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

	£		179
	$		237

                                                                               BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

                                                                          8MM WIDE SPINE 

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.

THIS ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE OFFERS SUPERB LABELS AND VINYL, FLAWLESS AUDIO,EARLY STAMPERS, CORRECT INNER AND INSERT AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING HOUSED IN A VERY MUCH SOUGHT AFTER WIDE SPINE MONO ONLY 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT IS ALSO COMPLETE WITH AN ORIGINAL "NEMS" PLASTIC SLEEVE 

PMC 7027

XEX.637/8-1-1

STAMPERS   M 1  AM 1

KT TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. ONLY CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS ARE  FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB....THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE IT DOES DISPLAY SOME SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD NEEDLE MARK BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING SERIOUS OR FEELABLE AND NONE AFFECT THE PERFCT AUDIO.THE 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 AND DEEP MONO AUDIO.THERE IS NO CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD 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 EXCELLENT GIVEN ITS AGE. IT IS INTACT WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND THE USUAL EXPECTED CREASING.THE INNER IS STILL VERY CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH NO FADING OR YELLOWING. 

THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT.

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE WIDE SPINE (8MM) MONO ONLY SLEEVE  IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH REATINS ITS DEEP GLOSS DOES DISPLAY SOME EDGE WRINKLES ARE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LIGHT THUMBNAIL CREASES EVIDENT.  THE SLEEVE DISPALYS THE INEVITABLE MINOR CORNER BUMPS TO THE BOTTOM CORNERS WHICH WILL PROBABLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH STORAGE. THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS SIMILAR EDGE WRINKLES AND "THUMBNAILS" AS PER THE FRONT . THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT WEAR/AGE EVIDENT. THE ALL IMPORTANT WIDE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND HAS NOT BEEN CURSHED AT ANY POINT. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS .  

THE ORIGINAL CLEAR OUTER "NEMS" SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT GIVEN ITS AGE. DIRECT FROM BRIAN EPSTEIN'S RECORD STOR IN LIVERPOOL THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS SOME CREASING AND A FEW "NICKS" AND A SMALL TEAR TO TOP LEFT CORNER BUT GIVEN THAT THESE REALLY DID NOT SURVIVE THIS ONE HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIE QUITE WELL.   

COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL GATEFOLD OUTER PLASTIC PROTECTIVE COVER.   

OVERALL A SUPERB UK MONO FIRST PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL WIDE SPINE SLEEVE AND IS COMPLETE WITH A GENUINE "NEMS" OUTER SLEEVE .