BEATLES • SGT PEPPER´S LONELY HEART CLUB BAND • 1967 UK MONO PARLOPHONE 7027 NM

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• 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 HEART CLUB BAND
(REPRISE) • A DAY IN THE LIFE •

RELEASED ON 1st JUNE, 1967, “SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND”, THE BAND’S
EIGHTH  LP  BECAME  THE  SOUNDTRACK  TO  THE  “SUMMER  OF  LOVE”  BUT  ITS  APPEAL
IS  TIMELESS.  WORK HAD BEGUN  ON  THE  RECORDING  IN  LATE 1966  AND  AT  ONE  STAGE
IT   WAS   THOUGHT   THAT.   BOTH “PENNY  LANE ”   AND   “STRAWBERRY  FIELDS  FOREVER”
WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED BUT WHEN THESE WERE RELEASED AS A SINGLE IN FEBRUARY,
THAT  IDEA  WAS  ABANDONED.   “REVOLVER ”  HAD ONLY JUST  BEEN  COMPLETED IN TIME
PRIOR  TO  THE  BAND  FLYING  OFF  ON  YET  ANOTHER  TOUR.   NOW  THAT  TOURING  WAS
BEHIND  THEM  MORE  TIME  COULD  BE  SPENT  WRITING  AND  RECORDING . . .   BETWEEN
NOVEMBER  1966   AND   APRIL, 1967,   THEY   SPENT   OVER   400   HOURS   IN   THE   STUDIO -
A  FAR  CRY  FROM  THE  “PLEASE PLEASE ME ”  DAYS.  OF  COURSE  THE  MUSIC WAS MORE
COMPLEX  AND  NOW  THAT  TOURING  WAS  OVER,  THERE  WAS   NO   NEED   TO   CONSIDER
WHAT   COULD   BE   REPRODUCED   IN   FRONT   OF   A   LIVE   AUDIENCE.    IN   THE   STUDIO
“THE  BEATLES”  ENCOURAGED   GEORGE   MARTIN   TO   ACHIEVE  'THE  IMPOSSIBLE'  AND
IN  TURN, GEORGE  AND  THE  ENGINEERS  WOULD  FIND   INNOVATIVE  WAYS  OF REALISING
THIS  DESPITE  STILL  USING  ONLY  FOUR-TRACK  EQUIPMENT.  FOR  THE  FOURTH  TIME  IN
THE U.K., NO SINGLE WAS LIFTED FROM THE ALBUM AND THIS ALSO HELD TRUE IN THE U.S.
THE   ALBUM  WAS  ALSO  NOT   BANDED,  ENCOURAGING   THE   LISTENER  TO  PLAY  IT  ALL
THE  WAY  THROUGH,   PAUSING   ONLY   TO   TURN  THE  DISC  OVER.  THE  GLOSSY  DOUBLE
WALLET   FEATURED   THE   GUYS  IN THEIR  PEPPER  UNIFORMS  SURROUNDED  BY  IMAGES
OF  PEOPLE  THEY  EITHER  ADMIRED  OR  WERE  INTERESTED IN WHILST ON THE BACK OF
SLEEVE THERE WERE THE LYRICS TO ALL THE SONGS.    INSIDE EACH SIDE OF THE WALLET
WERE OTHER SURPRISES, A CARD FEATURING VARIOUS CUT-OUTS AND IN THE INITIAL
PRESSINGS AT LEAST,  THE  PAPER  INNER  SLEEVE  BORE  A  PSYCHEDELIC  DESIGN  -  HERE
OFFERED   IS   A   1967   MONO  1st  PRESSING  WITH  THE  EARLIEST  MATRIX  NUMBERS : XEX
637-1  /  XEX 638-1, THE   FOLDOUT   COVER  IS  IN  SOLID   SHAPE  AS  THE   CUT-OUTS   INSERT
AS WELL  ...   THE  VINYL   RECORD  IS  SPLENDID  AND  PERHAPS  JUST  PLAYED  ONCE  WITH
CLEAN LABELS. COME IN ITS ORIGINAL PSYCH INNER SLEEVE...