BEATLES "SGT PEPPER" UK 1ST PRESS MONO *8MM WIDE SPINE*

	£		185
	$		245

                                                                         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 MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH FEATURES SUPERB LABELS, NEAR MINT VINYL, FLAWLESS AUDIO, CORRECT INNER AND INSERT AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING HOUSED IN A VERY MUCH SOUGHT AFTER EXTRA WIDE, 8MM SPINE MONO  ONLY 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE.

PMC 7027

YEX.637/8-1-1

STAMPERS  MR 2 O 3

KT  TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE AND EMBOSSED TO SIDE TWO LABEL

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN TRULY STUNNING CONDITION. ONLY CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT IS IT POSSIBLE TO DETECT ONE OR TWO TINY SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE!!!!. THE LABELS ARE  SUPERB AND ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS  NEAR MINT, CLEARLY HAVING RECEIVED NO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE VERY CAREFUL PLAYS THIS VINYL IS SIMPLY STUNNING. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS TO BE MINT AND CAREFUL EXAMINATION REVEALS JUST THE ODD TINY AND LIGHT SUTFACE MARK . 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 MONO AUDIO.THERE IS NO CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE TRACK GROOVES ARE SILENT. THIS VINYL PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH AN UNINTERRUPTED CLARITY, EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS APPEAR FREE FROM ANY DISTORTION. THIS WAS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO!!! 

 THE ORIGINAL RED & WHITE INNER IS STUNNING. IT IS INTACT WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND SOME LIGHT CREASES, THERE ARE A FEW MILD AGE SPOTS VISIBLE.THE INNER IS STILL VERY CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID BRIGHT AND BOLD WITH NO FADING OR YELLOWING. 

THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE EXCELLENT.

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE MONO ONLY SLEEVE, WHICH FEATURES AN EXTRA WIDE, 8MM SPINE IS A TRULY STUNNING AND TOP QUALITY EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH RETAINS ITS DEEP AND HEAVY GLOSS  DISPLAYS NO MORE THAN A FEW VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLES BUT THERE ARE NO ACTUAL CREASES EVIDENT.  THE SLEEVE DISPALYS THE INEVITABLE  CORNER BUMPS BUT THESE ARE REALLY MILD.THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS EVEN LESS EDGE WRINKLES THAN THE FRONT BUT AGAIN NO CREASES. THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT WEAR/AGE EVIDENT. THE EXTRA WIDE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH NO CREASES OR SPLITS AND CERTAINLY NO WEAR AND HAS NOT BEEN CURSHED AT ANY POINT. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS AND STILL PORTRAYS THAT ORIGINAL "CRACKING" SOUND WHEN OPENED ....A FABULOS EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE!  

OVERALL A STUNNING AND BARELY PLAYED UK MONO FIRST PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL TOP QUALITY MONO ONLY SLEEVE WITH AN EXTRA WIDE SPINE.