BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM UK 1ST STEREO - RARE WIDESPINE EX

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$ 147

£ 111 Sold For

Jul 5, 2009 Sold Date

Jun 28, 2009 Start Date

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FOR AUCTION, A VERY NICE 1968 UK 1ST PRESSING OF THE BEATLES CLASSIC ALBUM! AKA THE WHITE ALBUM! THIS IS A STEREO EXAMPLE AND IS PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF BEATLES LPS RECENTLY RECOVERED FROM A LOFT WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY STORED FOR MANY YEARS, THE PREVIOUS OWNER DID NOT OWN A PLAYER FOR TWENTY TWO YEARS!!! THIS WHITE ALBUM IS 100% COMPLETE WITH BLACK INNER SLEEVES, THE "KISS LIPS" POSTER, AND FOUR HEAVY CARD PHOTOS!...ONE OF EACH BEATLE!

GRADING, THE TOP LOADING AND FULLY LAMINATED UK STEREO(10MM WIDESPINE) SLEEVE (No 0573905) IS IN VG+ / EX- CONDITION! WITH MINIMAL AGE RELATED / HANDLING WEAR, THE SCARCE WIDESPINE IS IN A SUPERB CONDITION ..CLEAR UNFLATTENED AND TOTALLY UNMARKED!!! THE GATEFOLD OPENS WITH A NICE CRISP SOUND, THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE IN GREAT SHAPE WITH NO "THUMBING" ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE "SQUARE" THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECT! AND NO STICKERS, GRAFFITI, OR TEARS ANYWHERE!!! JUST SOME VERY LIGHT BEND CREASING TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, ALSO THE WHOLE ITEM RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL OVERALL WHITE COLOUR! ........ A VERY NICE SLEEVE!!!

ALL FOUR DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE EXCELLENT WITH NO STICKERS OR GRAFFITI, AND NO SPINDLE WEAR, AND NOT TOO MANY SPINDLE TRAILS EITHER ON ALL SIDES! LABELS HAVE THE SOLD IN THE UK ETC AND AN EMI RECORDING TEXT ON THEM!... 1ST PRESSING!!! NO TAX CODE ON ANY LABEL!!!

VINYL RUNOUT MATRICES AND STAMPERS, SIDE 1. YEX 709-1 1 RM SIDE 2. YEX 710-1 2 R SIDE 3. YEX 711-2 1 AGG SIDE 4. YEX 712-1 1 RO BOTH DISCS LIE FLAT WITH NO WARP, AND PLAYBACK ON ALL FOUR SIDES WAS EXCELLENT! WITH OVERALL GRADING, SIDE 1. EX SIDE 2. EX SIDE 3. EX SIDE 4. EX ALL FOUR SIDES RETAIN THEIR NEW LOOK SHEEN AND LOOK SUPERB EVEN WHEN VIEWED UNDER A HALOGEN LIGHT! VERY VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKINGS ONLY, MOSTLY FROM INNER BAG REMOVAL!

THE POSTER IS THE ORIGINAL "KISS LIPS" VERSION AND IS IN AN UNDAMAGED VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION!

BOTH ONE WINDOW DIE CUT BLACK INNERS ARE PRESENT! AND ARE GRADED EXCELLENT!

ALL FOUR GLOSS HEAVY CARD ORIGINAL UK 1ST PRESS PHOTOS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND HAVE BEEN HANDLED A LOT OVER THE YEARS WITH SOME CREASING AND MARKINGS, BUT NO RIPS OR TEARS AND NO PIN HOLES OR TAPE RESIDUE!

OVERALL THEN A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE TOP LOADING (WIDESPINE) UK 1ST PRESSING STEREO PCS 7067/8 VERSION OF THIS BEATLES CLASSIC 1968 ALBUM... THE WHITE! AND WHILE NOT IN MINT CONDITION (how many are?) IS STILL IN AN EXCELLENT COMPLETE CONDITION AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE! ... DONT MISS IT! I THINK I HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING? IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK? AND THANKS FOR HAVING A LOOK!!!

ALL VINYL SENT IN A HEAVY DUTY MAILER WITH TWO STIFFNERS AND WITH THE DISCS PACKED SEPARATE FROM THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT SEAM SPLITS! I POST NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER PAYMENT CLEARS USING ROYAL MAIL 1ST CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY £4.00 AND WORLDWIDE BY ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR £15.00

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