Housed in a fully laminated 'Garrod & Lofthouse' printed, top-opening gatefold cover numbered: No.0067813
This album comes complete with 4 portrait photos, UK printed poster & original matt-black inner-sleeves.
CONDITION
Disc
Labels: EXCELLENT +
All are clean & bright, each with a moderate collection of light spindle trails around each centre hole.
Visual: EXCELLENT +
All playing surfaces are perfectly clean and retain all of their deep-gloss factory shine. All shine 'as new' in strong daylight with just a couple of harmless stylus hairlines on side 1 and some of the usual faint inner-sleeve storage marks on side 4. It's very difficult to find a mono set these days in anything approaching this condition and this particular set would be a challenge to upgrade.
Sound Quality: EXCELLENT +
As every Beatles collector knows, finding a decent sounding set of mono discs is a tall order. However this set is one of the rare ones that has been carefully played on quality equipment. The sound throuhgout both discs is sound clean & unworn and free from any significant or major audible distractions. Disc 1 is normally the weakest link but here sounds great with no crackle or peakwear distortion and minimal low-level vinyl background between tracks. Apart from a few soft ticks on 'Julia' we found little to fault with this disc. Disc 2 sounds just as impressive with again nothing more than some low-level vinyl background on side 4 in the quieter passages, together with a few ticks at the beginning of 'Revolution #9'. It's a long time since we have had the opportunity to list a decent mono 'White Album', but thankfully this copy bucks that trend and will not disappoint.
Cover: EXCELLENT +
