BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" UK APPLE MONO 1ST PRESS.
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BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"
ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.... NUMBERED TOP OPENER,WIDE SPINE, COMPLETE WITH POSTER, PHOTOS, BLACK INNER AND ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL NEMS SLEEVE.
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 GMM 5 GP 1 TD 3 GDP 4
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 EXCELLENT... THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE DOES DISPLAY SOME SURFACE MARKS AND SOME LIGH THAIRLINES, HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT NONE ARE SEVERE OR FEELABLE. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO IS SUPERB. THERE MAYBE A HINT OF CRACKLE TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND SOME VERY MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO THE QUIETER PARTS OF TEH ALBUM BUT NONE OF THIS DETRACTS FROM OVERALL LISTENING ENJOYMENT.
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 AS DISC ONE
COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS. THE INNERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION.... THEY ARE INTACT WITH JUST 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 PRESENT AND ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION.
THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" NUMBERED, WIDE SPINE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. 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 A SMALL AMOUNT OF CREASING. THE OPENING EDGES DISPLAY VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF WEAR. THE WIDE SPINE IS RIDGID AND INTACT BUT DOES DISPALY SOME LAMINATE LIFT... BOTH "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE NUMBER 0507117 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE.
ALL THIS COM EHOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND HIGHLY SOUGHTAFTER NEMS PLASTIC SLEEVE. THESE SLEEVES WHERE GIVEN WITH ANY ALBUM BOUGHT FROM BRIAN EPSTEINS RECORD STORE IN LIVERPOOL. MOST WHERE DISCARDED OR JUST DIDNT SURVIVE TOO WELL. THIS SLEEVE IS IS SUPERB CONDITION. IT IS INTACT WITH NO SPLITS AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT CREASES... A SUPERB EXAMPLE.
OVERALL THIS REALLY IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS MUCH SOUGHT AFTER AND RARER MONO 1ST PRESSING, WHICH OFFERS EXCELLENT VINYL AND AUDIO AND AN EXCELLENT WIDE SPINE SLEEV WHICH COMES COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL NEMS SHOP SLEEVE!!!!!!.
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