Beatles – Sergeant Pepper (original black and yellow Parlophone) MONO
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21
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Description
See my other listings for lots of ‘gear’ Fabs stuff. Chrimble is coming.
What is it?
It’s a proper mono copy of Sergeant Pepper which means it sounds A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER than the stereo CD, remastered or otherwise. This is a nice copy which has belonged to the same owner since 1967. She apologises, but she cannot find the original inner sleeve and cut out sheets.
Here is a quick nerd blitz of facts…
1) The Gramophone Co Ltd…
2) Sold in UK…
3) matrix numbers: XEX 637-1 (stampers 37 MRR), XEX 638-4 (stampers: 2 DRM)
… which proves that it is what I say it is.
The record: VG - Read carefully. Condition is consistent with being played quite a lot by a reasonably careful young adult: surface scuffs only (when viewed under pretty unforgiving torchlight). Plays absolutely fine – no jumps or anything nasty sounding on my funky Thorens deck. On a lot of eBay listings, Good/Very Good ends up being something which looks utterly pulverised and just about plays: for me ‘good’ and ‘very good’ mean records which have been looked after well enough by people who are not as nerdy as me and you. This is a nice record. Promise.
The sleeve: VG – Again – no inner sleeve or cut-outs – but the gatefold sleeve has been kept in a plastic sleeve for nearly 50 years and is very bright. Spine really nice, minor dings to corners, slight feathering and laminate damage consistent with regular use, bend on one corner. Nothing nasty. Promise.
Just so you know, all of these records belong to an original Fabs fan – and a fan club member. You can see a picture of her and her girlfriends dressed up like the Beatles which featured in the Beatles Monthly back in 1963 in the gallery above. She saw the Beatles a fair bit around London and was also at the filming of the ‘Around The Beatles’ TV special – she went to the rehearsals and (to my amazement since she is not that kind of person) forged a ticket so she could go back and watch the filming in person the following day.
Trust my gradings! I worked in the rarities department of a famous London record shop chain and I grade old school. If I say something is VG I am speaking Old School Record Collector grading - i.e. a record that has been very well looked after, not (as you see all the time on eBay) something that has been found in a lake. And I don't grade anything MINT unless I know it is unplayed.
I post everywhere, and my rates are fair. I will endeavour to send expensive things signed-for, and will provide proof of postage if necessary and help you hound the postal service if anything goes missing (hasn't happened to me yet - touch wood). People with less than ten transactions, crap or private feedback, or people from countries with problem postal services - understand that you will make me nervous.
NB: I recycle packaging - it's cheap and (in environmental terms) it's the right thing to do.
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