*BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS **22063**

	£		238
	$		315

                                                       BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

                                                                                                                  0022063

ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING....  NUMBERED TOP OPENING SLEEVE,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, SPACER AND  BLACK INNERS.

 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 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 ALONG WITH THE ADDED INCLUSION OF THE RARE WHITE PHOTO SPACER AND A VERY LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE WHICH FEATURES THE FIRST RUN WIDE SPINE.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FOR SALE A SUPER LOW  NUMBERED IST MONO  ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER ALBUM. THIS COPY OFFERS SUPERB VINYL AND IS COMPLETE WITH  ALL CORRECT INSERTS AND INNERS. 

APPLE PMC 7067

XEX709/10/11/12-1-1-1-1

STAMPERS  GM 5   DL 7  RG 1  RD 1

NO TAX CODE

NO "EMI RECORDING" TEXT PRESENT ON ANY LABEL

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION .CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES AND SIDE ONE LABEL DOES SHOW A CREASE (THIS WILL HAVE OCCURRED WHEN THE LABEL WAS APPLIED TO THE DISC..SEE PICTURE) LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT WITH NO OTHER FLAWS WHATSOEVER!.... LABELS DO NOT CARRY "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT . 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB... DESPITE BEEN PLAYED THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS HIGH GLOSS AND SHEEN AND CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND SOME, NON FEELABLE ,LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS, IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT THESE REALLY ARE MINIMAL. THE BRIGHT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE VINYL HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING TO ITS ORIGINAL SHINY SURFACE AND IS COMPLETELY UNBLEMISHED.

AUDIO IS SUPERB... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS AN ALMOST PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH ALL RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND AT SOME OF THE QUIETER PARTS BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING INTRUSIVE. THE MONO AUDIO IS STRONG AND CLEAR. THE VINYL OF COURSE PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS WHATSOEVER..... A GENUINE PERFECT LISTENING EXPERIENCE.

DISC 2

THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN AS DISC ONE BUT WITHOUT THE ABOVE MENTIONED CREASE. 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.... STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES AND SOME GENERAL HANDLING CREASES. EACH INNER IS FREE FROM ANY NICKS AND NEITHER HAS BEEN REPAIRED IN ANYWAY.

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS EXCELLENT. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST  LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND SOME LIGHT CREASES AND A VERY SMALL "SPLIT" TO THE CENTRE FOLD CREASE. THE POSTER IS STILL QUITE CLEAN AND BRIGHT.

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE  IN SUPERB CONDITION.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE"  NUMBERED SLEEVE IS SUPERB . STILL ITS  BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD BUT VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND A FEW LIGHT CREASES(THESE ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT), THERE IS JUST A HINT OF RINGWEAR PRESENT .  THE SLEEVE HAS  SUFFERED FROM SOME MILD YELLOWING DUE TO AGE, BOTH TO THE EDGES, FRONT AND INNER BUT IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT THIS APPEARS MORE PROMINENT IN THE PHOTOS THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.  THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN.THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAY JUST A HINT OF  HANDLING AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE VERY LIGHT CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND UNSPOILT PICTURES AND TEXT, THE REAR AGAIN IS SUPERB WITH THE SAME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES. THE SPINE IS  RIDGID AND INTACT WITH NO CREASING AND NO LAMINATE FLAKING OR DISTRESS PRESENT . "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0022063 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE. 

OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL LOW NUMBERED UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.

A NOTE TO U.S BUYERS...

 THIS ITEM IS LISTED AS "USED".

ON EBAY U.S.A "USED" ITEMS APPEAR AS "LIKE NEW"...... apparently "like new" means "used" (CONFUSED?...SO TOO ARE MANY OTHER BUYERS!)

THEREFORE "LIKE NEW" DOES NOT MEAN MINT, ITS DOES NOT MEAN PRISTINE AND IT DOES NOT MEAN THE ITEM  LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MANUFACTURED YESTERDAY.

THE U.S.A DEFINITION OF "LIKE NEW", AS DETERMINED BY EBAY, IS "USED".