BEATLES 1ST UK PRESS (SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND) PMC 7027 ORIGINAL 1ST (MONO) 1967 VERY FIRST PRESS YELLOW AND BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS THE PLAYING SURFACE HAS NO AUDIO SOUNDING SCRATCHES OR MARKS (AWESOME TOP MONO AUDIO THROUGHOUT) WITH THE ORIGINAL (EARLIEST 1ST ISSUE 'PATENTS PENDING'  GARROD & LOFTHOUSE FLIPBACK COVER) XEX 637-1 638-1 COMPLETE WITH THE RED AND WHITE FOOLS SLEEVE AND CUTOUTS !!!

JOHN LENNON ONCE SAID ''THE ONLY WAY TO HEAR 'PEPPER'S' IS IN MONO'' HERE IS ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD ABSOLUTELY CRISTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT TOP TOP ON ALL FREUENCIES!!!

ANOTHER FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION OF BEATLES ALBUMS!  I HAVE ACCUMILATED MORE THAN 1000 BEATLES UK ALBUMS ALONE! THIS IS THE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND EXTREEMLY EARLY AND RARE SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 1ST UK PRESSING (MONO) IT IS TOTALY ORIGINAL AND INTACT 1ST PRESS !PLEASE NOTE!  ALSO NOTED THE EARLIEST OFF THE PRESS MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE BEST AUDIO QUALITY.!!!! I HAVE OWNED AND HAVE MANY MANY ORIGINAL COPIES OF THIS ALBUM ALSO I HAVE SOLD MANY COPIES ON EBAY! THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS SO VERY RARE TO EVER FIND 1ST ISSUE PATENTS PENDING COVERS VERY VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND COLLECTABLE!!! FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIANCE THESE 1ST PRESS MONO PRESSINGS PRODUCE THE BEST AUDIO THAT CAN BE HEARD ON ANY FORMAT!!!ONLY THE EARLIEST PRESSING FEATURE 'PATENTS PENDING' AT THE REAR OF THE GATEFOLD COVER!!. THE AUDIO IS AWESOME THROUGHOUT, THIS PLAYS THROUGH WITHOUT ANY LOUD CLICKS OR POPS, THE VINYL HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED BUT DEFINATELY NOT OVERPLAYED AND I HEARD NO DISTORTION, ANY STATIC CRACKLE CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN PERHAPES QUIET PLACES OR IN BETWEEN TRACKS ONLY. VERY, VERY COLLECTABLE AND COMPLETE COPY!! 

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Recorded over a 129-day period beginning on 6 December 1966, the album was released on 1 June 1967 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. Sgt. Pepper is often described as The Beatles' magnum opus, and one of the most influential albums of all time by prominent critics and publications!!!

When Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was being recorded, "Beatlemania" was waning. The Beatles had grown tired of touring and had quit the road in August 1966. After one particular concert, while being driven away in the back of a small van, the four of them—even Paul McCartney, who was perhaps the most in favour of continuing to tour—decided that enough was enough!!. From that point on the Beatles became an entirely studio-based band. For the first time in their careers, the band had more than ample time with which to prepare their next record. As EMI's premier act and Britain's most successful pop group they had almost unlimited access to the state of the art technology of Abbey Road Studios. All four band members had already developed a preference for long late night sessions, although they were still extremely efficient and highly disciplined in their studio habits!!!.

George Harrison, the lead guitarist of the Beatles, went on a trip to India to learn to play the sitar, an Indian instrument, with Ravi Shankar, a renowned sitarist. Harrison brought back with him Indian culture and music!!.

Two songs dropped from Sgt. Pepper, "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane", were both recorded in late 1966 and early 1967. Brian Epstein decided that a new single was needed; the two songs were issued as a double-A-sided single in February 1967!!!. In keeping with the group's usual practice, the single tracks were not included on the LP (a decision Martin maintains he regrets to this day). They were released only as a single in the UK at the time, but were included as part of the American LP version of Magical Mystery Tour (which was issued as a 6-track EP in Britain). The Harrison composition "Only a Northern Song" was also recorded during the Pepper sessions but did not see release until January 1969 when the soundtrack album for the animated feature Yellow Submarine was issued!!!!.

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THE MATRIX IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE FOR THIS EARLY 1ST PRESS XEX 637-1 638-1

THE MOTHER STAMPERS (VERY VERY EARLY) AT 3&9 OCKLOCK

 SIDE 1. ''1'' ''ARO'' (VERY VERY EARLY)

SIDE 2. ''7'' ''RLP'' (VERY VERY EARLY)

THE VINYL

THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT THIS IS THE VERY THICK AND CHUNKY DEEPER GROOVED TYPE OF VINYL ONLY FOUND ON EARLIEST PRESSINGS! THIS VINYL LAYS PERFECTLY FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE!!!

ON INITIAL INSPECTION I CAN BARELY SEE ANY SURFACE MARKS ON THE PLAYING SURFACE (SO RARE TO FIND ON A BEATLES 42 YEAR OLD VINYL)!!!CERTAINLY (NO) AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS OR SCRATCHES AND FOR AN EARLY PRESSING THAT IS 41 YEARS OLD THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!! ANY MARKS POSSIBLY SEEN IN STRONG LIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEEN SLID IN AND OUT OF ITS SLEEVE PERHAPES THE ODD LIGHT SURFACE SCUFFS BUT DEFINATELY (NON) AUDIO SOUNDING ON MY SYSTEM.  (THERE CERTAINLY ISN'T ANY AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS THAT WOULD CAUSE ANY LOUD CLICKS OR POPS THAT I COULD HEAR!

THE AUDIO

I HAVE PLAYED THIS THROUGH TRACK FOR TRACK AS USUAL ON A TOP SYSTEM AT VERY LOUD VOLUME!!!!  THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO JUMPS OR SKIPS  OR POPS THE AUDIO IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ON ALL FREQUENCIES WITH JUST LIGHT CRACKLE IN BETWEEN TRACKS OR PERHAPES IN QUIET PLACES ONLY. THAT'S ALL, UNBELEIVABLE 42 YEAR OLD VINYL!) !THE AUDIO IS CERTAINLY VERY CRISTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT FOR A 1ST PRESS I WOULD SAY  AND I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS HIGHLY CRITICAL) TYPICAL GREAT DEEP BASEY FEEL AWESOME MONO AUDIO. I FOUND THE RECORD THOUROUGHLY ENJOYABLE. (PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME TIMES YOU FIND A PRESSING WITH A RICH BASSY FEEL! WELL THIS ONE IS IT).. THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN FROM NEW AND IN MY OPINION LOOKS TRULY AWESOME!!! (SEE MY FEEDBACK AND OTHER RECORDS THAT I HAVE SOLD OF THIS CALABER AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALY GET IT RIGHT I AM NOT OVER ESTIMATING THIS RECORD.)I HAVE PLAYED THIS TRACK FOR TRACK FIVE OR SIX TIMES 

THE MATRIX ALONG WITH THE MOTHER STAMPERS SHOW IT IS AN ORIGINAL VERY VERY EARLY 1ST PRESS AND VERY COLLECTABLE. LOVELY AND QUIET IN BETWEEN TRACKS!!!!!

PLEASE NOTE! THAT I ALWAYS MAKE THIS DISCLAIMER I HAVE TRIED TO BE AS HONEST AND AS ACURATE DESCRIBING THE AUDIO QUALITY OF THIS ALBUM! PLEASE ALLOW FOR THE ODD STATIC  CERTAINLY NOT CONSISTANT THROUGH OUT THE AUDIO THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING VINYL OF 40 YEARS OLD THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON A 40 YEAR OLD SYSTEM!!! THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE OF COLLECTING BEATLES PRESSINGS FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS THIS ONE IS TRULY EXCEPTIONAL, FOR THE QUALITY OF THE AUDIO!!!!!!!AND RATED AT THE VERY VERY TOP!!

PLEASE NOTE THIS VINYL HAS BEEN STORED IN A CASE SEPERATED FROM THE COVER AND SLEEVE FOR OVER 30 YEARS! A BUILD UP OF DIRT AND DUST IN THE GROOVES FROM LAYING DORMANT CAUSES STATIC CRACKLE,, A CONSTANT CLEAN BEFORE EACH PLAY IS HIGHLY RECOMENDED, THIS WILL REDUCE ANY STATIC AND WILL ENHANCE THE AUDIO QUALITY!!! 

THE LABELS !!

FEATURES ''SOLD IN THE UK............''      ACROSS THE LABELS.(ONLY ON 1ST PRESS) ''THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD''  IS FEATURED AROUND THE LABEL RIM (ONLY ON EARLY PRESS) K.T. TAX CODE IS STAMPED ON SIDE 1. (ONLY EARLY PRESS) A TRULY UNIQUE AND RARE COPY. ''MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN''. (ONLY UK PRESS) 

LITTLE IF (NO) SPINDLE WARE AT ALL, THE HOLE IS PERFECTLY ROUND! ! (ANGLED IN STRONG LIGHT CAN ANY SPIDERING BE SEEN)! THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED A FEW TIMES!  THE K.T. TAX STAMPER IS ON SIDE 1 (ONLY EARLY PRESS) NORMALLY THESE ARE PLAYED TO DEATH BUT THIS IS TRULY SUPERBE COPY!!

THE COVER

THE ORIGINAL GARROD & LOFTHOUSE PRINTED EARLIEST 1ST ISSUE 'PATENTS PENDING'GATEFOLD FULLY LAMINATED FLIPBACK COVER(RARELY SEEN )QUITE AMAIZINGLY NO REAL CREASES ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER WORTH TO MENTION  THE LAMINATE IS SUPER SUPER GLOSSY APPEARANCE VERY RARE TO FIND EVER!! VERY SLIGHT RIPPLING AT THE REAR ONLY,  PLEASE NOTE!  I WOULD GRADE THIS COVER AS EXCELLENT      (SEE PHOTOS) (NO) REAL CREASINGS AT THE FRONT WORTH TO MENTION ANY THERE ARE ARE EXTREEMELY MINIMAL SUPERBE EXTREEMELY GLOSSY AND VERY VIBRANT COLOURS (MANY THAT I HAVE SEEN ARE VERY INCIPEDE)  THERE ARN'T MANY OF THESE  ABOUT IN THIS CONDITION AND THESE ARE EXTREEMELY SOUGHT AFTER LIKE THIS AND A GENUINE 1ST UK MONO COVER STRONG AND STRAIGHT! (NO) SPLITS OR TARES!  MUST BE AT LEAST EXCELLENT IN MY OPINION!  .

PLEASE NOTE IT IS THE HARDEST AND RAREST THING TO TRY AND FIND A COVER AND THE RED FOOLS SLEEVE IN THIS CONDITION PLEASE DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE CONDITION AND RARETY.!!!!!!!!!! ON THE WHOLE IT IS QUITE RARE TO FIND AN ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE COVER IN THIS CONDITION!!!!! (THIS VINYL IS NOW STORED SEPERATELY FROM THE COVER)

THE RECORD SLEEVE

 THIS IS THE ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE FOOLS INNER SLEEVE SLEEVE JUST LIGHT CREASING WITH AGE BUT AMAIZINGLY NO SPLITS OR TARES! THE RECORD IS ALWAYS STORED IN A SEPERATE RECORD SLEEVE.!!!!!!!! SUPERBE EXAMPLE!!!!!!

THIS HAS THE ORIGINAL INSERT\CUTOUTS UNTOUCHED AS NEW CONDITION IN FACT THIS HAS AN UNUSUAL NICE DEEP AND RICH COLOUR.!!!!!!!!!! 

THIS HAS BEEN STORED IN A CLEAR RECORD PROTECTOR IN A CASE FOR AT LEAST 25 YEARS WITH THE VINYL SEPERATED FROM THE SLEEVE AND COVER WHICH WOULD ALSO BE DESPATCHED WITH THE RECORD

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

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PLEASE NOTE I TRY TO TAKE PHOTOS IN CRITICAL LIGHT SO THAT ANY DEFECTS CAN BE HIGHLIGHTED I HAVE TAKEN A FEW SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL THIS ALBUM IS. THEY ARE SUPERSIZED SO THAT ALL ASPECTS OF THE ALBUM CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY..

I HAVE 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK SO PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDANCE.

ALL OF MY ITEMS LISTED ARE SENT BY SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH TRACKING AND INSURANCE AND ARE DISPATCHED SAFELY AND SECURELY WITH REINFORCEMENT.

PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER RARE 1ST UK PRESSINGS LISTED NOW!!!! (click the link bellow)

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As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality as i hear it. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 1000 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions regarding this item or any other items that I have listed!

I HAVE 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK SO PLEASE BID WITH TOTAL CONFIDANCE!!!!

SHIPPING TO THE USA IS 11.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

SHIPPING TO EUROPE IS 8.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

POSTAGE WITHIN ENGLAND IS FREE SENT BY RECORDED DELIVERY

Please note! All items are now despatched by Royal Mail signed for 1st class delivery!!!! I normally despatch weekdays within the next working day on receipt of cleared funds!!!I POST ON WEEKDAYS ONLY (NOT OVER THE WEEKEND)!! Tracking details are always emailed to the winning bidder after despatch.

All items are despatched securely with ample reinforcement (It is my prime interest to make sure that the items arrive in the same condition that they left me!!!!

I offer a postage discount for multiple purchases!!!,, but i do insist that the buyer pay for the items as they are won! I can not any longer allow winning bidders to run up a large bill and then not pay! I do not have a problem with holding the goods to be despatched untill they are ready (at the buyers request), for multiple items purchased!!!!!

PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER RARE 1ST UK PRESSINGS LISTED NOW!!!! (click the link bellow)

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