Beatles White Album UK 1968 1st press LP **MONO**

	£		135
	$		179

"The Beatles" White Album

Not only the original First Press of this Double LP issued in 1968.

BUT ALSO
   the even rarer MONO version, and

the words "an emi recording" are missing from labels 3 and 4 showing this to be also an extremely early manufacture of the first press. 

  Complete set with
     Numbered original mono sleeve.
     Top-opening.
     Original Black inners.
     Poster.
     Photos.
    
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LPs
*Original 1st pressing from 1968
* "Sold in UK subject to..." printed on top of all LP labels (first press).
* Dark green Apple label
* Label number PMC 7067 and PMC 7068 ie MONO
* First matrix numbers on all sides ie XEX709-1, 710-1, 711-1, 712-1
* Mother/stamper stamps in the black vinyl are 3GGD, 4HT, ?GGR, and 5GMO
* All tracks of all sides have been played, listened to, and play graded. Disc 2, sides 3 and 4, play Excellent all through. Disc 1 plays all through with no hops, no jumps or other major flaws, but has some visual surface scratches.
* Detailed visual and play notes are at the foot of the page.

Outer Sleeve
* Original MONO sleeve by Garrod and Lofthouse.
* Number stamped on the front of the cover 0259166
* "The Beatles" embossed in the laminate on front cover.
* MONO cover - No writing of any kind on the back.
* VG++ condition.
* No tears, no writing. a few creases in the laminate mainly in the bottom left corner, a few very light scuffs on the top opening edge.
* Top-opening, first issue.

Poster
* Original lyrics poster.
* Made by Garrod and Lofthouse, correctly identified as such on the back/bottom right corner.
* Rated as VG++
* Completely intact, no tears, no damage, no writing.  A few faint ageing/foxing marks on the back. Seams are all intact and untorn, but seams have some wear and one is strengthened on the back with see-through tape. 

 Black Inner Sleeves
* Original black Apple sleeves with 
matt black paper (with the hole diecut on just 1 side.)
* Sleeve 1 in Excellent- condition. No seamsplits, no writing, fully intact, paper in very good condition, with light creasing, one tear on the centre hole
* Sleeve 2 is in VG condition , there is no writing, no damage and no tears on the outer edges, but the LP has been inserted carelessly, all of the black paper is there, but there is a long tear on the centre hole.

Photos 
* Comes complete with 4 photos, one of each Beatle.
* Excellent condition with no damage, no tears, no writing, no pin-holes.

LP -Visual and Play
All 4 sides of the LPs have been not only visually examined, but also played on a quality deck and carefully listened to all the way through all tracks on all sides. 
Side 1 - Visual grading VG+ nothing deep but some light surface scratches. All the tracks played right through with no hops, no jumps, no skips, and no loud ticks or clicks except in the quiet gap between tracks 1 and 2 where there were three ticks. Play grading VG+
Side 2 - Visual grading VG+ nothing deep but some light surface scratches. Play grading VG+  all tracks played through well with no hops, no jumps, no sticks, no ticks.  Some light background crackles detected in the quiet gaps between some of the earlier tracks.
Side 3 - Visual grading Excellent  some markings in the runoff groove after the end of the music but no markings on the playing surface.  This side plays Excellent all the way through.  I heard just one faint click after the end in the run-out groove
Side 4 - Visual grading VG+ two long but light surface scratches which were too light to be detectable during play.  Play graded Excellent.  In all the tracks I heard just two faint clicks in the long and weird Revolution 9 track

95 minutes of wonderful MONO sound, The MONO mix, which was done by the Beatles themsleves, has quite a number of small differences from the stereo mix done by the Apple engineers.  Details available on request.

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Postage (including thick card packaging to protect against damage in the post)

UK next day special delivery including insurance = £7.50

  Airmail Japan, USA = £11.50
Airmail Europe         = £6.70
            
Insurance for Europe/Worldwide = £5.50

All photos are of the actual album for sale, not from "stock"or copied from elsewhere.  Please note that both text and photos are copyright. Please don't copy !