BEATLES ORIG 1967 SGT PEPPERS MONO LP/ALBUM w/INSERT & LINER CAPITOL MAS 2653

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... 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 VERY NICE CONDITION FOR THE MORE DISCRIMINATING AND DETAIL-ORIENTED COLLECTORS! THIS IS AN OVERALL MID-LEVEL COPY OF THIS ALBUM WHICH I HAVE DISCOUNTED FOR YOU BECAUSE OF SOME TINY DETRACTORS THAT ADD UP OVERALL.

• COVER DETAILS (VERY GOOD): MOST SELLERS WOULD QUICKLY GRADE THIS "EXCELLENT", BUT I AM DETAIL-ORIENTED ON MY GRADING AND WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR ITEMS. THIS PARTICULAR COVER IS QUITE RICH IN COLOR AND THE JACKET IS WELL CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SLICK PASTED ON VERY NICELY. THE TOP SEAM HAS A FEW TINY "CHIPS" IN THE YELLOW COLOR RIGHT WHERE THE GATEFOLD ALBUM FOLDS/MEETS (AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE AND THE BEGINNING OF THE SEAM). VERY MINOR BUT IT IS THERE. FRONT COVER IS IN NICE CONDITION AND HAS A HINT OF A PUSH AT TOP LEFT AND ALSO HAS A SMALL PUSH AT BOTTOM RIGHT WITH A BIT OF RUBBING AT THE TIP. THERE IS A VERY FAINT 1 1/2" SEMI-CIRCULAR STAIN OR MINOR DISCOLORING AT TOP CENTER. BACK COVER IS PRETTY NICE AND HAS A FEW MINOR RUBS, VERY TINY INDENTATION OVER THE WORD "CROWD" IN THE LYRICS OF "A DAY IN THE LIFE" AND ALSO FAINT TRACES OF RINGWEAR THAT ARE VERY FINE AND JUST STARTING.THE GATEFOLD PHOTO IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT THERE IS A SEAM SEPARATION/SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE (RIGHT ALONG THE SHOULDER BOARD OF PAUL'S UNIFORM) AT ABOUT 1" (A COMMON AREA FOR THIS SLICK TO HAVE A SMALL SPLIT DUE TO OPENING) AND ALSO A 1/4" SPLIT JUST BY THE TOP OF THE SEAM. BOTTOM CORNER TIPS IN GATEFOLD REVEAL THE SLIGHT PUSH THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ON FRONT COVER'S RIGHT BOTTOM CORNER. THAT IS WHY I GRADE THIS COMPLETE COVER VERY GOOD (VG) 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 ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH COLLECTORS. THIS IS THE FIFTH MONO I AM POSTING, AND IT IS NOT NEAR A TOP SHELF PIECE, BUT STILL VERY COLLECTABLE AS A MID-GRADE EXAMPLE, WORTHY OF HAVING! 

• 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 DECENT WITH NO MAJOR ISSUES - 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 (GOING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE FIRST THREE SONGS) A MORE PRONOUNCED SCRATCH POSSIBLY WITHIN THESE SONGS. ON SIDE TWO, I ALSO NOTICE RUBS AND SCRATCHES (LOOKS LIKE SOME ON SONG THREE AND PART OF SONG FOUR) AND THEN THERE IS A MORE PRONOUNCED SCRATCH GOING DIAGONALLY ACROSS SONGS FIVE AND SIX) DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL AFFECT THE AUDIO SOUND QUALITY MUCH, BUT I NEED TO STATE THAT IT IS THERE, IT COULD AFFECT PLAYABILITY 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 WAS PROBABLY PLAYED QUITE A BIT AND 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"). THIS ALBUM ALSO HAS THE "NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD, 1967" STAMPED ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF BACK COVER.

• INSERT OF PEPPERS "CUTOUTS" IS THE THICK ORIGINAL VERSION AND IN VERY GOOD (VG) CONDITION. INSERT HAS RUBBING, SMALL BEND AND MINOR CHIPPING ALONG TOP EDGE, A BEND ALONG THE MID-SECTION OF RIGHT EDGE AND SOME BOTTOM EDGE CREASING AND A TINY TEAR ALONG BOTTOM EDGE 3" FROM LEFT CORNER. THAT'S BEING SUPER PICKY - BUT IT IS STILL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. INNER ALBUM "PSYCHEDELIC" RED PATTERN SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH AND THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE HAS A COMMON 3" SPLIT NEAR THE MIDDLE (BUT THAT IS TRUE WITH ABOUT 95% OF THESE RED SLEEVES). INNER SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT AND VERY NICE SHAPE!

• ORIGINAL 1967 FIRST PRESSING RELEASE WITH NO MENTION OF 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. DECENT MIDDLE-LEVEL PACKAGE OVERALL, BUT AGAIN - NOT EVEN NEAR TOP SHELF!

• 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 ALBUM SET I WOULD GRADE AT OVERALL VERY GOOD, PERIOD. THIS IS #5 MONO PEPPERS POST THAT I AM LISTING AND THE LAST MONO. I AM LISTING THIS ONE MUCH CHEAPER, SO REALIZE SOME OF THE DETAILS I HAVE POINTED OUT WHEN YOU ARE BUYING THIS COPY AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT A TOP END COPY AND DOES HAVE SOME SMALL DETRACTORS THAT I HAVE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL, ALONG WITH PROVIDED PHOTOS OF ABOVE.

• 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!

PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 3 DAYS OF PURCHASE & NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS ONLY!