Beatles Sgt. Pepper UK Parlophone LP - Mono - Beautiful 1967 1st Pressing M-

$

540

I am a 40 year collector of LPs and 45s from the 50s and 60s. I have been collecting The Beatles UK LPs for 25 years. The Beatles LPs I have listed on eBay are from my personal collection.

I have also been an audiophile for 40 years (analog only). The unsealed LPs listed have been play-graded on high quality equipment (turntable, tone-arm, cartridge, pre-amp, amp, speakers, and subwoofers). My system picks up the slightest surface noise on vinyl; i.e., ticks, pops, hiss, and sibilants due to groove wear. The standard I have used in adding a record to my collection has been how well it played (no surface noise present) in addition to how it looked. Over my years of collecting I have continuously upgraded my personal collection of Beatles LPs to where almost all of them play as new. To me, this means quiet surfaces; i.e., no ticks, pops, crackle, or hiss in the music or the dead wax.

The outer sleeves/covers of these LPs have been stored in polyethylene sleeve protectors since I acquired them. I also removed the LPs from the original Emitex inner sleeves and stored the LP in a custom rice paper sleeve while keeping the original Emitex inner sleeve in the LP jacket.

I have used strict grading standards of the UK publication Record Collector. I will use a mint grade only if I know a record has never been played. Unless a record is sealed, M- is my highest grade. I have described the flaws, if any, on the labels, vinyl, and sleeves. All the LPs I have listed will play as good as, or better than, they look. If you wish to see larger pictures than those shown on Ebay, I can send you much larger photos attached to an e-mail. I hope you find something you can add to your collection and enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed listening to vinyl records for the last 57 years.

This is the first mono pressing of Sgt. Pepper. It has The Gramophone Co Ltd in the rim print and the “Sold in U.K…. “ statement across the labels. It was released on June 1, 1967. It is catalog # PMC 7027.

Matrix #s:

Side 1: XEX 637-1 

Side 2: XEX 638-1

Mothers:

Side 1: 3

Side 2: No mother number

Stamper letters:

Side 1: TT

Side 2: GLG

Labels: M-

There are a few light spindle tracks on the labels. They are otherwise flawless. The yellow text and black background are unmarked and show no handling wear. The spindle hole itself shows no signs of wear.

Vinyl: M-

The vinyl is flawless. It shows the sheen and high gloss of a new LP. It is completely free of dust or dirt that would dull its natural sheen and affect its sonic qualities. It plays as new. There are no ticks, pops, or surface noise. You will hear nothing but the music in the songs and silence in the dead wax on the run-ins, run-outs, and between songs. Of course, as every Beatles’ fan knows, there is not much dead wax between the songs on Sgt. Pepper. It is a forerunner of the Side 2 medley on Abbey Road….. mostly a continuous stream of great music.

Sleeve: EX

The sleeve was made by Garrod & Lofthouse and is an all-around very nice sleeve. All panels on this gatefold sleeve are firm and all have retained the high gloss of these early, classic laminated sleeves. The sleeve has very light ring wear on the very top of the front panel. Light ring wear is also evident near all three seams and the mouth on the rear panel of the sleeve due to long-term storage of the record and is what keeps this sleeve from a higher grade. This wear is light and has not affected the color of the panel or the legibility of the song lyrics. There is very light wear to the very tips of the corners but the corners themselves are square and sharp. There is a tiny crease on the very upper left corner of the front of the sleeve. There are a few very small creases on the laminate close to the spine on the front and rear of the sleeve but these are only evident on close inspection. The sleeve has solid seams with no splits in the laminate. The paper underneath the laminate on the spine does show a split but the laminate is intact and solid. The inside of the gatefold sleeve is exceptionally clean. The pictures of the Beatles spread across both inside panels of this gatefold sleeve are flawless, as are the flip-backs. There are no creases anywhere on the laminate on the inside panels of the gatefold sleeve. This is an all-around very nice Pepper sleeve.

The Sgt. Pepper cut-out insert is as new. The red, white, and pink inner sleeve is intact and clean with no splits.

Payment, Shipping, and Returns:

Please do not remit payment until you receive an invoice. The buyer is responsible for all shipping costs. All boxes and other shipping materials are new. Each LP is carefully packaged in custom made LP mailing boxes with the disc removed from the sleeve cover. This LP will be double-boxed. The LP mailing box will be placed inside a larger box filled with Styrofoam material. Shipping costs include only the actual costs of shipping and the required shipping materials. Shipping services within the US are USPS Priority Mail. The shipping cost for this LP within the US is $19.00.

Shipping costs vary widely outside the US. International shipping services are either USPS International or Federal Express International. For all locations outside the US please contact me for an exact shipping cost. The buyer is responsible for any customs or import duties. Shipping costs include a signed-for receipt.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Notification of intent to return an LP must be made within 48 hours of receiving the LP and must be returned to me within 7 days of receipt. Shipping costs are not refundable and the buyer pays return shipping. A returned LP must be packaged in the same manner in which it was received and I must receive it in the same condition as it was received by the buyer.

Other Listings:

I have many other Beatles mono and stereo UK LPs listed on Ebay, including Factory Samples and export LPs.