BEATLES "SGT PEPPER..." 1967 UK 1ST PRESS STEREO

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                                                                                 BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

 ARGUABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ALBUM OF POPULAR MUSIC EVER AND RECENTLY VOTED THE BEST UK ALBUM OF ALL TIME!!! "SGT PEPPERS" WAS RELEASED TO AN EAGERLY AWAITING PUBLIC ON 01/06/1967 AND SOLD 250,000 COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK ALONE, IT ENTERED THE U.K ALBUM CHARTS AT NO1 WHERE IT REMAINED FOR 27 WEEKS!!!!

THE THEME OF THE ALBUM CONCERNED A MYTHICAL BAND WHICH LED TO IT BEEN CALLED THE FIRST "CONCEPT"ALBUM. THE MUSIC WAS SO INTRICATE, COMPLEX AND INNOVATIVE THAT IT STAGGERED OTHER ARTISTS WHO HAD BEEN SEEKING TO OUTDO THE BEATLES AT THAT TIME. EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IS THE FACT THAT THIS "MASTERPIECE" WAS RECORDED ENTIRELY ON A FOUR TRACK MACHINE. THE IDEA OF THE ALBUM WAS TO ACHEIVE A CONTINOUS FLOW OF MUSIC FROM ONE TRACK TO THE NEXT HENCE THERE IS NO MORE THAN A SECOND GAP BETWEEN EACH TRACK.

NOT ONLY DID THE LYRICS AND MUSIC ACHEIVE UNPRECEDENTED CRITICAL ACLAIM BUT SO TOO DID THE ALBUM COVER... DESIGNED BY PETER BLAKE THE ALBUM COVER IS NOW THE MOST FAMOUS COVER IN THE WORLD AND THE MOST IMITATED. THE IDEA OF SHOWING A HOST OF CELEBRITIES BOTH LIVING AND DEAD ON THE FRONT COVER WAS ORIGINALLY A SUGGESTION FROM PAUL. "SGT PEPPERS" WAS THE FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND ALSO THE FIRST TO HAVE THE LYRICS PRINTED ON THE SLEEVE (THS WAS UNHEARD OF AT THE TIME AND CAUSED MANY PUBLISHING DIFFICULTIES) IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO INCLUDE A COLOURED INNER, UP TILL THEN INNERS WHERE EITHER BORING PLAIN WHITE OR BLACK.

THE ALBUM RECEIVED FOUR GRAMMY AWARDS IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF RELEASE AND STILL SELLS WELL TODAY IN CD FORM.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ORIGINAL UK STEREO 1ST ISSUE WHICH OFFERS TRULY STUNNING LABELS AND VINYL, FLAWLESS AUDIO, CORRECT INNER AND INSERT AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING HOUSED IN A SUPERB STEREO ONLY 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE.

PCS 7027

XEX.637/8-1-1

STAMPERS  GMA  1       GAG  4

NO  TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION. ONLY CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT IS IT POSSIBLE TO DETECT JUST TWO OR THREE VERY TINY SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE!!!!. THE LABELS ARE OTHERWISE PRISTINE AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR....THESE LABELS DISPLAY A GENUINE "AS NEW" APPEARANCE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO STUNNING, CLEARLY HAVING RECEIVED NO MORE THAN A FEW VERY CAREFUL PLAYS THIS VINYL IS SIMPLY REMARKABLE. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS TO BE MINT AND CAREFUL EXAMINATION REVEALS JUST VERY VERY LIGHT HANDLING SURFACE MARKS AND JUST THE SLIGHTEST EVIDENCE OF PLAY . THIS FABULOUS VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH A DEEP GLOSSY SURFACE AND HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING OR OTHER BLEMISHES WHATSOEVER.  

ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A  FLAWLESS CRISP STEREO AUDIO. THERE WAS JUST A HINT OF STATIC CRACKLE EVIDENT TO THE RUN IN GROOVE.  THIS VINYL PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH AN UNINTERRUPTED CLARITY, EVEN THE OTHER QUIETER TRACKS APPEAR FREE FROM ANY DISTORTION. THIS WAS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO!!! 

 THE ORIGINAL RED & WHITE INNER IS SIMPLY STUNNING GIVEN ITS AGE . IT IS INTACT WITH JUST VERY VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND THE USUAL EXPECTED CREASING FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE. THE INNER IS STILL VERY CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH NO FADING OR YELLOWING. 

THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT AND UNUSED AND AS NEW.

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE STEREO ONLY SLEEVE  IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH REATINS ITS DEEP GLOSS  DISPLAYS JUST ONE TINY "THUMBNAIL" CREASE AND THE ODD EDGE WRINKLE BUT THESE ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT.  THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS VERY MINOR CORNER BUMPS. THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS SIMILAR LIGHT CREASES AS THE FRONT. THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE INNER SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT WITH JUST THE SLIGHTEST  HINT OF HANDLING VISIBLE. THE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH PERFECT TEXT AND HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY. THIS FABUOLUS SLEEVE IS OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY WRITING AND IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL HAS THAT "AS NEW" CRACKING SOUND WHEN OPENED.

OVERALL A STUNNING AND BARELY PLAYED UK  STEREO FIRST PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN A FABULOUS OUTER GATEFOLD SLEEVE..

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