BEATLES Sgt Pepper's LP 1967 MONO 1st Press + INSERT PATENTS PENDING DATED

	£		255
	$		338

Hello!  Please note, that this auction will end on late Tuesday January 9th UK time.  Of course, I usually end my auctions on Sundays.  However, as I still haven't caught up from the New Year period this is impossible.  So don't forget to check back before Tuesday January 9th UK time - to see some incredible items!  Please read on about this AMAZING item below, and GOOD LUCK if you decide to bid:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT ICOMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS 'DARKER GREE' INSERT, AND HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER (WHICH ALL LATER COPIES NEVER HAD!)!!!!

PLAIN INNER SLEEVE RUMOUR

ON MY LAST LISTINGS I RECIEVED 2 EMAILS.  NAMELY:-  "I have heard that early Pepper Albums came in a plain white inner sleeve, is that correct?"  and also "I thought it was well known that Pepper LPs released in the first week did not have the red/white inners, and should have plain white 'patents applied for' inners instead?".  WELL IF THIS WELL KNOWN IT IS NEWS TO ME?  YET THIS SGT PEPPER LP DOES INDEED COME WITH A PLAIN WHITE 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' INNER SLEEVE - AND WAS MOST DEFINITELY BOUGHT 3 DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  THE INNER WAS 100% VERIFIED BY THE ONE PREVIOUS OWNER, AND HAD BEEN WITH HIM SINCE THE DAY HE BOUGHT IT!!!!  SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON THIS - I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADD THIS TO THE LISTING!!!!  BUT BE 100% CERTAIN - THIS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WAS DEFINITELY THE INNER SLEEVE PURCHASED WITH THIS LP ON THE 29/05/1967 (THE 1 PREVIOUS OWNER DIDN'T EVEN KNOW OF ITS EXISTENCE UNTIL I TOLD HIM)!!!!

AND FOLLOWING ON FROM ABOVE, FOR ONCE WE CAN TELL EXACTLY WHEN THIS LP WAS MADE.  NOW AS ANY ONE KNOWS THE 'SGT PEPPER' LP REMAINED IN THE CHARTS FOR WELL OVER A YEAR IN 1967, AND REMAINED COMPLETELY UNCHANGED FROM THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' ON THE 26th MAY 1967 THROUGH TO MID 1968 - WHEN THE 'KT' TAX CODING WAS REMOVED FROM THE LABELS.  SO IT IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHAT DATE A SGT PEPPER LP WAS REALLY MADE.  YOU COULD QUITE EASILY BUY A NM COPY SOLD AS A 1ST PRESSING, BUT ACTUALLY IT COULD JUST AS EASILY HAVE BEEN MADE IN MAY 1968 - RATHER THAN MAY 1967!!!!  LUCKILY IN THIS CASE, THERE IS HELP FROM THE 1 PREVIOUS OWNER.  OF COURSE 'WRITING' IS CONSIDERED AS A BAD THING ON ANY RECORD.  BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE WRITING - THEN A 'DATE' OR A 'PRICE' IS MOST ACCEPTABLE.  SO IN THIS LPs CASE THERE IS THE DATE OF PURCHASE '29th MAY 1967' NEATLY WRITTEN ON THE INNER SLEEVE (WITH NO WRITING ANYWHERE ELSE - APART FROM A NUMBER '32' ON ANOTHER PART OF THE INNER!).  AND IN THIS LPs CASE - I THINK THIS IS MOST DEFINITELY AN 'ADDED BONUS' - RATHER THAN A DETRACTION!!!!  BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU THAT THIS LP IS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING - WAS WAS BOUGHT ONLY 3 DAYS AFTER THIS LP WAS RELEASED!!!!  AND WITH NO OTHER WAY OF KNOWING - YOU CAN IN THIS LPs CASE BE 100% CONFIDENT THAT YOU ARE GETTING A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING, BOUGHT IN THE VERY FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE - WHEN THIS LP HADN'T EVEN ENTERED THE CHARTS!!!!

AND COUPLED WITH THE DETAILS ABOVE - THIS LP HAS AN INCREDIBLY RARE 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER (SEE PICTURE!), WHICH ONLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER HAD (MOST DID NOT!)!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'YELLOW & BLACK' PARLOPHONE LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'KT' LABEL TAX CODE, 1ST PRESS 1/1 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 'CUT-OUT' INSERT, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK FULLY LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in BRILLIANT  condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is PMC 7027 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO stickers, NO tears, possible 'touched in' trace to 1 centre hole (though this is doubtful), NO annotations, NO wear, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, only 2 or 3 MEGA light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO skips, barely ANY clicks AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound in places!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Red/White' inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback FULLY Laminated 'Patents Pending' MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (apart from a few TINY creases!), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, only a VERY few light creases elsewhere (cover is VERY flat looking!), VERY shiny laminate, NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, STUNNING flipbacks, VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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