Beatles Sgt Pepper's Mono 1st Pressing 1967 Ex Con

	£		50
	$		66

THE BEATLES NINTH ALBUM "SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"!!!! 1st PRESS MONO YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABES PMC 7027. 

THESE ARE FAIRLY DIFFICULT ALBUMS TO LOCATE IN THIS VERY NICE CONDITION!!!!

ON OFFER HERE IS A FAIRLY RARE ALBUM BY THE BEATLES CALLED "SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL MONO UK 1st PRESSING ON THE "BLACK & YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS", IT  HAS THE "GRAMOPHONE COMPANY" EDGE TEXT, DOES NOT HAVE THE "FIRST PUBLISHED" TEXT AND DOES HAVE THE "SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT!!!! ALL OF THESE DENOTE THIS TO BE A TRUE 1st PRESSING!!!! 

THIS RELEASE CAME OUT ON THE 1st JUNE 1967 AND BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK SOLD 250,000 COPIES, BY THE END OF THE MONTH THE FIGURE WAS UP TO 500,000. IT NEVER SOLD THE ONE MILLIONTH COPY UNTIL APRIL 1973 . IT IS STILL IN THE TOP 10 OF ALBUMS WORLDWIDE AND IS STILL THE UK's BIGGEST SELLER OF ALL TIME!!!! IT WENT STRAIGHT TO NUMBER ONE AND DOMINATED THE TOP SPOT FOR 23 WEEKS!!!! SGT PEPPER'S WAS THE FIRST EVER "CONCEPT " ALBUM ALTHOUGH ANY LINK BETWEEN TRACKS IS TENUOUS, THE RECORD IS THE FIRST NOT TO BE BANDED INTO INDIVIDUAL TRACKS WITH HARDLY ANY GAPS BETWEEN SONGS. IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO USE THE RUN OUT GROOVE, THEREFORE LEAVE THE STYLUS ON THE RECORD AND IT WOULD CHATTER AWAY ENDLESSLY!!!!

THE MATRIX, MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES ARE:

SIDE ONE: MATRIX "XEX 637-1"  MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 4 & RTG.

SIDE TWO: MATRIX "XEX 638-1" MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 2 & RPM

IT ALSO HAS THE "KT" TAX CODE EMBOSSED TO SIDE 1 OF THE LABEL!!!!.

CONDITION!!!!

SIDE ONE: THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH JUST SEVERAL  SPINDLE TRAILS . AND VERY LITTLE WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE. THE PLAYING SURFACE STILL RETAINS A BEAUTIFUL SHINE ALTHOUGH YOU CAN SEE SOME SLIGHT MARKS  BUT NONE THAT EVEN REMOTELY AFFECT THE PLAY!!!!  AS FOR PLAYBACK I TESTED THIS ON A LINN SONDEK LP12 THROUGH A LINN SYSTEM  AND BELIEVE ME IT SOUNDED SUPERB. EVEN THE RUN OUT GROOVES ARE SILENT!!!! THERE ARE NO "POPS", "CLICKS" OR "JUMPS" ANYWHERE!!!! I WOULD HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THE DISC AS EXCELLENT!!!! IT REALLY DOES SOUND THAT GOOD!!!!

SIDE TWO: THE LABELS ARE AGAIN BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH JUST A FEW VERY SLIGHT  SPINDLE TRAILS AND NO WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE. THE PLAYING SURFACE STILL RETAINS A BEAUTIFUL SHINE BUT DOES HAVE SEVERAL MARKS . AGAIN THE PLAYBACK IS SUPERB!!!! THERE ARE NO "POPS", "CLICKS" OR "JUMPS" ANYWHERE AND AGAIN MUST GRADE AS EXCELLENT!!!! WHEN I SAY MARKS I MEAN WHERE THE RECORD HAS BEEN TAKEN IN AND OUT OF THE SLEEVE!!!! THIS RECORD HAS HAD NO MORE THAT A FEW VERY CAREFULL PLAYS!!!!

SLEEVE

THIS ICONIC COVER TOO, IS THE SUBJECT OF A FEW "FIRSTS". IT WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE THE LYRICS PRINTED ON THE REVERSE. THE INNER SLEEVE WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO BE DECORATED IN THE DESIGN BY SEEMON & MARIJKE. PLUS THE ALBUM CAME WITH A CARDBOARD CUT OUT WHICH INCLUDED A MOUSTACHE, A PICTURE CARD, SOME SERGEANT STRIPES, TWO BADGES AND A STAND UP!!!! EMI WERE HORRIFIED WHEN THEY GOT THE FINAL BILL AS COVERS BACK IN THE 60's USUALLY HAD A BUDGET OF £25.00 OR UP TO £75.00 FOR AN ACT AS BIG AS THE BEATLES. COPYRIGHT AND RETOUCHING FEES CAME TO £1,367.13s.3d PLUS MICHAEL COOPER's FEES CAME TO £1,500.12s. !!!! THE CONDITION IS VERY NICE, THERE IS SOME FEATHERING TO THE OPENING EDGES, THE SPINE IS WHOLE AND INTACT, THERE ARE NO LAMINATE LIFTS OR HALF MOONS AND IT STILL RETAINS THAT BEAUTIFUL "CRACKLING" SOUND WHEN OPENED. THE ONLY THING REALLY WRONG WITH IT IS THAT IT HAS A COUPLE OF CORNER BUMPS AND MUST BE IN A LEAST EXCELLENT CONDITION!!!!

THIS IS ALSO A "PATENTS PENDING" SLEEVE WHICH IS VERY RARE IN ITSELF!!!! YOU WILL ALSO BE VERY LUCKY TO FIND ONE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CONDITION!!!!

THE ORIGINAL "RED WAVY" INNER SLEEVE IS IN GREAT ORDER APART FROM A SOME SLIGHT YELLOWING!!!! THIS ALSO CARRIES A "PATENTS APPLIED FOR"!!!!

THE CARDBOARD CUT OUT IS IN EXCELLENT++ CONDITION!!!!

SO FEEL CONFIDENT TO BID ON THIS INCREDIBE LITTLE GEM AS I CAN ASSURE YOU, YOU WILL NOT SEE THESE TOO OFTEN!!!!

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SHOULD THE WINNING BIDDER FOR SOME REASOM NOT BE HAPPY WITH MY DESCRIPTION I WILL OFFER A FULL REFUND MINUS ALL POSTAGE COSTS!!!! THAT IS HOW CONFIDENT I AM THAT THE PURCHASER WILL BE MORE THAN PLEASED WITH THIS ALBUM!!!!