BEATLES SGT PEPPERS UK PRESS MiNt ARCHIVE LOOKS UNPLAYED 60s BEAT PSYCH ROCK

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[zipedit] [zipedit] Beatles 'SGT Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'
Original UK Two Boxed EMI Mid Seventies Original Archive  ((STEREO)) Pressing Cat No PCS 7027
Near as Stone Mint Vinyl! Stunning Near Stone Mint Audio!
Played Only One Time For This Auction!
Visually Looks Totally Unplayed In My Opinion!
Stunning Fully Laminated Gaqrrod & Lofthouse Gate Fold Cover!
Complete With Cutouts Near Mint As New!
EMI/Parlophone Serpier Record Sleeve!

-3 -3 Matrix Endings
Complete with Fully Laminated Garrod & Lofthouse Gatefold Cover and Cut outs!

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Another from my personal collection of over 1000 Beatles UK albums alone, collected over a period of more than 45 years.
This mid seventies variation features the original thicker heavier type of vinyl only found on these earlier Two Boxed EMI variations, (Not the flimsier type of vinyl found on later pressings) This would have been pressed around mid seventies To find a copy in this near mint condition is becoming very ,very hard indeed. The vinyls playing surface looks and sounds as a new vinyl would in my opinion. In fact out of all of the stereo pressings of this album that I have heard this is probably one of the most vibrant sounding copy that I have heard.  Absolutely astounding clarity and quality. Hear it for yourself in the player provided below. Listen to the stunning separation only heard like this with earliest stampers!
This album is complete with The Garrod & Lofthouse Gatefold cover in outstanding condition and near as perfect Cut outs, like new!

An Audio Archive Copy Never Need To Upgrade!

Listen to the complete album in the player below! Actual recording from this vinyl listed!

  







Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 1 June 1967, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, spending 22 weeks at the top of the albums chart in the United Kingdom and 15 weeks at number one in the United States. Time magazine declared it "a historic departure in the progress of music" and the New Statesman praised its elevation of pop to the level of fine art. It won four Grammy Awards in 1968, including Album of the Year, the first rock LP to receive this honour.





In August 1966, the Beatles permanently retired from touring and began a three-month holiday from recording. During a return flight to London in November, Paul McCartney had an idea for a song involving an Edwardian era military band that would eventually form the impetus of the Sgt. Pepper concept.





 Sessions for the Beatles' eighth studio album began on 24 November in Abbey Road Studio Two, with the original intention to record an album of material that was to be thematically linked to their childhoods. Among the first tracks recorded for the project were "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane", but after pressure from EMI the songs were released as a double A-side single; they were not included on the album.







In February 1967, after recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", McCartney suggested that the Beatles should release an entire album that would represent a performance by the fictional Sgt. Pepper band.





This alter ego group would give them the freedom to experiment musically. During the recording sessions, the band endeavoured to improve upon the production quality of their prior releases. Knowing they would not have to perform the tracks live, they adopted an experimental approach to composition, writing songs such as "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "A Day in the Life". The producer George Martin's innovative recording of the album included the liberal application of sound shaping signal processing and the use of a 40-piece orchestra performing aleatoric crescendos. Recording was completed on 21 April 1967.






The cover, depicting the band posing in front of a tableau of celebrities and historical figures, was designed by the English pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth based on a sketch by McCartney.






Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the use of extended form in popular music while continuing the artistic maturation seen on the Beatles' preceding releases. It has been described as one of the first art rock LPs, aiding the development of progressive rock, and credited with marking the beginning of the Album Era.






An important work of British psychedelia, the multigenre album incorporates diverse stylistic influences, including vaudeville, circus, music hall, avant-garde, and Western and Indian classical music. In 2003 the Library of Congress placed Sgt. Pepper in the National Recording Registry, honouring the work as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".




That same year Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number one in its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". As of 2014 it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. Professor Kevin J Dettmar, writing in the Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature, described it as "the most important and influential rock and roll album ever recorded".






According to the musicologist Walter Everett, Sgt. Pepper marks the beginning of McCartney's ascendancy as the Beatles' dominant creative force. He wrote more than half of the album's material while asserting increasing control over the recording of his compositions.






He would from this point on provide the artistic direction for the group's releases. Sessions began on 24 November 1966 in Abbey Road Studio Two, the first time that the Beatles had come together since September. Afforded the luxury of a nearly limitless recording budget, they booked open-ended sessions that allowed them to work as late as they wanted. They began with three songs that they intended to issue on an album of material that would be thematically linked to their childhoods: "Strawberry Fields Forever", "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Penny Lane".






 The first session saw the introduction of a new keyboard instrument called the Mellotron whose keys triggered tape-recordings of a variety of instruments, enabling its user to play keyboard parts using those voices.









McCartney performed the introduction to "Strawberry Fields Forever" using the flute setting. The track's complicated production involved the innovative splicing of two takes that were recorded in different tempos and pitches. The EMI audio engineer, Geoff Emerick, remembers that during the recording of Revolver, "we had gotten used to being asked to do the impossible, and we knew that the word 'no' didn't exist in the Beatles' vocabulary." In Martin's opinion, Sgt. Pepper "grew naturally out of Revolver", marking "an era of almost continuous technological experimentation"










Side one
1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" McCartney 2:02
2. "With a Little Help from My Friends" Starr 2:44
3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Lennon 3:28
4. "Getting Better" McCartney 2:48
5. "Fixing a Hole" McCartney 2:36
6. "She's Leaving Home" McCartney with Lennon 3:35
7. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" Lennon 2:37

Side two
1. "Within You Without You" Harrison 5:04
2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" McCartney 2:37
3. "Lovely Rita" McCartney 2:42
4. "Good Morning Good Morning" Lennon 2:41
5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" Lennon, McCartney and Harrison 1:19
6. "A Day in the Life" Lennon and McCartney 5:39





The Matrix
Side 1 "YEX 637-1"
Side 2 "YEX 638-2"





The Mother Stampers
Side1 "32""GDL"
Side2 "3" "GGP"






The Vinyl

This is the original thicker heavier slab of vinyl only found on these early two boxed mid seventies variations, on initial inspection of the playing surface looks like new in my opinion, and lays perfectly flat on the turntable. This is free of any warping. Even in strong light I find it hard to even see a blemish on the playing surface at least no real audio sounding marks or scratches to mention,,  No marks that would cause any loud clicks or pops during the audio that I heard! Any marks that there could possibly be would be light whispy sleeve removal scuff type only, although I struggle to see anyat all.  (Please note this is the original thick , heavy and chunky slab of vinyl only found like this on the earliest pressings almost looks like a new vinyl. Unbelievably rare like this!) Quite unbelievable to find on a Beatles record after nearly 40 years!

 The Audio Quality

I have played this vinyl two  times prior to listing, at very loud volume on a top system, This 40 year old vinyl plays through as a new vinyl would in my opinion! One of the best sounding copies that I have ever heard of this variation, Just listen to the seperation and the clarity of the bass lines only heard like this on these early variations! The audio is absolutely beautiful, crystal clear and very vibrant with that very deep bassey feel , only found like this on these originals! I heard (no) loud clicks or pops and amazingly no real nasty surface or background static during the audio or in between tracks and importantly no distortion or signs that this has been overplayed at all! Note:(Any static/ticks, were isolated and are probably due to the vinyl needing a constasnt cleaning before each play.)  There are Certainly no skips or jumps! Even in between tracks this is lovely, quite unbelievable to find like this after 44 years!  ,, without the usual background surface noise that is so often heard on these early pressings. I would grade the audio Very near as mint throughout!

An audiophile Audio archive copy never need to upgrade in my opinion!

hear for your self in the player above, actual recording from the vinyl!

Please note! I always add this disclaimer! I have given my honest opinion when describing the audio quality of this album and those who know the listings and vinyls that i sell my prime interest is the audio quality! Please allow for the odd isolated static/tick, but nothing consistent  through out the audio! This is a genuine (not) reissue vinyl that is 40 years old and would have been played on a system that is 40 years old! Audio like new in my opinion.

Please note, this album has been stored in a case laying dormant for at least 40 years or more. A build up of dirt and dust in the grooves causes static\ crackle. A constant clean before each play is recommended. This will reduce any static and will enhance the audio quality. Points to note, I notice debrit on the playing surface after play so this will need cleaning before each play which will further enhance this audio quality.

 

 

The Labels

This is the original Two Boxed EMI labels! Features "EMI records......" rim text (correct for this pressing.  A truly unique scarce copy in lovely condition,  ''MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN''.! (UK PRESS ONLY)!

There is little if (no) spindle ware (the hole is perfectly round) see photo.  Amazingly I can't see any spider traces even in strong light, so rare to find like this!    (This looks unplayed in my opinion if it has been played then it would have been no more than a handful of times in my opinion)

THE RECORD SLEEVE

This is a plain white EMI paper record sleeve no edge splits or tears.  light creasing/ with age only.  Made In England and Patented printed  The vinyl is always stored separately from the cover for protection. This is how I always store my records.

The Cover

This is the fully laminated Garrod & Lofthouse Gate fold cover. This is super, super glossy in appearance. There is no nasty creases on the cover just very few very minor, light crease lines at the spine edges to mention and marks or indents you have to look for to notice in my opinion. The inside is perfect. I would grade this cover excellent plus to very, very near mint in my opinion.

The Cut outs

These are as perfect near mint no wear or marks fully intact. As new!

 

 

 

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)

                           

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!!!!!!!

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