The Beatles WHITE ALBUM 1968 UK LP T/L STEREO W/ Emi 0401757 PLAYS NEAR MINT

	£		133
	$		176

MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH

1968 NUMBERED TOP OPENING PRESS  - IN STEREO
UNIQUE NUMBER  - 0401757

The set does  have the 'Emi recording' information at 9.0'clock on the label ensuring this is a corrected first pressing

THE RECORDS

DISC 1
THE LABELS ON THIS DISC ARE 100% PRISTINE. DEEP DARK GREEN APPLE LOGO ON ONE SIDE AND APERFECT CREAMY WHITE SIDE ON THE OTHER. NO RUBBING OR WEAR TO THE TYPEFACE AND ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR. EXAMINING THE LABEL UNDER A MAGNIFYING HALO I CAN JUST ABOUT MAKE OUT ONE VERY TINY SPIDER LINE ON EACH SIDE 
LOOKING AT THE VINYL UNDER THESE SAME CONDITIONS IT LOOKS NEAR IMMCULATE. A GLEAMING VINYL FREE FROM ANY MARKS, OR SCRATCHES, JUST ONE TOTALLY NON SOUNDING SURFACE LINE ON THE LAST TRACK OF SIDE ONE (SEE PICS)


DISC 2
THIS DISC IS IN EXACTLY THE SAME SUPERB CONDITION AS DISC ONE. ALL THAT IS VISIBLE IS AN EMBEDDED NON SOUNDING DULL STREAK LINE ON SIDE THREE

THE TEST PLAY

ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THIS ALBUM IS THAT IT IS OFTEN FOUND TO LOOK GOOD, BUT AS SOON AS THE STYLUS HITS THE VINYL A DISTORTION TO THE RECORDED SOUND IS HEARD USUALLY THROUGH JUST ONE SPEAKER. 

I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE TIMES I HAVE FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE A GREAT SET ONLY TO BE LET DOWN WHEN PLAYING IT.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A TOTALLY DISTORTION FREE PAIR OF VINYLS. 

TO FIND A WHITE ALBUM IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. THE ENTIRE FOUR SIDES PLAY AS WELL AS THE BEST EXAMPLES OF A 1968 FIRST PRESS SOUND. ADDED TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE STEREO PRESSING WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT TO THE MONO ISSUE.

BOTH RECORDS PLAY TO A STANDARD THAT IS TOP NOTCH FOR A NEARLY 60 YEAR OLD ALBUM
SILENT LINKING GROOVES WHICH IS AMAZING IN ITSELF
CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VERY CLEAN AND BRIGHT AUDIO FROM START TO FINISH. THERE IS NO TIME TAKEN OFF FOR UNWANTED BACKGROUND NOISE, TICS OR POPS, THERE JUST ARE NONE

ALL I HEARD DURING THE PLAY WAS A LITTLE LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND AT THE END OF THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE FOUR, AND A COUPLE OF RANDOM SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND DURING THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

EVEN THE PROBLEMATIC 'JULIA' AT THE END OF SIDE TWO WHICH IS OFTEN AN ISSUE FOR NOISE HAS NONE
THE WHOLE THING IS HERE FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE. IF YOU HAVE A PC WITH DECENT SPEAKERS ATTACHED THEN THIS WILL DO IT JUSTICE

FOR ME THIS OUTSTANDING SET GRADES  NEAR MINT FOR THE AUDIO

TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A GLEAMING OFF WHITE SLEEVE , IN REALLY NICE CONDITION. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ONLY HAS THE MILDEST SLIVERS OF YELLOWING UNDER THE LAMINATE , WHICH LOOKS LIKE RAIN RUNNING DOWN A WINDOW

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, AND NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE AT ANY POINT. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SQUARE WITH ONLY A DOT OF RUB ON THE VERY TIP ENDS
NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THERE ARE JUST THREE MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE  SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE

FOUR ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND FIVE OF THE RIGHT EDGE
THERE ARE TWI PIN PRICK BUMPS IN THE LAMINATE JUST ABOVE THE EMBOSSED BEATLES LOGO

THE UNIQUE NUMBER IS STILL VERY CLEAR WITH ALL OF THE DIGITS CLEAR AND UNFADED  

THE EMBOSSED BEATLES LOGO HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE FIRMLY AFFIXED TO IT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE

THERE IS ONE LIGHT CREASE LINE OVER THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND A COUPLE OF FINE SURFACE SCRATCHES 

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED WITH PERFECT TYPEFACE AND UNRUBBED ENDS. THE DIP IN THE SPINE HAS A LITTLE TINY BIT OF LAMINATE FLAKE

THE OPENING EDGES ARE STILL VERY SHARP WITH JUST A VERY TINY BIT OF FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE HAS A LARGE SCUFF  RUNNING FROM THE SPINE INTO THE SLEEVE HALF WAY DOWN PLUS SOME LITTLE  BLISTER BUMPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RECORTD POSITIONING


OPENING THE GATEFOLD SHOWS THAT THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY ADHERED. THE TWO GLEAMING INNER PANELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. FREE OF ANY MARKS OR CREASES

ONE OF THE BLACK INNER SLEEVES IS UNSPLIT AT THE SEAMS, AND AMAZINGLY NO DAMAGE TO THE DIE CUT HOLE, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF CORNER CREASE LINES
THE OTHER ONE HAS A SPLIT ON THE RIGHT EDGE FROM THE TOP TO HALF WAY DOWN. THE OTHER TWO EDGES ARE UNSPLIT. THE DIE CUT HOLE HAS TWO TEARS AR THE TOP, AND THERE ARE CORNER CREASES

THE ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE POSTER IS ALSO INCLUDED AND IS IN VERY NICS CONDITION. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, AND THE FOLD LINES ARE SHARP. A COUPLE TINY NICKS AT THE EDGES AND A COUPLE OF TINY MARKS ON THE POSTER

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  EX+

IT IS THAT GOOD. A VERY SPECIAL EXAMPLE