eBay ID: mikeharb83 After 20 years of collecting, the time has come for me to sell my Beatles collection and let other collectors appreciate some of the records and memorabilia I've accumilated over the years. Please check out my other listings and remember to save me as a favourite seller, as every week I'll be listing more and more increasingly rare, collectible and desirable Beatles records!

Please be aware that all records are VISUALLY graded only - all grades are given based on how they appear under my desk lamp - since I do not own a record player. I cannot guarantee that discs will be click and skip free, although any marks and scratches that might possibly cause such problems will be highlighted clearly in the description.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Mega Rare Factory Sample Press that OMITS 'A Day in the Life'!!
.,.. Catalogue Number   Label   Year of Release PMC 7027   Yellow / Black Parlophone   1967       Sleeve   Format   Tax Code on Disc Garrod & Lofthouse   Mono   -       Side 1   Side 2 Track Listing   Track Listing 1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing a Fole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite   1. Within You Without You
2. When I'm Sixty Four
3. Lovely Rita
4. Good Morning Good Morning
5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
....(Reprise)
6. A Day in the Life       Matrix Number   Matrix Number XEX 637-1   XEX 638-1       Stamper Code   Stamper Code 37 / MRH   2 / MMP About the Record
This auction is for a very rare and highly collectible copy of the Beatles LP 'Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band' on the UK Parlophone label. Not only is this copy a Factory Sample, but it also OMITS the track 'A Day in the Life' on the side 2 label!!!

During production of this LP a huge label error crept in where the track 'A Day in the Life' was accidentally omitted from the track listing on the side 2 label. Now, you get your tiny label errors on other discs such as the With The Beatles 'Domion' mis-spelling, or 'I'm A Losser' etc, but this error really was something else! The omission of this track listing was almost instantly picked up by EMI quality control and corrected, but not before it seems just a few hundred copies escaped and made it out onto the record shelves.

But, during this extremely tiny run, a copy was plucked from the production line and given a Factory Sample sticker! Now, I've heard two stories as to what the Factory Sample sticker was used for. The first was that the sticker was used by factories when employees wanted to buy a copy direct using their discount. The sticker was stuck onto the label so that the worker couldn't then go out and re-sell it at full price. The second story is that after the promotional copies were run and the normal stock labels were loaded into the pressing machines, copies were occasionally taken from the production line, issued a Factory Sample sticker and then sent for quality control.

But whatever the reason, Factory Sample copies of Beatle records are highly collectible and very hard to find. Couple that with the fact this this particular Factory Sample copy omits the track 'A Day in the Life' on the side 2 label, and you have yourself what could well be a unique Beatle rarity! I've certainly never seen one before!!

Comes complete with it's original red inner sleeve and cutout insert!
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The Cover : VG++
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The cover is showing looking really nice for its age with just a few areas of light, general wear and tear. The front has a pretty clean, clear laminate to it and a little creasing around the edges. The cover has a pretty good, rich colour to it although does have a very slight yellow hue to it. The mouth edge has a little wear and the corners have rounded slightly. Top and bottom seams are holding tight with no wear, splits or tears. The laminate on the spine is becoming brittle and and has creased and cracked, but the overall spine is holding well with no wear or spltting and is fully legible. The back cover has just a little dirt buildup on the laminate and is a lovely, rich red colour. Just a very light, faint disc impression and a few little creases around the edges. The cover crackles as you open the gatefold and the inside is a gorgeous, rich colour with clean, thick laminate and sharp edges to the openings. Just one or two little lamninate creases but these are hard to spot. Overall, very nice cover!   Inner Sleeve: G+
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The original red inner sleeve is included and is holding okay. It's yellowed a little and has some light water damage at the bottom as you can see along a horizontal crease. The two side seams have split in the middle approx 3" or so. The bottom seam has also split approx 3" or so.
. Cut Out Insert : EX-
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The original dark green cut-out is included (later cut-outs had a lighter, more washed out green) and is holding good with no attempts to cut anything out, and with a good, rich colour and just a little creasing along the top. Overall, looking good!   Disc (Visually Graded Only!!) : GOOD
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The playing surface has a nice shine to it but is covered in light scuffing along with some slightly heavier looking scuffing. On side 2 at the 9 o'clock position there's a scratched that's about an inch long that runs over the grooves which is feelable under the fingernail. There's also a heavier scuffmark just above this which is just about feelable under the fingernail. Other than that, it's just the aforementioned scuffing.
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Labels : EX
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The labels are clean with bright, silver text. There's some light spindlewear and a little whitening around the centrehole that a previous owner has tried to colour back in with a black pen. Overall, though, the labels are looking really good!
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Terms and Conditions + Shipping Information
All records have been visually graded under a strong, 125W natural light desk lamp.

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Due to problems in the past where numerous untracked records I've sent out have 'mysteriously disappeared', I only send records out fully tracked and only to your verified PayPal postal address to comply with eBay and PayPal seller protection policy. Because of this, please don't ask me to dispatch the record to a different address to the one you have listed on PayPal as I will not do this.

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Postage Costs will be:

UK 2nd Class Recorded Delivery: £3.99
UK 1st Class Recorded Delivery : £4.99
EU Countries International Signed For : £11.99
Rest of World International Signed For : £15.99

All LPs will be mailed out in a strong, corrugated cardboard LP mailing box with the LP outside the sleeve. Extra sheets of corrugated cardboard will be used where applicable and FRAGILE tape used

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