Photos

Also these are the original colour photos of the four Beatles in superbe condition!!!!!!!!!

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 DESCRIBING 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!!!!!

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As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 800 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions regarding this item or any other items that I have listed!

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

All items are despatched securely with ample reinforcement!!!!!!

I offer a postage discount for multiple purchases!!!,, but i do insist that the buyer pay for the items as they are won! I can not any longer allow winning bidders to run up a large bill and then not pay! I do not have a problem with holding the goods to be despatched untill they are ready (at the buyers request), for multiple items purchased!!!!!

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