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

	£		151
	$		200

                                                    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.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE WHICH OFFERS SUPERB LABELS AND VINYL, FLAWLESS AND MINT AUDIO, CORRECT INNER AND INSERT AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING HOUSED IN A SUPERB AND VERY MUCH SOUGHT- AFTER WIDER SPINE MONO ONLY 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE.

PMC 7027

YXEX.637/8-1-1

STAMPERS   ATH  7   AHM 1 (OVER 9)

KT  TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION.  CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST  VERY LIGHT AND TINY SPINDLE TRAIL TO EITHER SIDE!!!!. THE LABELS ARE SUPERB AND 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  ONLY EVER BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED AND THIS IS .REFLECTED IN THE TRULY STUNNING APPEARANCE OF THIS COPY. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS TO BE MINT AND CAREFUL EXAMINATION REVEALS JUST THE ODD LIGHT HANDLING SURFACE MARK BUT CERTAINLY NO NEEDLE MARKS .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 ODD TRACK GROOVES ARE SILENT. THIS VINYL PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH NO FAULTS, EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS APPEAR FREE FROM ANY DISTORTION. THIS WAS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO!!! 

 THE ORIGINAL RED & WHITE INNER IS SUPERB. 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 QUITE CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH LITTLE FADING OR YELLOWING. 

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

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE WIDE SPINE (8MM) MONO ONLY SLEEVE  IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND ONE OR TWO VERY SMALL "THUMBNAIL" CREASES, MY ONLY CRITICAL POINT OF THE FRONT IS A VERY VERY TINY SECTION OF LAMINATE LIFT TO THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND ALSO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER BUT I MUST STRESS THAT THESE ARE VERY SMALL AND THE LAMINATE IS NOT SPLIT OR CRACKED.THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST VERY MINOR CORNER BUMPS . THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS WITH SIMILAR EDGE WRINKLES AND JUST ONE SMALL AND VERY LIGHT "INDENTATION" MARK BUT THIS IS ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT. THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE INNER SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT, THERE IS HOWEVER A 1.5 INCH SPLIT TO THE INNER SPINE SEAM TOWARDS THE TOP (THIS IS WHY I GRADE THIS SLEEVE EXCELLENT)  THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND PERFECT WITH NO WEAR . THE 8MM WIDE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH NO WEAR AND JUST A FEW MINOR STORAGE  CREASES VISIBLE , THE SPINE HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN, BRIGHT AND VIVID  AND STILL HAS ITS "AS NEW" CRACKING SOUND WHEN OPENED

OVERALL A GENUINELY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK MONO FIRST PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL  8MM WIDE SPINE SLEEVE.