THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM SWBO-101 FIRST-ISSUED COMPRESSED VERSION

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A VERY BRIEF HISTORY:
WHEN CAPITOL RECEIVED THE MASTER TAPES FROM APPLE/EMI, THE CAPITOL ENGINEERS TINKERED WITH THE SOUND, ADDING COMPRESSION, WHICH BASICALLY BOOSTED THE HIGHS AND LOWS.  FROM THIS ALTERED MASTER, 33 LACQUERS WERE CREATED AND SENT OUT TO PRESSING PLANTS FOR THE ULTIMATE MANUFACTURING OF RECORDS.   
GEORGE HARRISON HAPPENED TO BE IN CAPITOL'S MAIN OFFICE IN L.A., HEARD THIS ALTERED MASTERING, DISAPPROVED, AND ORDERED THAT THOSE ORIGINAL 33 LACQUERS BE DESTROYED.  NEW LACQUERS, STARTING WITH #34, WERE THEN CREATED FROM ANOTHER MASTERING THAT MET HARRISON'S APPROVAL.  SO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LATER WINCHESTER PRESSINGS, ALL AUTHORIZED PRESSINGS HAVE STAMPER NUMBERS THAT ARE 34 OR HIGHER!
HOWEVER, BEFORE THE ORIGINAL LACQUERS WERE DESTROYED, SOME COPIES HAD ULTIMATELY BEEN PRESSED UP AND SENT OUT INTO THE WORLD BEFORE PRODUCTION WAS HALTED.  THIS COPY IS ONE OF THEM!!!
IN ANY OTHER SITUATION, WE WOULD NEVER SELL RECORDS IN THIS CONDITION.    EVERYTHING IN THIS PACKAGE WILL GRADE SOMEWHERE IN THE G+/VG-/VG RANGE, I WOULD GUESS.  SO THESE ARE NOT RECORDS THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO PLAY!  BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT.....
 WHAT THEY LACK IN HIGH-GRADE QUALITY, THEY MORE THAN MAKE UP IN RARITY!  THE ODDS OF FINDING ANOTHER COPY OF THE WHITE ALBUM MADE FROM THESE COMPRESSED LACQUERS ARE NEARLY ZERO!  THESE COMPRESSED COPIES WERE NOT EVEN KNOWN TO EXIST UNTIL 2004, OR THEREABOUTS, AND SINCE THEN, VERY FEW HAVE SURFACED.  
TO STATE THAT THIS MIGHT BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO ACQUIRE THIS COMPRESSED VERSION IS BY NO MEANS AN EXAGGERATION OF THE TRUTH!
SIDE ONE:  SWBO-101-1-B29----SIDE TWO:  SWBO-101-2-A28 #2----SIDE THREE:  SWBO-101-3-A28----SIDE FOUR:  SWBO-101-4-A28.  
ALL COMPRESSED COPIES HAVE EITHER AN 'A' OR 'B' PREFIX, AND NUMBERS FROM 1 UP THROUGH 33.
OBVIOUSLY, THE INITIAL LABEL SONG-TITLE ERRORS ARE ALL HERE.  YOU KNOW THE ONES.....
THE POSTER AND PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED, BUT AGAIN, NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.   WE DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER WITH PHOTOS,  BUT IF YOU NEED PHOTOS, CONTACT US!
THIS COPY WAS PRESSED IN BEAUTIFUL SCRANTON, PA.  THE 'TRIANGLE/IAM' LOGO IS STAMPED INTO THE DEAD-WAX ON ALL FOUR SIDES!
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE INQUIRE!
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE PAYMENT AT AUCTION'S END.  THANK YOU FOR THIS CONSIDERATION!
U.S BUYERS ONLY, PLEASE!