BEATLES " SGT PEPPER " UK MONO SUPER WIDESPINE 1A FULLY COMPLETE INSERT & INNER
Sold Date:
February 24, 2014
Start Date:
February 24, 2014
Final Price:
£129.99
(GBP)
Seller Feedback:
5375
Buyer Feedback:
29
NOT ONLY A SOUGHT AFTER FULLY COMPLETE MONO EXAMPLE BUT A SUPER EARLIEST WIDESPINE COPY WITH VERY EARLY STAMPERED 1A SIDED DISC
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT SLEEVED VARIAINTS OF SGT PEPPER AND ALTHOUGH THE CRONOLOGY IS NOT TOTALLY CERTAIN, THE AMOUNT OF LOW MOTHER/STAMPER COPIES FOUND IN WIDESPINE SLEEVES ( ESPECIALLY STEREO'S ) TENDS TO SUBSTANTIATE THE BELIEF THAT THESE WIDESPINE SLEEVES ARE INDEED THE EARLIEST MADE. THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT WITH 1A AND 1L'S
INDEED AT THE PRE-RELEASE LAUNCH PARTY ( WHICH i THINK WAS HELD AT BRIAN EPSTEIN'S LONDON HOME ) IN SOME PICTURESTHE BEATLES CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY HOLDING A WIDESPINE SGT PEPPER VARIANT:-
HOWEVER IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT STORAGE ISSUES LED TO A RAPID RE-DESIGN OF THE SLEEVES TO REDUCE THE WIDTH OF THE SPINE AND IT IS PROBABLY HERE WERE THE SO-CALLED " FOURTH PROOF " THIN SPINE SLEEVES APPEAR WHICH WERE ACTUALLY PROBABLY PROOFS FOR NEW STANDARD THINNER SPINE SLEEVES. AS SUCH THE FOURTH PROOFS ARE PROBABLY NOT THE EARLIEST SLEEVE VARIANTS AS OFTEN CLAIMED, THESE WIDESPINES ARE.
EVEN THOUGH STEREO YELLOW/BLACK PEPPERS ARE ACTUALLY PROBABLY RARER THAN THE MONOS, BECAUSE THE BEATLES WERE INVOLVED DIRECTLY IN THE MONO MIX AND BECAUSE IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO THE STEREO MIX WHICH IS THE MIX MOST OF US ARE MOST FAMILAIR WITH, MONO COPIES ARE MORE SOUGHT AFTER.
LABELS: NO WRITINGS OR LABELS MINOR EVIDENCE OF PLAY GRADE EXCELLENT-
INSERT: NO FLAWS, EXCELLENT EASY
FOOL INNER : ONE OF NICER ONES, STILL SHARP WHICH JUST SOME CREASING AND A TINY NICK, IMPOSSIBLY UNSPLIT SO GRADES VG+
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