BEATLES ORIG 1969 SGT PEPPERS STEREO LP GREEN LABEL w/INSERT CAPITOL SMAS 2653

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... For your consideration, I offer:
"RARE 1969 BEATLES SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ALBUM IN STEREO (CAPITOL SMAS-2653) GREEN "TARGET LABEL" VERSION w/ORIGINAL CUTOUTs INSERT"

• CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER ~ THE BEATLES' "SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"! THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1969-1971 GREEN TARGET LABEL VERSION STEREO ALBUM, WHICH INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL PEPPERS "CUTOUT" INSERT - IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR THE MORE DISCRIMINATING AND DETAIL-ORIENTED COLLECTORS! THIS IS AN OVERALL MID-LEVEL COPY OF THIS ALBUM.

• COVER DETAILS (VERY GOOD): MOST SELLERS WOULD QUICKLY GRADE THIS AROUND "EXCELLENT", BUT I AM DETAIL-ORIENTED ON MY GRADING AND WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR ITEMS. THIS ALBUM IS ABSOLUTELY A "COLLECTOR KEEPER COPY" AND IN VG CONDITION! FRONT COVER HAS A BIT OF MINIMAL RUBBING AND NORMAL COVER WEAR. IT ALSO HAS A LITTLE RESIDUE ABOVE EDGAR ALLEN POE'S HEAD (SEE PHOTO) AND OFF TO THE LEFT HAS ABOUT 3" OF SMUDGING JUST OVER THE HEADS IN THE FAR LEFT UPPER CORNER. THERE IS ONE TINY SPOT ON THE UPPER RIGHT SEAM THAT HAS A 1/4" SPLIT THAT IS VERY MINOR. SEAMS AND SPINE ARE INTACT AND LOOK GOOD. BACK COVER HAS LIGHT RING WEAR IN SOME AREAS ALONG WITH SOME EDGE RUBBING ALONG THE MOUTH. ALONG THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER CAN BE FOUND THE VERTICAL BLURB OF "1967 NEMS - NEMS ENTERPRISES LIMITED" ALONG WITH THE "MACLEAN MUSIC, INC." PUBLISHING BLURB. 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 - YET THE LP LABEL LISTS THE SONG CORRECTLY! COMPLETE & INTACT, NO SEAM SPLITS, SPINE SPLITS, CRACKS, OR FRACTURES. INNER GATEFOLD IS BEAUTIFUL - AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION OVERALL. LP MOUTH IS SUPER w/NO RIPS OR SPLITS & THE ENTIRE ALBUM IS VERY THICK CARDBOARD, WELL CONSTRUCTED AND A DECENT EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL 1969-1971 STEREO PRESSING FROM CAPITOL'S "GREEN TARGET LABEL" ERA. OK, THAT'S ME BEING EXTRA CRITICAL ON CONDITIONING - BUT SHE'S A DECENT EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM. THIS OVERALL COVER (WITH ALL THINGS CONSIDERED) IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, BUT NOT A TOP SOLID MID-LEVEL EXAMPLE IN MY OPINION - BUT IT IS ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF MID-LEVEL AND THEY ARE GETTING HARDER TO FIND. 

• ALBUM (LP) DETAILS (VERY GOOD-):  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 THE SAME FOR THE MOST PART. THEY HAVE THE STANDARD PAPER SCUFFS AND SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES - BUT I DON'T SEE ANY MAJOR SCRATCHES THAT STAND OUT. THERE ARE SOME SPOTS WHERE I CAN SEE SOME AREAS OF POSSIBLE SCRATCHING OR NICKS, BUT IT IS HARD TO SAY WITHOUT PLAYING. ALBUM NEEDS TO BE CLEANED BEFORE PLAYING. I BELIEVE VG- IS A VERY SAFE & FAIR VISUAL GRADE FROM INSPECTION UNDER NATURAL LIGHTING (IT POSSIBLY COULD BE A VG GRADE, BUT I WANT TO BE SAFE WITH MY GRADE). LABELS: NEAR MINT ON BOTH SIDES AS  THEY LOOK QUITE PRISTINE AND ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS (LIKE RIGHT OUT OF THE FACTORY). NO SPINDLE HOLE ISSUES AT ALL - SUPER CLEAN. THE LP LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN PLAYED SOME, BUT WELL TREATED OVERALL. ALBUM LABEL LISTS SECOND SONG AS "WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" BUT "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" ON THE BACK COVER.

• INSERT OF PEPPERS "CUTOUTS" IS THE "THIN" VERSION AND IN VERY GOOD MINUS (VG-) CONDITION. INSERT HAS BEEN FOLDED ONCE STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, VERTICALLY, SO THERE IS A NOTICEABLE CREASE. INSERT ALSO HAS A FEW AREAS THAT HAS OTHER SMALL CREASING AND HANDLING SIGNS. THIS SET DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INNER "PSYCHEDELIC" RED PATTERN SLEEVE, AS THEY HAD BEEN PHASED OUT BY THIS POINT BY CAPITOL RECORDS AND INCLUDED A REGULAR WHITE INNER LINER. 

• ORIGINAL CAPITOL RECORDS SMAS-2653 GREEN "TARGET" LABEL VERSION FROM 1969-1971 ERA.

• 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 AND TEARS IN THE GATEFOLD. VERY SOLID LP SET, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, WITH A BIT OF NORMAL RUBBING AND FAINT RINGWEAR. I WOULD GIVE THIS ENTIRE LP SET AN OVERALL "VERY GOOD" (VG) GRADE ALL TOGETHER (TECHNICALLY BETWEEN A VG- AND A VG, IF I AM BEING STRICT).

• THIS IS #2 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!