BEATLES - WHITE ALBUM - 1ST UK PRESS TOP LOADER - MONO.
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL UK 1ST MONO PRESSING OF THE BEATLES CLASSIC 1968 ALBUM SELF TITLED AKA ... THE WHITE ALBUM IN EXCELLENT CONDITION??? .. THEN CHECK THIS ONE OUT!!!
THE TOP LOADING LAMINATED MONO SLEEVE ( No 0118819) CORRECT WITH NO STEREO PRINTED ON THE REAR TOP RIGHT CORNER IS IN EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION WITH A CLEAR LEGIBLE SPINE AND A NICE DEEP GREY SERIAL NUMBER, ALL FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECT AND OVERALL THE SLEEVE RETAINS ITS WHITENESS WITH A NICE FULL GLOSSY LAMINATE! BOTH LOADING EDGES ARE TRUE AND UNTHUMBED, SOME MILD CORNER RUBBING, LIGHT CREASE TO TOP RIGHT AND SOME SLIGHT EVIDENCE OF RING WEAR ONLY TO REPORT! I HAVE NO PROBLEM GRADING THIS SLEEVE VG+/EX.
BOTH DARK GREEN UK APPLE LABELS PMC 7067/8 HOLD THE SOLD IN THE UK ETC. TEXT SIDE 1. HAS THE KT TAX CODE AND AN EMI RECORDING SIDES 3 AND 4 OMIT AN EMI RECORDING! ALL FOUR SIDES HAVE MINIMAL SPINDLE TRAILS AND NO WEAR TO THE SPINDLE "EYE" THESE DISCS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY HANDLED AND LOVED! .. SO MUCH SO THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER IN WISDOM? PUT THEIR MONOGRAM ON ALL FOUR LABELS! LUCKILY THESE ARE SMALL AND FAINT AND DO NOT DETRACT FROM THE OVERALL EXCELLENT APPEARANCE OF THE LABELS!
BOTH BLACK ONE WINDOW DIE CUT INNERS ARE EXCELLENT! THE UK "KISS LIPS! POSTER IS IN A SOLID CLEAN CONDITION WITH FIRM SEAMS AND NO DAMAGE, JUST SOME MILD AGE SPOTTING IN PLACES! AND GRADES EXCELLENT ALSO! ALL FOUR HEAVY CARD GLOSS UK PHOTOS ARE SUPERB WITH NO MARKINGS!!! ALSO PRESENT IS THE RARE AND SELDOM SEEN PHOTO PAPER SPACER WHICH IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE!!!
CONDITION OF THE VINYLS! SIDE 1. XEX 709-1 33 MD IS IN A SOLID VG++ CONDITION WITH ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS AND HARDLY A MARK ON IT! ..BEAUTIFUL! SIDE 2. XEX 710-1 26 PA IS IN A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN EXCELLENT CONDITION! THE DISC LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARP OR DISHING EVIDENT.
SIDE 3. XEX 711-1 2 T IS IN A SOLID VG++ CONDITION WITH A DEEP GLOSS LUSTRE! SIDE 4. XEX 712-1 4 PR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A LOVELY SHINE TO THE PLAYING SURFACE! THE DISC LIES FLAT WITH NO WARP OR DISHING EVIDENT!
I HAVE PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM AS I WRITE THIS! ... AND HAVE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! IT WAS PLAYED ON A TECHNICS CLASS AA AMP WITH MISSION SPEAKERS, THE PLAYBACK WAS EXCELLENT WITH OCCASIONAL BACKGROUND AND OF COURSE NO JUMPS OR STICKS! .. JUST GREAT DEEP SOUNDING MONO!!!
THIS ALBUM HAS OF COURSE BEEN PLAYED AND HAS SOME OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT MARKINGS WHEN VIEWED UNDER A LIGHT SOURCE BUT NOTHING THAT HAS ANY EFFECT ON PLAYBACK! IT IS NOT MINT AND ITS 41 YEARS OLD! . SO PLEASE IF YOU ARE SEEKING ACCOUSTIC PERFECTION! .. GET A COMPACT DISC! BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PIECE OF ROCK HISTORY IN ITS HARD TO FIND MONO FORMAT AND IN OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION THIS ONE COULD BE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR?
ALL VINYL SENT 2ND CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER PAYMENT CLEARS IN A HEAVY DUTY MAILER WITH TWO STIFFNERS AND THE DISCS PACKED SEPARATE TO PREVENT SEAM SPLITS! I THINK I HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING BUT ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK??? AND MANY THANKS FOR HAVING A LOOK!!!
P&P UK £4.00 EUROPE £5.00 WORLD £12.00 I ALSO OFFER REGISTERED MAIL TO ANY DESTINATION FOR AN EXTRA £3.50 TO ANY DESTINATION!!! IF YOU WANT THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW AT THE AUCTIONS END!
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