FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...  non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage!

I BET YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MANY OF THESE!!! - AND THAT IS BECAUSE THESE ARE ALMOST AS RARE, IF NOT AS RARE AS A MONO 1 BOX EMI LABEL.

IN JULY 1969 EMI DROPPED THE " SOLD IN UK TXT SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS " TXT FROM ALL IT'S LABELS.

AT THIS TIME PARLOPHONE WAS STILL USING THE YELLOW/BLACK LABELS WHEREAS COLUMBIA IT'S SISTER LABEL HAD ALMREADY MOVED TO USING THE ONE BOX EMI LABELS.

HOWEVER ALSO AT THIS TIME MONO'S WERE BEING FINALLY PHASED OUT, AFTER 10 YEARS OF PUSHING STEREO OVER MONO THE RECORD BUYING PUBLIC WERE FINALLY BECOMING CONVINCED THAT THEIR EQUIPMENT WAS PROBABLY ACTUALLY OK TO PLAY STEREO RECORDS AND STEREO'S FINALLY WERE OUTSELLING MONO'S, THIS WAS THE SIGNAL TO FINALLY DITCH MONO LP'S ON ALL NEW RELEASES AND ALL OLD RELEASES WHERE THERE WAS BOTH A MONO AND A STEREO COPY AVAILABLE.

ALSO AT THIS TIME EMI STARTING ISSUING SINGLES IN STEREO,..THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK. HOWEVER A HANDFUL OF BLACK/YELLOW LABEL PARLOPHONE MONO ISSUES WERE PRODUCED BUT HARDLY ANY WERE SOLD, A FEW MONTHS LATER THE SAME APPLIES TO THE ONE BOX PARLOPHONE PEPPER MONO'S, CONSEQUENTLY IT IS VERY RARE TO FIND A COPY OF EITHER!!!

FOR AUCTION HERE IS ONE SUCH VERY RARE MONO NO SOLD IN UK Y/B PARLOPHONE COPY, HAVE A LOOK ON EBAY AND SEE HOW MANY OTHERS YOU CAN FIND!

HOWEVER IF THAT IS NOT RARE ENOUGH THIS IS ALSO HOUSE IN THE VERY RARE "PATENTS PENDING " SLEEVE.

THE HISTORY OF THE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE IS AT THE MOMENT UNCLEAR, IT IS NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SO CALLED "FOURTH PROOF " SLEEVES BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OUT THERE WITHOUT THE "FOURTH PROOF " ON THEM AND THIS IS ONE, BUT WHATEVER THEIR ACTUAL ORIGINS EITHER COPY IS VERY RARE INDEED IN MONO ( STEREO PATENTS PENDINGS SEEM SLIGHTLY LESS SCARCE AND SEEM TO COME MOSTLY WITH ONE BOX STEREO COPIES ).

SO THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A DOUBLE RARITY, A NON SOLD IN UK MONO Y/B LABEL AND A MONO PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE, LOW START AND NO RESERVE!!!

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  SGT PEPPER'S LONLEY HEARTS CLUB BAND  " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: MONO

Cat. No : PMC 7027

LABEL: YELLOW BLACK PARLOPHONE 

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1967

MATRICIES: 1 1

TAX : KT

VINYL WEIGHT: 135g

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE VINYL AND LABELS ARE ALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, NO WRITINGS SPLITS LABELS TARES OR ANY OTHER DEFACEMENTS, SPINE STILL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE!

CUT OUT NOT PRESENT BUT THESE ARE EASILY OBTAINED IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE ALREADY.

THESE DON'T COME UP THAT OFTEN IN ANY CONDITION SO DON'T MISS OUT -GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!

 (Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 8.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE BASED ON A "DECLARED" VALUE OF UNDER GBP 50... 

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