BEATLES UK - Sgt Pepper's ‘ Fourth Proof ’ Mono LP.
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BEATLES UK - Sgt Pepper's ‘ Fourth Proof ’ Mono LP.
PMC 7027 – Original Black and Yellow Parlophone label.
A UK pressing in 100% original condition featuring the rarest known variant of this remarkable record.
This unique variant of this remarkable album features effectively a pre- production sleeve. After the first three ‘ Proof ’ sleeves, these ‘ Fourth Proof ’ sleeves were passed around at EMI for final agreement. It is believed that only 40 – 50 ‘ Fourth Proof ’ sleeves were ever printed !. As these sleeves were ‘ Proof ’ copies they were NEVER meant to be released to the general public, but a small number of these ‘ Fourth Proof ’ sleeves DID find their way onto the public market !.
These ‘ Fourth Proof ’ sleeves have a number of unique printing differences from the final agreed production sleeves:
1. a ‘ FOURTH PROOF ’ and a ‘ A R ’ and ‘ D 13217 ’ appear printed on the top flipback on the inner gatefold of the sleeve. There is a story about this that the old style of ‘ visual ’ flipbacks were on their way out and that ‘ Sgt Pepper ’ was to feature the new ‘ inner ’ flipback design. It was therefore thought that the above text would NOT be seen !. Apparently the ‘ A R ’ stands for the designers initials and the ‘ D 13217 ’ is the internal catalogue number for the printers of the sleeve, ‘Garrod and Lofthouse’.
2. the rear of the sleeve features the text ‘ Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd ’ but with an additional ‘ Patents Pending ’ text, only a very small number of very early Pepper Mono sleeves had this additional text. Standard sleeves normally just state ‘ Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd’ (G&L). Just after the official launch of Sgt Pepper in June 1967, G&L seem to have got their ‘ Patents ’ confirmed and the ‘ Patents Pending ’ text was removed from the sleeve !.
3. Georges jacket appears Pink in colour, but on the standard Pepper sleeves it appears as a Red colour !,
4. Johns jacket appears Yellow in colour, but on the standard Pepper sleeves it appears as a Green colour !.
CONDITION:
THE MAIN SLEEVE: is in excellent condition, the sleeve is fully laminated. There is only one small thumb crease to the front of the sleeve. The original exposed flipbacks can be seen when the sleeve is opened. The spine is in very good condition, the spine has remained white in colour and is solid and strong, some of the text on the spine has been rubbed away so not all of the text on the spine is readable. A very original and well preserved sleeve. There are NO stains, splits, pen writing, stickers or sticker residue on the sleeve.
THE INSERT: the original DARK green cardboard ‘ cut-out ’ insert is present and is in excellent condition.
THE INNER SLEEVE: is in excellent condition and is the original red and white ‘ wavy ’ pattern sleeve. An excellent sleeve, very clean and original. There are NO tears, splits, pen writing, stickers or sticker residue. There are some slight signs of aging on the sleeve.
THE VINYL: is in near excellent condition, the vinyl is made of the period thick, heavy vinyl and is very clean, dark and glossy.
The Matrix are: XEX 637 - 1 and XEX 638 - 1,
Mother / Stampers are: ‘ 6 R M T ’ and ‘ 4 R O G ’.
THE AUDIO: is excellent, even the fade out on the track ‘A day in the life’ plays nice and quiet, the record lays flat on the turntable and plays without the needle sticking or jumping.
THE LABELS: are in excellent condition, there are the letters ‘ KT ’ embossed onto side two.
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