BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS MONO **7232**

	£		377
	$		500

                                                   BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

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ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.... LOW NUMBERED TOP OPENING SLEEVE,COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS,  AND  BLACK INNERS.

 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  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,SOME CARRIED "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT AND SOME DIDNT. ALSO ALL HARRISON AND STARR COMPOSITIONS WHERE CREDITED TO APPLE, THIS LATER CHANGED TO "HARRISONGS" AND "STARTLING MUSIC".... THIS ALBUM CARRIES ALL THESE FEATURES ALONG WITH THE ADDED INCLUSION OF FEATURING A GENUINELY  VERY LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FOR SALE TRULY STUNNING LOW NUMBERED IST MONO ISSUE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER ALBUM. THIS COPY OFFERS STUNNING VINYL AND LABELS, IS COMPLETE  AND IS HOUSED IN A VERY APPEALING LOW NUMBERED, QUALITY MONO SLEEVE. 

THIS IS ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERED COPIES OF THIS ALBUM THAT WE HAVE OFFERED FOR SALE AND WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THIS WILL ENHANCE ANY BEATLES COLLECTION. 

APPLE PMC 7067

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

STAMPERS...DISC ONE...  HL  5   HH 3  DISC TWO....  HA 2  GDH 7

NO TAX CODE

NO "EMI RECORDING" TEXT TO ANY LABEL

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN APPLE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO ALL SIDES. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMLEY BRIGHT .... ALL FOUR LABELS OMIT "AN EMI RECORDING" TEXT, 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS SUPERB... BOTH DISCS HAVE BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE BOTH DISPLAY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND A FEW VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS, HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT THESE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY SEVERE OR FELLABEL AND NONE AFFECT AUDIO. THE VINYL HAS NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY DULLING OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS AND BOTH DISCS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.  

AUDIO IS SUPERB... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A SUPERB PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO SECOND OF  MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES, HOWEVER THE MONO AUDIO IS STILL CLEAR AND CRISP AND  PLAYS THROUGH FLAUTLESSY WITH NO STICKS OR JUMPS.

DISC 2

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

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AS STUNNING AS DISC ONE.

AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE

COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION....STILL CRISP AND STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY JUST THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES AND SOME MILD HANDLING TO TOP OPENING EDGE. ONE INNER HAS A "NICK" TO THE CENTR EHOLE BUT THE INNERS HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN NAY WAY.  

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS SUPERB.THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH FEATURES THE "LIPSTICK" KISS (LATER ISSUES DONT HAVE THIS). THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING  AND IS SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND STILL VERY CRISP.

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE AGAIN IN MINT CONDITION. 

THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE . STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR WITH JUST A HINT OF YELLOWING VISIBLE.THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST TWO VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE BUT NO ACTUAL CREASES . THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN.THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAYS JUST A MINUTE AMOUNT OF  HANDLING AND THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE MILD CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE INNER IS PERFECT WITH UNSPOILT INNER SEAMS AND UNSPOILT PICTURES AND TEXT. THE REAR IS AGAIN SUPERB WITH THE SAME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES AND JUST ONE VERY LIGHT "THUMBNAIL" CREASE. THE SPINE IS PERFECT, RIDGID,STRONG AND INTACT WITH NO CREASING AND NO WEAR EVIDENT. "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0007232 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND THE NUMBER HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY RUBBING OR FADING....THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SLEEVES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN SOMETIME!  

OVERALL THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A GENUINELY LOW NUMBERED, SOUGHT AFTER UK MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH IS COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY AND HAS THE ADDED APPEAL OF BEING NUMBERED BELOW 10,000..... A CERTAIN ENHANCEMENT TO ANY COLLECTION.