THE BEATLES SGT PEPPER 1967 UK PRESS GREAT COPY

	£		80
	$		106

THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY LISTING FOR THE BEATLES 1967 "SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" WITH MATRIX ENDINGS - 1 - 1  AND ON THE YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL CATALOGUE NUMBER PCS 7027, WITH ‘SOLD IN THE UK... & GRAMOPHONE CO...' ON THE LABELS  IN THE ORIGINAL LAMINATED GARROD & LOFTHOUSE INNER FLIPBACK GATEFOLD COVER. I HAVE TEST PLAYED THE ALBUM TWICE AT HIGH VOLUME BEFORE LISTING AND THE ALBUM PLAYS THROUGHOUT WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SKIPS, JUMPS OR ANY SIGNS OF GROOVEWEAR INTERFERENCE THE AUDIO IS GENERALLY FANTASTIC CLEAR AND VIBRANT WITH SUPERB STEREO SEPARATION, ONLY ON A COUPLE OF TRACKS DID I HEAR ANY LIGHT TICKS, SEE AUDIO DESCRIPTION FOR MORE DETAILS.

Matrix/Mothers Side1 YEX 637 - 1 / 2 GMF     Side2 YEX 638 - 1 / 4 GAL

I have been a collector of vinyl for more than 30 years, with a collection of over 2,000 albums, the time has come to part with some of the collection. Over the coming months I will be listing some of the albums I have decided to part with here on ebay as well as on my bluesvinyl4u website, while the majority of my albums are blues related from all eras, there will be a mixed bag to chose from.

‘Sgt. Pepper’s lonely Hearts Club Band’ was The Beatles ninth official album release and was released on 1st June 1967. The Beatles insisted that the album be issued identically worldwide, so for the first time Capitol in America fell into line and didn't split tracks over different L.P.'s (then again, how could they!)

This album sold a quarter of a million copies in Britain in it's first week of release, and by the end of June had topped 500,000 sales. But it didn't sell it's One Millionth copy until April 1973, some 6 years later. The album still appears in the top 20 of most of the World’s top selling albums of all time lists and is the second highest selling album of all time in the UK. It went straight to number 1 and dominated the top slot for the next 23 weeks.

Sgt. Peppers was the first "concept" album, although any link between tracks was 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 cover has a picture montage (but not the Beatles first - check out "Beatles For Sale") by Peter Blake which contains, 57 photographs, 9 waxwork models loaned from Madam Tussaud's,  A Sgt. Pepper drumskin,  A stone bust,  Four Statuettes,  An Idol,  A doll wearing a jumper emblazoned with "Welcome The Rolling Stones" and "Good Guys",  A portable T.V., A Gold award, A variety of flower arrangements, one spelling "Beatles", and another of a guitar, plus a row of Marijuana plants,  And ... The Beatles.

Other than the waxworks, the other items all came from the personal collections of The Beatles.

The drumskin was painted by a genuine fairground artist, Joe Ephgrave.

Track Listing

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Lennon, McCartney

With A Little Help From My Friends - Lennon, McCartney

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Lennon, McCartney

Getting Better - Lennon, McCartney

Fixing A Hole - Lennon, McCartney

She’s Leaving Home - Lennon, McCartney

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite - Lennon, McCartney

Within You Without You - Harrison

When I’m Sixty Four - Lennon, McCartney

Lovely Rita - Lennon, McCartney

Good Morning Good Morning - Lennon, McCartney

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - Lennon, McCartney

A Day In The Life - Lennon, McCartney

THE AUDIO

I have carefully played the album twice before listing at high volume and am pleased to say that it plays through with absolutely no skips, jumps or any groovewear interference. Generally the audio is absolutely superb crystal clear, loud and vibrant with great stereo separation. On side one there are a few very very faint ticks on the run in of the first track, a couple of again very very light ticks on Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and She’s Leaving Home. On side two again the majority plays at least excellent with superb audio only at the very end of the final track did I hear some ticks into the run off. Obviously with an album of this age a certain amount of static/dirt crackle has to be allowed for, but in this case I heard barely any.

Apart from the areas mentioned the album is just superb and would easily grade as excellent, personally I thoroughly enjoyed the quality I heard a very playable copy.

THE VINYL

The vinyl is of course the heavy robust early type, and generally very clean considering this is a 43 year old vinyl, there are a few minor scuffs/needle marks but nothing which causes any serious problems with the audio as I have described.

THE COVER 

This is the original fully laminated inner flipback Garrod & Lofthouse gatefold cover has no splits or tears or writing and still creaks on opening. The front and rear only show a minimal amount of storage wear and only a small area of laminate creasing on the front, which can be seen on one of the photos. Corners have also only a small amount of storage wear and the spine is straight with also only a small amount of storage wear. The inside spread is almost perfect with no marks or writing. The cut out sheet is in near mint if not mint condition.

THE LABELS 

The labels are the early press only yellow and black Parlophone, only a minimal amount of spidering can be seen under angled bright light it very clearly hasn’t been overplayed.  Labels also feature the early press only ‘Sold In The UK...’ across and ‘The Gramophone Co...’ around them.

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE VINYL AND COVER WILL BE INSERTED SEPARATELY IN POLY SLEEVES AND WRAPPED WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION.

I have tried to give an honest assessment of the item listed. I have played the item track by track and again given my honest view on the audio quality. The photos I have taken are intended to give you the clearest impression of the visual quality. Please note, photos are the actual item for sale.

Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions regarding the album or details regarding the listing.

Shipping 

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