"SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" 1st PRESS 'FOURTH PROOF SLEEVE' PMC 702
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Jul 24, 2023 Sold Date
May 6, 2023 Start Date
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SGT. PEPPER'S HEARTS CLUB BAND PMC 7027 1st. PRESSING VINYL LP COMPLETE WITH RED & WHITE INNER SLEEVE, CUT-OUT POSTER & PROTOTYPE "FORTH PROOF SLEEVE" OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE: 1st JUNE 1967.THIS IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "PROTOTYPE" TEST PRESSING COVER! THESE HYBRID COVERS WERE FIRST USED IN LATE 1966 BEFORE THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED.
"MONO" MATRIX: SIDE 1: XEX 637-1  3 GML.  SIDE 2: XEX 638-1  8 RMP.
THE RECORD LABEL IS BLACK/YELLOW WITH SILVER PRINT, EMBOSSED TAX CODE "K AND T", HAS "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD..." ON THE OUTER RIM. "SOLD IN.U.K." THERE IS A STRAY PERIOD IN SOLD.IN.UK.
COVER: PRINTED AND MADE BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD. PATENT PENDING. PSYCHEDELIC RED AND WHITE INNER SLEEVE PRINTED THE WORDS "PATENT APPLIED FOR" AT THE BOTTOM OF SLEEVE. CUT-OUT STATES "PRINTED IN ENGLAND".
THE "FORTH PROOF" GATEFOLD SLEEVE REPRESENTS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSING, THIS WAS THE FINAL VERSION OF VARIOUS PROTOTYPES THAT WERE EXPLORED BY THE BEATLES WHEN THE COVER WAS BEING DESIGNED. THE COVER WAS APPROVED A SMALL TEST RUN WAS UNDERTAKEN. THE TEST RUNN IS CHARACTERISED BY THE INVERTED "FORTH PRESS" TEXT AT THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE INNER GATEFOLD. THERE IS ALSO PRINTED TEXT "A R D 13217" WHICH WAS THE REFERENCE NUMBER FOR THE PROTOTYPE TEXT USED.

THE VINYL DISC IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, VERY FEW LIGHT MARKS CAN BE SEEN. THE AUDEO SOUND IS VERY CLEAR AND CLEAN FROM THIS ORIGINAL MONO RECORDING, NOTHING TO SPOIL THE LISTENING PLEASURE.  THE ALBUM SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE SPINE AND CORNERS HAVE A LITTLE AGE WARE AND A FEW CREASES. THE INNER SLEEVE IS VERY GOOD, CLEAN WITH A LITTLE CREASING AND A VERY SHORT SPLIT ON THE BOTTOM OUTER EDGE. THE CUT-OUT POSTER IS GREAT.
ALL VINYL RECORDS HAVE BEEN PRO-CLEANED AND VACUUMED. STRONG CLEAR OUTER SLEEVE COVERS AND AUDIOPHILE INNER PROVIDED.
POSTED IN AN EASY OPEN PROFESSIONAL STIFF RECORD MAILER, OVERSEAS THROUGH EBAY GLOBAL FULLY TRACKED  SHIPPING PROGRAM. 


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