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THE BEATLES -  SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

A Great Playing Record! Great Cover. Original 1st MONO PARLOPHONE PRESS Labels. A rare pressing of this Beatles Masterpiece in stunning condition!

This is also the RARE 1st pressing that has no standard visual breaks between the tracks on the vinyl.

This 1st pressing comes with NO patents pending text on the rear cover. 

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A great rarity in great condition.

ORIGINAL 1967 UK Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label.  THIS IS A RARE LP and ESPECIALLY HARD TO FIND IN GREAT CONDITION.  

A MONO PRESSING IN GREAT ALL ROUND CONDITION, FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION.

Released in June 1967. Spending a total of 27 weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart and 15 weeks at number one on the American Billboard 200. Prominent critic Kenneth Tynan described Sgt. Pepper In The Times as; "a decisive moment in the history of Western civilisation."

Only released in a tiny quantity, this rare edition of Sgt Peppers comes complete with the original Peter Blake / Jann Haworth cut out insert in superb condition and the disc comes with the original Red / White inner sleeve. This is a great PRESS of this rare LP. 

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MONO - PMC 7027

LABEL PRESS DETAILS:

First released in 1967, this Original 1st ever Press comes with the Yellow & Black PARLOPHONE labels with 'K and T'  tax Credits. Parlophone pressings have 'The Gramophone Co.Ltd',  and 'P 1967' label texts. The matrix numbers read: 'XEX 637-1' & 'XEX 638-1' and this pressing has the 'Sold In The U.K.' resale right text.

MATRIX NOs. ON RUN-OUT GROOVE

Side 1.  -  XEX 637 1  - 1st Ever Yellow and Black matrix. Side 2.  -  XEX 638 1 


MOTHER STAMPERS: Rare 1 and 2 mother stampers.

Side 1.   ' 2               P  D ' 

Side 2.  ' 2               G  D  G '    

TRACK LISTING…

Side 1 - SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - GETTING BETTER - FIXING A HOLE - SHE'S LEAVING HOME - BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR KITE

Side 2 - WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU - WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR - LOVELY RITA - GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING - SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (REPRISE) - A DAY IN THE LIFE 

A very rare complete MONO label pressing of Sgt. Pepper, with original Flip Back Cover, Rare inner and Cut outs insert

A COMPLETE pressing in great condition, that plays brilliantly from start to finish.

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ALBUM PLAYED FOR GRADING:

Yes – brilliant! Great sound quality throughout. Sgt Peppers is a complex and varied collection of music, and is also a relatively sensitive piece of vinyl, and hard to find in clear audio condition. Worn copies can have a lot of surface sound even on musically complex and busy tracks like 'Within You Without You.' This pressing sounds great, with crystal clear sound throughout. There is certainly no dominant or even particularly noticeable interference, and NO hissing, crackle, loud pops or clicks. It really sounds great and plays with TOP sound separation and clarity! 

The channels are clean and unstressed, this record plays with staggering power, with near silence between the tracks. Rich and detailed sound with massive dynamics and unique mix and production.  I will give a detailed account below:

SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND bursts in with great clear sound, no pops or clicks and virtually no static to be heard, just some during the run ins - incredible crystal clear audio. 

Leading into  A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS, both tracks playing with super clear audio with no pops or clicks at all. There is a single pop but thats it. 

LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS, a track that so often has lots of interference and surface  sound, plays great. Really nice clear audio, a superb example, very little detectable background static at all, and thats incredible rare. This really is a great audio performance.  

GETTING BETTER also plays with great clear sound, again with no detectable static, you can hear sounds on this pressing that are virtually always lost. It leads into FIXING A HOLE, again an amazing performance.  No pops or clicks at all, just a couple of light tics. 

The ultra delicate SHE'S LEAVING HOME plays beautifully, with no pops or clicks, there is some light static but  its very hard to spot - a great example of this poignant song. 

BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR KITE plays through with great clear sound. This is a great 1st press performance. 

Side 2. begins with the eastern influenced WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU, and all the complex layering is clearly defined.  There is very little very light static at the very start, and the sound is crystal clear. No loud pops, clicks or static during the track, the audio is just superb. A couple of random light tics only. 

WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR, another relatively quiet track plays really well. I noticed some light static in the middle of the track, but any static is very light and there are no tics or pops. 

LOVELY RITA, plays with no pops or clicks, and barely any detectable static. GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING bursts in, and although it's a slightly raucous track, it is still heavily layered, there is some light static and the layering is crystal clear.  

SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (REPRISE) sounds perfect and leads into the album finale and masterpiece, A DAY IN THE LIFE. This is such  varied and delicate track, with such a range of sound effects and quiet areas, its usually heavily overshadowed with static and even distortion. Not hear, it plays absolutely beautifully, with super clear sound, and no loud pops or clicks, very little detectable surface sound, just great, crystal clear audio. Amazing clear sound, there are no light static tics, no pops and no clicks. Even in the long outro there is minimal surface sound, and it leads to the near fabled rare ending loop; a recording of the Beatles talking, which was then cut up, spliced back together and random and played back repeatedly. Known as 'the Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove'.

Superb sound, every track has been tested and I could find no sound blemishes. Wonderful TOP audio, there is NO distortion, NO sticks or jumps what so ever, and virtual silence between the tracks.

This vinyl is an absolute gem! ' A Day in the Life ' sings out with silence in the run ins and quiet areas. Great music with great clarity, and so hard to find with this type of sound. It would be had to ever better this audio performance. 

The music jumps out, with definition and clarity, the vocals which come through with tremendous power. It's the same with the bass guitar and drums, whilst the guitars come through crisp and clear. The tonal quality make this a sensational pressing. With the clear and extra loud First cut engineering giving the audio a vibrant sound which cannot be beaten. Brilliant first Mono mix, unlike the re-issues which lack the impact. A TOP all round example of this great vinyl. A great all round example of this classic vinyl. 

This is a great Audio pleasure and I would have to give the audio a

EXCELLENT PLUS to NEAR MINT grading. 

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THE LABELS 

These Parlophone labels are in spectacular condition, with no sticker marks or writing, and no spindle wear. There are barely any spindle traces, perhaps one tiny ultra faint lines on side 1. only, and they're barely visible. A stunning set. 

Graded at EXCELLENT PLUS to NEAR MINT.

THE RECORD 

A superb piece of glossy vinyl, and a really thick pressing, this record looks and sounds barely played. The record has great shine with very light handling paper removal marks and one ultra light short hairline. In daylight looks largely unmarked, and only under a spot light can you see a few ultra light handling marks. This is a stunning example.

Graded at EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the The Beatles, released in June 1967. Recorded over a 129-day period beginning in December 1966, Sgt. Pepper sees the band exploring further the experimentation of their previous album, Revolver (1966). Making use of orchestras, hired musicians and innovative production techniques, the album incorporates elements of genres such as music hall, jazz, rock and roll, western classical and traditional Indian music; its lyrics deal particularly with themes of childhood and everyday life.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a commercial success, spending a total of 27 weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart and 15 weeks at number one on the American Billboard 200. A defining album in the emerging psychedelic rock style, Sgt. Pepper was critically acclaimed upon release and won four Grammy awards in 1968. Often recognised by prominent critics and publications as one of the most influential albums in the history of popular music.

The cohesive structure and careful sequencing and transitioning of songs on the album, as well as the use of the Sgt. Pepper framing motif, have led the album to be widely acknowledged as an early and ground-breaking example of the concept album.

The Beatles were present during the mixing of the album in mono and the LP was originally released in mono, alongside a stereo mix prepared by Abbey Road engineers led by Geoff Emerick.

The two mixes have many differences. For example, the stereo mix of "She's Leaving Home," was mixed at a slower speed than the original recording and therefore plays at a slower tempo and lower pitch than the original recording. Conversely, the mono version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," is slightly slower than the stereo version and features much heavier flanging and reverb effects. McCartney's yelling voice in the coda section of "Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)" before the segue into "A Day in the Life," can plainly be heard in the mono version, but is nearly inaudible in the stereo version. The mono version of the song also features drums that open with much more presence and force, turned up in the mix. Also in the stereo mix, the famous segue at the end of "Good Morning Good Morning," (the chicken-clucking sound which becomes a guitar noise) is timed differently and a crowd noise tape comes in later during the intro to "Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)".

Other variations between the two mixes include louder laughter at the end of the mono mix of "Within You Without You," a gush of laughter during the intro of the reprise version of the title track and a colder, echo-less ending on the mono version of "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"

This FIRST EVER MONO gives a great early press listening experience.

VINYL TESTED FOR ANY SIGNS OF WARPING:

Yes, NONE visible what so ever when tested be sight and on a moving turntable.

THE COVER

The Grammy Award-winning album packaging was art-directed by Robert Fraser, designed by Peter Blake and his wife Jann Haworth, and photographed by Michael Cooper. It featured a colourful collage of life-sized cardboard models of famous people on the front of the album cover and lyrics printed on the back cover, the first time this had been done on an English pop LP. The Beatles themselves, in the guise of the Sgt. Pepper band, were dressed in custom-made military-style outfits made of satin dyed in day-glo colours. The suits were designed by Manuel Cuevas.

A genuine rarity, this cover is also in great condition, super bright and clean with laminate that is largely unmarked. There is very little light scuffing to the corners of the spine, and none to the other outer edges. This is a super bright example, with near perfect flip backs. 

There is very little light creasing, and any that is there is so relatively very slight that it's barely detectable. There is certainly no obvious ring wear on the front or rear, just some very light creasing to the corners. The opening edges are very square and un frayed.  The back cover is nice and clean, with NO light ring wear, which is very unusual for these covers.

The inside Gatefold is clean and has little handling wear.  The outer spine text is totally intact,  with NO discolouration or laminate separation. A great example. All round, this is a really brilliant cover. 

Graded at  EXCELLENT.

THE INNER

Sgt Pepper came with three main varieties of inner sleeves; the famous 'fools' inner, the EMI picture inner and the plain EMI patents pending inner. There was also a red coloured EMI picture inner, included with some slightly later pressings. 

These fools inner are rare. Made of VERY thin paper they nearly always tear at the seems, and were usually discarded. 

This one is a clean example with some relative age wear, toning and handling marks. It has No seam splits,  just a small tear to the very top of the sleeve, as clearly shown in the images. NO side splits and very little fraying at the top. There is a light impression of the record and a few light creases. 

Grades at Very Good Plus condition. 
The record will of course come in a plain white replacement inner sleeve

Art director Robert Fraser was a prominent London art dealer who ran his own gallery and sponsored exhibitions at the Indica Gallery, through which he had become a close friend of McCartney. it was at his influence that the group abandoned their original cover design, a psychedelic painting by The Fool, a Dutch design collective and band who were influential in the psychedelic style of art in British popular music in the late 1960s. The Fool's design for the inner sleeve was, however, used for the first few pressings, and are now extremely rare in any kind of condition.

THE INSERT 

Originally, the group had wanted the album to include a package with badges, pencils and other small Sgt. Pepper goodies but this proved far too costly to realise. Instead, the album came with a page of cardboard cut-outs carrying the description: SGT. PEPPER CUT-OUTS . Moustache . Picture Card . Stripes . Badges . Stand Up .  The special inner sleeve, included in the early pressings of the LP, featured a psychedelic pattern designed by The Fool. The final bill for the cover was £2,868 5s 3d (equivalent to £37,531 today), a staggering sum for the time. It has been estimated that this was 100 times the average cost for an album cover in those days.

A great example in NEAR MINT Condition. No writing, creasing or stains. 

RARITY

A complete original pressing of Sgt Peppers in decent condition is scarce. The vinyl is so often played so much, heavily marked, scratched, with noisy, poor and distorted sound. 

The cover is hard to find without serious wear, even modestly worn examples are scarce and this one is a superb example. Finding a great cover like this with a solid pressed piece of vinyl, the original inner and cut out insert, fantastic!

Finding one that has such truly stunning audio performance, spot less record labels and the extremely rare non Patents cover makes this an extreme rarity and an absolute gem! 

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GREAT ORIGINAL COVERS WITH NO SEAM SPLITS, TEARS, WRITING OR STICKERS!

VINYL

We sell high quality examples of Classic Vinyl. Large format art work covers with the best original sound and mix unique to the original pressings, giving the highest audio depth and performance. Vinyl prices have soared over the last ten years, making classic examples a great financial and cultural investment.  

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VINYL SOUND - PLEASE NOTE:

Highest quality vinyl with clear sound is rare, and what we always aim for. We sell records that play with TOP AUDIO performance; clear sound uninterrupted by hiss or interference. Even with the cleanest vinyl pressing you will find occasional static or occasional light tics during playback, caused by a build up of dust and dirt in the wide vinyl grooves. This is clearly different from the distortion, loud pops, repeating tics or clicks that are found on heavily played and worn pieces of vinyl. Static build up can reduce when played, and we advise a clean between plays for optimal performance. 

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All our records are play tested on highly sensitive equipment to ensure the sound quality and accuracy of description. We aim to give a precise and concise description of the sound, pointing out defects so that you know exactly what you are buying. We aim to describe our records as accurately as possible, and offer a full refund on return if for any reason you are not completely happy with the item description.

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IMAGES and INFORMATION

We use photographs of the item for sale taken with professional digital cameras. The images are designed to be as clear as possible, giving an accurate representation of the item. We aim to give sufficient and accurate detail as possible so that you know exactly what you are buying. Please let us know if you need any further information and we will be happy to oblige.

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BRILLIANT LP MINT CONDITION, AWESOME SELLAR, 1ST CLASS PACKAGING, NO PROBLEMS A+

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Great LP from a great seller. Thanks !! Very well packaged. AAA+++

Item arrived quickly, well packaged and in excellent condition. Very pleased.

fast delivery, superb communication, good item, great ebayer AAAAA+++++

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WE ONLY SELL RARE RECORDS THAT ARE IN GREAT CONDITION. IF THERE IS ANY SLIGHT DEFECT, IT WILL BE CLEARLY STATED.

If in the unlikely event that you may want to return an item, or that we have missed something in the listing, we offer a no quibble returns policy. Items must be returned within 12 Days of receipt, and returned in the same condition that they were sent out in. Return postage will be paid by buyer, unless there is a particular fault with the item, and then we will pay the full postage costs!

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RECORD GRADING SYSTEM IS AS FOLLOWS - ( BASED ON RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE U.K. )

MINT: Virtually unplayed. The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. Cover is pristine.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

V.G PLUS: The record will still be nice and shiny, but may have a few light marks, and will play well. Slight wear and tear on the cover.

V.G: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, etc.

FAIR: Fair. It is noticeable that the record has been played so much that the sound quality has deteriorated very noticeably. The cover and contents are showing signs of folding, scuffing of edges etc.

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Items will be extremely well sealed and securely wrapped using the best possible packaging for safe handling and delivery. We send items all round the globe with 100% success! We sell top quality rare records to discerning buyers. We do not make money from the postage costs and aim to keep the prices at a reasonable rate while never offering a cheap or second rate service. 

IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY THAT THE RECORDS YOU BUY GET TO YOU IN PERFECT CONDITION. All RECORDS ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR MAIN COVER AND PLACED IN A BRAND NEW REPLACEMENT INNER SLEEVE TO AVOID ANY CHANCE OF EDGE SPLITS OR KNIFING. THEY ARE HELD SAFELY IN EXTRA THICK PLASTIC SLEEVES, AND THEN SECURED WITH SEVERAL EXTRA LAYERS OF REINFORCED CARD BOARD AND PADDING, DOUBLE BOXED IN EXTRA STRONG PROFESSIONAL RECORD CONTAINERS TO ENSURE THEIR SAFE ARRIVAL. WE HAVE A 100% SUCCESS RATE AND AIM TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

Example of packaging used

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INTERNATIONAL, Non-Europe e.g. USA, Japan, Russia, Australia etc. International Airmail Signed For Recorded Delivery with Insurance : = £18.95

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