THE BEATLES Sgt Peppep's Loney VG 1967 TAIWAN 1ST PRESS w RARE EDIT RED VINYL

$

130

Vinyl:  VG Play Graded.  Sounds Very Good!  No sticks, no skips. Turn it up! Taiwan Lcico Labels are Clean and Bright.  This is the SUPER RARE 1967 Taiwanese RED VINYL/Misprint Cover 1ST PRESSING!!  This pressing also includes the SUPER RARE snippet of audio surrealism at the end of A Day In The Life which at various times has been called various things including "Edit For LP End", and "Sgt. Pepper's Inner Groove"---the result of three hours' worth of random words and phrases The Beatles' recorded on April 21, 1967.  They tagged this snippet on just after the inaudible (to human ears) 15 kilocycle dog whistle that Paul recorded for his English sheepdog, Martha...!  Then comes a burst of laughter and a snatch of words...what are they saying??  What does it all mean??!? :)

Quintessential Middle Years Psychedelia, upon it's original release in 1967, this was regarded as the musical Event of the Decade of the 1960s (which is saying a TON!)  Often designated as a Defining Moment, as in:  there was Before Pepper and After Pepper...there was never anything before like Fixing A Hole, Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite, A Day In The Life, Within You Without You, etc etc before this.  Considered The Beatles Masterwork.  Psychedelic meets Rock meets Classical Meets Mellotron...!  Enjoy!...One of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time!!  Allmusic gives it 5 stars!
See Review Below!
In the Dead Wax:   Has Chinese characters, etched.   Plus, on Side 1:  PLS 3161 A (etched)   YEX-637 1S2   7H (stampers)

Side 2:  Has Chinese characters, etched.   Plus, on Side 2:  PLS 3161 B (etched)   YEX-638 1S2   7H (stampers)
Both sides also have a round stamped logo, tiny, that appears to be a serrated half moon inside a moon...
       Cover: VG (see photos)   Front and back of cover artwork and text are rich, clear and bright.  Of course the cover artwork is very different from the Original Sgt Pepper sleeve, but in fact the Cover photo of this one is taken from the Gatefold of the Original Album cover that we all know (and Love!)  Known affectionately as Sgt Peppep, this is one of the most infamous cover blooper/misprints in The Beatles' canon. 

This Original 1ST PRESS Taiwanese cover is not made of cardboard like most Western World albums, but is more consistent with the texture of strong construction paper, so it feels flimsy but is actually quite strong.  It was originally covered entirely (on the inside of the jacket pocket as well) with a protective plastic wrap which also provided a built in "sleeve" for the vinyl.  Some of this plastic protective wrap is missing from the front cover.  Seams, corners and spine are solid with minor ring wear.  No splits.  No writing. 

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Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?  First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.  First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.   On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

With Revolver, the Beatles made the Great Leap Forward, reaching a previously unheard-of level of sophistication and fearless experimentation. Sgt. Pepper, in many ways, refines that breakthrough, as the Beatles consciously synthesized such disparate influences as psychedelia, art-song, classical music, rock & roll, and music hall, often in the course of one song. Not once does the diversity seem forced -- the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita." There's no discounting the individual contributions of each member or their producer, George Martin, but the preponderance of whimsy and self-conscious art gives the impression that Paul McCartney is the leader of the Lonely Hearts Club Band. He dominates the album in terms of compositions, setting the tone for the album with his unabashed melodicism and deviously clever arrangements. In comparison, Lennon's contributions seem fewer, and a couple of them are a little slight but his major statements are stunning. "With a Little Help From My Friends" is the ideal Ringo tune, a rolling, friendly pop song that hides genuine Lennon anguish, à la "Help!"; "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" remains one of the touchstones of British psychedelia; and he's the mastermind behind the bulk of "A Day in the Life," a haunting number that skillfully blends Lennon's verse and chorus with McCartney's bridge. It's possible to argue that there are better Beatles albums, yet no album is as historically important as this. After Sgt. Pepper, there were no rules to follow -- rock and pop bands could try anything, for better or worse. Ironically, few tried to achieve the sweeping, all-encompassing embrace of music as the Beatles did here.