BEATLES"SGT PEPPERS" ORIG 1 BOX EMI MONO XEX
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BEATLES SUPER RARE 1 BOX EMI MONO PRESSING OF SGT PEPPERS, THIS IS 100% ORIGINAL MONO XEX AND NOT A YEX STEREO WITH A MONO LABEL, SEE DETAILS ABOUT THIS RARE VINYL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
MATRIX AND STAMPERS ARE
SIDE 1: XEX 637-1...... STAMPERS 2 MDL
SIDE 2: XEX 638-1 ......STAMPERS 7 MOD
THIS COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL INNER FLIPS ,PRINTED AND MADE BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD SLEEVE (NO MIX AND MATCH)
THE ORIGINAL CUTOUT WITH THE GREY BACK DESIGNED FOR THIS PRESSING
THE ORIGINAL PATENT MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN INNER SLEEVE
SO ALL IN ALL A RARE COMPLETE ORIGINAL PACKAGE
CONDITION...... VINYL BOTH SIDES ARE VERY BRIGHT WITH A FULL SHEEN NEW LOOK... SIDE 1 DOES HAVE A SMALL SCRATCH HALF WAY THROUGH GETTING BETTER THAT DOES CAUSE A VERY LIGHT CLICK NOTHING HEAVY.....AND 1 OR 2 LIGHT SURFACE MARKS THAT DO NOT AFFECT PLAY AT ALL.....SIDE 2.... 2 OR 3 VERY LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES YOU CAN ONLY SEE THESE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT........ SOUND IS SUPERB APART FROM THE LIGHT CLICK MENTIONED EARLIER OVERALL A REAL NICE SOUND..SO APART FROM THE TINY SCRATCH I WOULD RATE THIS AT LEAST EX AND WOULD GIVE A FULL REFUND IF YOU ARE NOT 100% HAPPY
SLEEVE IS EX- EX+ MORE ON THE EX+ SIDE SPINE IS STRONG AND FULLY READABLE, OPENINGS ARE SUPER TIGHT, NO WRITING ,STAINS,DIGS, ECT
INNER SLEEVE DOES HAVE A FEW AGE SPOTS JUST BELOW THE PATENT NUMBER
CUT OUT IS MINT
P+P WILL BE £4.00 UK 1ST CLASS RECORDED
OVERSEAS WILL BE AT COST + £3.50 FOR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS PLEASE DO NOT BID IT WILL SAVE TIME LATER....BECAUSE I HAVE HAD A FEW OVERSEAS BUYERS WHO HAVE NOT PAID FOR PAST SALES AND WHO ARE NO LONGER REGISTERED WITH EBAY ANYONE WITH LESS THAN 5 FEEDBACK PLEASE EMAIL ME BEFORE BIDDING
Around autumn 1969 Parlophone radically changed their label design to this silver style wth an EMI boxed logo at the bottom of the label, and the rimtext now arches around the top of the label rather than underneath. This new label collectors refer to as the 'Silver and Black' design.
The original label printer plates were used although the stereo mark was moved from the top to just above the catalogue number. It was thought many years ago that Parlophone had closed their mono back catalogue before the label design changed and as such no mono copies existed on this label, but over the years it's transpired that three albums from the Beatles' back catalogue had their mono runs extended slightly overlapping the transition. These three albums were "Please Please Me", "Help!" and "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" (although a number of Pepper mono presses are in fact mispresses, with mono labels on stereo discs). These mono presses are incredibly rare and very difficult to get your hands on, in particular the "Help!" version.
The label style as a whole isn't too easy to find since it was only available for a relatively short time when other more popular Beatles albums were available. From this point on Parlophone closed its mono back catalogue until 1982 when the first four albums came back onto the market in mono in favour of the unpopular stereo mixes. Because of this only the stereo presses were available to buy throughout the 1970s.
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