BEATLES Sgt Pepper MONO orig complete SUPERB

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	$		109

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The BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 

Ist UK PRESSING, MONO PMC 7027

       The labels are in MINT- condition, the silver printed titles extremely bright & unblemished with "Sold In The UK." text and  "The Gramophone Co" to the rims.  Negligible spindle wear.

 
The vinyl has stunning sheen and is visually a beautiful record, which could realistically only be bettered by an absolutely MINT record, which never, basically, become available. No playing faults whatsoever. The odd, very occasional "pop". A STUNNING COPY.
The Garrod & Lofthouse cover is beautiful, extremely strong & clean. Absolutely negligible major.
The inner sleeve is the hardest part of the original item to find as it has never been part of any other record in existence. This inner sleeve is superb and really shows little sign of ageing, still bright, sharp and uncreased. The only (minor) point to note is a tiny glue repair to lower edge, but barely noticeable. The inner sleeve is rarely found in this condition. The cut-out insert is in NEAR MINT condition, completing a superb copy of this highly collectable package.

The brainchild of Paul McCartney, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was devised as if the Beatles were in fact that band. In the opening "act," Paul wanted this fictitious band to have the typical sounds, that is the musicians warming up, sounds of the audience settling in, followed by laughter and applause. Although an absolute recording masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper also had a few "firsts." It was the first time that an album had the entire printed lyrics on the album sleeve; the first time a true double album "gatefold" sleeve design was used; the first to have something other than a plain inner bag, where the first pressing came in a sort of red designed psychedelic sleeve; and came with cardboard cut-outs of a moustache, picture card, stripes, badges and a stand up.

The Beatles used a ton of trickery in the studio over the years, with very innovative recordings. On Pepper, besides the many sound effects throughout, you'll find the forty-second crashing piano chord after the last track, A Day in the Life, followed by what is a 15-kilocycle tone, placed there by John Lennon to "especially annoy your dog." This was followed by several seconds of nonsense talking by the Beatles that was recorded, then cut into several pieces of tape, then stuck back together to form these sounds. On the vinyl album, many people did not hear these sounds, as with the old turntables, the arm would return before these sounds could be heard, as this track was so far at the end, the arm would reject before this part was heard.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band took about 135 days to record, commencing on December 6, 1966 with the song When I'm Sixty-Four and ending on April 21, 1967 after recording the final cut of A Day In The Life. These 135 days were easily the most creative for the Beatles and probably the most creative in rock history. The cover of Sgt. Pepper is unique in itself, containing cardboard 86 cut-outs depicting images of famous people, wax models of Paul, John, George and Ringo, and miscellaneous other objects. When looking at the cover, you will see two larger spaces alone the top row. The first is between the image of Edgar Allen Poe (8th from left) and after The Vargas Girl (11th from left). The first gap was intended, the second was not. After the Vargas Girl was supposed to be the image of Leo Gorcey, an actor who was one of the Bowery Boys. However, he requested a fee to use his image, so it was painted out. Also, the image of Adolph Hitler was originally to be included, but was abandoned. The cover is © MC Productions and The Apple, and was staged by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, and photographed by Michael Cooper. The wax figures of the Beatles are courtesy of Madame Tussauds.

Pepper was to be an extravagant "fairground" show. Somewhere along the way, John came across a poster, printed in 1843 that announced the appearance of a circus coming to town. They called it Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal, and boasted the "grandest night of the season," at Town Meadows, in the north of England. Directly written on this poster was "for the benefit of Mr. Kite," and featured Mr. J. Henderson, a well known Sommerset. As a result, Lennon wrote Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! All the characters in the song and the feats they would perform, came directly from this poster.

For the benefit of Mr. Kite, there will be a show tonight on trampoline

The Hendersons will all be there, late of Pablo Fanques'fair, what a scene

Over men and horses hoops and garters and lastly through a hogshead of real fire,

In this way Mr. K will challenge the world

The celebrated Mr. K performs his feats on Saturday at Bishopsgate

The Hendersons will dance and sing, as Mr. Kite flies through the ring, don't be late

Messers K. and H. assure the public their production will be second to none

And of course Henry the Horse dances the waltz

The band begins at ten to six when Mr. K performs his tricks without a sound

And Mr. H will demonstrate ten sommersets he'll undertake on solid ground

Having been some days in preparation a splendid time is guaranteed for all, and tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill

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