Beatles Sgt Pepper 1st UK Mono *FOURTH PROOF* Patent Pending Complete *RARITY*
  £   176
  $   233

 


£ 176 Sold For
Feb 10, 2019 Sold Date
Feb 3, 2019 Start Date
20   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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My dad was a private collector, he collected thousands and thousands of records from 1950's to early 2000's, many are rarities, obscurities and some are unique, I am not a dealer, just selling the collection now he is unable to do so himself.

You can expect great service/fast dispatch/super strong packaging/combined shipping and honest, no nonsense gradings BUT Please read descriptions.


The Beatles - SGT Pepper - Yellow and Black Parlophone labels - Mono - 1st UK Pressing - Very Rare 'Fourth Proof' Sample Sleeve Patents Pending - Red & White Swirl Inner

The Fourth Proof Sleeves were the first run off the press and were never meant to be sold to the public, very few of these 'proof' sleeves were sold and even fewer exist 50 years on, extremely collectable.

1967

XEX 637-1 (KT Tax Code Around Spindle)
XEX 638-1 


Both sides have a couple of faint and fine scratches and a handful of extremely faint hairlines, nothing deep or feeling, the odd extremely light surface mark. There is also the odd extremely light whispy sleeve removal mark under strong artificial light. It has a Stunning Lustre and shine, Playtested Below

PLAYTESTED and it plays Really Well, no skips, jumps or sticks, audio is strong and vibrant with no lessening inquality, some light static in the quiet parts and some clicks in places, A Great Listen.


Both Labels have some signs of spiders legs under strong light. Very clean labels, both do have tiny ripples (as was common with some copies of this record where poorer quality labels were used).

Front of sleeve is flat and clean with light rubbing near top and bottom, still has a nice shine. a few small creases around edges and a few thumbnails near opening edge. No wear to bottom edge or top edge. Opening edge has some slight handling wear. Corners have slight wear (mainly top left). Spine is a bit squashed but fully Readable with a little discolouration, Back is the same as the front with very light rubbing near top and bottom and a few tiny creases from spine edge. Inside is crisp, clean and glossy, no damage to flipbacks – Garrod & Lofthouse Patent Pending Fourth Proof sleeve.

Red & White Swirl Inner has splits to both sides, no writing, lightly discoloured

Original Cutout Card Is Nr Perfect


A Mega Rare and Very hard to find LP.


I will describe any flaws such as wear to sleeves, scuffs, marks or scratches to vinyl and describe them honestly, if you expect a better condition than I have listed then you need to learn to read. I will grade based on visual inspection under artificial light. PLEASE remember this is Vinyl...even brand new vinyl can have clicks and pops...that's part of its charm...if you want perfect audio without background noise...how about CD's or MP3's?

NO POSTAGE/SHIPPING TO ROMANIA

With that said....many rarities will be listed, some fair condition some near mint.

Any questions...please ask.

Premium quality cruciform record mailers will be used with 2 sheets of additional cardboard.

All records are sent Sign For, Tracked and Insured for the purchase price, The postage cost reflects this.

I combine shipping costs after the auction for multiple purchases.

UK - £5.00 2nd Class Sign For

Europe - £13.00 International Tracked and Signed

Rest Of World - £16.00 International Tracked and Signed


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