BEATLES "SGT PEPPER" MONO RAREST 1st PRESS FOURTH PROOF SLV RED INNER & CUT OUTS
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THE BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" RELEASED 1st JUNE 1967
STAMPERS 2 RPH ? GMR (CAN'T READ THE NUMBER) MATRICES -1 -1 KT TAX CODE SIDE 1 CENTRE
THIS IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE SLEEVE FOR THIS FIRST PRESSING WITH THE INTERNAL FOLDOVER SEAMS SHOWING "Fourth Proof " PRINTING TEXT AND "AR D 1321" TEXT
SLEEVE ALSO CARRIES THE PRINTING TITLE ERROR " A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" WHICH SHOULD READ "WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" AS PRINTED ON THE LABELS
IT IS A MONO ONLY SLEEVE WITH "PATENTS PENDING" TEXT AT THE BASE
FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION ,JUST SOME LIGHT EDGE CREASES WITH CLEANLY DEFINED OPENING EDGES AND AN UNCRUSHED SPINE
THE INTERNAL GATEFOLD IS FIRST CLASS WITH CLEAN UNSPOILT IMAGES AND TEXT AND SLEEVE HAS NEVER BEEN SQUASHED FLAT ,A SUPERB OVERALL EXAMPLE
RED AND WHITE PATENTS PENDING INNER IS AGAIN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION JUST LIGHT RINGWEAR WITH NO SPLIT EDGES WITH JUST A HINT OF FOXING
CUTOUT'S ARE SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE AND IN CLEAN UNDAMAGED CONDITION
VINYL RECORD HAS A GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES WITH CLEAN LEGIBLE LABELS AND AN UNWORN CENTREHOLE .SPINDLE MARKS ARE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE CENTREHOLE
SIDE 1 LOOKS EXCELLENT IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT SOME LIGHT HANDLING MARKS NOTHING FEELABLE AND PLAYS WITH QUIET RUNINS AND THE ODD VERY LIGHT POP IN THE QUIETER MOMENTS
SIDE 2 ALTHOUGH GLOSSY IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT DOES HAVE SOME HANDLING MARKS LIGHTLY VISIBLE BUT NOT FEELABLE IN MY ESTIMATION AND PLAYS THROUGH SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SIDE WITH A LITTLE MORE POPS BUT AGAIN ONLY WHEN TRACK IS IN QUIETER MOMENTS
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