The Beatles White Album Unbanded! 1968 First Pressing! Low Number! 0031962

ALL SIDES 1-4 ARE UNBANDED, WHICH WERE MADE TO RESEMBLE UK VERSION DISCS FOR U. S COPIES IN RESPONSE TO GEORGE HARRISON'S REQUEST! ONLY FOUND IN MATRIXES J40-J43. ALL SIDES HAVE J40 MATRIX MARKINGS! THIS IS A RARE FIND! AND EVEN MORE SO WITH A LOW NUMBER! COVER HAS SOME TAPE AROUND THE SEAMS! VINYL GRADE IS A STRONG G+ TO VG, HAS SURFACE MARKS, WHICH ARE NOT FEELABLE. There it is UN-BANDED VERSION - one of the rarest White Album variations.

Most original copies and all reissues of the album are " Banded ". That is, Capitol Records has placed visible bands between the songs on each side, making it easy for the American listener to pick out a specific song to play. The British album is not banded. Apparently in responce to a visit from George Harrison, Capitol made several stampers (J40 thru J43) that were NOT BANDED> These were often mixed in with banded stampers, so that a given copy of the numbered album might have one, two, three, or all four sides in un-banded form.

In other words : if you have an album with ALL FOUR un-banded sides - you're lucky!! THIS IS the version George would like the most... The Only US Version that sounds and LOOKS like British White Album. LOOK at the Last Picture. This is the Sample of Banded and UNBANDED sides of the US White Album. Right one is smooth and left one is Zebra-esque, isn't it? Last photo in our gallery for a demonstration purposes only. Not an actual product pictured.