BEATLES Sgt Pepper 1967 1st Press WIDE SPINE MINT

	£		620
	$		822

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called 'Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' and is a 1967 UK 1st pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY HARD TO FIND!!!!  BUT THIS PARTICULAR 1ST PRESSING IS VERY VERY SPECIAL INDEED FOR 4 MAIN REASONS!!!!  FIRSTLY THIS LP IS ONE OF THE VERY 'EARLIEST' EVER 1ST PRESSINGS WITH AN ULTRA RARE 'WIDE SPINE' COVER!!!! ONLY THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS HAD 'WIDE SPINE' COVERS AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FIND - AS THEY WERE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TO 'STANDARD' THINNER SPINE COVERS.  SECONDLY THIS LP IS PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1967 - BARELY ANY 1ST PRESSINGS WERE PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO (NEARLY ALL WERE MONO) AND FINDING A STEREO 1ST PRESSING IN THIS CONDITION IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS ALSO MAKES THE 'WIDE SPINE' ON THIS COVER EVEN RARER STILL - AS NEARLY ALL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS WITH A 'WIDE SPINE' WERE PRESSED IN MONO (VIRTUALLY NONE WERE STEREO)!!!!  IT IS HARD ENOUGH TO FIND A MONO 'WIDE SPINE' EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING - BUT FINDING ONE IN STEREO IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  THIRDLY THIS LP HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST SETS OF MOTHER AND STAMPER CODES I HAVE EVER SEEN ON THIS LP - BEING 1/O & 2/H!!!!  THIS SHOWS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' EVER 1ST PRESSINGS - AND WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESSED WELL BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  AND LASTLY THIS LP IS IN AWESOME CONDITION AND IS EASILY THE BEST CONDITIONED 'WIDE SPINE' STEREO 1ST PRESSING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!! DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE MASSIVE RARITY OF THIS LP!!!!  FINDING ANY 'WIDE SPINE' EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING IS INCREDIBLY RARE INDEED, BUT STEREO 'WIDE SPINE' 1ST PRESSINGS ARE THE RAREST POSSIBLE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE!!!!  THIS LP IS ALSO 100% COMPLETE - WITH RED/WHITE INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 'DARKER GREEN' INSERT, 1ST PRESS 'WIDE SPINE' COVER, & 1ST PRESS THICK QUALITY RECORD!!!!  THIS LP IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS SERIOUSLY RARE OPPORTUNITY!!! This is the ORIGINAL STEREO UK 1st pressing from 1967 and is in AWESOME condition!!!! This is an ORIGINAL 1967 STEREO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone Label, 'Sold in the UK' text, 'Gramophone Company' edge text, a MEGA RARE Garrod & Lofthouse 'WIDE SPINE' STEREO Gatefold Flipback Laminated Cover, a 1st Press Red/White 'Patents Applied For' inner sleeve and 1st Press 'Darker' Green insert!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are YEX 637-1 & YEX 638-1. The mother & stamper codes are 1/O 2/H!!!!  ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETS OF MOTHER & STAMPER CODES I HAVE EVER SEEN FOR THIS LP!!!!  The Cat. No is PCS 7027 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a STEREO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, and only a VERY few of the VERY lightest paper scuffs only visible under EXTREME light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and NO crackle!!!!  The sound quality is simply AWESOME with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!! AWESOME RECORD!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Red/White inner sleeve which is in AWESOME condition and amazingly AS NEW!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st press 'darker' colour 'cut-out' insert is in SUPERB condition!!!! The MEGA RARE Gatefold Flipback Laminated 'Garrod & Lofthouse' WIDE SPINE' Stereo 1st Press Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (STUNNING vertical UNCRUSHED flat 'Wide Spine'), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), VERY shiny laminate and NO writing!!!! The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the inside of the cover is in STUNNING condition wh NO writing, NO grubbyness, and NO yellowing!!!!  This cover has NO real defects AT ALL - with the only INCREDIBLY tiny point to mention being a few absolutely TINY creases to the VERY corner tip ONLY of the top spinal corner!!!!  And thats it!!!! The cover must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+!!!! STUNNING COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY HARD TO FIND AS ONE OF THE VERY 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS WITH MEGA EARLY MOTHER & STAMPER CODES AND A MEGA RARE WIDE SPINE COVER, AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THIS SUPERB CONDITION - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1967 'WIDE SPINE' STEREO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "SGT PEPPER" BY THE BEATLES, IN AWESOME CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to have a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, IMOs, Cash, Cheques, and Post Orders accepted. Overseas MUST use either Cash, IMOs or Paypal. Thanks for looking . Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: