THE BEATLES                       -  Sergeant Peppers Lonely                    Hearts Club Band                               1967
                                       SMO 81045                                                                Matrix no's : SHZE-401-A-1 / B-2                                                                                                                                                               
This copy is the RARE EXPORT version - basically produced by ODEON for all the foreign military personnel residing in Germany at the time. These copies are easily distinguished as they come with the added additional EXPORT number - 'ZTOX 5636' and the matrices include also the Hor-Zu number - SHZE etc.
 Visually the vinyl retains excellent deep lustrous sheen - under bright light there are lots of visible fine hairlines and paper scuffs/sleeve removal marks but really very little to affect sound quality.  On playback the record plays really well - sound quality is beautiful - full, bright and clear and graded EXCELLENT - a great copy of this rare classic.
The WHITE and RED ODEON record labels are VERY GOOD PLUS - minor visible spindle wear but does have 'L Nichols' name written in biro twice on each side !!
The quality card GATEFOLD FULLY LAMINATED PICTURE sleeve is VERY GOOD PLUS - in strong condition with little overall wear, no splits and strong uncrushed spine ( 100% legible ) but does have a small biro name front top right, sticker removal mark front top left and a 5cm tear to the opening edge on centre back and some minor foxing and discolouration to within the gatefold.



SHIPPING All Lps are packed carefully and shipped using purpose made new corrugated card RECORD MAILERS ( not thin card, single sleeve 'envelopes' etc ) and we take care to make sure that the vinyl and inner sleeve are removed from the outer sleeve to prevent seam splits during transit.
POSTAGE:

United Kingdom: £5.00 Royal Mail Signed For 1st Class 

                                 (1-3 days delivery)

                                            £4.10 Royal Mail Signed For 2nd Class 

                                 ( 3-5 days delivery)

Europe: £12.50 Royal Mail International Tracked & Signed 

                       (5 to 15 working  days delivery) 

Worldwide: £14.50 Royal Mail International Tracked & Signed 

                       (5 to 25 working  days delivery) 

                            

                         Please See below for grading definitions

GRADING: MINT (M) HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED SLEEVE LOOKS LIKE NEW (WILL ONLY USE THIS IF I KNOW IT’S NEVER BEEN PLAYED) NEAR MINT (NM) MINIMAL SIGNS OF PLAY ON THE RECORD THE SLEEVE WILL HAVE MINOR WEAR ONLY MAYBE SLIGHT RING WEAR BUT ARTWORK WILL LOOK VERY CRISP LABELS WILL HAVE MINOR SIGNS OF PLAY IF ANY EXCELLENT (EX) SOME SIGNS OF PLAY MAY BE A LIGHT SCRATCH BUT THIS WILL NOT AFFECT PLAY IN ANY WAY, THE SLEEVE MAY HAVE SIGNS OF WEAR BUT NO MORE THAN THREE MINOR FAULTS NO INK SHOULD BE PRESENT LABELS WILL BE FREE FROM INK MAY HAVE SOME SPINDLE MARKS EXCELLENT MINUS (EX-)   A FEW MORE SIGNS OF PLAY WITH SOME MORE LIGHT MARKS BUT LITTLE THAT WILL AFFECT PLAY TOO MUCH, THE SLEEVE MAY HAVE SIGNS OF WEAR BUT NO MORE THAN FIVE MINOR FAULTS AND NO INK SHOULD BE PRESENT LABELS WILL BE FREE FROM INK MAY HAVE SOME SPINDLE MARKS VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) MORE OBVIOUS SIGNS OF PLAY, AGAIN THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE OR NO EFFECT ON PLAY MIGHT BE NOISE ON TRACK CHANGES BUT DYNAMICS WILL BE UNAFFECTED, SLEEVE MAY HAVE SOME TEARING TO EDGES BUT ARTWORK MUST REMAIN CRISP NO MORE THAN THREE MAJOR FAULTS OR SIX MINOR NO INK LABELS MAY HAVE MORE SIGNS OF PLAY AND WEAR VERY GOOD (VG) AS ABOVE BUT RECORD MAY SHOW EVEN MORE NOISE ON PLAY MAY HAVE SCRATCHES WHICH EFFECT PLAY STILL SHOULD PLAY THROUGH SLEEVE AND LABELS MAY HAVE INK PRESENT GOOD (G) PLAY WILL DEFINITELY BE EFFECTED BY THE CONDITION OF THIS RECORD BUT IT IS STILL USABLE SLEEVE WILL HAVE LOTS OF WEAR AND TEAR