Description WE CURRENTLY HAVE  NEARLY 500  LISTED ITEMS Click here to see ALL our ROCK auctions Our PSYCH & PROGRESSIVE  auctions Our PUNK & NEW WAVE  auctions Our  JAZZ auctions Our BLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions  Our BLUES auctions Our CLASSICAL auctions Our COUNTRY auctions Our FUNK auctions Our LATIN auctions Our METAL auctionsOur REGGAE auctions Our SOUL auctions Our STILL SEALED ITEMS  Our PROMO auctions Our ACETATE  auctions Our TEST PRESSING  auctions  Our AUDIOPHILE auctions · THE BEATLES - THE SAME-TITLED 1968 DOUBLE ALBUM, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "THE WHITE ALBUM" - ORIGINAL BRITISH STEREO PRESSING  - ORIGINAL 1968 APPLE RECORDS (UK)  STEREO 2-LP SET (DOUBLE ALBUM) PCS 7067/8 WITH SERIAL NUMBER (# 0406179)  EMBOSSED AND “RAISED” LETTERS IN THE ALBUM TITLE (“THE BEATLES”) · ORIGINAL BRITISH  PRESSING *** RARE FIRST PRESSING SERIALLY NUMBERED*** · THE ALBUM INCLUDES ALL FOUR PHOTOS OF THE BEATLES, AND ALSO INCLUDES  THE LARGE, ORIGINAL POSTER · ORIGINAL BRITISH–ONLY POSTER WITH PAUL McCARTNEY’S “PRIVATE PARTS” UNCENSORED (UK VERSION OF THE POSTER SHOWS A SMALL SECTION OF HIS CROTCH CLEARLY VISIBLE; THIS “OFFENSIVE” AREA WAS NEATLY AIRBRUSHED ON AMERICAN VERSION (YES, EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE, EVEN PAUL AND HIS MONKEY); ALSO: THIS ORIGINAL UK POSTER HAS UNCENSORED ABSTRACT DRAWING OF JOHN AND YOKO’S (ON AMERICAN VERSION, JOHN AND YOKO’S PRIVATES ARE TAKEN OUT) · ORIGINAL APPLE LABEL (WHOLE APPLE ON ONE SIDE, SLICED ON THE OTHER) · ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (EUROPEAN STYLE) · ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER · ORIGINAL “TOP-LOADER” COVER (RECORDS ARE INSERTED AND TAKEN OUT FROM THE TOP OF THE COVER) · INCLUDES ORIGINAL, CUSTOM (ALL-BLACK) INNER SLEEVES, UNIQUE TO THIS TITLE. · CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS · THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING · MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD · MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1…'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)  (PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW) (Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!) Each song on the sprawling double album The Beatles is an entity to itself, as the band touches on anything and everything it can. This makes for a frustratingly scattershot record or a singularly gripping musical experience, depending on your view (definitely the latter -- op.ed.) , but what makes the so-called White Album interesting is its mess. Never before had a rock record been so self-reflective, or so ironic; the Beach Boys send-up "Back in the U.S.S.R." and the British blooze parody "Yer Blues" are delivered straight-faced, so it's never clear if these are affectionate tributes or wicked satires. Lennon turns in two of his best ballads with "Dear Prudence" and "Julia"; scours the Abbey Road vaults for the musique concrète collage "Revolution 9"; pours on the schmaltz for Ringo's closing number, "Good Night"; celebrates the Beatles cult with "Glass Onion"; and, with "Cry Baby Cry," rivals Syd Barrett. McCartney doesn't reach quite as far, yet his songs are stunning -- the music hall romp "Honey Pie," the mock country of "Rocky Raccoon," the ska-inflected "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," and the proto-metal roar of "Helter Skelter." Clearly, the Beatles' two main songwriting forces were no longer on the same page, but neither were George and Ringo. Harrison still had just two songs per LP, but it's clear from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," the canned soul of "Savoy Truffle," the haunting "Long, Long, Long," and even the silly "Piggies" that he had developed into a songwriter who deserved wider exposure. And Ringo turns in a delight with his first original, the lumbering country-carnival stomp "Don't Pass Me By." None of it sounds like it was meant to share album space together, but somehow The Beatles creates its own style and sound through its mess.  (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/) A piece of history: one of the most creative, inventive, subversive, funny, not to mention impeccably composed, crafted, played, arranged and produced albums of all time. This is the album that sent Charles Manson off the deep end, but don't worry. There is hardly a sinister overtone here. These 30 tracks (count    'em) are a monument to harmony and heartfelt emotion, even where such emotion is sarcasm or parody. By far my favorite Beatles album, and probably the only one to outshine Sergeant Pepper. This rare double set hardly ever comes with the such a low serial number (frankly, we never - ever - expected to hold in our hands anything lower than #00001000). This is your rare chance to grab one such copy. And, oh, did we forget to mention Eric Clapton,who makes his famous cameo on "While my guitar gently weeps"? Track listing: Back In The U.S.S.R.  --- Dear Prudence  --- Glass Onion  --- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da  --- Wild Honey Pie  --- Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill, The  --- While My Guitar Gently Weeps  --- Happiness Is A Warm Gun  --- Martha My Dear  --- I'm So Tired  --- Blackbird  --- Piggies  --- Rocky Raccoon  --- Don't Pass Me By  --- Why Don't We Do It In The Road  --- I Will  --- Julia  ---  Birthday  --- Yer Blues  --- Mother Nature's Son  --- Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey  --- Sexy Sadie  --- Helter Skelter  --- Long, Long, Long  --- Revolution 1  --- Honey Pie  --- Savoy Truffle  --- Cry Baby Cry  --- Revolution 9  --- Good Night. For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship,  revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow (a/k/a "Cousin Brucie"), Tim Rice (of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Evita" fame), Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton (who wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan's first album), Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.). For more details, see: "Critics Choice: Top-200 albums" compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 TO SEE IF WE HAVE OTHER LISTED ITEMS BY THIS GROUP OR ARTIST   CLICK HERE · CONDITION: · THE RECORDS:  (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight) (a) WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new. (b) The records are pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording! (c) The album comes with the original poster still intact (minor repair noted). (d) The album comes with the original BONUS PHOTOS  and in beautiful condition. (e) The records come in their original, custom (all-black) inner sleeves, unique to this title. (f) Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!! · COVER (this is the original, glossy, laminated, cover) THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++). The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover: - Light drop-like yellowish stains noted on the front panel (less than 4 square inches in size, total) - Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams - Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2. - Cover shows some light yellowing on front side, apparently from aging (nothing significant); Yellowing is also noted on the INSIDE gatefold - Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams - Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging (nothing significant) - Cover has three corners slightly worn / dinged / bent. - Cover has all four corners slightly worn / dinged / bent. - Cover has a minor wrinkle (crease) in the cardboard base on the back panel NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER POSTAGE & SHIPPING: We offer THREE postage rates for both Domestic and International Mail: Media Mail, Priority Mail and Express Mail for domestic, and First Class, Priority International Mail, and Express International Mail for international orders. INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS PLEASE NOTE: WE RECOMMEND (BUT DO NOT INSIST) that you select USPS International Priority Mail OR International Express mail when making a payment. INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE rates vary from one region of  the world to another. For SPECIFIC international and domestic postage rates click here. While you can be rest assured that our packaging is careful, sturdy and impact-proof, please note that damage, loss or theft in transit is always possible, and in the case of some countries even PROBABLE. To discuss this potential problem and ensure flawless delivery, please contact us thru eBay BEFORE placing a bid. WANT A DISCOUNT ?!?  IT’S EASY: CLICK HERE TO see HOW! 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