Chang’s entire collection will be displayed in the format of a record store with two vital differences, only one album is displayed, and records are only bought not sold. Visitors are invited to browse and listen to copies of their choice.

New York based artist Rutherford Chang is relocating to Liverpool for one month this summer to display and expand his collection of over 1,000 first-pressings of The Beatles’ White Album.

We Buy White Albums will take over our loading bay space on Wood Street from 15 August – 14 September 2014.

The seminal White Album – officially titled The Beatles – was the band’s ninth studio album, with a revolutionary cover designed by pioneering pop artist Richard Hamilton. Famously stark, the totally white design has provided a blank canvas for the coffee stains, doodles, mold and rips that have accumulated on the albums since its release in 1968, making every copy now unique.

Chang’s entire collection of over 1,000 White Albums will be displayed in the format of a record store with two vital differences, only one album is displayed, and records are only bought not sold. Visitors will be invited to browse and listen to copies of their choice.

Also featured is a vinyl album Chang created by layering 100 different copies from his collection, exploring the sonic and visual differences between the aged vinyl discs and covers.