BEATLES WHITE ALBUM 1ST UK STEREO COMPLETE LP 0497439

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BEATLES WHITE ALBUM 1ST UK STEREO COMPLETE LP 0497439

WELCOME TO ALLADINS CABIN!!

THE BEATLES

FULLY COMPLETE INCLUDING PHOTO SPACER

THE WHITE ALBUM

STEREO

NO. 0497439

TOP OPENING

"AN EMI RECORDING"

"SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT

APPLE LABEL

PCS 7067 - 7068

HI THERE AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL AUCTION HERE AT ALLADINS CABIN. THIS IS "THE BEATLES" "WHITE ALBUM" IN STEREO FORMAT ON THE GREEN AND WHITE APPLE LOGO'S and is fully complete.

THIS PACKAGE IS VERY NICE. 

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST 1968 UK STEREO PRESSING, NUMBERED 0497439 TOP OPENING ,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, PHOTO SPACER AND BLACK INNERS.

APPLE PCS 7067

                                   STAMPERS

YEX 709 - 1                     4 LA

YEX 710 - 1                     4 MR

YEX 711 - 1                     2 GOG

YEX 712 - 2                     2 GRP

NO TAX CODE

AN "EMI RECORDING" TEXT ON RECORD ONE LABELS.

NO "EMI RECORDING" TEXT ON RECORD TWO LABELS

A NOTE ABOUT EMI STAMPERS:

EMI MATRIX AND STAMPER NUMBERS / LETTERS WERE PRESSED INTO THE RUN-OFF-GROOVE AREA OF EACH EMI VINYL THAT WAS PRODUCED. USUALLY, AT THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION, THERE WOULD APPEAR A MOTHER NUMBER WHICH WOULD INDICATE WHICH MOTHER STAMPER WAS USED TO PRESS THE RECORD. i.e. 1 = FIRST MOTHER, 2 = SECOND MOTHER ETC. 

AT THE THE 3 O'CLOCK POSTION, EMI AGAIN ASSIGNED DIFFERENT STAMPER CODES TO INDICATE WHICH PRESSING OF EACH MOTHER STAMPER WAS CHRONOLOGICALLY PRODUCED. THE CODE WAS BASED ON "GRAMOPHONELTD" WITH EACH LETTER REPRESENTING A NUMBER, i.e. G = 1, R = 2, A = 3, PROCEEDING THROUGH TO D = TO 0.

THE DARK GREEN AND WHITE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING AND CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEAL FEW SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS THERE ARE ONLY MINOR SPIDER TRAILS. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND REMAIN PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EXCELLENT, IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS GREAT LOOKING VINYL DISPLAYS A SUPERIOR SHINY APPEARENCE AND CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER DAYLIGHT LIGHT CONDITIONS SHOW VERY FEW LIGHT SURFACE MARK. THE BRIGHT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING. THE RUN OFF GROOVE AREA IS NOT SPOILED IN ANY WAY BY EXCESSIVE LIGHT HAIRLINES, VERY VERY FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES PRESENT.

TO CLARIFY, THE VISUAL CONDITION OF EACH SIDE IS:

SIDE 1 - EXCELLENT

SIDE 2 - EXCELLENT

SIDE 3 - EXCELLENT

SIDE 4 - EXCELLENT

THE STEREO AUDIO IS FANTASTICALLY CLEAR. EXCELLENT + IN MOST AREAS.  THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CLICKS ON TWO TRACKS BUT THE BACKGROUND NOISE IS OTHERWISE ABSOLUTELY MINIMAL. 

 THE VINYL ON ALL SIDES PLAYS THROUGH WITH FANTASTIC CLARITY.

THERE ARE NO STICKS AND NO MAJOR POPS. PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE COUPLE OF SKIPS ON TWO TRACKS BUT THE SOUND IS AMAZING THROUGHOUT OTHERWISE. 

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION....STILL CRISP AND STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES. EACH INNER IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR WEAR TO THE CIRCULAR WINDOWS BUT NO SMALL SEAM SPLITS AS SEEN IN THE CORRESPONDING PHOTOGRAPH.

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED LYRICAL POSTER IS EXCELLENT. THIS IS A VERY NICE FIRST ISSUE POSTER, ON MATT PAPER, WITH “PRINTED AND MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL LTD.” IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PRINTED LYRIC SIDE. THE PHOTOGRAPH ART SIDE OF THE POSTER FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS. LATER ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THIS “LIPSTICK” KISS AND WERE LIMITED TO THE FIRST BATCH OF PRESSINGS.

 THIS CERTAINLY HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AS IS IT HAS NO HOLES, NO MAJOR TEARS AND NO MAJOR CREASING. THERE ARE NO SERIOUS AMOUNTS OF WEAR THROUGHOUT, THE SEAMS OF EACH FOLD ARE IN-TACT WITH ONE MINOR RIP AT THE BOTTOM (SEE PICS).

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PORTRAIT PHOTOS ARE PRESENT IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH VIBRANT COLOURS AND NO YELLOWING TO THE REAR.

THE ORIGINAL PHOTO SPACER IS ALSO PRESENT AND IS IN EXCELLENT + PLUS CONDITION WITH NO YELLOWING, CREASING OR TEARS.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE"  NUMBERED 0497439 SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR WITH THE ORIGINAL TOP OPENING SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD BUT VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND MINOR CREASES AND IT HAS NOT SUFFERED EXCESSIVE YELLOWING OVER A FORTY YEAR PERIOD. THE SPINE IS NEAR SQUARE AND NEAT WITH SOME LAMINATE PEELING PRESENT.

 THE FRONT IS STILL GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN. THE EMBOSSED “THE BEATLES” IS PERFECT WITH NO LAMINATE CRACKS. THE PRINTED  “ No. 0497439” IS FOR PERFECT READING CLARITY. THE TOP OPENING EDGES DISPLAY MODERATE AMOUNTS OF HANDLING WEAR AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CORNER BUMPS PRESENT.

THE INSIDE HAS NEAR PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND UNSPOILT PICTURES AND TEXT, ONLY MINOR DISCOLOURATION PRESENT.

THE REAR IS EXCELLENT TOO WITH ONLY MINOR EDGE WEAR, SLIGHT MOONING, MINOR WRINKLES AND MINOR INDENTAIONS.

THE  SPINE IS  RIDGID AND INTACT WITH ONLY VERY MINOR CREASING "THE BEATLES" LOGO IS STILL STRONGLY VISIBLE. THE SLEEVE STILL DISPLAYS THAT AS NEW "CRACKING" SOUND WHEN OPENED.

 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 WERE 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.

OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THIS GREAT STEREO VERSION OF THE WHITE ALBUM BY THE BEATLES.

WHAT A FANTASTIC PIECE OF HISTORY UP FOR GRABS WITH A STARTING BID OF JUST £1.

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THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK IN BIDDING.

ALLADINS_CABIN !!!

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