THE WHITE ALBUM ONE OF THE BEATLES MOST SUCCESFULL ALBUMS FIRST ISSUED IN 1968. ORIGINAL ISSUES BOTH IN STEREO AND MONO FORMATS ALL HAD THE SAME “PACKAGE “

A LARGE FORMAT POSTER WITH THE LYRICS TO ALL 3O TRACKS ON REVERSE

4 HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE OF EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP

EARLY ISSUES EACH HAD BLACK INNER SLEEVES AND AN INDIVIDUAL  7 DIGIT NUMBER STAMPED ON THE OUTER COVER (SOME REISSUES HAVE A 6 DIGIT NUMBER)

 AS WITH MOST THE  MONO AND STEREO MIXES OF THE BEATLES RELEASES THE WHITE ALBUM HAS SOME MARKED DIFFERENCES. PROBABLY MOST NOTICEABLE RINGOS SHOUTING “IVE GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!” STATEMENT AT THE END OF THE “HELTER SKELTER” TRACK WHICH IS OMITTED FROM THE MONO MIX

THE WHITE ALBUM LIKE ALL BEATLES UK VINYL ISSUES HAS HAD A SELECTION OF LABELS- THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABEL (1) , THE “MATT” FINISH MIDTONE APPLE LABEL (VERY EARLY 1970`S LATE 1969 ISSUE (2) AND THE STANDARD 1970`S ONWARDS LIGHTER GREEN APPLE  LABEL (3). THE EXPORT ISSUE ON PARLOPHONE LABELS ALTHOUGH RARELY SEEN ALSO EXISTS.(4)

THE DARK GREEN ORIGINAL APPLE LABEL ITSELF HAS TWO VARIANTS  WITH (1) “AN EMI RECORDING “ TEXT AND (2) WITHOUT. THE WITHOUT VARIANT IS BELIEVED TO BE A VERY EARLY ISSUE PROBABLY A MISPRINT