The Beatles - Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

ORIGINAL UK 1st STEREO PRESS- 1967

Yellow & Black Parlophone label.

STEREO!!

1st press matrix -1 / -1

ORIGINAL dark green Peter Blake 'cutouts' insert.

ORIGINAL red & white Fool's swirl inner sleeve

Early mother stampers!

COMPLETE!!!

NICE COPY

Serial number: PMC 7027

VERY EARLY Matrix numbers...

Side 1 = YEX 637-1

Side 2 = YEX 638-1

EARLY 1st Mother & stampers codes!!!

Side 1 = 1 PR

Side 2 = 1 PD

Background...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967,[nb 1] Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the roles of sound composition, extended form, psychedelic imagery, record sleeves, and the producer in popular music. The album had an immediate cross-generational impact and was associated with numerous touchstones of the era's youth culture, such as fashion, drugs, mysticism, and a sense of optimism and empowerment. Critics lauded the album for its innovations in songwriting, production and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture.

The vinyl is lovely, It has a beautiful glossy sheen and sits completely flat with no warping. Clean /fresh labels and fab spindle holes!!! Has some light non feelable surface lines, otherwise beautiful.

The outer gatefold is nice, with no splits or tears  - has retained a glossy appearance and only has the usual discolouration/wear to the corners, edges, spine and crinkles to the outer protective film as to be expected for an item of this age.

The original dark green 'Peter Blake' cutouts outs are EX / NR MINT.

The original red & white 'Fool's Swirl' inner completes this set. It is not the best example with seam splits starting, staining and penmanship.

OVERALL A RARE FIND TO ADD TO YOUR MUSICAL HISTORY COLLECTION!!!

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