... For your consideration, I offer:
"RARE 1967 BEATLES SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ALBUM IN MONO (CAPITOL MAS-2653) w/ORIGINAL PSYCHEDELIC INNER LINER & CUTOUTs INSERT"
CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER ~ THE BEATLES' "SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"! THIS IS A COMPLETE 1967 MONO ALBUM, WHICH INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL INNER RED "PSYCHEDELIC" ALBUM SLEEVE & THE PEPPERS "CUTOUT" INSERT - IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION FOR THE MORE DISCRIMINATING AND DETAIL-ORIENTED COLLECTORS! THIS IS AN OVERALL HIGHER END COPY OF THIS ALBUM. COVER DETAILS (EXCELLENT+): MOST SELLERS WOULD QUICKLY GRADE THIS "NEAR MINT-", BUT I AM DETAIL-ORIENTED ON MY GRADING AND WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR ITEMS. THIS PARTICULAR COVER IS QUITE SHINY AND IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION OVERALL. THE TOP SEAM HAS A FEW TINY "NICKS" IN IT ALONG THE EDGE AND TWO SMALL AREAS WHERE A TINY SEAM SPLITS ARE JUST STARTING TO REVEAL THEMSELVES - BUT THEY ARE ABOUT 1/8" AND NOT A BIG FACTOR AT ALL. THE INNER GATEFOLD IS REALLY NICE AND HAS ONE SMALL 1/8" SPOT ON THE SEAM THAT IS FROM A NICK (ABOVE PAUL'S HEAD). ALSO OF NOTE, THERE IS A LITTLE (LIGHT) GREEN COLOR ABOVE PAUL'S HAIR THAT IS FROM MANUFACTURERING AT THE PLANT ALONG WITH SOME MINOR PATTERN ABOVE RINGO'S HEAD. THE BACK COVER IS GREAT AND ONLY HAS A TINY TRACE OF RUB NEAR THE TOP CENTER AND LEFT EDGE CENTER - VERY FAINT. THAT IS WHY I GRADE THIS COMPLETE COVER EXCELLENT+ OVERALL. THIS ALBUM IS ABSOLUTELY A "COLLECTOR KEEPER COPY" AND IN SUPERB CONDITION! SUPER CLEAN, BOTH FRONT & BACK COVER HAVE NO RING WEAR & VERY SMOOTH/UNWORN - WHICH IS RARE AND WHAT COLLECTORS SEEK! COMPLETE & INTACT, SPINE SPLITS, CRACKS, OR FRACTURES (JUST WHAT I DISCUSSED ABOVE). OK, THAT'S ME BEING EXTRA CRITICAL ON CONDITIONING - BUT SHE'S A BEAUTY AND HAS BRIGHT COLORS AND RATHER SHINY! WHITE BORDER AROUND COVER IS NICE BUT NOT STARK WHITE, A LITTLE OFF WHITE REALLY, BUT THAT IS VERY COMMON. NO "NEMS" OR "MCLEAN" ON THE BACK COVER! THIS COVER WILL NOT DISAPPOINT - THEY ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION AND COMMAND A PREMIUM!  ALBUM (LP) DETAILS (VERY GOOD):  I DO NOT OWN A TURNTABLE AT THIS TIME & I AM VISUALLY GRADING THIS ALBUM THE VERY BEST I CAN & DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANYTHING I SEE. BOTH SIDES OF THE ALBUM LOOK VERY NICE WITH NO BIG ISSUES AT ALL - BUT I DO NOTICE SOME LIGHT PAPER SCUFFS ALONG WITH A SOME SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES AND A FEW REGULAR HAIRLINE SCRATCHES ON BOTH SIDES. I ALSO NOTICE ON SIDE ONE (THERE ARE A FEW MARKS ON SONG FIVE) A MORE PRONOUNCED SCRATCHES POSSIBLY WITHIN THIS SONG. DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL AFFECT THE AUDIO SOUND QUALITY MUCH, BUT I NEED TO STATE THAT IT IS THERE AND I CAN SEE IT VISUALLY. I BELIEVE VG IS A VERY FAIR VISUAL GRADE, AS THOSE SCRATCHES OR MARKS CAUGHT MY EYE. LABELS: NEAR MINT ON BOTH SIDES AS  THEY LOOK EXTREMELY NICE, ARE PROPERLY ATTACHED, NO ISSUES AND NO SPINDLE HOLE DAMAGE - THEY LOOK REALLY NICE! THE LP PROBABLY WASN'T PLAYED TOO MUCH AT ALL BUT COULD USE A CLEANING. ALBUM LABEL LISTS SECOND SONG AS "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" (EARLIEST RELEASE WHICH WAS SOON CHANGED TO FULL TITLE "WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS"). INSERT OF PEPPERS "CUTOUTS" IS THE THICK ORIGINAL VERSION AND IN NEAR MINT (NM) CONDITION. INNER ALBUM "PSYCHEDELIC" RED PATTERN SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY A FEW VERY MINOR CREASES FROM PACKAGING (COMMON WITH THESE LINERS FROM THE ALBUM MOVING AROUND) - AND THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE HAS A COMMON 1" SPLIT NEAR THE MIDDLE (BUT THAT IS TRUE WITH ABOUT 95% OF THESE RED SLEEVES). ORIGINAL 1967 FIRST PRESSING RELEASE WITH NO MENTION OF NEMS OR MCLEAN PUBLISHING ON BACK COVER (AS SEEN IN PHOTOS). THIS IS THE MUCH RARER "MONO" VERSION (WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER RATE THAN THE STEREO VERSIONS, AS MONO WAS GETTING CLOSE TO BEING PHASED OUT AT THAT TIME). CAPITOL RECORDS MAS-2653. THE COVER IS VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED AND THICK CARDBOARD USED IN THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS. COVER SLICKS ARE WELL PUT TOGETHER ON THIS ALBUM AND DO NOT HAVE THE COMMON AND ALMOST INEVITABLE ISSUES SUCH AS: SPLITS, FRACTURES, SLICK SEPARATIONS, TEARS IN THE GATEFOLD AND STAINS! IMPRESSIVE OVERALL COVER AND VERY GLOSSY! IF THIS COMPLETE SET HAD A TRUE "NM" GRADED ALBUM, THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE WOULD EASILY GO WELL ABOVE $350, BUT I AM REALISTIC ABOUT THE CONDITION OF EVERY PIECE OF THE SET AND HAVE PRICED THIS PACKAGE ACCORDINGLY, BASED ON ALL OF THE INTANGIBLES. I ALWAYS CONSIDER THE "OVERALL SET" AS BEING THE DETERMINING FACTOR. THIS IS #4 MONO PEPPERS POST THAT I AM LISTING. SGT PEPPERS WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON 1 JUNE 1967 IN THE UK AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY IN THE US. WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEPPERS (CAN YOU BELIEVE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN FIFTY YEARS?). OTHER INTEREST:  I AM POSTING (5) SEPARATE ORIGINAL 1967 SGT PEPPERS MONO ALBUM SETS, (1) RARE 1969 GREEN TARGET LABEL SGT PEPPERS ALBUM SET, (1) SEPARATE ORIGINAL 1967 SGT PEPPERS STEREO ALBUM SET AND (1) SEALED ORIGINAL 1978 SGT PEPPERS PICTURE DISC ALBUM SET.  I AM A LIFETIME COLLECTOR AND HAVE HAD THESE LPs FOR DECADES IN MY BAGS UNLIMITED CUSTOM ALBUM BOXES AND WANT TO PURGE A BIT - ALONG WITH OFFERING QUALITY ITEMS FOR OTHER COLLECTORS THAT WILL APPRECIATE THEM. NOTE: IF YOU ARE A BEATLES FAN AND COLLECTOR, PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON MY EBAY STORE OVER THE NEXT MONTH AS I AM PURGING A LOT OF MY MASSIVE BEATLES COLLECTION AND THEY ARE ALL NICE (I DON'T KEEP ANYTHING BELOW NM- EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL VG++ IN MY PERSONAL HOLDINGS). YOU MAY WANT TO FOLLOW ME ON EBAY, AS I HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING BEATLES ITEMS (NOT JUST ALBUMS) THAT WILL BE POSTED IN THE FUTURE. LASTLY: I HAVE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AND GRADED ALL PIECES OF THIS ALBUM SET TO THE VERY BEST OF MY ABILITY, BASED ON GRADING STANDARDS, MOST PARTICULARLY FROM THE "PRICE GUIDE FOR THE BEATLES AMERICAN RECORDS" WRITTEN BY PERRY COX. IF YOU KNOW BEATLES ALBUMS, YOU MOST LIKELY HAVE EITHER HAD DEALINGS OR HEARD ABOUT PERRY. HE IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD/EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THINGS BEATLES!

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                 *  *   *   *   *   *   * ABOUT ME:  I am a retired U.S. Navy veteran of 21 years service, which gave me the opportunity to travel the world and collect many unique, interesting and highly collectable items, along with my own personal collections. I am a lifelong Beatles collector, historian and fan (I also had the distinct pleasure in assisting Mr. Perry Cox in his "Price Guide for The Beatles American Records" - and he was generous enough to list me under "Acknowledgements" on page vi with other contributors). I am originally from Michigan and now retired in Florida. The items sold in my eBay store are from my personal collection and items I have picked up through my travels. I thank you for visiting my my auction, please take a look through my store and I hope to do business with you!