BEATLES WHITE ALBUM UK MONO ULTRA LOW NUMBER **455**

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                                                      BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"

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ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO, GENUINELY LOW NUMBERED, 1ST PRESSING

 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.

BEATLES-64 ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE ONE THE LOWEST NUMBERED EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE EVER OFFERED.

FULLY COMPLETE WITH ALL ITS ESSENTIAL CRITERIA, INCLUDING THE RARE WHITE PAPER SPACER THIS COPY CARRIES A SELDOM SEEM 3 DIGIT SLEEVE NUMBER BELOW 500.

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

STAMPERS   LD 5   TH 3  T 2  PR 4

NO TAX CODE

NO "EMI RECORDING" TEXT TO ANY OF THE FOUR LABELS

DISC 1

THE VERY DARK GREEN AND SLIGHTLY TEXTURED, EARLY APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE LABELS DO SHOW SOME SPINDLE MARKS BUT NE REAL SPINDLE WEAR. STILL QUITE CLEAN THE LABELS SO SOME MILD AGEING BUT ALL TEXT IS READABLE AND THE LABELS ARE FREE FROM WRITING.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS GOOD, THIS HAS BEEN WELL PLAYED OVER THE YEARS AND THEREFORE THE VINYL CARRIES A MULTITUDE OF LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, SCRATCHES AND SCUFFS, NONE APPEAR TO BE FEELABLE BUT MANY ARE VISIBLE IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT. THE VINYL DOES LIE FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

AUDIO IS VERY GOOD... THE VINYL PLAYED THROUGH WITH SOME QUIET  POPS AND CRACKLE IN PLACES BUT ON MY SYSTEM IT DID NOT SKIP OR JUMP (THIS MAY NOT BE CASE ON OTHER SYSTEMS SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO BEAR THAT IN MIND). THE AUDIO IS STILL CLEAR AND VIBRANT BUT NOT PERFECT.

DISC 2

THE APPLE LABELS AND VINYL TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN 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 THE TOP OPENING EDGES BOTH INNERS ARE FREE FROM ANY NICKS, TEARS OR SPLITS AND HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED IN ANY WAY..

THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS EXCELLENT .THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND SOME VERY MILD CREASING ,THE POSTER IS HOWEVER STILL VERY CLEAN AND CRISP AND FREE FROM ANY FAULTS. 

THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE  AGAIN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION,AGAIN THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.

THE RARE PAPER SPACER IS ALSO EXCELLENT, IT DISPLAYS JUST MILD CREASES AND ONE DEEPER CREASE TOWARDS ONE CORNER, THERE IS JUST THE ODD, VERY TINY HANDLING MARK VISIBLE. THE SPACER IS FREE FROM NICKS OR TEARS.

NOW FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS SET....THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" ULTRA LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE....

  THIS IS A GENUNE EXCELLENT  EXAMPLE . THE SLEEVE IS STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE/CREAMY COLOUR. THE FRONT SHOWS JUST A FEW TINY EDGE WRINKLES AND ONE "THUMBNAIL" TYPE CREASE. THERE IS A "SCRATCH" TYPE MARK JUST BELOW THE BEATLES LOGO (SEE PICTURE) THE FRONT IS EXTREMLEY GLOSSY AND STILL VERY CLEAN WITH  JUST MILD "YELLOWING" VISIBLE TO THE EDGES. THE OPENING TOP EDGES DISPLAY JUST THE SMALLEST SIGNS OF  HANDLING/WEAR. THERE ARE JUST MILD CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE INNER IS VERY MUCH AS PER THE FRONT WITH PERFECT INNER SEAMS AND ALL THE  PICTURES AND TEXT ARE PERFECT, THE INNER IS VERY VERY CLEAN. THE REAR IS AGAIN HAS MINIMAL EDGE WRINKLES AND  TO OR THREE VERY LIGHT CREASES, AGAIN IT IS VERY CLEAN. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY RIGID WITH SOME LIGHT "FEELABLE" WEAR EVIDENT AND RUBBING TO ONE SIDE BUT ALL SPINE TEXT IS STILL VISIBLE . "THE BEATLES" LOGO AND THE VERY APPEALING LOW NUMBER 0000455 ARE STILL HIGHLY VISIBLE AND THE NUMBER HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY RUBBING OR FADING. THE SLEEVE IS FIRM, STRONG AND RIGID WITH NO REAL MAJOR FAULTS .

LOW NUMBERED "WHITE ALBUMS" ARE ALWAYS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER BY ALL COLLECTORS, SLEEVES WHICH CARRY A THREE DIGIT NUMBER SELDOM SURFACE FOR SALE (THIS IS ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE EVER OFFERED FOR SALE) AND ARE NOW VIEWED AS INVESTMENT PIECES..... A COPY NUMBERED BELOW 500 WILL CERTAINLY APPEAL TO THE MOST DISCERNING OF COLLECTORS AND WILL DEFINITELY BE A GENUINE ENHANCEMENT TO ANY BEATLES COLLECTION. ALTHOUGH THIS COPY DOES NOT OFFER PERFECT VINYL'S (AND AGAIN I ASK THAT YOU DO BEAR THAT IN MIND) THESE CAN EASILY BE REPLACED HOWEVER OBTAINING A SLEEVE WITH SUCH A LOW NUMBER AS THIS WILL PROBABLY BE AN ENDLESS TASK AND THEREFORE THIS COPIES APPEAL AND RARITY DOES LIE FIRMLY IN THE SLEEVE.