BEATLES "SGT PEPPER" UK MONO 1ST PRESSING
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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 A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE
PMC 7027
XEX.637/8-1-1
KT TAX CODE
THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE INSTUNNING CONDITION. CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS NO MORE THANTWO 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" APPEARENCE.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AGAIN SUPERB, THIS VINYL IS SIMPLY STUNNING. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS MINT AND ONLY EXAMINATION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS, THERE ARE CERTAINLY NO SCRATCHES OR NEEDLE MARKS. THIS IMMACULATE 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 NEAR FLAWLESS CRISP MONO AUDIO.THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVES AND THERE WERE ONE OR TWO VERY VERY QUIET AND QUICK "CLICKS" TO "SHES LEAVING HOME" . THIS VINYL OTHERWISE 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 SIMPLY STUNNING. IT IS INTACT WITH JUST THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CREASES FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE INNER.THE INNER IS SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND STILL PERFECTLY CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH NO FADING OR YELLOWING.
THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT.
THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE MONO ONLY SLEEVE IS STUNNING EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH REATINS ITS DEEP GLOSS DISPLAYS THE ODD TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND JUST TWO LIGHT CREASES . THERE ARE UST LIGHT AND TINY CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS SIMILAR EDGE WRINKLES AND ONE SMALL THUMBNAIL CREASE, ANY OF THESE MINOR CREASES ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT . THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT WITH NO WEAR/AGE EVIDENT. THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND PERFECTLY SQUARE WITH NO CREASES, WEAR OR CRUSHING AT ANY PART. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS .
OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK 1ST PRESSING MONO ISSUE WHICH IS HOUSED IN A FABULOUS SLEEVE.....
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