The Beatles White Album on Vinyl (2 Records) 1968 (1978 UK Reissue)

The Beatles White Album on Vinyl (2 Records) 1968 (1978 UK Reissue)

The Beatles White Album on Vinyl (2 Records) 1968

The 1978 UK white vinyl stereo reissue (also PCS 7067-8) has a wonderful overall tonality. The thinner tracks, like Paul’s “Wild Honey Pie”, are provided some welcome relief by this LPs fuller presentation, and smooth tracks like “Blackbird” and “Mother Nature’s Son” sound even sweeter. The piano that’s deep in the mix at the end of “Dear Prudence” is also cleanly reproduced, something not all pressings do well. Bass reproduction is deep with good control, and there is excellent transparency and instrumental separation across a wide soundstage. This pressing has unique hand etched matrix numbers, YEX709/YEX712, with no lacquer number. It’s likely a one-off mastering cut on a solid-state Neumann lathe.