Beatles - White Album UK 1968 1st Press *STEREO* LP

	£		216
	$		286

THE BEATLES - 'WHITE ALBUM'

1968 UK 1st *STEREO* PRESSING

**NEAR MINT & 100% COMPLETE**

Both these discs received just one or two careful plays on top quality equipment directly after purchase and havce been safely stored since.

The superb NEAR MINT stereo copy is on the dark green Apple label: PCS 7067 & PCS 7068
All labels include the 'Sold in UK..' text but disc 1 omits the 'An EMI Recording' statement.
There is no tax/price code is visible on any label.

Housed in a fully laminated, top-loading 'Garrod & Lofthouse' mono cover, numbered: No. 0538648
Complete with original die-cut matt-black inners, UK 'Garrod & Lofthouse' printed poster, four 'thick' card colour photos & white paper photo spacer.

Matrix numbers: YEX 709-1, 710-1, 711-2, 712-1
Stamper numbers: 2/M, 2/M, 1/GPD, 2/GDH

Just a single tiny faint spindle trail on label 1 and two on label 2.

Visual: NEAR MINT

Both surfaces are in pristine 'as new' MINT condition when viewed in strong direct daylight with absolutely no marks or scratches to either side.
Close inspection directly under a halogen desk lamp reveals just a few barely visible wispy paper hairlines but no other wear whatsoever.
Both sides lie 100% flat on the turntable with no signs of dishing or warping.

Audio: NEAR MINT

All tracks here sound 100% 'as new' with no trace of background noise, groovewear or any other audible wear.
Frequently worn areas such as the crossover from 'Back in The USSR' to 'Dear Prudence' play perfectly without any background crackle.
Even the guitar solo on 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' is free from peakwear distortion or break-up.
The easily damaged introduction to 'Martha My Dear' and the deilcate 'Blackbird' & 'Julia' all play perfectly.
Both run-ins & all bands play silently & there are no ticks, pops, hiss or any other audible wear elsewhere.

Again, just a single tiny faint spindle trail on label 1 and two small ones on label 2.

Visual: NEAR MINT

Again, pristine, deep gloss, undulled surfaces with no further visible wear of any kind - even direct under a halogen desk lamp
Both sides lie 100% flat on the turntable with no signs of dishing or warping.

Audio: NEAR MINT

As with disc 1, this disc has been barely played and revealed no traces of any crackle, peak/groovewear distortion on any track or either channel.
Even the easily worn inner tracks on each side: 'Long, Long Long' & 'Goodnight' play perfectly without any distortion or break up.
Both run-ins & all bands play silently & there are no ticks, pops, hiss or any other audible wear elsewhere.

A fine bright white 9mm 'wide-spine' example with a bright, clean & unscratched laminate which has no discolouration anywhere.
The front panel laminate is pristine & totally intact around the raised lettering. The individual number is clean, bold .
There is some light bruising to the right corners but the left ones are clean, unrubbed and unbumped.
All top opening edges are all clean & sharp with a just few tiny undentations but no tears or feathering.
The rear panel as pristine as the front and retains the small 'stereo' logo in the upper right corner.
The inside is 'as new' and has clearly not been opened for many years.

The spine is clean and with a full laminate. There is just a small split just before the lower text but all the is text covered, clean & undamaged.

Both discs have been carefully audibly graded in their entirety on a Rega P9 deck fitted with a Shelter 901 cartridge.

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