The Beatles WHITE ALBUM Numbered Side Opening MATRIX ANOMALY NMINT/M MINUS AUDIO

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THE BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM

MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT AUDIO

1969 NUMBERED SIDE OPENING PRESS  - IN STEREO

UNIQUE NUMBER 140750

RARE SIDE 4 MATRIX NUMBER

1ST ISSUE PHOTOS

• CATALOGUE: APPLE PCS 7076/8
• MATRIX:YEX 709-1 / 710-1 / 711-1 / 712-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 4 GOP / 7 GYD / 2 RDR / 7 AHG
• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

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.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1968 VINYLS AND THE 1969 ONES WAS JUST ONE THING, AND THAT WAS 'SOLD IN THE UK' ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE LABEL WAS LEFT OFF. THE WEIGHT OF THE DISCS WAS THE SAME THE COLOUR OF THE LABELS WAS THE SAME, AND ONLY SIDE 4 HAD A ONE DIGIT DIFFERENCE TO THE 68 ISSUES, HAVING A (-2) INSTEAD OF A (-1) HOWEVER THIS SET HAS -1 ON SIDE 4. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE NOR CAN I FIND IT DOCUMENTED ANYWHERE. THIS MEANS THAT THE EXACT SAME MATRIX NUMBERS ARE ON THIS SET AS ON THE VERY FIRST PRESS.

I WAN'T 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 PREVIOUSLY SET WITH THE UNHEARD OF SIDE 4 MATRIX 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 EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS ONLY EVER ISSUED IN STEREO IN THIS FORMAT!!

THE ONLY OTHER DIFFERENCES ARE THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ARE THE WHITE PLAIN ONES WITH THE APPLE INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM, AND THE PHOTO'S ARE MADE ON THINNER CARD (BUT AGAIN THIS SET HAS THE THICKER STOCK 1ST ISSUE PHOTOS)

 I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THIS ALBUM WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST MADE WHEN SWITCHING FROM THE TOP LOADING SLEEVE TO THE SIDE OPENING. THE FACT THAT THE -1 MATRIX NUMBER APPEARS ON SIDE FOUR, AND THE ORIGINAL THICKER STOCK PHOTOS ARE IN THE SET VIRTUALLY ASSURES THIS IS CORRECT. I CAN THINK OF NO OTHER REASON FOR THIS

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

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 ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLES ON THREE SIDES, AND A FEW MORE ON SIDE TWO

THE VINYL

THE VINYLS HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOK TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST SOME NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE LP'S FROM START TO FINISH. THIS IS BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORDS BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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.NOT TO FEAR WITH THIS ALBUM THOUGH IT'S BEAUTIFUL

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 HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO MORE THAN THE ODD TINY SPECK OF VINYL NOISE. 

THERE ARE A FEW RANDOM SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD ONLY IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES

SIDE ONE HAS A MINUSCULE HANDLING MARK ON THE OUTER RIM WHICH CAUSE ABOUT THREE TINY LITTLE TICS AS THE MUSIC IS COMMENCING ON SIDE ONE. VERY LOW LEVEL AND BARELY AUDIBLE

A SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION , CLEAR AND CRISP AND SOUNDING EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE 68 FIRST PRESS (DUE TO THE SAME MASTERS BEING USED - HENCE THE MATRIX NUMBERS)

EVEN THE DELICATE ' JULIA' IS FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED NOISE

AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SET NEAR MINT (A) MINT MINUS (B) NEAR MINT (C) AND MINT MINUS (D)

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 ALMOST 100%

THERE ARE NO CREASES OR BENDS, AND NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE AT ANY POINT. NO LAMINATE PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE

THERE ARE JUST TWO TINY LITTLE LAMINATE LINES NEAT TO THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHER

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY PRESSURE DENTS ON THE SURFACE

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 FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL VERY SQUARE AND SHARP WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO A COUPLE

THE TOP EDGES ARE FULLY LAMINATED AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SURFACES. JUST A PIN PRICK OF RIB TO THE REAR RIGHT CORNER TIP END

THE BOTTOM EDGES ONLY HAVE THE CORNER TIPS VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED, AND EVERY WHERE ELSE HAS PERFECTLY ADHERED AND UNDAMAGED LAMINATE

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE LAMINATE HAS SPLIT NEAR THE TOP OVER THE BEATLES TEXT, MAKING THIS AREA ROUGH TO THE TOUCH

THE OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GLEAMING AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT, WITH JUST SIX  TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, NO OTHERS WHATSOEVER

ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THIS SLEEVE HISTORICALLY HAS RING WEAR, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE THERE IS JUST THE BAREST  TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE, AND THEN ONLY WHEN YOU ANGLE THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE TWO INNER PANELS, WHICH ARE ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE IS A LIGHT CREASE LINE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE TWO INNER SLEEVES ARE THE CORRECT WHITE APPLE COPYRIGHT EXISTS INNERS, AND ARE 100% UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED, JUST A SLIVER OF AGEING AND RECORD IMPRESSION

THE ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE POSTER IS ALSO INCLUDED AND IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY STRESS HOLES WHERE THE TWO FOUR PANELS INTERSECT.

ITS STAIN FREE,AND IT HAS VERY SHARP CREASE LINES.

THE 4 PHOTOS ARE ALSO INCLUDED AND ARE ALSO IN MINT CONDITION. NO CREASES TO ANY OF THEM, AND VERY GLOSSY AND SHARP

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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

GARRY