The Story of The Beatles White Album Cover Serial Numbers

In this video, we look at how EMI took Richard Hamilton's groundbreaking concept of a mass limited edition and made it into a reality. We find out exactly how many numbered copies there were and which numbers were allocated to which format. We also track down the earliest numbers and give you their values and uncover a duplicate of one of the first four copies.

0:00 - Introduction & titles
0:29 - Opening remarks
1:00 - Richard Hamilton's design demands.
1:35 - Turning concept into reality.
1:57 - EMI production turnaround time.
2:29 - Printing the cover.
3:43 - Production difficulties & cover #18.
4:23 - Sleeving the album in the factory.
5:34 - Getting the album into the stores.
6:04 - Mono outnumbers stereo.
6:24 - My first 'White Album'.
6:49 - UK numbering sequence.
8:26 - Numbering on pressings 1987 to date.
8:47 - U.S. numbering system overview.
9:58 - The lowest numbers.
11:03 - A duplicate #3?
11:51 - Advice on buying low numbered copies.
12:17 - It's the music that matters.
12:48 - Sign off.

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