Sold Date: May 13, 2023
Start Date: May 6, 2023
Final Price: £102.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 10
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THE BEATLES SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1ST UK MONO PRESS VINYL LP. PLAYS WELL ALL THE WAY THROUGH I DON'T GRADE MY RECORDS AS EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT VIEWS I TRY TO GIVE THE BEST DESCRIPTION VIA PHOTOS. I'M MY OPINION IT'S A GREAT COPY PROBABLY HARD TO FIND A FIRST PRESS BETTER BUT AGAIN THAT'S MY OPINION. ONLY SELLING AS NEEDS MUST. Black/yellow Parlophone label with silver print: the name "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD..." on the outer rim, the "SOLD IN U.K..." remark, and the "(P) 1967" statement. The LP covers is laminated on both front and back, and is also laminated fully on the inside. The cover was one piece of material, with fold over flaps connecting across the top-inside cover. The gatefold has two openings, the left one holding a sheet of Sgt. Pepper cutouts, and the right one holding the LP itself. The first pressing of the album came with a psychedelic inner sleeve designed by a Dutch group, "The Fool," who also painted the side of the Apple Corps building, as well as John Lennon's limousine. Printer name credit: "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."without "Patents pending" These copies mistitled the track "With a little help from..." as "A little help from..." on back cover. The phrase " All lyrics copyright 1967 for the world by Northern Songs Ltd. England", Parlophone logo and EMI logo were printed at the lower right of the back cover. The mono covers have "PMC 7027 Mono" in the upper right corner and "This is a mono recording" towards the lower right corner of the back cover. Some covers were printed with both mono and stereo numbers at the top and "This is a mono recording" at the bottom. These hybrid covers were first used in late 1969, but were phased out when EMI discontinued pressing the album in mono. top of the lineTITLESGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BANDCATALOG NUMBERPMC 7027RELEASE DATE1st June.1967/ First PressTRACK LISTINGSIDE 1SIDE 2Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Within You Without You With A Little Help From My Friends When I'm Sixty-four Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Lovely Rita Getting Better Good Morning Good Morning Fixing A Hole Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) She's Leaving Home A Day In The LifeBeing For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! The first pressing of the album came with a psychedelic inner sleeve designed by a Dutch group, "The Fool," who also painted the side of the Apple Corps building, as well as John Lennon's limousine.The LP covers is laminated on both front and back, and is also laminated fully on the inside. The cover was one piece of material, with fold over flaps connecting across the top-inside cover.BACK COVER CLOSE UPThere are two versions of the cover, one with "wide" spine and a more common version with "thin" spine. This copie is "thin" spine. BACK COVER CLOSE UPPrinter name credit: "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."without "Patents pending"LABEL CLOSE UP"THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)" was printed at the perimeter. "(P) 1967" statement was printed on the label. Tax code "K and T" letters were embossed."SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS." statement was printed at the center of the label.LABEL CLOSE UP The song "A Day In The Life" on the side 2 label was printed. Second pressing: "A Day In The Life" was omitted.SIDE 1SIDE 2Matrix No. is Side-1: XEX 637 - 1 Side-2: XEX 638 - 1 OTHER ITEM - LABELYellow Parlophone Type-6-1MIXMONOMATRIX No.SIDE 1XEX 637 - 1SIDE 2XEX 638 - 1VINYL COLORBLACKRECORD COMPANY'S NAMETHE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K..."YESRECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT(P) 1967COVER FORMGatefold type. The flaps can be seen at the upper place at inside of the gatefold cover.Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Peter Blake and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame TussaudsINNER SLEEVEPsychedelic red & white inner sleeve printed the words "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" at the bottom of the sleeve. PRODUCERGeorge Martin COMMENTS Black/yellow Parlophone label with silver print: the name "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD..." on the outer rim, the "SOLD IN U.K..." remark, and the "(P) 1967" statement. The LP covers is laminated on both front and back, and is also laminated fully on the inside. The cover was one piece of material, with fold over flaps connecting across the top-inside cover. The gatefold has two openings, the left one holding a sheet of Sgt. Pepper cutouts, and the right one holding the LP itself. The first pressing of the album came with a psychedelic inner sleeve designed by a Dutch group, "The Fool," who also painted the side of the Apple Corps building, as well as John Lennon's limousine. Printer name credit: "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."without "Patents pending" These copies mistitled the track "With a little help from..." as "A little help from..." on back cover. The phrase " All lyrics copyright 1967 for the world by Northern Songs Ltd. England", Parlophone logo and EMI logo were printed at the lower right of the back cover. The mono covers have "PMC 7027 Mono" in the upper right corner and "This is a mono recording" towards the lower right corner of the back cover. Some covers were printed with both mono and stereo numbers at the top and "This is a mono recording" at the bottom. These hybrid covers were first used in late 1969, but were phased out when EMI discontinued pressing the album in mono.