BEATLES ORIG 1967 SGT PEPPERS STEREO LP/ALBUM w/INSERT & LINER CAPITOL SMAS 2653

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150

... For your consideration, I offer:
"RARE 1967 BEATLES SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ALBUM IN STEREO (CAPITOL SMAS-2653) w/ORIGINAL PSYCHEDELIC INNER LINER & CUTOUTs INSERT"

• CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER ~ THE BEATLES' "SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"! THIS IS A COMPLETE & ORIGINAL 1967 STEREO ALBUM, WHICH INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL INNER RED "PSYCHEDELIC" ALBUM SLEEVE & THE PEPPERS "CUTOUT" INSERT - IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION FOR THE MORE DISCRIMINATING AND DETAIL-ORIENTED COLLECTORS! THIS IS AN OVERALL HIGHER END COPY OF THIS ALBUM.

• COVER DETAILS (EXCELLENT+): MOST SELLERS WOULD QUICKLY GRADE THIS "NEAR MINT", BUT I AM DETAIL-ORIENTED ON MY GRADING AND WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR ITEMS. THIS ALBUM IS ABSOLUTELY A "COLLECTOR KEEPER COPY" AND IN SUPERB CONDITION! SUPER CLEAN, BOTH FRONT & BACK COVER HAVE NO RING WEAR & VERY SMOOTH/UNWORN - WHICH IS RARE AND WHAT COLLECTORS SEEK! THIS BACK COVER IS MORE SOUGHT AFTER BECAUSE IT HAS THE INCORRECT AND MISLABELED SONG "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" (WITHOUT THE "WITH" AT THE BEGINNING, WHICH WAS QUICKLY CORRECTED) - SO THIS IS A BONUS FOR COLLECTORS! COMPLETE & INTACT, NO SEAM SPLITS, SPINE SPLITS, CRACKS, OR FRACTURES. INNER GATEFOLD IS BEAUTIFUL - BUT I WILL MENTION THAT THERE IS A 1" SEPARATION IN THE SLICK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE (AT PAUL'S SHOULDER BOARD ON HIS UNIFORM) WHICH IS VERY COMMON FROM THIS LARGE GATEFOLD SLICK - ESPECIALLY AT THE INSIDE OF THE SPINE FROM OPENING THE GATEFOLD, BUT IT IS A SMALL DETRACTOR AND IS ACCOUNTED FOR (SEE LAST PHOTO FOR A CLOSE-UP). LP MOUTH IS SUPER w/NO RIPS OR SPLITS & THE ENTIRE ALBUM IS VERY THICK CARDBOARD, WELL CONSTRUCTED AND A TERRIFIC EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL STEREO PRESSING. BOTTOM RIGHT TIP ON FRONT COVER HAS A TINY BIT OF EXTRA COVER SLICK (FROM PRODUCTION AT THE PLANT) THAT IS ON THE TIP WITH TINY RUB. BACK COVER IS EXTREMELY NICE WITH SUPERFICIAL RUB IN A FEW SPOTS, BUT VERY LIGHT INDEED. THERE IS A SMALL SLIT ON THE UPPER RIGHT BORDER ON THE SLICK 4" FROM RIGHT EDGE (COULD BE FACTORY MADE OR JUST A SLIT THAT HAPPENED, I DON'T KNOW).OK, THAT'S ME BEING EXTRA CRITICAL ON CONDITIONING - BUT SHE'S A BEAUTY AND HAS BRIGHT COLORS AND RATHER SHINY! NO "NEMS" OR "MCLEAN" ON THE BACK COVER EITHER! THIS COVER WILL NOT DISAPPOINT - THEY ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION AND COMMAND A PREMIUM! 

• ALBUM (LP) DETAILS (NEAR MINT-):  I DO NOT OWN A TURNTABLE AT THIS TIME & I AM VISUALLY GRADING THIS ALBUM THE VERY BEST I CAN & DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANYTHING I SEE. BOTH SIDES OF THE ALBUM LOOK FANTASTIC AND THIS LP LOOKS AS IF IT WERE ONLY PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE. IT TRULY LOOKS WONDERFUL TO THE NAKED EYE - AND I HAVE STUDIED IT OUTSIDE IN NATURAL LIGHT. I DO NOTICE A FEW PAPER SCUFFS (TOTALLY COMMON FROM FACTORY PRODUCTION) AND I REALLY DO NOT SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS ALBUM AT ALL. I BELIEVE IT WILL PLAY WONDERFULLY - AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND GIVING IT AN INITIAL CLEANING BEFORE PLAYING. I BELIEVE NM- IS A VERY FAIR VISUAL GRADE AND I WILL NOT SAY NM BECAUSE I CANNOT PLAY IT. THESE ALBUMS IN THAT CONDITION ARE GETTING SCARCE. LABELS: NEAR MINT+ ON BOTH SIDES AS  THEY LOOK PRISTINE AND AS GOOD AS IT GETS (LIKE RIGHT OUT OF THE FACTORY). THE LP LOOKS TO BE ABOUT UNPLAYED (MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE AT MOST). ALBUM LABEL LISTS SECOND SONG AS "WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS".

• INSERT OF PEPPERS "CUTOUTS" IS THE THICK ORIGINAL VERSION AND IN NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) CONDITION, ONLY BECAUSE IT SHOWS A LITTLE ALBUM OUTLINE IN A FEW PLACES FROM BEING IN THE SLEEVE. INNER ALBUM "PSYCHEDELIC" RED PATTERN SLEEVE IS IN NEAR MINT- CONDITION - AND I WOULD HAVE QUICKLY GRADED THIS A SOLID "NEAR MINT" HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE FACT THAT ON THE DARK RED SIDE OF LINER THE GLUE IS NO LONGER HOLDING, SO IT IS LOOSE ON THAT SIDE. THE LINER TRULY IS BEAUTIFUL AND COULD BE CAREFULLY GLUED BACK ON THAT SIDE (BUT I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO THE NEW OWNER IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO). BONUS:  THERE ARE NO SPLITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LINER (WHERE NORMALLY 95% OF THEM ARE SPLIT!).

• ORIGINAL 1967 FIRST PRESSING RELEASE WITH NO MENTION OF NEMS OR MCLEAN PUBLISHING ON BACK COVER (AS SEEN IN PHOTOS). THIS IS THE MUCH RARER "MONO" VERSION (WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER RATE THAN THE STEREO VERSIONS, AS MONO WAS GETTING CLOSE TO BEING PHASED OUT AT THAT TIME). CAPITOL RECORDS MAS-2653.

• THE COVER IS VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED AND THICK CARDBOARD USED IN THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS. COVER SLICKS ARE WELL PUT TOGETHER ON THIS ALBUM AND DO NOT HAVE THE COMMON AND ALMOST INEVITABLE ISSUES SUCH AS: SPLITS, FRACTURES, SLICK SEPARATIONS, TEARS IN THE GATEFOLD AND STAINS! IMPRESSIVE COMPLETE PACKAGE, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. I WOULD GIVE THIS ENTIRE LP SET AN OVERALL "NEAR MINT MINUS" (NM-) GRADE ALL TOGETHER. VERY RARE & NICE!

• IF THIS COMPLETE SET HAD A TRUE "NM" GRADED ALBUM, THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE WOULD EASILY GO WELL ABOVE $350, BUT I AM REALISTIC ABOUT THE CONDITION OF EVERY PIECE OF THE SET AND HAVE PRICED THIS PACKAGE ACCORDINGLY, BASED ON ALL OF THE INTANGIBLES. I ALWAYS CONSIDER THE "OVERALL SET" AS BEING THE DETERMINING FACTOR. THIS IS #1 STEREO PEPPERS POST THAT I AM LISTING.

• SGT PEPPERS WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON 1 JUNE 1967 IN THE UK AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY IN THE US. WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEPPERS (CAN YOU BELIEVE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN FIFTY YEARS?).

• OTHER INTEREST:  I AM POSTING (5) SEPARATE ORIGINAL 1967 SGT PEPPERS MONO ALBUM SETS, (1) RARE 1969 GREEN TARGET LABEL SGT PEPPERS ALBUM SET, (1) SEPARATE ORIGINAL 1967 SGT PEPPERS STEREO ALBUM SET AND (1) SEALED ORIGINAL 1978 SGT PEPPERS PICTURE DISC ALBUM SET.  I AM A LIFETIME COLLECTOR AND HAVE HAD THESE LPs FOR DECADES IN MY BAGS UNLIMITED CUSTOM ALBUM BOXES AND WANT TO PURGE A BIT - ALONG WITH OFFERING QUALITY ITEMS FOR OTHER COLLECTORS THAT WILL APPRECIATE THEM.

• NOTE: IF YOU ARE A BEATLES FAN AND COLLECTOR, PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON MY EBAY STORE OVER THE NEXT MONTH AS I AM PURGING A LOT OF MY MASSIVE BEATLES COLLECTION AND THEY ARE ALL NICE (I DON'T KEEP ANYTHING BELOW NM- EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL VG++ IN MY PERSONAL HOLDINGS). YOU MAY WANT TO FOLLOW ME ON EBAY, AS I HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING BEATLES ITEMS (NOT JUST ALBUMS) THAT WILL BE POSTED IN THE FUTURE.

• LASTLY: I HAVE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AND GRADED ALL PIECES OF THIS ALBUM SET TO THE VERY BEST OF MY ABILITY, BASED ON GRADING STANDARDS, MOST PARTICULARLY FROM THE "PRICE GUIDE FOR THE BEATLES AMERICAN RECORDS" WRITTEN BY PERRY COX. IF YOU KNOW BEATLES ALBUMS, YOU MOST LIKELY HAVE EITHER HAD DEALINGS OR HEARD ABOUT PERRY. HE IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD/EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THINGS BEATLES!

PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 3 DAYS OF PURCHASE & NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS ONLY!