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The Beatles ‎ "The Beatles"  Apple Records ‎ PMC 7067/8  UK 2nd press 2 × Vinyl, Mono LPs, housed in a numbered, gate-fold, top-loading sleeve. The album was released with a poster and 4 colour prints,  in 1968.
Both LPs appear to have been lightly played and are in great shape. They played through beautifully on my elderly stereo with no hop, stick or jump. Only one LP is housed in its original black inner sleeve, the other is in a generic white sleeve. The gate-fold sleeve has ring-wear front and back but is otherwise in good shape, with no rips or writing. The spine is a little worn but is still intact and legible.  All four photographs are in great condition (although the one of Paul has had its margins trimmed) - no rips. writing or creases. The poster is also intact with no rips or writing. Matrix / Runout  Side 1 : XEX 709-1 Matrix / Runout  Side 2 : XEX 710-1 Matrix / Runout  Side 3 : XEX 711-3 Matrix / Runout  Side 4 : XEX 712-1
"The Beatles", also known as "The White Album", is the Beatles' ninth studio album, released on 22 November 1968. A double album, its plain white sleeve has no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed, which was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's previous LP "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Although no singles were issued from "The Beatles" in Britain and the United States, the songs "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" originated from the same recording sessions and were issued on a single in August 1968. The album's songs range in style from British blues and ska to pastiches of Chuck Berry and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Most of the songs on the album were written during March and April 1968 at a Transcendental Meditation course in Rishikesh, India. The group returned to EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London at the end of May to commence recording sessions that lasted through to mid-October. During these sessions, arguments broke out among the foursome over creative differences. Another divisive element was the constant presence of John Lennon's new partner, Yoko Ono, whose attendance in the studio broke with the Beatles' policy regarding wives and girlfriends not attending recording sessions. After a series of problems, including producer George Martin taking a sudden leave of absence and engineer Geoff Emerick suddenly quitting, Ringo Starr left the band briefly in August. The same tensions continued throughout the following year, leading to the break-up of the band by 1970.
On release, "The Beatles" received favourable reviews from the majority of music critics, but other commentators found its satirical songs unimportant and apolitical amid the turbulent political and social climate of 1968. The band and Martin later debated whether the group should have released a single album instead. Nonetheless, "The Beatles" reached No. 1 on the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and has since been viewed by some critics as one of the greatest albums of all time.
"The Beatles" was the last Beatles album to be mixed separately for both stereo and mono, though the mono version was issued only in the UK and a few other countries. All but one track exist in official mono mixes; the exception is "Revolution 9", which was a direct reduction of the stereo master. The Beatles had not been particularly interested in stereo until this album, but after receiving mail from fans stating they bought both stereo and mono mixes of earlier albums, they decided to make the two different. Several mixes have different track lengths; the mono mix/edit of "Helter Skelter" eliminates the fade-in at the end of the song (and Starr's ending scream) and the fade-out of "Yer Blues" is 11 seconds longer on the mono mix.