BEATLES White Album D/LP 1968 APPLE 1st + INSERTS/SPACER 1111 KT NO EMI

	£		187
	$		248

On offer here is a VERY rare Double LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "The Beatles" (more commonly known as 'The White Album') and is an ORIGINAL UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press DARK Apple labels!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER BEATLES LPs OF ALL TIME AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE RAREST LPs ON THE APPLE LABEL, AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS INCREDIBLE DOUBLE LP IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL HUGE POSTER, 2-RECORDS, 4 COLOUR 'PRINTS', 2 BLACK APPLE INNERS, AND LOW 'NUMBERED' (0346871) TOP OPENING GATEFOLD COVER!!!!

THIS DOUBLE LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE, WITH ULTRA RARE 1/1/1/1 MATRIXES (MOST DONT!)!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS DOUBLE LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  THE POSTER IS IN GREAT CONDITION (AND A 100% ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS POSTER, NOT A LATER SWOPPED ONE!), THE 4 'COLOUR PRINTS' ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION (AGAIN - THESE ARE 100% ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS INSERTS - AND NOT LATER SWOPPED ONES!), THE BLACK INNERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION (NO SPLITS!), THE RECORDS ARE IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND EVEN THE GATEFOLD COVER IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION TOO, WITH STUNNING SHINY LAMINATE AND A PERFECTLY PRINTED NUMBER & BACK COVER 'STEREO' TEXT!!!! THIS DOUBLE LP EVEN HAS ITS ORIGINAL BLANK 'SPACER' USED TO SEPARATE EACH GROUP OF 4 PRINTS IN THE PACKING PROCESS - WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU ALMOST NEVER SEE NOW!!!! 

IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING, THAT THE ULTRA RARE 'SPACER' IS 100% GENIUNE IN ALL RESPECTS!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST OFTEN FAKED PARTS OF A WHITE ALBUM - BUT IT IS EASY TO CHECK TO CONFIRM AUTHENITICITY!!!!  THE 'SPACER' IS MADE OF THIN PAPER, IS LIGHTLY AGED (WHICH CANNOT BE FAKED) AND HAS A LIGHTLY TEXTURED BACK AND SMOOTH FRONT (FAKE SPACERS DON'T!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THE SPACER WITH THIS LP IS 100% GENIUNE!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS DOUBLE LP THE ALL TIME RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - IS THAT IT HAS NO 'EMI RECORDING' TEXT TO EITHER LABEL, AND A FULL SET OF 'KT' EMBOSSED LABEL STAMPINGS!!!!  NOW AS I HAVE SAID MANY MANY TIMES BEFORE - I BELIEVE THE 'EMI RECORDING' TEXT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL TO THE PRESSING ORDER.  AND FINDING A 1ST PRESSING IN MONO WITH 'NO EMI RECORDING' TEXT IS NOTHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT - AS THIS IS VERY EASILY FOUND!!!!  HOWEVER, ON A STEREO 1ST PRESSING - IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ALL FOUR LABELS WITH NO 'EMI RECORDING' TEXT!!!!  FOR SOME REASON NEARLY ALL COPIES OF SIDES 3 & 4 HAD THIS TEXT IN STEREO.  YET THIS DOUBLE LP HAS A FULL SET OF LABELS WITH NO 'EMI RECORDING' TEXT - AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON A STEREO 1ST PRESSING!!!!  BUT EVEN RARER THAN THAT, IS THE FACT THAT THIS DOUBLE LP HAS 'KT' STAMPED ON BOTH RECORDS!!!!  NOW ON THIS DOUBLE LP THE VAST MAJORITY HAD NO 'KT' STAMPS AT ALL - AND YOU ARE VERY LUCKY IF YOU FIND IT ON 1 RECORD.  BUT FINDING A 'KT' EMBOSSED LABEL STAMP ON BOTH RECORDS, IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE AND IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO FIND ON ANY WHITE ALBUM!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LEGENDARY DOUBLE LP - EVER MADE!!!!

BOTH record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO tears, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE RECORDS HAVENT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s Double LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and BOTH records have NO nasty concentric marks AT ALL, NO nasty 'tick' marks AT ALL, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, only 2 or 3 MEGA light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ALL SIDES RETAIN EVERY BIT OF THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINE LIKE NEW!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the records are as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  They play with NO skips, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The actual sound quality itself is simply SUPERB - with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The records must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  WHAT A BRILLIANT SET OF RECORDS!!!!  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  BOTH records also come in what looks to be their ORIGINAL Black inner sleeves which are in SUPERB condition - with NO edge splits, NO centre hole splits, and NO repairs either!!!!  However - although these black inners have EVERY SINGLE correct characteristic for 1st Press inner sleeves (one centre hole, flipback construction, etc!), they look a bit too 'fresh' for my liking, and so could well be re-pro inners!!!!  THE ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 4 'COLOUR PRINTS' & EXTRA 'SPACER' ARE ALL IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HAVENT EVER LEFT THE COVER!!!!  The Poster is in GREAT condition, with only a couple of almost INVISIBLE repairs - though it still looks BRILLIANT and folds out PERFECTLY!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Gatefold TOP Opening FULLY Laminated Flipback LOW 'Numbered' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO edge splits, barely ANY spinal wear, NO spine splits, NO grubbyness, only VERY slight corner wear, only a touch of 'bunching' to the bottom spinal corner, only a few VERY light creases elsewhere (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), STUNNING shiny laminate, NO rips, NO tears, barely ANY yellowing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The TOP opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO writing, VERY nice flipbacks, STUNNING shiny 'mirror-like' laminate, NO grubbyness, and NO yellowing!!!!  The LOW Number '0346871' number on the cover front is PERFECTLY printed (see picture) - and the raised lettering of 'The Beatles' on the cover front is in PERFECT order with NO grubbyness AT ALL!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY WITH 1/1/1/1 MATRIXES, NO 'EMI RECORDING' TEXT & 'KT' EMBOSSED STAMPINGS TO BOTH RECORDS!) - SO MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  

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