BEATLES Sgt.Pepper's U.K. Y/B Parlophone PMC 7027 EX 1stPress MONO RT3 May 1967

	£		150
	$		199

 

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The Beatles
»Sgt. Pepper's«
(detailed pictures on bottom of every listing)

U.K. 1967 ~ WORLDWIDE 1st Press ~ PMC 7027 ~ MONO (!)
Y/B Parlophone ~ overall EX ~ complete with red/white "psychodelic" inner sleeve

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Record Details   Origin    United Kingdom Release Type   Original Release Format   Album, 12", GateFold Label   Yellow/Black Parlophone Catalog No   PMC 7027 Pressing   1st THIS Copy issued   May 1967 Sound Mix   mono  Overall Grading   EX  (please see Details) Matrix Side A   XEX 637-1 Matrix Side B   XEX 638-1 Stamper Side A   (3/9 o'c) RT 3 Stamper Side B   (3/9 o'c) MM 2   Overview Pressings   1st WW   U.K., May 26, 1967, PMC 7027, Y/B Parlophone 2nd   Spring 1968, PMC 7027, Y/B Parlophone (plain white inner sleeve) 3rd   August'69 thru Mid November'69, PMC 7027, Y/B Parlophone 4th   November 22, 1969 thru fall 1970, PMC 7027, S/B one-boxed Parlophone (MIS-PRESS)   Late 1969, PMC 7027, S/B one-boxed Parlophone
(indicates "mono" but plays "stereo") 5th   June'81 thru August'82, PMC 7027, Y/B Parlophone (MIS-PRESS)   PROBABLY early 1980s, PMC 7027, Y/B Parlophone
(mono XEX matrix on Side A, stereo YEX matrix on Side B) back to TOP  
NOTES
  As every collector easily recognized, we started our "first presses campaign" with Please Please Me, certainly ending it with Let It Be. Now, when it was Pepper's turn, we wanted to offer something very special, for this record plays such an important role in modern music's history (catchphrase: "before and after").

Welcome to our auction of a Sgt. Pepper's MONO U.K. First Press, with an EXceptional audio quality, thats vinyl is shiny & stunning, looking almost unplayed, complete with its original red/white "psychodelic" inner sleeve, having the KT Tax Stamp on Side B, added a dark green NM CUT-OUT, which is of course "Printed in England"...

With pressing and release dates mentioned on the upper right, we do away with a strange "myth", namely the (whyever) wide-spread opinion of "1st of June" as being "THE Sgt. Pepper Date". Even decades later, many collectors around the world still "celebrated" that "magical" (still misleading) day. One may guess this is because it was once supposed to become the official release date. However, after British state television BBC had broadcasted the Fab's "Making-Of tapes" on May 12, 1967, already, they decided to hit the market earlier...

To underline, we provide the other major (national first press) release dates right here (in the order of their respective publication):

• Germany, May 30, 1967, Red/White/Gold Odeon SMO 81 045 (EXPORT, stereo only)
• Germany, May 30, 1967, Red/White/Gold Odeon HoerZu SHZE 401 (Domestic, stereo only)
• U.S., June 02, 1967, Capitol Rainbow MAS 2653 -mono-, SHAS 2653 -stereo-
• Japan, July 05, 1967, Black/Silver Odeon OP-8163 (stereo only)

Please see grading details for a more elaborate description of the record's condition.

IMPORTANT NOTE for GERMAN BIDDERS: Please constact us before bidding, for otherwise we will remove your bid without prior notice. This is in view of constantly recurring problems, often caused by language. It's NOT an offense. Collectors want harmony and consensus, not trouble. back to TOP

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(PLEASE NOTE that pictured record is an EXAMPLE only. It is NOT the item up for auction. Thank you.)

  Record Grading
    Visual Grading   Cover Front   EX- Cover Back   EX- Cover Inside   EX Inner Sleeve   EX
original red/white "psychodelic" CUT-OUT   NM
dark-green, "Printed in England" Label Side A   EX Label Side B   EX Vinyl Side A   EX Vinyl Side B   EX   Audio Grading   Side A   EX Side B   EX+   We use superb vinyl equipment with its heart being an Ortofan Diamond System and gold plated contacts all around.
Audible checks are performed with a Pro-Ject Audio system connected to a DENON PMA 520-AE amplifier, with a Sennheiser 350 headset.     Remarks   As for the Cover and related issues, please refer to pictures provided right after. Comes with its original red/white "psychodelic" inner sleeve, which is EX. Bright, clean Labels, EX.
Vinyl is STUNNING! Very shiny, looking almost unplayed, not kidding. We saw a lot of "good" vinyl surface, this one is indeed special.
Dark green CUT-OUT is both "Printed in England" as well as NM (many so-called first pressings miss this). Great, readable spine!
Cover manufactured by Garrod & Lofthouse.

Regarding audio, straight sound! There's certainly no skips or jumps, record plays properly thru.
Here and there some bg noise, in particular between tracks. No mint, but EX quality.

Please keep in mind that an opinion is bound to be subjective. Refer to pictures, provided extensively.
For a short explanation of applied grading, please see remarks on every listing's bottom of page.   back to TOP   Pictures (all pictures taken by our NIKON D3200 24 MP prior to auction)   back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP back to TOP     More rare Collectibles ~ already on auction, or soon to come (all records 2nd, 3rd, or 4th/whatever copies from our own collection)   France, 1st, OSX 231, Horse-Cover France, 1st, Dark Blue Odeon OSX 230 U.K., 1st, PCS 3071, STEREO Sans Serif U.K., 1st, PMC 7067/68, MONO, # 0004606 Germany, 1st, Green Odeon OPX 82 U.K, 1st, SMMT 1/2, pic book BLUE lyric sheet, NEAR MINT  

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