PMC 7027 THE BEATLES "SGT. PEPPER" RARE WIDE SPINE FIRST ISSUE MONO EX+

	£		300
	$		398

 RARE ORIGINAL WIDE SPINE COVER MONO PRESSING OF "SGT. PEPPER" 

THE BEATLES PMC 7027 "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" ORIGINAL YELLOW & BLACK  FIRST ISSUE  FROM 1967. OUTER BACK COVER PRINTS "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" INSTEAD OF "WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS."
THE MONO VERSION OF THIS ALBUM WAS MIXED BY THE BEATLES THEMSELVES AND HAS THE FOLLOWING DIFFERENCES TO THE STEREO VERSION MIXED BY GEORGE MARTIN.
TRACK - "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"- MORE PROMINENT GUITAR TOWARDS THE END - BARELY AUDIBLE IN STEREO. TRACK - "LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS" - ECHO ON VOCAL WHICH IS NOT ON STEREO. TRACK - "SHE'S LEAVING HOME" - MONO VERSION IS MUCH FASTER - SONG IS SLOWED DOWN IN STEREO VERSION. TRACK - "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (REPRISE) - AUDIENCE SOUNDS BEGIN MORE SHARPLY. DRUM INTRO IS 4 BEATS LONGER. ALSO WORDS SPOKEN BY JOHN AND AUDIENCE LAUGHTER WHICH ARE NOT ON THE STEREO VERSION. PAUL'S AD-LIB AT THE END IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE IN STEREO AND TRANSITION FROM "GOOD MORNING" IS BETTER ON THE MONO RELEASE.
RELEASED IN JUNE 1967 ( 52 YEARS AGO) MOST OF THESE ALBUMS WERE PLAYED TO DEATH ON CHEAP PORTABLE RECORD PLAYERS BY TEENAGERS OF THE DAY. MOST COPIES OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM ARE SCRATCHED AND SO BADLY WORN (LOOK ON EBAY) I WOULD NOT GIVE THEM THE TIME OF DAY. NOW AND THEN YOU FIND A GREAT COPY OF THE VINYL AND YOU THEN REALISE WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT.
THE VINYL - EARLIEST MATRIX NUMBERS - SIDE 1 XEX 637-1 / SIDE 2 XEX 638-1.  LETS TALK ABOUT THIS COPY OF THE VINYL. I HAVE PLAY TESTED THIS ON A £70,000 AUDIO SYSTEM PLAYING LOUD THROUGH 11 SPEAKERS AND A SUBWOOFER AND I COULD NOT BELEIVE MY EARS. CRISP, PUNCHY SOUND WITH NO DISTORTION AND TOTAL SILENT SURFACES SO ALL YOU COULD HEAR WERE THE BEATLES. NO JUMPS, NO POPS, NO TICKS, NO IMPERFECTIONS. BOTH SIDES  PLAY PERFECTLY. ALSO HAS "CHATTER" ON THE RUN OUT GROOVE ON SIDE 2 - THE FIRST ALBUM TO DO THIS. YOU COULD ONLY BETTER THIS WITH A FACTORY FRESH MINT COPY, AND THEN YOU MIGHT END UP WITH PRESSING FAULTS. THIS VINYL IS A TRULY FANTASTIC AUDIO COPY THAT WOULD DO ANY COLLECTION JUSTICE. SIMPLY SUPERB AUDIO. 
NOW LETS TALK ABOUT THE LABELS. ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS. VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF USE.  NO SIGNS OF SPINDLE MARKS WHICH INDICATES PREVIOUS OWNER WAS ULTRA CAREFUL WHEN PLAYING THIS RECORD. "THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LTD" RIM AND "SOLD IN THE UK" ACROSS THE LABEL. 
NOW LETS TALK ABOUT THE INNER SLEEVE. CRISP AND CLEAN WITH NO WRITING OR RIPS OR CREASES. THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE WAS PLAIN WHITE, BUT I INCLUDE ALSO THE DECORATED INNER SLEEVE DESIGNED BY SEEMON AND MARIJKE. BOTH ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO RIPS OR SCRIBBLES. INCLUDED ALSO IS THE SET OF CARDBOARD CUT-OUTS (ORIGINALS PRINTED IN ENGLAND) WHICH IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
FINALLY LETS TALK ABOUT THE OUTER RARE WIDE SPINE GATEFOLD COVER. ORIGINAL  "GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD" COVER WITH NO WRITING OR RIPS OR LAMINATE LIFTING.  REMEMBER, THIS RECORD IS 52 YEARS OLD AND THEREFORE AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, THERE ARE VERY MILD, AND I MEAN VERY MILD SIGNS OF USAGE, HOWEVER THIS RECORD HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND GIVES FANTASTIC AUDIO WITH NO DISTORTION. 
A GREAT CHANCE TO BECOME THE OWNER OF THIS WIDE SPINE AND MOST DESIRABLE COPY OF "SGT. PEPPER" WITH THE ERROR ON THE BACK COVER LYRICS - "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" INSTEAD OF "WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS." THIS IS A VERY BEST COPY OF THIS ICONIC MONO RECORD - CERTAINLY UNBEATABLE AUDIO REPRODUCTION. NO RESERVE PRICE.
AS THIS IS A VALUABLE RECORD, POSTAGE WILL INCLUDE FULL INSURANCE AND SIGNED FOR FEES SO PLEASE IGNORE EBAY POSTAL CHARGES AND AWAIT INVOICE BEFORE PAYING. DO NOT PAY BEFORE I HAVE INVOICED YOU FOR CORRECT POSTAL CHARGES. NO RETURNS ON THIS ITEM AND NO REDUCED PRICE HAGGLING ONCE ITEM IS RECEIVED. ITEM IS AS ADVERTISED AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE ITEM PHOTOGRAPHED.