BEATLES "SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" FOURTH PROOF SLEEVE (SLEEVE ONLY)
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THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE "FOURTH PROOF" GATEFOLD SLEEVE ONLY
FIRST A LITTLE HISTORY ON THIS RARE AND UNIQUE ITEM
FOURTH PROOF SLEEVES ALONG WITH ITS REFERENCE NUMBER ( PRINTED AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE FOLDOVER ) DENOTE THAT IT IS THE VERY FIRST PRINTING OF THE SGT PEPPER SLEEVE OR IF YOU LIKE THE FINAL VERSION OF THE PROTOTYPE SLEEVE'S THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BEATLES THEMSELVES ,A SMALL PRINTING RUN WAS DONE TO SHOW HOW THE FINAL VERSION WOULD LOOK BEFORE GOING INTO PRODUCTION ,IN THIS SLEEVE"S CASE THE "FOURTH PROOF" AND THE REFERENCE NUMBER "AR 1321" ARE ALL LEGIBLE ON THE SEAM ABOVE GEORGE AND PAUL'S HEAD'S
SOME SOURCES SAY 40 - 50 SLEEVES CONTAIN THIS INFORMATION OTHER SOURCES SEEM TO THINK ANYWHERE UP TO 1000 SLEEVES NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE BUT IT IS A VERY LIMITED RUN
ONLY MONO SLEEVES HAVE BEEN FOUND WITH THIS DETAIL ( UNLESS YOU KNOW BETTER) AND THEY ALSO CARRY THE TEXT AT THE BASE OF THE SLEEVE REAR " GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING " AND THE DETAIL AT THE TOP WHICH SAYS "PMC 7027 MONO"
THIS PARTICULAR SLEEVE DOES HAVE SOME CREASING BACK AND FRONT BUT THE INNER GATEFOLD IS CLEAN AND VIBRANT AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER ALL THE RELEVANT TEXT IS LEGIBLE
THE SPINE EDGE DOES HAVE SOME WEAR IN THE CENTRAL AREA WERE THE TITLE WOULD BE
IT IS A RARE AND COLLECTABLE ITEM IN ANY CONDITION REALLY
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