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BEATLES, UK, MONO, 1st PRESS WHITE ALBUM Number 00000775 ORIGINAL 1968 UK MONO, GENUINELY LOW NUMBERED, 1ST PRESSING RELEASED NOVEMBER 22ND 1968 THE BEATLES WAS THE BEATLES FIRST DOUBLE ALBUM RELEASE AND THEIR FIRST ALBUM RELEASE ON THE APPLE LABEL.
ONE WEEK AFTER ITS RELEASE IN THE U.K, IT HIT NUMBER 1, WERE IT STAYED FOR NINE WEEKS.
IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST EVER DOUBLE ALBUM TO HIT NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K.
I M DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS GENUINELY LOW NUMBERED UK MONO ORIGINAL WHITE ALBUM .
FULLY COMPLETE WITH ALL ITS ESSENTIAL CRITERIA, THIS VERY GOOD EXAMPLE HAS BEEN USED BUT STILL WELL MAINTAINED AND INCLUDES THE VERY HARD TO FIND, 3 DIGIT NUMBERED OUTER SLEEVE.
APPLE PMC 7067 XEX709/10/11/12-1-1-1-1 NO TAX CODE NO EMI RECORDING TEXT TO ANY OF THE FOUR LABELS DISC 1 THE VERY DARK GREEN AND SLIGHTLY TEXTURED, EARLY APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING.
THE LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.
BOTH SIDES ARE EXTREMELY BRIGHT AND I SEE NO FAULTS.
THE THICK SLAB OF VINYL RETAINS ITS GLOSSY SHINE.
UNDER CLOSE INSPECTION, UNDER A STRONG LIGHT, THE VINYL REVEALS SEVERAL LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND SOME LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS, NONE OF WHICH YOU CAN FEEL AND IT MUST BE STRESSED, TO MY EARS, DO NOT EFFECT THE AUDIO.
THE BRIGHT VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED.
AUDIO IS EXCELLENT...
ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A NEAR PERFECT AND UNINTERRUPTED PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT, THERE IS SOME MILD STATIC CRACKLE EVIDENT TO ALL RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND SOME TRACK GROOVES BUT EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS SOUND TERRIFIC, THE MONO AUDIO IS STRONG AND CLEAR.
THE VINYL OF COURSE PLAYS THROUGH WITH NO STICKS OR JUMPS WHATSOEVER.....
A GENUINE EXCELLENT LISTENING EXPERIENCE.
DISC 2 THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE AGAIN AS DISC ONE.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EQUALLY AS GOOD AS DISC ONE AND PLAYS THROUGH WITHOUT INCIDENT.
THIS RECORD REALLY DOES SOUND BRILLIANT IN MONO, IT S HOW THE BEATLES MIXED IT WITH GEORGE MARTIN, AND IT S HOW IT SHOULD BE HEARD.
AMAZING.
AUDIO IS AGAIN AS DISC ONE INNERS COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS.
THE INNERS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION....STILL CRISP AND STILL THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR THE INNERS DISPLAY THE INEVITABLE CREASES FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVES AND MILD HANDLING TO THE TOP OPENING EDGES.
BOTH INNERS HAVE SOME SUPERFICIAL TEARS BUT NO SEAM SPLITS.
THE RECORDS STILL SIT IN THEM NICELY.
POSTER THE ORIGINAL FACTORY FOLDED POSTER IS VERY, VERY GOOD .THIS LOOKS TO HAVE NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED NO BLUETACK, SELLOTAPE OR PINHOLES TO THE CORNERS AND DISPLAYS VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND SOME VERY MILD CREASING ,THE POSTER HAS A FEW AGE SPOTS, BUT, IN GENERAL, DISPLAYS INCREDIBLY WELL.
PHOTOS THE ORIGINAL FOUR PHOTOS ARE PRESENT AND ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AGAIN THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED.
SLEEVE NOW FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS SET....THE GATEFOLD LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE ULTRA LOW NUMBERED SLEEVE....
THIS IS A GENUNE, QUALITY EXAMPLE .
THE SLEEVE IS COMPLETE AND HAS NO TEARS, THE SPINE IS COMPLETLEY SOLID.
AS STATED, THIS IS A USED AND LOVED COPY AND THEREFORE, THE SLEEVE HAS RECEIVED MUCH USE.
THE SLEEVE, AS IS SO COMMON WITH 1ST PRESS EXAMPLES, HAS DISCOLOURED.
IT IS NO LONGER BRIGHT WHITE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE COLOUR FROM THE PICTURES.
THE FRONT RETAINS IT S LAMINATE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND THE EMBOSSED THE BEATLES LOGO IS STILL CLEARLY VISABLE AND RISES NICELY FROM THE COVER.
THE ALL IMPORTANT NUMBER IS ALSO CLEARLY VISABLE AND SHOWS OFF THE RARITY OF THIS ALBUM VERY NICELY.
REMEMBER, THIS IS NUMBER 775 TO THE TOP LEFT OF THE FRONT COVER IS A BLACK MARK.
YOU CAN CELARLY SEE THIS IN THE IMAGES.
THERE IS ALSO A STAIN THAT RUNS DOWN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE COVER.
THIS WOULD LEAD ME TO THE ASSUMPTION THAT SOME LIQUID HAS BEEN SPILLED ON THE COVER AT SOME POINT.
THAT SAID, IT HAS NOT WARPED THE COVER AT ALL AND THE LAMINATE HAS PROTECTED THE SLEEVE UNDERNEATH.
APART FROM THESE SLIGHT ISSUES, THE FRONT COVER IS IN GOOD CONDITION FOR A 46 YEAR OLD RECORD THE INNER GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS VERY TIDY AND CLEAN.
THE MARK FROM THE FRONT COVER IS EVIDENT ON THE LEFT OF THE LEFT SLEEVE AND THE RIGHT OF THE RIGHT GATEFOLD SLEEVE, SEE PICTURE.
I MUST STRESS, THIS REALLY DOESN T DETRACT FROM THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE RECORD.
THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY VISABLE AND THE FLIPBACKS SHOW NO SIGN OF WEAKENING.
THE BACK COVER IS AGAIN IN GOOD ORDER.
SEE PICTURE.
THE SPINE IS RIGID WITH SOME FEELABLE WEAR EVIDENT BUT ALL SPINE TEXT IS STILL VISIBLE.
IF NOT FOR THE MARK ACROSS THE TOP EDGE, THIS WOULD DISPLAY AS A BRILLIANT EXAMPLE OF THIS TIMELESS SLEEVE.
IF THIS WAS NUMBER 1500, OR 10,000, SURE, THIS WOULD MAKE THIS ALBUM A LITTLE LESS DESIRABLE.
BUT IT S NOT, THIS IS A UK, 1ST PRESS, 1ST DAY BONAFIDE MONO WHITE ALBUM THAT COMES IN UNDER THE 1000 MARK.
YOUR BUYING A PIECE OF HISTORY.
LOW NUMBERED WHITE ALBUMS ARE ALWAYS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER BY ALL COLLECTORS, SLEEVES WHICH CARRY A THREE DIGIT NUMBER SELDOM SURFACE FOR SALE THIS IS ONE OF THE LOWEST NUMBERS I VE SEEN FOR SALE IN SOME TIME AND ARE NOW VIEWED AS INVESTMENT PIECES.....
A COPY NUMBERED AS LOW AS THIS WILL CERTAINLY APPEAL TO THE MOST DISCERNING OF COLLECTORS AND WILL DEFINITELY BE A GENUINE ENHANCEMENT TO ANY BEATLES COLLECTION.
Because of the rarity and value of this record I will only send it via registered/signed for post.
I have made shipping free and will pay for this at my expense.
The record will be shipped correctly.
Records removed from sleeves and packaged in a custom mailer with stiffeners.
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