The Beatles WHITE ALBUM Numbered Side Opening MATRIX ANOMALY NMINT/M MINUS AUDIO
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THEBEATLES - WHITE ALBUMMAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT AUDIO1969 NUMBEREDSIDE OPENING PRESS - IN STEREOUNIQUENUMBER 140750RARE SIDE 4 MATRIX NUMBER1ST ISSUE PHOTOSCATALOGUE: APPLEPCS 7076/8MATRIX:YEX 709-1/ 710-1 / 711-1 / 712-1MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 4GOP / 7 GYD / 2 RDR / 7 AHGNO SOLD IN THEUK STATEMENT
TO LISTEN TO THERECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKEUP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN... THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOUHAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY
AWORD ABOUT THIS PRESS. AS YOU KNOW THE WHITE ALBUM WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1968.IT WAS REPRESSED AGAIN IN 1969 AND THE ORIGINAL TOP LOADING SLEEVES WERE USEDUP, AND THEN THE SAME DISCS WERE PLACED INTO THE NEW NUMBERED SIDE OPENING SLEEVE.THEDIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1968 VINYLS AND THE 1969 ONES WAS JUST ONE THING, ANDTHAT WAS 'SOLD IN THE UK' ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE LABEL WAS LEFT OFF. THEWEIGHT OF THE DISCS WAS THE SAME THE COLOUR OF THE LABELS WAS THE SAME, ANDONLY SIDE 4 HAD A ONE DIGIT DIFFERENCE TO THE 68 ISSUES, HAVING A (-2) INSTEAD OFA (-1) HOWEVER THIS SET HAS -1 ON SIDE 4. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE NOR CAN I FIND IT DOCUMENTED ANYWHERE. THIS MEANS THAT THE EXACT SAME MATRIX NUMBERS ARE ON THIS SET AS ON THE VERY FIRST PRESS.IWAN'T TO STRESS THAT THESE PRESSES WERE OF EQUAL QUALITY TO THE 1968 PRESSES, AND ONLY WHEN THEY WERE REISSUED AGAIN IN THE UNNUMBERED SIDE OPENINGSLEEVE IN 1973, WERE THE LABELS LIGHTER IN COLOUR AND THE VINYLS THINNER ANDHAVING DIFFERENT MATRIX NUMBERSITMAKES SENSE ANYWAY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT LET IT BE AND ABBEY ROAD WEREBOTH ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON HEAVY VINYL WITH DARK APPLE LABELS AND THEY WERE1969/1970IFYOU ARE A BEATLES COMPLETEST THEN THIS PREVIOUSLY SET WITH THE UNHEARD OF SIDE 4 MATRIX WILL GRACE YOURCOLLECTIONINTERESTINGTO NOTE AS WELL THAT THE SIDE OPENING SLEEVE STILL HAD THE TYPEFACE FOR BOTHTHE MONO, AND STEREO CATALOGUE NUMBERS EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS ONLY EVER ISSUED INSTEREO IN THIS FORMAT!!THEONLY OTHER DIFFERENCES ARE THAT THE INNER SLEEVES ARE THE WHITE PLAIN ONES WITHTHE APPLE INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM, AND THE PHOTO'S ARE MADE ON THINNER CARD (BUT AGAIN THIS SET HAS THE THICKER STOCK 1ST ISSUE PHOTOS) I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THIS ALBUM WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST MADE WHEN SWITCHING FROM THE TOP LOADING SLEEVE TO THE SIDE OPENING. THE FACT THAT THE -1 MATRIX NUMBER APPEARS ON SIDE FOUR, AND THE ORIGINAL THICKER STOCK PHOTOS ARE IN THE SET VIRTUALLY ASSURES THIS IS CORRECT. I CAN THINK OF NO OTHER REASON FOR THIS
TO LISTEN TO THERECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKEUP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOUHAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAYPowered by eCommercePlayer.comPowered by eCommercePlayer.comPowered by eCommercePlayer.comPowered by eCommercePlayer.com
THERECORDS THELABELSTHEAPPLE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE DARK GREEN SIDES ARE VERY RICH ANDVIBRANT, AND HAVE LOST NONE OF THE COLOUR AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOLDAND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE WHITE SIDES ARE VERY WHITE AND HAVE NO MARKS ORSTAINS AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE. THE SPINDLE HOLES ARE UNWORN, AND THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLES ON THREE SIDES, AND A FEW MORE ON SIDE TWOTHEVINYLTHEVINYLS HAVE RETAINED ALL OF THEIR ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKTOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST SOME NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINESPLAYINGTHE RECORDIBELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLEVINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. IHAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.IHAVE RECORDED THE LP'S FROM START TO FINISH. THIS IS BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVETHAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORDS BEFORELAYING A BID.THISIS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERSONEOF THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THIS ALBUM IS THAT IT IS OFTEN FOUND TO LOOK GOOD, BUTAS SOON AS THE STYLUS HITS THE VINYL A DISTORTION TO THE RECORDED SOUND ISHEARD USUALLY THROUGH JUST ONE SPEAKER. I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE TIMES I HAVEFOUND WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE A GREAT SET ONLY TO BE LET DOWN WHEN PLAYING IT.NOT TO FEAR WITH THIS ALBUM THOUGH IT'S BEAUTIFULWHATWE HAVE HERE IS A TOTALLY DISTORTION FREE PAIR OF VINYLS. NOT ONE JOT OF GROOVEWEAR ANYWHERE AT ALL, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS THEREFORE CRISP AND CLEARAND PERFORMS LIKE A TRUE FIRST PRESSTHISFANTASTIC SET OF DISCS PLAYS WITHOUT ANY HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO MORE THAN THE ODD TINY SPECK OF VINYL NOISE. THERE ARE A FEW RANDOM SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD ONLY IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVESSIDE ONE HAS A MINUSCULE HANDLING MARK ON THE OUTER RIM WHICH CAUSE ABOUT THREE TINY LITTLE TICS AS THE MUSIC IS COMMENCING ON SIDE ONE. VERY LOW LEVEL AND BARELY AUDIBLEASUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION , CLEAR AND CRISP AND SOUNDING EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE 68 FIRST PRESS (DUE TO THE SAME MASTERS BEING USED - HENCE THE MATRIX NUMBERS)EVENTHE DELICATE ' JULIA' IS FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED NOISEANABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SET NEAR MINT (A) MINT MINUS (B) NEAR MINT (C) AND MINT MINUS (D)DON'TJUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF THESLEEVE AGLEAMING WHITE SLEEVE , IN REALLY TOP CONDITION. THE FRONT SURFACE ISFLAT AND CLEAN AND UNLIKE MOST COPIES HAS MAINTAINED IT'S WHITENESS ALMOST 100%THEREARE NO CREASES OR BENDS, AND NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE AT ANY POINT. NO LAMINATE PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKETHEREARE JUST TWO TINY LITTLE LAMINATE LINES NEAT TO THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE EITHERTHERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY PRESSURE DENTS ON THE SURFACETHEUNIQUE NUMBER IS STILL VERY CLEAR WITH ALL OF THE DIGITS CLEAR ANDUNFADED.THEEMBOSSED BEATLES LOGO HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE FIRMLY AFFIXED TO IT, NO PEEL ORFLAKETHE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL VERY SQUARE AND SHARP WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO A COUPLETHETOP EDGES ARE FULLY LAMINATED AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SURFACES. JUST A PIN PRICK OF RIB TO THE REAR RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDTHE BOTTOM EDGES ONLY HAVE THE CORNER TIPS VERY LIGHTLY RUBBED, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE HAS PERFECTLY ADHERED AND UNDAMAGED LAMINATETHESPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE ISPRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE LAMINATE HAS SPLIT NEAR THE TOP OVER THE BEATLES TEXT, MAKING THIS AREA ROUGH TO THE TOUCHTHEOPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP THEREAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS GLEAMING AND MARK FREE AS THE FRONT, WITH JUST SIX TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, NO OTHERS WHATSOEVERALSOWORTH POINTING OUT THAT THIS SLEEVE HISTORICALLY HAS RING WEAR, BUT ON THISSLEEVE THERE IS JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE, AND THEN ONLY WHENYOU ANGLE THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHTOPENINGTHE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE TWO INNER PANELS, WHICH ARE ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION. THERE IS A LIGHT CREASE LINE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNERTHETWO INNER SLEEVES ARE THE CORRECT WHITE APPLE COPYRIGHT EXISTS INNERS, ANDARE 100% UNSPLIT AND UNCREASED, JUST A SLIVER OF AGEING AND RECORD IMPRESSIONTHEORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE POSTER IS ALSO INCLUDED AND IS IN NEAR MINTCONDITION. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, JUST A COUPLE OF TINY STRESS HOLES WHERE THE TWO FOUR PANELS INTERSECT.ITS STAIN FREE, AND IT HAS VERY SHARPCREASE LINES.THE4 PHOTOS ARE ALSO INCLUDED AND ARE ALSO IN MINT CONDITION. NO CREASES TO ANY OF THEM, AND VERY GLOSSY AND SHARPIAM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT GOODLUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR ITGARRY
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