BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE MONO 1ST PRESS.SUPERB

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                                            BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

ORIGINAL 1968 UK RARER MONO 1ST PRESSING.... LOW NUMBERED TOP OPENER....49749, COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, SPACER, STUNNING VINYL AND  WIDE SPINE SLEEVE, NO EMI TEXT, NO TAX CODE AND ULTRA RARE NEMS SLEEVE.  

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 AND BLACK INNERS,POSTER AND FOUR COLOUR PRINTS, WHITE SPACER. VINYL HAD DARK GREEN LABELS, WITH A SMALL CIRCLED "P" NEXT TO THE DATE (SEE PICTURES) AND SOLD IN THE U.K TEXT, ALSO ALL HARRISON AND STARR COMPOSITIONS WHERE CREDITED TO APPLE, THIS LATER CHANGED TO "HARRISONGS" AND "STARTLING MUSIC".... THIS ALBUM CARRIES ALL THESE FEATURES.

APPLE PCS 7067

XEX709/10/11/12-1-1-2-1

STAMPERS   P 1    RH 7   PO 3   LB 2

NO TAX CODE

DISC 1

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES  ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST VERY VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE!!!!!!!. LABELS ARE VERY VERY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE..... LABELS DO NOT CARRY "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB...WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS, MOST WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE...ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED IT CLEARLY THIS HASNT BEEN OVERPLAYED AND VISUALLY THIS LOOKS STUNNING!!! 

AUDIO IS FABULOUS!!!!!......THERE MAY BE A HINT OF CRACKLE EVIDENT TO  BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND TRACK GROOVES BUT APART FROM THAT THE MONO AUDIO IS CLEAR AND CRISP.... A REAL JOY TO LISTEN TO!!!!

DISC 2 

THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN AS DISC ONE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS GOOD AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN FABULOUS AND IS AS DISC ONE. 

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN FABULOUS CONDITION.... THEY ARE INTACT NO CREASES AND NO WEAR OR REPAIRS.. INNERS ARE STILL REALLY CRISP........ THESE REALLY ARE SUPERB 

THE ORIGINAL POSTER  IS SUPERB .THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THESE POSTER DISPLAYS THE ODD LIGHT CREASE BUT REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN THAT AND IT CERTAINLY HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYD

 THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE IN MINT CONDITION,  THESE APPEAR  NOT TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE ORIGINAL AND RARE WHITE SPACER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING EVIDENT!!!

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" EXTREMLEY LOW   NUMBERED SLEEVE IS  SUPERB. IT IS VERY CLEAN AND STILL GLOSSY AND STILL EXCEPTIONALLY WHITE ,IT DISPLAYS JUST A HINT OF "YELLOWING" TO THE EDGES. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND ALL SEAMS LIE FLAT, THE SLEEVE HAS JUST LIGHT CREASING AND SOME LIGHT HANDLING MARKS EVIDENT TO THE OPENING EDGES . THE WIDE SPINE DOES HAVE SOME "RUBBING" MARKS EVIDENT AND SOME LAMINATE LIFT. THE SLEEVE STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL FRESHNESS. BOTH "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE LOW  NUMBER  ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE.

ALL THIS COMES COMPLETE WITH AN ORIGINAL AND ULTRA RARE NEMS PLASTIC SLEEVE DIRECT FROM BRIAN EPSTEINS RECORD STORE IN LIVERPOOL.... THE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER NEMS SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION GIVEN ITS AGE. IT IS TOTALLY INTACT WIT HJUST LIGHT CREASES.   

OVERALL THIS REALLY IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK MONO  1ST PRESSING, WHICH OFFERS SUPERB VINYL,  POSTER AND PHOTOS, SUPERB RARE SPACER, FABULOUS AUDIO AND AN WONDERFUL WIDE SPINE LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE AND IS COMPLETE WITH AN ORIGINAL AND ULTRA RARE NEMS SLEEVE..THIS IS A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER UK MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH IS NUMBERED BELOW 50,000 ....

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SHOULD YOU HAVE A RECORD LIKE THIS TO SELL THEN PLEASE DONT "STEAL" THIS WRITE-UP. WHILST WE DONT OBJECT TO ANYONE USING OUR WRITE-UPS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES WE HAVE FINALLY LOST PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE "STEALING" THEM WORD FOR WORD AND USING THEM FOR THEIR BENEFIT... THIS IS AGAINST EBAY POLICY AND SHOULD WE BE MADE AWARE THAT ANY PART OF THIS TEXT HAS BEEN "STOLEN" WE WILL WITH OUT HESITATION REPORT THIS TO EBAY"....thank you

IT IS WITH REGRET THAT BEATLES-64 MUST NOW ASK ANY FIRST TIME BIDDERS WITH US WHO ARE PLANNING TO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS IF THEY COULD KINDLY PAY FOR EACH ITEM 5AS THEY WIN IT, WE WILL OF COURSE HOLD ALL ITEMS UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED BIDDING AND THEN COMBINE THE SHIPPING COSTS FOR ALL... WHILST WE APPRECIATE THAT MOST BIDDERS ARE HONEST AND GENUINE WE HAVE FOUND TO OUR COST THAT SOME ARENT AND WE HAVE RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A NEW BIDDER TO US WHO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH (RUNNING UP A VERY LARGE INVOICE) AND HAS NOW NOT PAID. UNFORTUNATELY AS IS USUALLY THE CASE THE MINORITY HAVE SPOLIT IT FOR THE MAJORITY......WE APPRECIATE YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS....thank you