BEATLES ORIGINAL 1967 ????MONO "SGT PEPPERS" LP w/INSERT/SLEEVE CAPITOL MAS-2653????

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90

... 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 BRIGHT, SHINY AND IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION OVERALL. THIS COVER HAS THE "NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD, 1967" STAMPED HORIZONTALLY ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE BACK COVER. THE ONLY TWO DETRACTORS THAT KEEP THIS COVER & INNER GATEFOLD FROM BEING GRADED NEAR MINT ARE THE FACT THAT, WHEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE FACTORY, IT HAS A THICK TAB UNDERNEATH TOP BACK COVER ALONG THE SEAM (WHICH IS TECHNICALLY NOT A DETRACTOR, BUT NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR AS A PRODUCTION DESIGN ERROR I SUPPOSE) AND IN VERY, VERY FAINT WRITING ON THE UPPER RIGHT TOP ON FRONT COVER IS THE NAME "PAULETTE A. BRADY" AND THE DATE "3-3-69" - BUT IT TOOK ME TWO MINUTES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE IMPRESSION READ. IT IS HARD TO SEE IT, BUT IT IS THERE AND THEREFORE I MUST GRADE DOWN FOR THAT PURPOSE. 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, NO SEAM SPLITS, SPINE SPLITS, CRACKS, OR FRACTURES. INNER GATEFOLD IS BEAUTIFUL, PERIOD! THIS PARTICULAR COVER ALL AROUND IS VERY BRIGHT, FULL OF COLOR AND HAS A BEAUTIFUL GLOSS TO IT (AS MOST U.S. VERSIONS ARE NOT NORMALLY THIS GLOSSY). THAT'S A BONUS! OK, THAT'S ME BEING EXTRA CRITICAL ON CONDITIONING - BUT SHE'S A BEAUTY AND HAS BRIGHT COLORS AND RATHER SHINY! NO "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 ON BOTH SIDES. I DO NOTICE ON SIDE ONE (MOST OF SONG ONE AND THE BEGINNING OF SONG TWO) A MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED SCRATCH WITHIN THESE TWO SONGS. 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 CANNOT (WITH A CLEAR CONSCIOUS) GRADE THE ALBUM AT NM- BECAUSE OF THESE IMPERFECTIONS & THE FACT THAT I CANNOT PLAY IT. I BELIEVE VG+ IS A VERY FAIR VISUAL GRADE, AS THAT ONE SCRATCH 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") AND PAIRED UP WITH THE NEMS LTD COVER.

• INSERT OF PEPPERS "CUTOUTS" IS THE THICK ORIGINAL VERSION AND IN NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) CONDITION, ONLY BECAUSE IT SHOWS A LITTLE ALBUM OUTLINE IN A FEW PLACES FROM BEING IN THE SLEEVE. 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 3" SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE (BUT THAT IS TRUE WITH ABOUT 95% OF THESE RED SLEEVES).

• ORIGINAL 1967 FIRST PRESSING RELEASE WITH NO MENTION MCLEAN PUBLISHING ON BACK COVER (AS SEEN IN PHOTOS), BUT IT DOES HAVE THE NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD, 1967 AS I STATED EARLIER. 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 #3 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!

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