BEATLES "SGT PEPPER.." UK STEREO 1ST **8MM WIDE SPINE**

	£		173
	$		229

                                                    BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

                                                                                          8MM WIDE SPINE 

ARGUABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ALBUM OF POPULAR MUSIC EVER AND RECENTLY VOTED THE BEST UK ALBUM OF ALL TIME!!! "SGT PEPPERS" WAS RELEASED TO AN EAGERLY AWAITING PUBLIC ON 01/06/1967 AND SOLD 250,000 COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK ALONE, IT ENTERED THE U.K ALBUM CHARTS AT NO1 WHERE IT REMAINED FOR 27 WEEKS!!!!

THE THEME OF THE ALBUM CONCERNED A MYTHICAL BAND WHICH LED TO IT BEEN CALLED THE FIRST "CONCEPT"ALBUM. THE MUSIC WAS SO INTRICATE, COMPLEX AND INNOVATIVE THAT IT STAGGERED OTHER ARTISTS WHO HAD BEEN SEEKING TO OUTDO THE BEATLES AT THAT TIME. EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IS THE FACT THAT THIS "MASTERPIECE" WAS RECORDED ENTIRELY ON A FOUR TRACK MACHINE. THE IDEA OF THE ALBUM WAS TO ACHEIVE A CONTINOUS FLOW OF MUSIC FROM ONE TRACK TO THE NEXT HENCE THERE IS NO MORE THAN A SECOND GAP BETWEEN EACH TRACK.

NOT ONLY DID THE LYRICS AND MUSIC ACHEIVE UNPRECEDENTED CRITICAL ACLAIM BUT SO TOO DID THE ALBUM COVER... DESIGNED BY PETER BLAKE THE ALBUM COVER IS NOW THE MOST FAMOUS COVER IN THE WORLD AND THE MOST IMITATED. THE IDEA OF SHOWING A HOST OF CELEBRITIES BOTH LIVING AND DEAD ON THE FRONT COVER WAS ORIGINALLY A SUGGESTION FROM PAUL. "SGT PEPPERS" WAS THE FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND ALSO THE FIRST TO HAVE THE LYRICS PRINTED ON THE SLEEVE (THS WAS UNHEARD OF AT THE TIME AND CAUSED MANY PUBLISHING DIFFICULTIES) IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO INCLUDE A COLOURED INNER, UP TILL THEN INNERS WHERE EITHER BORING PLAIN WHITE OR BLACK.

THE ALBUM RECEIVED FOUR GRAMMY AWARDS IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF RELEASE AND STILL SELLS WELL TODAY IN CD FORM.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ORIGINAL UK STEREO 1ST ISSUE WHICH OFFERS TRULY STUNNING LABELS AND VINYL, FLAWLESS AND MINT AUDIO, CORRECT INNER AND INSERT AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING HOUSED IN A VERY MUCH SOUGHT- AFTER WIDER SPINE STEREO ONLY 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE.

PCS 7027

YEX.637/8-1-1

STAMPERS   OP 4    OO 4

 KT  TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION.  CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT BUT VERY MINIMAL SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE!!!!. THE LABELS ARE SUPERB AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO STUNNING,  THIS HAS CLEARLY NOT BEEN PLAYED AND ONLY EVER VERY CREFULLY .IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS TO BE MINT AND CAREFUL EXAMINATION REVEALS JUST THE ODD LIGHT HANDLING SURFACE MARK AND ONE OR TWO VERY VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING SERIOUS, FEELABLE OR SEVERE.THIS FABULOUS VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH A DEEP GLOSSY SURFACE AND HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING OR OTHER BLEMISHES WHATSOEVER.  

ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A FLAWLESS CRISP STEREO AUDIO.THERE IS NO CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVES ARE SILENT. THIS VINYL PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH AN UNINTERRUPTED CLARITY, EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS APPEAR FREE FROM ANY DISTORTION. THIS WAS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO!!! 

 THE ORIGINAL RED & WHITE INNER IS EXCELLENT. IT IS INTACT WITH SOME  LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND THE USUAL EXPECTED CREASING FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE .THE INNER IS STILL QUITE CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH LITTLE FADING OR YELLOWING. 

THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT AND UNUSED AND AS NEW.

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE WIDE SPINE (8MM) STEREOONLY SLEEVE  IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH REATINS ITS DEEP GLOSS  DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND A FEW SMALL "THUMBNAIL" CREASES .THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS MOSTLY TO THE FRONT AND REAR BOTTOM. THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS WITH FEWER EDGE WRINKLES AND JUST ONE VERY LIGHT "THUMBNAIL" CREASE. THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE INNER SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT, THERE IS SOME CREASING TO THE INNER SPINE. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND PERFECT WITH NO WEAR . THE 8MM WIDE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH JUST VERY LIGHT CREASES TO EITHER END BUT THIS IS NOT REALLY SIGNIFICANT , THE SPINE HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN, BRIGHT AND VIVID 

OVERALL A SUPERB UK STEREO FIRST PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL  8MM WIDE SPINE SLEEVE.