The Beatles WHITE ALBUM 1969 UK Double LP Numberred Side Opening PLAYS 100% MINT

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THE BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM

MAGNIFICENT MINT PLAYTHROUGH

PLAYED JUST ONCE OR TWICE EVER!!

1969 NUMBERED SIDE OPENING PRESS  - IN STEREO

OUTSTANDING SLEEVE AND INSERTS
COMPLETED WITH A THE WHITE SPACER

UNIQUE NUMBER 149537

• CATALOGUE: APPLE PCS 7076/8
• MATRIX:YEX 709-1 / 710-1 / 711-2 / 712-2
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 4 GOM / 7 GDT /  3 GHL / 1 GPP

A WORD ABOUT THIS PRESS. AS YOU KNOW THE WHITE ALBUM WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1968. IT WAS REPRESSED AGAIN IN 1969 AND THE ORIGINAL TOP LOADING SLEEVES WERE USED UP, AND THEN THE SAME DISCS WERE PLACED INTO THE NEW NUMBERED SIDE OPENING SLEEVE.

I WANT' TO STRESS THAT THESE PRESSES WERE OF EQUAL QUALITY TO THE 1968 PRESSES, AND ONLY WHEN THEY WERE REISSUED AGAIN IN THE UNNUMBERED SIDE OPENING SLEEVE IN 1973, WERE THE LABELS LIGHTER IN COLOUR AND THE VINYLS THINNER AND HAVING DIFFERENT MATRIX NUMBERS

IT MAKES SENSE ANYWAY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT LET IT BE AND ABBEY ROAD WERE BOTH ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON HEAVY VINYL WITH DARK APPLE LABELS AND THEY WERE 1969/1970

IF YOU ARE A BEATLES COMPLETEST THEN THIS SET WILL GRACE YOUR COLLECTION

INTERESTING TO NOTE AS WELL THAT THE SIDE OPENING SLEEVE STILL HAD THE TYPEFACE FOR BOTH THE MONO, AND STEREO CATALOGUE NUMBERS ON THE SPINE, EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS ONLY EVER ISSUED IN STEREO IN THIS FORMAT!!

THE PHOTOS ON THESE EARLIEST OF PRESSES ARE STILL ON THE HEAVY STOCK CARD . AGAIN LATER  ONES IN THE RUN WERE ON THINNER CARD. CLEARLY THE TOP LOADER SLEEVE WAS NOT IN PRODUCTION BUT ALL OF THE INNERS AND VINYLS STILL WERE FOR A SHORT TIME

THIS PARTICULAR PRESS HAS THE APPLE INNER SLEEVES WHEREAS MOST OF THE SIDE OPENERS HAD PLAIN WHITE ONES

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE DARK GREEN SIDES ARE VERY RICH AND VIBRANT, AND HAVE LOST NONE OF THE COLOUR AT ALL. 

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOLD AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THE WHITE SIDES ARE VERY WHITE AND HAVE NO MARKS OR STAINS AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE. 

THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNWORN, AND THERE IS JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLES

THE VINYL

THESE TWO RECORDS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

IN DAYLIGHT THEY LOOK TO BE TOTALLY FLAWLESS

PLACED UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THE FIRST DISC LOOKS TOTALLY PRISTINE. NO HAIRLINES OR ANY MARKS WHATSOEVER
DISC TWO HAS A VERY TINY SURFACE MARK AT THE END OF TRACK ONE WHICH MAKES NO SOUND WHATSOEVER, OTHER THAN THIS IT IS EVERY BIT AS IMMACULATE AS DISC ONE

THESE ARE THE BEST PAIR OF WHITE ALBUM DISCS I HAVE SEEN FOR YEARS

THE TEST PLAY

ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THIS ALBUM IS THAT IT IS OFTEN FOUND TO LOOK GOOD, BUT AS SOON AS THE STYLUS HITS THE VINYL A DISTORTION TO THE RECORDED SOUND IS HEARD USUALLY THROUGH JUST ONE SPEAKER. 

I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE TIMES I HAVE FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE A GREAT SET ONLY TO BE LET DOWN WHEN PLAYING IT.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A TOTALLY DISTORTION FREE PAIR OF VINYLS. 

NOT ONE JOT OF GROOVE WEAR ANYWHERE AT ALL, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS THEREFORE CRISP AND CLEAR AND PERFORMS LIKE A TRUE FIRST PRESS

THIS FANTASTIC SET OF DISCS PLAYS WITHOUT ANY  BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO CLICKS OR POPS EITHER

A SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION

SILENT LINKING GROOVES AND STATIC FREE ALL ACROSS BOTH RECORDS

NO TICS OR DUST POPS ANYWHERE

AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE VINYL PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A GLEAMING  WHITE SLEEVE , IN REALLY TOP CONDITION. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND UNLIKE MOST COPIES HAS MAINTAINED IT'S WHITENESS  AND ONLY THE EDGES HAVE STARTED TO AGE UNDER THE LAMINATE

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS, AND NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE AT ANY POINT. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A COUPLE HAVING A PIN PRICK OF RUB ON THE TIPS. THERE IS NO RING WEAR  WHATSOEVER NOR ANY RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE JUST THREE LITTLE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE  SPINE. NONES ALONG THE TOP EDGE

ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND A SMALL STRESS LINE JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE AND ONE IN THE CENTRE ABOUT ONE INCH BELOW THE TOP EDGE

THE UNIQUE NUMBER IS STILL VERY CLEAR WITH ALL OF THE DIGITS CLEAR AND UNFADED.

THE EMBOSSED BEATLES LOGO HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE FIRMLY AFFIXED TO IT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE PRISTINE WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND ONLY A TINY SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE LAMINATE IS UNBLEMISHED AND THIS IS RARE BECAUSE USUALLY HERE YOU FIND FLAKING, THE  BOTTOM TIPS HAVE A LITTLE RUB

THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL SHARP WITH JUST TINY BIT OF EXTEMELY MILD FEATHERING ON THE FRONT ONE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GLEAMING AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT, TWO MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES ON THE SPINE. NONE ON THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGE. THE SAME LIGHT AGEING UNDER THE LAMINATE AROUND THE EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE TWO INNER PANELS, WHICH ARE ALSO FREE FROM CREASES. JUST A LITTLE AGEING TO THE VERY EDGES

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE 100% UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED, 

THE ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE POSTER IS ALSO INCLUDED AND IS IN TOP CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, AND THE FOLD LINES ARE SHARP. 

THE 4 PHOTOS ARE ALSO INCLUDED AND ARE IN MINT CONDITION. 
THE WHITE SPACER IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

IT IS THAT GOOD

A TRULY MAGNIFICENT COLLECTIBLE WHITE ALBUM THAT WOULD BE HARD TO UPGRADE

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT