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6.40pm
14 May 2012
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Hello!
I recently brought one of the first UK pressings of the White Album . The vinyls are glorious, they come with the original inner sleeves, the overall condition isn’t perfect but it’s far from tatty and all the inserts are here. However, I noticed a difference between the photographs. John Lennon ‘s postcard is made on thicker paper (I think the technical word for that is “card”) and the rest of the photographs are on slightly-thinner paper. They all have the same gloss and the quality of the images are all the same, but I am concerned.
What type of paper were the photographs printed on in the 1st pressings? Is it possible that there were variations? Is John a 1st issue and the rest from a re-issue, or vice-versa?
Thank you. 
4.45am
10 August 2011
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Jordyboothy,
On my (U.S.) album they’re all on the same photographic paper.
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11.36am
14 May 2012
Offline Thanks for the response. Could you describe the paper used for me please? Is it card, or glossed on both sides, or…? Just assuming that the prints in America were the same here.
I tried looking up information on the prints all over the internet but no-one seems to have documented this.
7.27pm
10 August 2011
Offline jordyboothy, they look like large versions of a photo you’d have printed today: the paper is supple, the front is glossy, the back is matte.
Hope that helps!
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4.26pm
14 May 2012
Offline Ahh, that sounds most similar to the copies I have of Paul, George and Ringo. Gee wiz fellas I don’t know what to think. I’ll just assume that John’s texture was a glitch in the factories and be happy.
Thanks for the help!
6.10pm
1 December 2009
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jordyboothy, you must tell us what number your copy is!
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4.46pm
14 May 2012
Offline Haha, will this help or is it just fun to know?
It’s numbered 0160906. It is nice having a number that begins with zero. 
11.26pm
9 May 2012
Offline I wonder who has the first one :)…
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12.28am
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1 May 2011
Offline I think the first 4 went to John, Paul, George and Ringo tho in what order i have no idea. Probably buried deep in someones vault where in years away it will be auctioned off for a trillion dollars.
If anyone happens to come across it in a car boot sale i will cry.
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1.11am
19 September 2010
Offline Ringo has #1. It tells you in The Beatles: Rock Band, I believe. I know it’s Ringo.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
1.26am
9 May 2012
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Yoko is probably going to sell it if they still have it in their collection 😛 (John ones).
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4.23pm
9 May 2012
Offline I was thinking about that too, as it always goes: John, Paul, George and Ringo.
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6.50pm
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1 May 2011
Offline Maybe John was far too wrapped in Yoko that Ringo got dibbs on number 1. I have no idea, tho if they cant decide it should come to me.
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1.09am
9 May 2012
Offline meanmistermustard said
I have no idea, tho if they cant decide it should come to me.
That settles it then :D.
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3.04am
10 August 2011
Offline Mine is A2021869.
Funny you should bring up the topic.
The number on the album cover actually plays a role in Into the Sky with Diamonds (I had to add a little levity).
It WOULD be interesting to know whether John Paul George and Ringo got 0000000001, 000000002 etc…
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3.05pm
14 May 2012
Offline “John got 00001 because he shouted loudest. He said, ‘Baggsy number one!’ He knew the game, you’ve gotta baggsy it.”
– Paul McCartney , ‘Many Years From Now’
I’m sure there are other sources supporting that, but it’s interesting that The Beatles Rock Band claimed Ringo has number 1. Wasn’t there multiple number 1’s anyway? A number 1 from each record factory! Ohhh myyy
11.40pm
1 May 2010
Offline Maybe after Ringo got Tittenhurst Park, he found the album and kept it.
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11.46am
7 November 2010
Offline I saw this at the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool, the only blue copy of The White Album , and the sleeve is signed by Paul. It looks awesome.
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31 March 2008
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