"THE BEATLES"
(A.K.A. THE WHITE ALBUM)
APPLE (PARLOPHONE),
PCS 7067/68, (DOUBLE LP SET), STEREO
RELEASED 11/22/68

A STELLAR COMPLETE FIRST PRESSING STEREO SET AND ONE OF THE BEST

ITEM#: PAR331
PRICE: ------

THE FIRST ALBUM ISSUED BY THE BEATLES ON THEIR APPLE LABEL WAS SIMPLY TITLED "THE BEATLES", ALTHOUGH IT IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "THE WHITE ALBUM" IN RECOGNITION OF ITS CLASSY WHITE COVER. THE RECORD WAS ISSUED BY PARLOPHONE ON NOVEMBER 22, 1968, EXACTLY FIVE YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE GROUP'S SECOND ALBUM "WITH THE BEATLES". THE TWO-RECORD SET CONTAINS 30 SONGS (PLUS AN UNACCREDITED LINK TRACK) AND HAS A RUNNING TIME OF OVER 93 MINUTES. FOR MANY FANS, IT IS THE ALBUM'S SCOPE AND VARIETY THAT MAKES THE SET THEIR FAVORITE BEATLES ALBUM.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS HERE AN ORIGINAL 1968 U.K. ISSUE STEREO PRESSING OF "THE BEATLES" ("WHITE ALBUM"). THIS EXAMPLE IS TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL INSERTS INCLUDING THE LARGE POSTER, THE FOUR 8" X 13˝" JOHN KELLY HIGH QUALITY GLOSSY PORTRAIT COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH BEATLE, THE RARELY SEEN WHITE "PHOTO PROTECTOR SHEET", AND THE TWO ORIGINAL DIE-CUT BLACK INNER DUST SLEEVES.

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL NUMBERED COPY (No. 0353052), AND IS AN EARLY NUMBERED BATCH, FOR THIS IS ACTUALLY STEREO #3052 AS U.K. STEREO MARKED COVERS ONLY BEGAN AT #0350000.

THIS VERY FIRST STEREO ISSUE, IS DICTATED BY AND FEATURING THE COVER THAT LOADS THE RECORDS FROM THE TOP, IS MANUFACTURED BY  'GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE'. THIS FULLY LAMINATED RECORD COVER ON THIS EXAMPLE IS ONE OF THE BEST WE'VE SEEN AND GRADES A SUPERB NEAR MINT.  CONSTRUCTED FROM HEAVY CARD STOCK WITH A CLEAN, HIGH-GLOSSY LAMINATE, IS FREE FROM ANY CREASING, ’THUMBNAIL’ OR EDGE/SPINE BENDS. NO HEAVY BUMPS OR BRUISING TO ANY CORNER AND JUST A COUPLE OF TINY ‘PUSHES’ TO THE TOP-OPENING EDGES. THE SMALL ’STEREO’ INDICATOR IS PRESENT IN THE REAR UPPER RIGHT CORNER. BOTH PANELS INSIDE ARE IMMACULATE. THE SPINE IS CLEAN WITH A LITTLE FLAKING LAMINATE BUT THE TEXT AT BOTH ENDS IS CLEAR & READABLE. ALL SEAMS ARE SMOOTH AND UNSTRESSED.

THE TWO RECORDS BOTH GRADE A STUNNING AND SHIMMERING NEAR MINT THROUGHOUT.  ALL FOUR LABELS include the "Sold in UK...". BOTH LABELS ON DISC 1 OMIT THE ‘AN EMI RECORDING’ TEXT. THIS TEXT IS PRESENT ON DISC 2.  DISC 1 HAS BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED YET AT A MINIMUM WITH JUST A FEW WISPY PAPER ABRASIONS FROM THE INNER-SLEEVE ON SIDE 2.  DISC 2 APPEARS IT HAS BEEN PLAYED JUST 2 TO 3 TIMES WITH UNWORN HIGH-GLOSS SURFACES, AGAIN WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT ABRASIONS FROM THE BLACK INNERS. ALL FOUR LABELS ARE NEAR MINT.  THE Matrix numbers ON DISC ONE ARE: " YEX 709-1 / 710-1" ,  AND STAMPERS ARE: "4 / AO" AND "4 / AM".  THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON DISC TWO ARE: "YEX 711-2/ 712-1". THE STAMPERS ARE: "3 / GOA" AND "1 / G". TAKE NOTE THAT THE "1 / G"  IS  THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE STAMPER.

THE FOUR Photos ARE A STELLAR MINT, AND THE ACCOMPANYING RARE WHITE "PHOTO PROTECTOR SHEET" IS NEAR MINT. THE Poster IS NEAR MINT. THE ORIGINAL BLACK DIE-CUT Inner DUST sleeves ARE NEAR MINT AND NEAR MINT MINUS MINUS (ONE HAS MINOR WEAR TO THE TOP EDGE BUT NO TEARS OR SEAMS SPLITS).

IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS TITLE AS STUNNING ON ALL ASPECTS, AND IS MOST LIKELY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OUT THERE.