Sold Date: April 12, 2023
Start Date: April 6, 2023
Final Price: £295.00 (GBP)
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The Beatles
COLLECTORS PIECE
 White Album
MONO


No. 0214383
1st PRESS
!!!AN ALL ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS-MONO!!!

1/1/1/1 Matricies

(Professionally cleaned with a Pro-Ject VC-S MkII Vacuum Record Cleaner)

This album was The Beatles FIRST release on the now famous Apple label. It was entered into the charts on the 7th of December 1968 and went straight to number one-where it stayed for 7 weeks! Making it the FIRST double album to get the top slot...EVER!
The rather unusual fact about this album is that it was the first release by The Beatles which contained only SOLO material.
By the time 1970 ended, the total sales of this wonderful album were estimated to be 6.5 Million! However...get this...The only other album that beat this a few years later was "Saturday Night fever" !!!


Catalogue Number: PMC 7607/8

1/1/1/1 Matrix endings.
LOVELY FIRST PRESSING HERE
Mothers/Stampers:
1/RA
1/OO
3/OA
4/HL

The Vinyl:
146g/143g
VG(+)
After giving her a gentle vacuum clean, I played through both sides-at volume.
I was not disappointed wth the audio playback! The audio blasted out with force and clarity...Yes there was some light background crackle in some parts but nothing offensive. I noticed some soft pops right at the start of Bungolow Bill, but after a 1/3 in to track, they had gone.
Disc 2 is lovely and clear, with wondeful deep troughs and high, crisp peaks....I have recorded a clip of the quiet Mother Natures Son to show off this tracks utter clarity.
On side 3, I noticed soft repeating soft pops on Long Long Long-but again: they weren't offensive.
Both vinyls carry just light marks to the vinyls.

**GLORIOUS MONO**

KT tax code side 2 & side 4...Which is rather unusual in itself.

**FLAT AS THE DAY THEY WERE BORN**

***NOTHING AT ALL TO MAKE HER JUMP, SKIP OR STICK***



The Labels:
EX!
The rarer embossed KT tax code is visible to the side 2 & 4 labels unusually....This album didn't produce many labels with a sales tax code.
 All four of the labels are extremely bright and clean with the DARKER apple.
Each have the 1st press: "SOLD IN THE UK..." statements.

There are only very light spindle marks to each label, these can really only be seen when angling towards the light....And particularly looking for them !
VERY NICE!!
Next to NO HOLE WEAR at all!
*NO WRITING EITHER*
"Mfd in the U.K." text to each of the labels.



PLEASE SEE THE DETAILED IMAGES PROVIDED-CLICK ON THEM FOR EVEN LARGER IMAGES AND SEE MY FEEDBACK FOR FAIR GRADING AND HAPPY CUSTOMERS


The Cover:
EX!
NUMBERED: 0214383
 It is an the very first printing run, with TOP loading and a creamy finish (rather than the later brilliant white editions).
 Garrod and Lofthouse gatefold.
The spine remains strong.
There is just ever-so slight knocking/rubbing to the bottom right corner on the front.
Superb cover-creamy white, with just a couple of very small and insignificant crescents of spidering.
NO SPLITS
NO WRITING

She really is ready for play and then display!

Correct MONO cover as it doesn't have the printing of  Stereo to the back top right.
GLORIOUS and clean on the inside of the gatefold.
(Please see the detailed pictures for yourself-it really is lovely).
AGAIN, I AM BEING INCREDIBLY CRITICAL!!!

Excellently strong Garrod & Lofthouse gatefold flipbacks....
ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING!!!


Inners:  
G+.
 Original BLACK inners. They each carry feathering to their openings as well as tears to the windows and some small splits to their sides, with some small tape repairs too....
....But...
THEY ARE ALL ORIGINAL-NOT REPRO!


Pictures:
VG-
ALL present (John and George, Ringo & Paul)
They are all ORIGINAL.
They have a small pin-hole to each...Which was quite typical for the Beatles fans to pin their beau's up on their bedroom wall. With a small nick of loss to the top border of Lennon.
There are also small splodges of paint to each-mainly Ringo and George.
Please see the detailed images for yourselves.
Lovely and bright.
ALL ORIGINAL


Poster:
G+
Full size and with lyrics to the back.
ALL ORIGINAL with bright colours remaining.
There are splits to the folds but still lays flat and you wouldn't be able to see these if you decided to frame it.
Please see the images provided.
ALL ORIGINAL 1st PRINTING RUN with the naked Paul McCartney and the red lips too.



ALL IN ALL A LOVELY COLLECTORS PIECE HERE...DON'T FORGET:

IT IS THE FIRST MONO PRESS.

**ALL COMPLETE WITH 4 PICS, POSTER & ORIGINAL BLACK INNERS TOO**

*FREE TRACKED 2nd CLASS UK POSTAGE*
(Maybe subject to VAT when sold within the EU)
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