THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM 2LP. 'MONO' ORIGINAL. TOP LOADER COVER WITH ALL INSERTS

	£		168
	$		223

  ITEM WILL BE DISPATCHED ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY GUARANTEED BEFORE 1PM SERVICE. SATURDAY IS EXCLUDED. OVERSEAS ITEMS ARE POSTED VIA THE EBAY GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME. THE ITEM WILL BE POSTED IN A CUSTOM MADE RECORD MAILER.
THE RECORDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED TESTED.  THE GATEFOLD TOP LOADING SLEEVE HAS SOME RINGWEAR TO THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER [SEE PICS 1 AND 2]. BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER HAVE THE ODD SMALL LAMINATE CREASE. THERE IS FINE RUBBING AT THE CORNERS. THE SPINE IS STRONG. THE BEATLES LOGO ON THE FRONT COVER IS EMBOSSED AND THE SLIGHTLY DOWNWARDS POINTING NUMBER IS 0263821. THERE ARE NO TEARS, BIRO WRITING OR STICKER/RESIDUE ETC TO BE SEEN. THE COVER IS A DECENT EXAMPLE.   THE 2 ORIGINAL BLACK INNER SLEEVES HAVE CREASES [SEE PICS 5 AND 6]. ONE OF THE INNERS HAS A 20mm TEAR ON THE DIECUT CIRCLE [SEE PIC 5] AND THE OTHER HAS A 10mm AND A 5mm TEAR ON THE DIECUT CIRCLE [SEE PIC 6]. ONE OF THE INNERS HAS A 2 cm SPLIT ON ITS BOTTOM SEAM. ALL OF THE OTHER SEAMS ARE FINE. THREE OF THE 4 PICS HAVE SMALLISH CREASES ON THEIR TOP LEFT CORNERS. THEY ARE OTHERWISE FINE. THERE ARE NO TEARS OR BIRO WRITING ETC PRESENT ON THE PICS OR POSTER.
RECORD 1. SIDE 2 HAS A 'KT' TAX CODE ON THE SPINDLE HOLE AREA. PLAYBACK CONDITION OF RECORD 1 IS GRADED AS EXCELLENT.  RECORD 2. PLAYBACK CONDITION IS GRADED AS VG+.  2 0R 3 CLICKS WERE HEARD ON THE 'BIRTHDAY' TRACK. 4 OR 5 CONSEQUTIVE CLICKS WERE HEARD ON TRACK 2 OF RECORD 4. RECORD 4 TRACK 4 ALSO HAD 4 OR 5 CONSEQUTIVE CLICKS. THE RECORD LABELS ARE CLEAN AND ARE FREE OF BIRO WRITING, STICKERS, RESIDUE, ETC.
THE FIRST PRESSINGS OF THIS TITLE WERE RELEASED WITHOUT THE 'AN EMI RECORDING' TEXT IN ERROR WHICH IS WHY THIS PRESSING WAS QUICKLY RELEASED. THIS IS THE SECOND PRESSING OF THE FIRST EDITION AND IS VARIANT TWO  OF THE 8 VARIANTS THAT FOLLOWED THE FIRST PRESSING. I BELIEVE THAT 300,000 FIRST EDITION PRESSINGS WERE RELEASED. THIS IS NUMBER 0263821.
CONDITION OF GATEFOLD SLEEVE= VG+.  CONDITION OF INNERS= VG- [THE WEAR AROUND THE DIECUT CIRCLE AND A 2cm SPLIT HAS LOWERED THE GRADING]. CONDITION OF PICS AND POSTER= VG  CONDITION OF RECORDS= VG [MINIMUM]    PLAYBACK IS GRADED AS VG+ MATRIX/RUNOUT NUMBERS= SIDE 1  XEX 709-1 UL  A1  3  3  10                                           -----------------------------------------   SIDE 2  XEX 710-2 UAG  1    [KT APPEARS NEAR TO THE SPINDLE HOLE].  -----------------------------------------   SIDE 3  XEX 711-1  TD  3 -----------------------------------------   SIDE 4  XEX 712-1  MA  5  THE 710-2 MATRIX NUMBER ON SIDE 2 SUGGESTS THAT THIS IS A VARIANT VERSION OF THE FIRST EDITION RELEASES. MOST OF THE FIRST EDITION RELEASES [BUT NOT ALL] HAD FOUR -1 MATRIX IDENTIFIERS. IT IS AN ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PRESSING.
THIS IS A DECENT EXAMPLE OF AN ORIGINAL HISTORIC RECORDING.
I GRADE MY VINYL STRICTLY AS CAN BE SEEN IN MY FEEDBACK COMMENTS/SCORE.                                           
                                                IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------- RECORDS ARE GRADED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECORD COLLECTORS MAGAZINE GRADINGS SYSTEM. SEE DETAILS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE. PLEASE READ THE ITEM AND CONDITION DESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE PURCHASE. PLEASE ALSO SCRUTINISE THE PICTURES. PLEASE MESSAGE ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. NEVER PURCHASE ANYTHING IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS. I PREFER MY AUCTION ITEMS TO RUN THEIR FULL COURSE AS IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT EVERYONE GETS THE SAME CHANCE OF BUYING THE ITEM. I WILL COMBINE POSTAGE. PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE TO BE SENT.  RETURNS ACCEPTED ONLY IF THE ITEM IS NOT AS DESCRIBED IN THE LISTING. THE ITEM FOR SALE IS A VINYL RECORD. ALL SALES OUTWITH OF THE UK ARE POSTED VIA THE EBAY GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME.
THE RECORD COLLECTOR GRADING SYSTEM. MINT= THE RECORD IS IN BRAND NEW CONDITION WITH NO SURFACE MARKS OR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY. THE COVER AND ANY EXTRA ITEMS SUCH AS THE LYRIC SHEET, BOOKLET, OR POSTER ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION.
EXCELLENT= THE RECORD SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED BUT THERE IS VERY LITTLE LESSENING OF SOUND QUALITY. THE COVER AND PACKAGING MIGHT HAVE SLIGHT WEAR AND / OR CREASING. 
VERY GOOD= THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED MANY TIMES BUT DISPLAYS NO MAJOR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY DESPITE NOTICEABLE SURFACE MARKS AND THE OCCASIONAL LIGHT SCRATCH. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE COVER OR EXTRA ITEMS, WITHOUT ANY MAJOR DEFECTS ARE ACCEPTABLE.
GOOD= THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED SO MUCH THAT THE SOUND QUALITY HAS NOTICEABLY DETERIOATED WITH SOME DISTORTION AND MILD SCRATCHES. THE COVER AND CONTENTS SUFFER FROM FOLDING, SCUFFING OF EDGES, SPINE SPLITS, DISCOLOURATION ETC 
FAIR= THE RECORD IS STILL JUST PLAYABLE BUT HAS NOT BEEN CARED FOR PROPERLY AND DISPLAYS CONSIDERABLE SURFACE NOISE, IT MAY EVEN JUMP. THE COVER AND CONTENTS WILL BE BADLY DAMAGED OR PARTLY MISSING.