BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS..." MONO LP PMC 7027

	£		31
	$		41

  The Beatles
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
RARE 2nd press 1967

LP, Catalogue Number (PMC 7027),

Cover Details: Front laminated gatefold sleeve with a Picture inner sleeve.

Cover Condition: excellent condition with only slight usage wear but no major creasing or wear, acceptable to most collectors.

Record condition: Has been  well looked after and carefully played so shows very few, very light surface lines, these do not affect play.

Any other details: The original inner sleeve is white in excellent condition complete with original "cut out" insert.

Matrix numbers XEX 637-1 & XEX 638-1,

"K-T" code on side 1.This is RARE original second mono release with "Sold in UK" & Gramophone Co Ltd" label text,

Second Edition Sleeve
"Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending."

all in VG+  clean condition see pictures

INFO ABOUT Released Versions SO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU BIDDING ON :) IT IS 100 % GENUINE 2ND PRESSING RARE!

           Note: See after this Released Versions section for differences in the printed editions of the initial sleeves.

First pressings (1967) - Mono AND Stereo versions

The standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "The Gramophone Co. Ltd."
The label DOES have "Sold in the U.K..." statement.
The sleeve is gatefold, the inner sleeve is red and white, and there is a cardboard cut-out insert. Second pressings (1967) - Rare Variant - Mono Only Same as above ... but ......
Some original mono pressings omit any reference to "A Day In the Life" on the side 2 record label, although the track does play on the album !
This version is therefore the rarest of all The Beatles "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" UK Pressings.
Note that so far this rare variant has only been discovered in MONO format (PMC 7027), it has never been found on a stereo version.
(The inner sleeve is plain white.)

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - Rare 1st Pressing Mono Label Third pressings (1969) - Mono AND Stereo versions The standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "The Gramophone Co. Ltd."
The label does NOT have "Sold in the U.K..." statement.
Inner sleeve is a sepia coloured EMI advertising bag, plus cardboard cut-out insert.
Note that there are rare pressings of the 1969 Mono version (PMC 7027) with a stereo matrix number YEX 637/8 that play in stereo. Fourth Pressings (1969) - Mono AND Stereo versions One of only three Beatles albums to have been released in MONO by Parlophone in 1969 (the other two titles being 'Please Please Me' and 'Help').
Now with a silver/black Parlophone label.
Initial 1969 copies have the "All rights of the manufacturer" still starting with "The Gramophone Co Ltd"
Still with Gatefold sleeve, and cardboard cut-out inserts.
The label has one EMI boxed logo.
Both 'mono' and 'stereo' catalogue numbers are printed in the upper right hand corner of the rear of the sleeve.
Sgt. Peppers - Example Fourth Pressing Label A-Side Sgt. Peppers - Example Fourth Pressing Label B-Side Fifth Pressings (1969) - Mono AND Stereo versions Basically same as fourth pressing, but during the run the "All rights of the manufacturer"
message around the edge of the label switched to "EMI Records Ltd."
Still with Gatefold sleeve, and cardboard cut-out inserts.
Still with a label with one EMI boxed logo. Sixth Pressings (1973) - Stereo version ONLY Silver/black Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
Still with Gatefold sleeve, and cardboard cut-out inserts.
The label has TWO EMI boxed logos.
In 1973 there were also some French Pressings. The L.P. has "Made In France" on the EMI rim copyright notice. The sleeve was British printed with a "Made In France" sticker. Some of these French copies came with banded vinyl. Seventh Pressings (1979) - Stereo version ONLY PICTURE DISC L.P. - Catalogue number PHO 7027
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
Not a gatefold sleeve, it has a circular 10.25" hole cut in it, and NO cardboard cut-out inserts.
The label has TWO EMI boxed logos. Eighth Pressings (1982) - Mono version ONLY Now with a yellow/black Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
Still with Gatefold sleeve, and cardboard cut-out inserts.
This release is on a lightweight vinyl. Ninth Pressings (1984) - Contract Pressing - Stereo version ONLY With a Parlophone/Nimbus label.
This was mail-order only from Practical Hi-Fi magazine and is obviously very rare (and worth a lot more). Tenth Pressings (1995) - Stereo version ONLY Now with a Black and Silver Parlophone label.
The gatefold sleeve (with cut-out sheet) has a printed statement which reads:
"This album has been Direct Metal Mastered From a Digitally Re-mastered Original Tape to give the best possible sound quality"
This release is (surprisingly) on a lightweight vinyl.

Initial Sleeves - Printing Differences

There are a variety of sleeve differences of Sgt. Pepper making each print run (of the sleeve !) noticable. These can make us aware of which are first edition sleeves, second edition etc.
The difference can be noted in the bottom right hand corner and can be assessed thus:
First Edition Sleeve
"Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents applied for."

Second Edition Sleeve
"Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending."

Third Edition Sleeve
"Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."