The BeatlesThe Beatles

Label:

Apple Records – SMO 2051/2

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Numbered, Stereo

Country:

Italy

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Experimental

Tracklist

A1 Back In The U.S.S.R.
A2 Dear Prudence
A3 Glass Onion
A4 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
A5 Wild Honey Pie
A6 The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
A7 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Guitar [Uncredited]Eric Clapton
A8 Happiness Is A Warm Gun
B1 Martha, My Dear
B2 I'm So Tired
B3 Blackbird
B4 Piggies
B5 Rocky Raccoon
B6 Don't Me By
B7 Why Dont We Do It In The Road
B8 I Will
B9 Julia
C1 Birthday
C2 Yer Blues
C3 Mother Nature's Son
C4 Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
C5 Sexy Sadie
C6 Helter Skelter
C7 Long, Long, Long
D1 Revolution 1
D2 Honey Pie
D3 Savoy Truffle
D4 Cry, Baby, Cry
D5 Revolution 9
D6 Good Night

Companies, etc.

  • Printed ByHeinrich Nicolaus G.m.b.H.

Credits

  • Producer, Orchestrated ByGeorge Martin
  • Written-ByStarkey* (tracks: B6)

Notes

First catalog on labels, second on the spine of the sleeve.
Very First Italian Pressings with UK PCS Number Housed in Imported German sleeve with Cat# (SMO 2051/52).

Sleeve :
Top opening sleeves. The gatefold sleeve opens from the top, has inner flipbacks and is printed and made in . Embossed lettering (The Beatles) on front cover.
'Stereo' printed on the rear of the sleeve. Sleeve is numbered on the front (stamped).

On labels:
'An E.M.I. Recording'
'℗ 1968'
In the perimeter of the labels:
'Made in Italy'
'The Gramophone CO.LTD.
'Track A7 is misspelled as 'While Mi Guitar Gently Weeps'.

It appears that in the runouts the date of pressing/release is stamped as 14 November, 1968.

Commonly known as ''The White Album''.
Issued with 4 glossy photographs, a double-sided poster (printed and made in ), and black inner sleeves.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label, Side 1): YEX 709/T2
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, Side 2): YEX 710/T2
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, Side 3): YEX 711/T2
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, Side 4): YEX 712/T2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side 1, Stamped): YEX-709-T2 - 14-11-68
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side 2, Stamped): YEX-710-T2 - 14-11-68
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side 3, Stamped): YEX-711-T2 - 14-11-68
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side 4, Stamped): YEX-712-T2 - 14-11-68
  • Rights Society: BIEM

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