Beatles Sgt Peppers Record LP Mono 1st Press w/Insert & Custom Sleeve Psych Exc
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Up for auction is the sought after original US 1st Mono Pressing for "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" by the Beatles on Capital Records #MAS 2653 from 1967. This is the ORIGINAL BLACK "RAINBOW"LABEL WITHOUT THE "SUBSIDIARY" INSCRIPTION ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE LABEL. RARE VARIATION OF THE LABEL WHICH MIS-TITLES THE SECOND SONG ON SIDE 2 (INSTEAD OF ‘WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS’, THE SONG IS TITLED ‘A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS’). RARE ORIGINAL FIRST COVER WITHOUT “NEMS ENTERPRISES” PRINTED ABOVE “MANUFACTURED BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.” IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE BACK COVER – AND - WITHOUT THE LINE “ALL RIGHTS FOR UNITED STATES, CANADA, MEXICO AND PHILIPPINES CONTROLLED BY MACLEN MUSIC LTD”. Visually graded using Goldmine standards, the vinyl rates an excellent with beautiful shine and very light surface wear. The thick gatefold jacket rates a near mint with just a hint of wear on the front cover near the top and has no splits or other issues. Comes with the original red psychedelic inner sleeve in beautiful condition and the original sheet of cutouts which is very nice except for a crease on the right hand side. This is a beautiful very early copy not to be missed!!!! Low starting bid and no reserve! Will be shipped in sturdy record mailer. Please see my other auctions for more rare records.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 1 June 1967, it was an immediate commercial and critical success, spending 27 weeks at the top of the albums chart in the United Kingdom and 15 weeks at number one in the United States. Time magazine declared it "a historic departure in the progress of music" and the New Statesman praised its elevation of pop to the level of fine art. It won four Grammy Awards in 1968, including Album of the Year, the first rock LP to receive this honour.
In August 1966, the Beatles permanently retired from touring and began a three-month holiday from recording. During a return flight to London in November, Paul McCartney had an idea for a song involving an Edwardian era military band that would eventually form the impetus of the Sgt. Pepper concept. Sessions for the Beatles' eighth studio album began on 24 November in Abbey Road Studio Two with two compositions inspired from their youth, "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane", but after pressure from EMI, the songs were released as a double A-side single; they were not included on the album.
In February 1967, after recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", McCartney suggested that the Beatles should release an entire album that would represent a performance by the fictional Sgt. Pepper band. This alter ego group would give them the freedom to experiment musically. During the recording sessions, the band endeavoured to improve upon the production quality of their prior releases. Knowing they would not have to perform the tracks live, they adopted an experimental approach to composition, writing songs such as "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "A Day in the Life". Producer George Martin's innovative recording of the album included the liberal application of sound shaping signal processing and the use of a 40-piece orchestra performing aleatoric crescendos. Recording was completed on 21 April 1967. The cover, depicting the band posing in front of a tableau of celebrities and historical figures, was designed by the British pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth.
Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the use of extended form in popular music while continuing the artistic maturation seen on the Beatles' preceding releases. It has been described as one of the first art rock LPs, aiding the development of progressive rock, and credited with marking the beginning of the Album Era. An important work of British psychedelia, the multigenre album incorporates diverse stylistic influences, including vaudeville, circus, music hall, avant-garde, and Western and Indian classical music. In 2003 the Library of Congressplaced Sgt. Pepper in the National Recording Registry, honouring the work as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2] That same year Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number one in its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". As of 2014 it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. Professor Kevin J. Dettmar, writing in theOxford Encyclopedia of British Literature, described it as "the most important and influential rock and roll album ever recorded".
Side one No. Title Lead vocals Length 1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" McCartney 2:02 2. "With a Little Help from My Friends" Starr 2:44 3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Lennon 3:28 4. "Getting Better" McCartney 2:48 5. "Fixing a Hole" McCartney 2:36 6. "She's Leaving Home" McCartney with Lennon 3:35 7. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" Lennon 2:37 Side two No. Title Lead vocals Length 1. "Within You Without You" Harrison 5:04 2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" McCartney 2:37 3. "Lovely Rita" McCartney 2:42 4. "Good Morning Good Morning" Lennon 2:41 5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" Lennon, McCartney and Harrison 1:19 6. "A Day in the Life" Lennon and McCartney 5:39 Total length: 39:52price rating
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