BEATLES SGT PEPPERS MONO MAS 2653 WITH INSERT AND ORIGINAL SLEEVE
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Description
Released 26 May 1967
Recorded 24 November 1966 – 21 April 1967
Studio EMI Studios and Regent Sound Studio, London
Genre: Rock pop psychedelia art rock
Length 39:52
Label: CAPITOL EMI
MONO Gatefold
Producer George Martin
The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the most popular British album of all-time. The Official Charts Company named the iconic 1967 record Britain's favorite based on album sales, downloads, and streams, the Associated Press reports.
The Beatles in mono: This is how most listeners first heard the group in the 1960s, when mono was the predominant audio format. Up until 1968, each Beatles album was given a unique mono and stereo mix, but the group always regarded the mono as primary.
Although it is fascinating to listen to all of the Beatles mono releases, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” is the only instance in the Beatles’ catalog where it’s absolutely essential to do so. Circa 1966, automated mixing boards were a long, long way away from being invented (an automated board, much like today’s computer-driven recording and mixing systems, could reproduce an existing mix at the touch of a button). Back in Sgt. Pepper’s era, each mix was done by hand, and therefore every mix would be idiosyncratic. A mono mix might wildly differ from a stereo mix; sometimes these changes were intentional, shaped to maximize the difference between mono and stereo, and other times, the discrepancy was just a factor of human imperfection.
This LP is in VG + condition. see photos for cover and INSERT
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