Extremely Rare Original A-28 Matrix Pressing Of THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM LP (Apple Records)

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GENIUNE 1st SUPER EARLY  PRESSING . As you might have known that Scranton press begins with A1380001 and ends with A2000001

This may be the rarest Beatles album known to exist in the world !!!

****** GREAT PLAYBACK !!!  NO SKIPS - minimum background noise *****

confirmed by Bruce Spizer that this is in fact one of the very few known Lost Harrison White Albums that exists, before all the early matrix were to be destroyed.

Bruce Spizer said:

"The albums with master numbers 28 or 29 (or any number below 34 if they exist) were from Capitol's original mastering of the album. When George heard what Capitol had done, he insisted that the album be remastered. Capitol was suppose to destroy master numbers 1-33, but we now know that some 28-29 masters were not destroyed. At the time the price guide was written, only ONE of these rare masters had been confirmed"

Bruce Spizer also writes about this rare version in his book The Beatles on Apple Records:

"George Harrison, along with Mal Evans, was in Los Angeles to produce Jackie Lomax's upcoming Apple album. He dropped by the Capitol Tower to hear the White Album. He had left London for LA prior to the banding session during which the order of the songs was selected for The White Album, and wanted to hear the finished product. He did not like what he heard and insisted that he be allowed to work with Capitol's engineers to remaster the album.

This story is told by Mal Evans in an issue of The Beatles Book (the official Beatles Fan Club monthly publication) in which he states that Capitol's engineers had "done all sorts of technical things to it that altered half the effects." As was often the practice at the time, Capitols engineers had run the sound through a limiter and compressed the volume range of the recording by cutting back the high volume peaks and bringing up the low passages. This would have been particularly noticeable on "Helter Skelter," a loud rocker with a fake fade-out ending, and Harrison's "Long, Long, Long," which has quiet passages throughout and loud distortion at the end."

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a very rare part of Beatles history not often seen, or offered for sale anywhere in the world. 

Wax Etchings:

Side 1: SWBO-1-101-B29

Side 2: SWBO-2-101-A28

Side 3: SWBO-3-101-A28

Side 4: SWBO-4-101-A28

COMES COMPLETE WITH COVER / VINYL / POSTER / PICTURES!

COVER IS IN VG++ CONDITION, NO TEARS ON SEAMS! GREAT LOOKING SPINE! BEAUTIFUL INNER GATEFOLD! NO TEARS, BUT HAS UK STICKER ATTACHED. 

VINYL IS IN VG+/VG+ CONDITION. PLAY TESTED! BEAUTIFUL PLAYBACK!

LABELS ARE IN VG/VG+ CONDITION, HAS MARKER ON 2/4 OF THE LABELS. BUT SONG TITLES AREN'T AFFECTED, AND HAS BEAUTIFUL SPINDLE HOLES! 

POSTER IS IN VG+ CONDITION, GREAT LOOKING FRONT, BACK HAS SOME TAPE ATTACHED

COMES WITH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES AND ALSO EXTRA'S TO PROTECT THE ORIGINALS, WILL ALSO PROVIDE OUTER SLEEVE. 

ALL PORTRAITS INCLUDED! (4) OF ALL BAND MEMBERS, IN VG/VG+ CONDITION

 Here's a rare opportunity to own the record that George Harrison didn't want you to hear!  A record so rare, there are fewer than two dozen confirmed copies in existence.  As the story goes, just prior to the release of 'The Beatles' self-titled double LP (which is now universally known as "The White Album"), George Harrison flew out to Los Angeles.  While there, he visited Capitol Records LA plant to listen to advance pressings of the record.  He was horrified by what he heard.  The album had compression and limitation added which altered the sound of what The Beatles' had intended and George set about remastering the entire album.  The first set of lacquers (33 in total) that were used to press the albums were ordered to be destroyed along with any records that may have been pressed.  

That, it would seem, was that...except… A few copies of the rejected album DID mistakenly get released!  The way to tell is by checking the matrix in the run-out groove for a number lower than 34. No copies of this pressing were known to exist prior to 2007. Only a handful have been discovered in the intervening years.  Here's your chance to own one of them.  The album up for sale has the following matrix numbers:  B-29 / A-28 / A-28 / A-28.

Excerpt from Bruce Spizer:

All of this is detailed in my book "The Beatles on Apple Records" on page

118. At the time I wrote the book, I stated that there were no numbers below

A34 cut at the Tower because all of these lacquers were destroyed. A few

years ago, someone had me examine a White Album with A28, B29, A28 and B29

for sides one through four. This showed that not all lacquers were

destroyed. These discs sound slightly different that the White Album we all

know and love. It is not a dramatic difference because the lacquers were cut

from the same master tape. We did a digital wave comparison of the discs

with A28 & B29 to a standard White Album. The difference is clearly visible.

You can see the compression on the original Capitol master. The digital wave

comparison appears on page 270 of my latest book, "The Beatles Swan Song:

"She Loves You" and Other Records." In addition, a lacquer of side one of

The White Album has recently turned up that further confirms Harrison's

remastering. The lacquer was cut at Sound Recorders Studio, 6226 Yucca,

Hollywood, CA, which is just around the corner from the Capitol Tower. An

image of the lacquer is in my Swan book, also on page 270. This is one of

the lacquers cut under Harrison's supervision. Ken Mansfield confirms that

Harrison went to that studio for the initial remastering. Obviously, the

lacquers used to cut the album were done at the Tower, as evidenced by the A and B lathe numbers.

I hope that this proves for once and for all that the Harrison remaster story is not a myth, but is in fact true.

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BEATLES WHITE ALBUM MATRIX #28-#29 1968 SWBO-101 FIRST PRESSING W/ ALL 7 LABEL ERRORS...

Here are all 7 song errors on the labels:

1. "Bungalow Bill" instead of "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"

2. "Obladi Oblada" instead of "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da"

3. "Rocky Racoon", missing the second "C" in Raccoon

4. "Goodnight" instead of "Good Night"

5. "Revolution No. 1" instead of "Revolution 1"

6. "Revolution No. 9" instead of "Revolution 9"

7. "Why Don't we do it in the road" without the question mark (?)

Error #7 without the question mark, is the rarest of all the 7

When you look at others for sale, make sure error #7 is among them !!

The rare treasures you see pictured are the EXACT items you are buying and will receive. No stock photos...

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