BEATLES: SGT PEPPER/3rd PRESS 1967 MONO/NEAR MINT VINYL

	£		193
	$		256

THE BEATLES

SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

Labels: Parlophone, immaculate. Label text with "The Gramophone Co. Ltd." but without "Sold in UK" `

Mode: Mono, 3rd Pressing

Original Year of Release: 1967

Catalogue Number: PMC 7027

Outer Sleeve: Fully laminated G & L gatefold sleeve with no damage. All colours fresh, bright and dynamic.

Front: Four very fine faint creases to the bottom seam. 2 very small and fine half-moon creases caused when handling the record. Top and bottom edges smooth with no rubwear or handling wear. Very slight evidence of feathering to the open edge. 

Rear: Very slight ringwear and slight coloration change to the open edge and top/bottom edges. Very slight feathering to open edge. 6 half-moon creases overall. 5 fine-line small creases extending out from the spine together with some top and bottom, hardly visible at all.

Centrefold: Pretty much Mint

Spine: Rigid and square with slight age discoloration. All text very black and legible. Slight rubwear to the extremities.

Inner: White

Insert: Cut-Out, Mint 

Matrices:  XEX637-1, XEX638-1

Vinyl Weight:   140gms

Vinyl Condition & Grading: I have absolutely no idea why a Beatles LP from so long ago would remain unplayed for such a long time. However, that does seem to be the case here. There is no noise at all, no marks of any nature on the vinyl, very few spindle marks (only visible under bright light magnification) and a magnificent sound. Grade: Near Mint

Album Played For Grading: Yes. (Equipment: Linn Sondek LP12, Linn Ekos arm, Linn K9 moving coil cartridge, tracking at 2 grams into a Cambridge Audio Azur 340A amp and out to a pair of Bose speakers with a Super Woofer)

Album Tracklisting:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With a Little Help from My Friends
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing a Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being for the Benefit of Mr.Kite!
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
A Day in the Life

With Revolver, the Beatles made the Great Leap Forward, reaching a previously unheard-of level of sophistication and fearless experimentation. Sgt. Pepper, in many ways, refines that breakthrough, as the Beatles consciously synthesized such disparate influences as psychedelia, art-song, classical music, rock & roll, and music hall, often in the course of one song. Not once does the diversity seem forced -- the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita." There's no discounting the individual contributions of each member or their producer, George Martin, but the preponderance of whimsy and self-conscious art gives the impression that Paul McCartney is the leader of the Lonely Hearts Club Band. He dominates the album in terms of compositions, setting the tone for the album with his unabashed melodicism and deviously clever arrangements. In comparison, Lennon's contributions seem fewer, and a couple of them are a little slight but his major statements are stunning. "With a Little Help From My Friends" is the ideal Ringo tune, a rolling, friendly pop song that hides genuine Lennon anguish, à la "Help!"; "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" remains one of the touchstones of British psychedelia; and he's the mastermind behind the bulk of "A Day in the Life," a haunting number that skillfully blends Lennon's verse and chorus with McCartney's bridge. It's possible to argue that there are better Beatles albums, yet no album is as historically important as this. After Sgt. Pepper, there were no rules to follow -- rock and pop bands could try anything, for better or worse. Ironically, few tried to achieve the sweeping, all-encompassing embrace of music as the Beatles did here.

Post & Packing: This is a valuable item which can be shipped with insured trackability as follows:

UK: £7.00 (Special Delivery)

Europe: £12.00 (International Signed For with Extra Compensation)

ROW: £15.00 (International Signed For with Extra Compensation)

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