The Beatles - White Album - UK 1973 French Contract Pressing Double Vinyl LP

	£		23
	$		30

The Beatles - 'White Album' 

Apple - PCS 7067/8 - 1973 UK

French Contract Pressing for UK

Vinyl/Sleeve: VG/VG+

Matrix: (a) YEX 709-1 M6 298517 1 

             (b) YEX 710-1 M6 298518 1

             (c) YEX 711-1 M6 298519 1

             (d) YEX 712-1 M6 298520 1

Vinyl: Very Good  

Both records have been machine cleaned and play checked by myself. The records have seen quite a bit of play, and consequently have several fine lines that at times, affect sound quality. Side one: has underlying tics in track two, and some clicks during the fade out of track seven which also carry on into the final track. There is also underlying surface noise, however, the the playing surface has no obvious marks. Side two: has several spidery light lines and a 3/4" non-feelable scuff. There are tics during track one, until the end of track three in addition to light crackle throughout the side. Side three: has just a few light lines and plays pretty much excellent. Side four: has tics during track two and a few light marks. Overall, record two plays much better than record one. The labels are nice and don't have too many spindle marks.              

Sleeve: Very Good +  

The UK printed laminated gatefold sleeve is in decent condition. It has some light bends and ring impression, and it has some flaking of the spine laminate. It comes with the poster which is in good condition, no splits etc, and two photos (McCartney and Harrison). There is a 'Made In France' sticker on the back of the sleeve (the records were pressed in France when EMI-Hayes was temporarily closed).    

Side One:   Back In The U.S.S.R. / Dear Prudence / Glass Onion / Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Wild Honey Pie / The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill / While My Guitar Gently Weeps / Happiness Is A Warm Gun              

Side Two:   Martha My Dear / I'm So Tired / Blackbird / Piggies / Rocky Raccoon / Don't Pass Me By / Why Don't We Do It In The Road / I Will / Julia      

Side Three: Birthday / Yer Blues / Mother Nature's Son / Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey / Sexy Sadie / Helter Skelter / Long Long Long          

Side Four:   Revolution 1 / Honey Pie / Savoy Truffle / Cry Baby Cry / Revolution 9 / Good Night                     

Combined postage offered to UK destinations ONLY. I'll send an invoice if you've bought more than one record.

A few words on Vinyl Grades.........

My vinyl grades are pretty much in line with those commonly used here on eBay and other specialist vinyl sites. The descriptions I provide are of equal significance as they will include any details I would consider useful to know when deciding whether to purchase a vinyl record. I normally examine a record’s playing surface in more than one daylight condition, this is because the lighting at different times of day tend to reveal details that might not be noticeable at other times of day. For example, bright angled morning light shining through a window will reveal a multitude of fine lines and dust that are often superficial, and these can distract from significant surface imperfections which might be more noticeable later in the day. Sleeve grades shouldn't really require an explanation, needless to say, the photos and descriptions should speak for themselves.    

Mint (M) : Never played, and the only way you can be fairly confident that it hasn’t been played, is if the record is still sealed (and that’s not foolproof).

Near Mint (NM) : A record that shows hardly any evidence of being played – both in appearance and sound quality.

Excellent (EX) : A record that may have minor surface marks and/or minimal surface noise or tics.

Very Good + (VG+) : The record will be close to excellent but may have some distinct marks or hairlines that may even be feelable - but not to excess. Sound quality may be slightly impaired with light surface noise/crackle or tics.

Very Good (VG) : The record will have several marks or scratches, and/or sound quality that isn’t that great

Good+ (G+) : This will be a record that has many surface marks or scratches and poor sound quality. I wouldn’t normally sell anything that would grade below this (ie ‘good’ or ‘acceptable’). Anything below this grade would probably have skips and I rarely sell records that have skips.