BEATLES White Album D/LP 1968 APPLE MONO 1st + INSERTS & SPACER LOW NUMBER

	£		510
	$		676

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 MONO 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', 1 SPACER, 2 BLACK APPLE INNERS, AND A VERY LOW 'NUMBERED' (0032601) TOP OPENING GATEFOLD MONO COVER!!!!

THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERS IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET!!!!  WELL OVER 100,000 COPIES WERE MADE PRIOR TO RELEASE AS 'ADVANCE COPIES' (OR ORDERS MADE PRIOR TO RELEASE!) - AND OVER 700,000 COPIES WERE NUMBERED IN TOTAL!!!!  SO TO FIND ONE OF THE FIRST 33,000 COPIES EVER MADE IS INCREDIBLY HARD - AS THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 4% OF 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!)!!!!

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 MONO MATRIXES (MOST DONT!)!!!!  SOME PEOPLE ODDLY BELIEVE THE EMI TEXT ON THE LABELS MAKES A DIFFERENCE (I HAVE NEVER HELD THIS VIEW - ESPECIALLY WHEN A LOW NUMBERED '0002902' COPY RECENTLY SOLD WITH THIS TEXT ON EVERY LABEL, AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS!).  SO EVEN THOUGH THIS DOUBLE LP HAS NO 'EMI RECORD' TEXT ON ANY OF THE LABELS - THIS IS CLEARLY COMPLETE FANTASY AND AN IRRELEVANCE HERE.  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS DOUBLE LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION - AND IS OVERALL A VERY VERY DECENT EXAMPLE INDEED!!!!  THE POSTER IS IN SUPERB CONDITION, THE 4 'COLOUR PRINTS' ARE SIMPLY STUNNING (I HAVE EVEN TAKEN A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THEM!), THE BLACK INNERS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION (WITH NO SPLITS FOR ONCE!), THE RECORDS ARE BOTH IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL (THOUGH ONE IS LESSER THAN THE OTHER), THE LABELS ARE UNWRITTEN AND LOOK BRILLIANT - AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE VERY LOW NUMBERED GATEFOLD COVER IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  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!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  

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!!!!

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS DARK APPLE LABELS, 1ST PRESS 1/1/1/1 MONO MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, BLACK INNER SLEEVES, 1ST PRESS POSTER, 1ST PRESS 4 'COLOUR PRINTS', 1ST PRESS 'SPACER', AND 1ST PRESS TOP OPENING 'VERY LOW NUMBERED' (0032601) FULLY LAMINATED FLIPBACK 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' MONO COVER!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  The records are pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are XEX 709-1, XEX 710-1, XEX 711-1 & XEX 712-1 (the VERY 'Earliest' possible!)!!!!  The Cat. No is PMC 7067/68 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press DARK Apple labels (see picture) and is a MONO 1st Pressing!!!!  All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

BOTH record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear (apart from a touch around a couple of centre holes!), NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition overall - though one record is better than the other (though this could easily ben upgraded if so wished!)!!!!  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 Record 1 has NO scratches, only a few VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  Record 1 must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  However, Record 2 - although it is still VERY bright and shiny looking - I suspect was left out of its inner at some point in the past, as it does have a few visible lines on either side.  Therefore this record can only grade Good at best.  ALL SIDES RETAIN EVERY BIT OF THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the records are as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  They play with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, the odd revolution of interference, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some some slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  Overall the records must grade Good/Very Good+ (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better!!!!  Though as I said, the 1 lower graded record could easily upgraded for pennies.  HOWEVER AS THIS IS A TRULY HISTORIC LOW NUMBERED COPY (ONE OF THE LOWEST EVER!) - I decided to leave the records EXACTLY as they were found, and not swop one of them!!!!  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', Huge Poster & 1st Press 'Spacer' are all in absolutely SUPERB condition (see pictures) and it is VERY clear that they have NEVER left the cover!!!!  AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT SET OF INSERTS!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Gatefold TOP Opening FULLY Laminated Flipback 'Low Numbered' MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO edge splits, NO spinal wear (apart from the usual fractional laminate loss here), NO spine splits, only VERY slight corner wear, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, NO grubbyness, 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 BRILLIANT condition with NO writing, VERY nice flipbacks, only 1 very VERY small left top edge split (PERFECTLY repaired and 100% strong here forever!), STUNNING shiny 'mirror-like' laminate, NO grubbyness, and NO yellowing!!!!  The VERY low '0032601' number on the cover front is EXACTLY 'as printed' back in 1968 and although it is a bit faint, it is still PERFECTLY readable and UNDOUBTEDLY this very VERY low number!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY WITH ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERS IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  

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