Untitled Document THE BEATLES-SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND TYPE SINGLE LP-MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO

PARLOPHONE YELLOW AND BLACK 1ST PRESS with "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD" rim text - "SOLD IN U.K." LABEL TEXT - MATRIX NUMBERS XEX 637-1 & XEX 638-1 and EMI STAMPERS 1GO/1GP

CATALOGUE NUMBER PMC 2707 YEAR OF RELEASE 1967 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD - GARROD & LOFTHOUSE FULLY LAMINATED WITH INTERNAL FLIPBACKS INSERTS/EXTRAS

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  GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)

EXCELLENT+ (CLEAN record black and shiny with MINIMAL PLAYWEAR and a few VERY LIGHT storage handling marks. PLAYS WELL WITH A GREAT MONO REPRODUCTION, )

LABELS

EXCELLENT+ (CLEAN LABELS with NO writing rips tears stickers or removal marks with TRACE spindleusage, and VERY LIGHT overall handling storage and ageing marks)

SLEEVE

 

Front board.Inner gatefold EX

Clean sleeve with NO rips or tears stickers or removal marks. The front laminate is bright and shiny with LIGHT pressure marking and LIGHT rubbing wear and creasing.There is the faint impression of a number in the laminate top right). IINNER GATEFOLD is clean and unmarked with minimal wear

Rear Board EX Rear board is much as the front clean with NO writing, stickers, rips or tears and LIGHT ageing and handling marking. Flipbacks EX+ Internal flipbacks are clean complete and stuck fast. Spine EX- Spine is mostly complete with some rubbing wear in the centre which has effected the writing a bit. Top & bottom edges EX Top and bottom edges have VERY LIGHT wear , with a an inch or so of laminate wear rear bottom centre. Opening EX Openings have LIGHT usage and LIGHT wear Corners EX- All corners are showing some wear with rounding and a bit of bare card.   INNER /EXTRAS

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  DETAILS

With Revolver, the Beatles made the Great Leap Forward, reaching a previously unheard-of level of sophistication and fearless experimentation. Sgt. Pepper, in many ways, refines that breakthrough, as the Beatles consciously synthesized such disparate influences as psychedelia, art-song, classical music, rock & roll, and music hall, often in the course of one song. Not once does the diversity seem forced -- the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita."

There's no discounting the individual contributions of each member or their producer, George Martin, but the preponderance of whimsy and self-conscious art gives the impression that Paul McCartney is the leader of the Lonely Hearts Club Band. He dominates the album in terms of compositions, setting the tone for the album with his unabashed melodicism and deviously clever arrangements.

In comparison, Lennon's contributions seem fewer, and a couple of them are a little slight but his major statements are stunning. "With a Little Help From My Friends" is the ideal Ringo tune, a rolling, friendly pop song that hides genuine Lennon anguish, à la "Help!"; "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" remains one of the touchstones of British psychedelia; and he's the mastermind behind the bulk of "A Day in the Life," a haunting number that skillfully blends Lennon's verse and chorus with McCartney's bridge

. It's possible to argue that there are better Beatles albums, yet no album is as historically important as this. After Sgt. Pepper, there were no rules to follow -- rock and pop bands could try anything, for better or worse. Ironically, few tried to achieve the sweeping, all-encompassing embrace of music as the Beatles did here.

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