THE BEATLES-SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-1ST PRESS MONO PMC.7027 1967
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THE BEATLES-SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND TYPE SINGLE LP-MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO
PARLOPHONE 1ST PRESS YELLOW & BLACK
CATALOGUE NUMBER PMC 7027 YEAR OF RELEASE 1967 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD - GARROD & LOFTHOUSE FULLY LAMINATED WITH INTERNAL FLIPBACKS INSERTS/EXTRASRED and WHITE "FOOLS" INNER - NO CUTOUTS
GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)EXCELLENT (CLEAN record black and shiny with VERY LIGHT PLAYWEAR and a few VISIBLE VERY LIGHT (little more than smudges on the surface of the vinyl) storage handling marks. PLAYS WELL WITH A GREAT MONO REPRO with just the occasional light click, and background
LABELSEXCELLENT (CLEAN LABELS with NO rips tears stickers or removal marks with LIGHT spindleusage, and LIGHT overall handling storage and ageing marks, faint black on black name on either side).
SLEEVEFront board.Inner gatefold EX
Clean sleeve with NO writing rips or tears stickers or removal marks. The front laminate is bright and shiny with VERY LIGHT pressure marking and VERY LIGHT rubbing wear. INNER GATEFOLD is very clean with minimal wear no loss of colour and nice proud internal spine. It comes with a great added touch, a London Harlequin Records shop sticker and adds some provenance to the item. I believe these stickers thmselves are quite collectable, and as the sleeve is laminated should come off ok if required.
Rear Board EX Rear board is much as the front clean with NO writing rips tears stickers and just light handling wear and creasing. Flipbacks EX Internal flipbacks are complete clean and stuck fast. Spine VG Spine is mainly all there, there is quite a bit of bare card along its length, and about half the lettering has gone. Top & bottom edges EX Top and bottom edges have LIGHT wear only Opening EX Opening has LIGHT usage and LIGHT wear Corners EX All corners have LIGHT wear only. INNER /EXTRASINNER SLEEVE: VG (Complete, some wear around the opening and tape repairs to sides and bottom) I have rehoused the record in a different sleeve.)
DETAILSThe Beatles made arguably the best album of all time under a pseudonym that pushed all boundaries and changed music forever...ay. Okay it doesn't fit the time measure needed for the first line but it has lots of truth to it. The Beatles took a softer rock approach than Revolver and tried even more unconventional instruments and concepts.
The intro track is a good rocker and sets the tone, entering the druggy and cheerful "A Little Help From My Friends" where Ringo once again assumes the role of the happy clown and for good reason, he is well fitted for it, and the Beatles provide great harmonies. We get "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" next, a Beatles classic for good reason, it's spacey and represents everything the psychedelic 60s embodied. The best songs here are the ones fair weather fans don't know. "Getting Better" is a personal favourite, not only because it's great guitar but because of the bridge where John and Paul collaborate, it goes from happy rocker to druggy, and the lyrics take a strange turn "I Used to be Cruel to my Woman I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved." It threw me for a loop when I first heard that, I couldn't even believe it was part of the same song. "Fixing a Hole" is just as pleasant, Paul sounds mesmerizing with "Where It Will Gooooo..." Follow this up with "She's Leaving" which is a gorgeous song by Paul and one of the saddest The Beatles recorded, about a runaway that is very symbolic of the rift between the counterculture and their predecessors, made all the more fascinating by focusing on the parents rather than the child.
John steps back in with "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" A song inspired by an old carnival poster and it is one of my favourites, it's a detour from the rock based sound most of the album has and is an example of how avant-garde can be used properly. Certainly better here than Rev 9. It's unfortunate George only gets one song (especially since "It's All Too Much" was recorded during these sessions) but his contribution "Within You, Without You" is as smooth as honey, a perfect usage of Indian music and it's philosophical musings fit perfectly with the era it was recorded in. After this we get two charming ditties by Paul ("When I'm 64" and "Lovely Rita") that are both great, but despite that they'll always be remembered for replacing the super duo of Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields. Then there's "Good Morning, Good Morning" which I think has the weakest chorus but makes up for it through eccentricities. Then there's the reprise followed by
"A Day in the Life". Greatest Beatles song ever? Possibly. It has Paul and John trading verses, a sweet acoustic guitar, and best of all a huge build up to a phenomenal climax. Most times I listen to an album I have to listen to it many times to appreciate it but with Sgt Pepper's it was once and I knew I heard something special. The Fab Four were never this unified again.
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