BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" 1968 UK APPLE MONO 1ST PRESS

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                           BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

BEATLES-64 ARE PROUD TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.... NUMBERED TOP OPENER....0156282,WIDE SPINE, COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, 1ST STAMPERS AND NEAR MINT VINYL. 

RELEASED NOVEMBER 22ND 1968 "THE BEATLES" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST DOUBLE ALBUM RELEASE AND THEIR FIRST ALBUM RELEASE ON THE APPLE LABEL. ONE WEEK AFTER ITS RELEASE IN THE U.K IT HIT NUMBER 1 WERE IT STAYED FOR NINE WEEKS IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST EVER DOUBLE ALBUM TO GET TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K.

THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE CALLED "A DOLLS HOUSE" WITH ARTWORK TO INCLUDE A TRANSPARENT COVER AS WELL AS CLEAR VINYL DISCS.ALSO THERE WAS TO BE A PROMOTIONAL ADVERT ON T.V BUT EVENTUALLY THIS WAS ALL SCRAPPED DUE TO THE OVERALL COST. 

THE IDEA OF THE TOTALLY WHITE SLEEVE WAS SUGGESTED TO THE BEATLES BY AN ARTIST CALLED RICHARD HAMILTON, HE SUGGESTED THAT RATHER THAN ADDING TO THE NUMBER OF GARISH SLEEVES ALREADY IN EXISTANCE AT THAT TIME THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THE COVER LOOK DISTINCTIVE BY PUTTING NOTHING ON IT AT ALL EXCEPT THE TITLE "THE BEATLES" AND TO GIVE EACH ISSUE ITS OWN NUMBER. ALSO THE SLEEVE WAS GIVEN ITS OPENINGS AT THE TOP INSTEAD OF THE SIDE, AGAIN ANOTHER FIRST FOR ITS TIME.

ALL VERY FIRST ISSUES OF THE WHITE ALBUM  WHERE TOP OPENING, GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE GATEFOLD SLEEVES WITH WIDE SPINES AND BLACK INNERS,POSTER AND FOUR COLOUR PRINTS. VINYL HAD DARK GREEN LABELS, WITH A SMALL CIRCLED "P" NEXT TO THE DATE (SEE PICTURES) AND SOLD IN THE U.K TEXT, ALSO ALL HARRISON AND STARR COMPOSITIONS WHERE CREDITED TO APPLE, THIS LATER CHANGED TO "HARRISONGS" AND "STARTLING MUSIC".... THIS ALBUM CARRIES ALL THESE FEATURES.

THE MONO VERSION OF THIS ALBUM DIFFERS SOMEWHAT TO THE STEREO VERSION......

BACK IN THE USSR (PAULS FINAL DRUMBEAT CAN BE HEARD ON THE MONO BUT NOT THE STEREO)

HELTER SKELTER (MONO VERSION IS 52 SECONDS SHORTER, VOCALS ARE MORE PRONOUNCED, THERE IS LAUGHTER AT THE BEGINING AND BEEPING SOUNDS THROUGHOUT)

DONT PASS ME BY ( THIS IS A DIFFERENT TAKE THAN THE STEREO)

BLACKBIRD (DIFFERENT BIRD SOUNDS ON THE MONO)

I WILL (PAULS BASE COMES IN AFTER THE FIRST VERSE ON THE MONO AS OPPOSED TO THE BEGINING OF THE SONG ON THE STEREO)

PIGGIES (DIFFERENT GRUNTS THROUGHOUT)

SEXY SADIE (ONE TAMBOURINE TAP ON INTRO INSTEAD OF TWO)

WHY DONT WE DO IT IN THE ROAD (NO HAND CLAPS ON MONO VERSION)

THE WHITE ALBUM WAS THE LAST BEATLES RELEASE TO BE MIXED IN MONO.......     

APPLE PMC 7067

XEX709/10/11/12-1-1-1-1

STAMPERS   RH 1    HH 3    RH 2   A 1

NO TAX CODE

DISC 1

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES  ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE!!!!!!!. (THESE REALLY ARE MINIMAL) LABELS ARE VERY VERY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS NEAR MINT ... VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT ANY SURFACE MARKS AND ANY THAT ARE PRESENT WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE RATHER THAN THROUGH PLAY....... VISUALLY THIS LOOKS QUITE STUNNING!!!!!!!!...... AND ITS CLEAR THAT THIS HASNT BEEN PLAYED TOO MANY TIMES.

AUDIO IS FLAWLESS!!!!!

DISC 2 

THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN AS DISC ONE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS GOOD AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN FLAWLESS. 

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION.... THEY ARE INTACT WITH JUST VERY LIGHT CREASES AND NO WEAR OR REPAIRS.. INNERS ARE STILL REALLY CRISP. 

THE ORIGINAL POSTER  IS EXCELLENT .THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THE POSTER HAS JUST LIGHT BUT EXPECTED SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND SOME LIGHT BROWNING. 

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE IN MINT CONDITION AND LIKE NEW.

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" NUMBERED SLEEVE IS QUITE STUNNING. IT IS VERY CLEAN AND STILL GLOSSY AND STILL EXCEPTIONALLY WHITE ,IT DISPLAYS JUST A HINT OF "BROWNING" TO THE EDGES. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND ALL SEAMS LIE FLAT, THE SLEEVE HAS VIRTUALLY NO CREASING AND ABSOLUTELY NO LAMINATE LIFT. THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL STRAIGHT AND TRUE WITH NO WEAR. THE WIDE  SPINE IS PERFECTLY RIDGID AND INTACT WITH NO WEAR WHATSOEVER.  THE SLEEVE STILL RETAINS ITS "LIKE NEW" FEEL AND ITS ORIGINAL FRESHNESS AND SPRINGINESS WHEN OPENED AND CLOSED (THINK NEW ALBUM)  BOTH "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0156282 ... ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE..... THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST WHITE ALBUM SLEEVES I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

OVERALL THIS REALLY IS A TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS MUCH SOUGHT AFTER AND RARER MONO 1ST PRESSING, WHICH OFFERS SUPERB VINYL, 1ST STAMPERS, FLAWLESS AUDIO AND A SUPERIOR QUALITY SLEEVE.... I DOUBT THIS COPY WILL EVER NEED TO BE UPGRADED AND THIS IS ONE NOT TO MISS!!!!!!!!!! 

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SHOULD YOU HAVE A RECORD LIKE THIS TO SELL THEN PLEASE DONT "STEAL" THIS WRITE-UP. WHILST WE DONT OBJECT TO ANYONE USING OUR WRITE-UPS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES WE HAVE FINALLY LOST PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE "STEALING" THEM WORD FOR WORD AND USING THEM FOR THEIR BENEFIT... THIS IS AGAINST EBAY POLICY AND SHOULD WE BE MADE AWARE THAT ANY PART OF THIS TEXT HAS BEEN "STOLEN" WE WILL WITH OUT HESITATION REPORT THIS TO EBAY"....thank you

IT IS WITH REGRET THAT BEATLES-64 MUST NOW ASK ANY FIRST TIME BIDDERS WITH US WHO ARE PLANNING TO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS IF THEY COULD KINDLY PAY FOR EACH ITEM AS THEY WIN IT, WE WILL OF COURSE HOLD ALL ITEMS UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED BIDDING AND THEN COMBINE THE SHIPPING COSTS FOR ALL... WHILST WE APPRECIATE THAT MOST BIDDERS ARE HONEST AND GENUINE WE HAVE FOUND TO OUR COST THAT SOME ARENT AND WE HAVE RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A NEW BIDDER TO US WHO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH (RUNNING UP A VERY LARGE INVOICE) AND HAS NOW NOT PAID. UNFORTUNATELY AS IS USUALLY THE CASE THE MINORITY HAVE SPOLIT IT FOR THE MAJORITY......WE APPRECIATE YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS....thank you