MOBILE FIDELITY MFSL UHQR BEATLES SGT. PEPPERS MFQR 1-100 5000 MADE NEAR MINT

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MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB (MFSL) UHQR ULTRA HIGH QUALITY RECORDING - 200 GRAM BEATLES "SGT. PEPPERS LONLEY HEARTS CLUB BAND" CATALOG NUMBER MFQR 1-100 

200 GRAM VINYL - TOTALLY FLAT (NO LIP). ONLY 5000 PRESSED BY JVC VICTOR ON THE WORLD'S HIGHEST QUALITY, PURE "VIRGIN SUPER VINYL" IN JAPAN IN 1983 FOR MFSL.

THE HIGHEST QUALITY, PUREST VINYL EVER MADE - EVEN THOUGH THIS 200 GRAM DISC IS BLACK, THE VINYL IS SO PURE, YOU CAN HOLD IT UP TO A LAMP AND SEE LIGHT THROUGH IT!

THE UHQR IS HAND SERIAL NUMBERED 3283 (OF 5000). 

PRESENTED IN A SPECIALLIY DESIGNED BOX WITH DUAL FOAM INSERTS, MFSL DOUBLE JACKET WITH RICE PAPER SLEEVE AND STIFFENER, SIX PAGE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS BROCHURE, AND COA SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF MFSL. 

THE RECORD ITSELF IS 9.9 ON A SCALE OF 10.  NEVER TO BE MADE AGAIN!  NO SCRATCHES, NO PROBLEMS.  IT SIMPLY LOOKS ABSOLUTELY BRAND NEW.

In 1983, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) released eight 200 gram LPs known as UHQRs (Ultra High Quality Recordings). 

Only 5000 of each title was pressed for MFSL by JVC Victor in Japan from the half-speed mastered Original Master Tapes. 

Each of the UHQRs was pressed on 200 gram, totally flat (no lip) totally pure Virgin SuperVinyl by JVC Victor in Japan.  The discs were returned to MFSL who was located in Chatsworth, CA. at the time for packaging and distribution world-wide.

MFSL literally destroyed the master stampers after the UHQRs were pressed. 

Each UHQR came in extremely lavish, protective packaging consisting of an outer black box with a Silver band across the top, a pocket on the inside of the box's front lid with a six-page fold-out Technical Specifications Sheet, and a separate COA signed by the President of MFSL.

NOTE!.. eBay only allows me to upload twelve (12) photos.. the Technical Specifications Sheet is six pages long, so I could only upload its cover page, but you can view and read all six pages of it in my auction
#131757086119 (just copy that number into eBay's search box) which is for another UHQR I have listed, The Alan Parsons Project's "I Robot")..

The outer UHQR box is in near perfect condition, except for a tiny bit of separation of the silver band across the top.. this is pictured in one of the photos, but all of its contents are in flawless condition - no tears or separation of the corners of the outer box except for that one upper left-hand corner.

The outer box has  No labels, tape, writing, or stickers on it. The Silver band across the top of the box is in perfect condition, except for that one tiny separation of the top Silver "Original Master Recording" band as mentioned above.  

Everything inside is like new, considering it was made in 1983.

Each UHQR box, measuring 13" X 13" x 3/4" contains two full-size foam rubber pads.  Between the pads is a specially designed album jacket which reproduced the album's original cover art in miniature on its back, listing all the tracks on the record, and its serial number, hand-written in white ink. 

The Sgt. Peppers UHQR also included a couple of extras not included with the other UHQR titles.. there is a full-size, double-sided promotional slick picturing and describing the fantastic "Beatles - The Collection" black box with all 14 original Beatles LPs (those LPs were NOT pressed on 200 gram vinyl like the UHQRs were), and there is also included with this UHQR a Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 1984 full-line catalog listing every LP and cassette MFSL made at the time.. they didn't start making their Gold CDs until a year or two later..

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab was later bought out by Music Direct in Chicago, and renamed "MoFi" however in speaking with them, they told me they have no plans to EVER produce these astounding UHQRs again. 

This UHQR, The Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" was mastered by Stan Ricker, and sold directly by MFSL and through audiophile shops.. it was very unusual to see UHQRs in regular record stores back in 1983.

All 40,000 UHQRs (5000 each of eight different titles especially selected by MFSL for their astounding sonic quality) totally sold out in just a few months in 1983.

You don't need a million dollar HiFi rig to play a UHQR, but you should have medium to high-quality equipment, especially your turntable and cartridge.  The higher the quality of your rig, the better it will sound.  (Keep that stylus clean, and make sure you have your tonearm set to the correct tracking force and the anti-skating control set correctly)..

And the sound is utterly astounding.  Better than a CD..

This UHQR is scratch-free.  Anything on the vinyl itself that looks like smudges or marks are merely reflections.. I shot the photos under natural cloudy sunlight coming in through a window.  No artificial lighting of any kind was used for the photos.

What looks like curved stripes in my photo of the UHQR box's cover are just a moire' pattern photographic artifact from my camera.. the box is pure black in person.. those stripes are not really there..

I grade it 9.5 out of 10 only because it is not in its original shrinkwrap, and because of the tiny bit of separation of the Silver "Original Master Recording" band in the upper left-hand corner of the outer box..

NOTE!! - many shrinkwrapped UHQRs on eBay are used and have had new shrinkwrap put on them by dealers. 

The photographs picture everything - the outer box, the Technical Specifications folder, the COA, the foam pads, the album's specially designed jacket (front and back), the record itself, and its inner MFSL rice paper sleeve and white cardboard stiffener. 

As mentioned above, due to eBay's limitation of 12 photos per listing, you can clearly read the Tech Specs folder, all six pages, in my listing for the Alan Parsons Project's "I Robot" UHQR, so go to that listing to read it.. I also have a .pdf version of the entire Technical Specifications folder, which I will gladly email to you if you send me a message through eBay and ask for it.  I know of no way to include a .pdf file in an eBay auction's description. 

The six-page Technical Specifications folder was the same in ALL of the UHQR titles MFSL produced in 1983.. eight different albums, only 5000 of each were produced in 1983, and they all sold out in a few months, never to be made again!..

I've been following the prices of the eight different UHQR titles on eBay and elsewhere, and Sgt. Peppers typically is the second most desired and second highest-priced, with Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" being the highest-priced UHQR..

If you are into audiophile vinyl and have never handled nor heard a MFSL UHQR, you are in for a real treat! 

Sgt. Peppers has been rated the #1 rock album of all-time in more places than I can even remember.. originally released in the USA in June, 1967 by Capitol Records.. do I even have to describe it?.. it was and still is a revolutionary LP - and a concept album wherein The Beatles took on a different identity as members of a mythical band.  I graduated from High School the same week it was released in 1967, and I don't know anyone who doesn't own one or more copies of it..

The Mobile Fidelity UHQR version is simply the highest-quality 12" vinyl version of Sgt. Peppers ever released..

Again, only 5000 of these UHQRs were made in 1983, and they will never be made again.

Don't miss this opportunity to own the best of the best.

I am out-of-work and in financial distress, and I also own over half a dozen different vinyl and CD versions of Sgt. Peppers, so I offer this UHQR to you for your bidding pleasure.  I need the money more than I need the UHQR.  

I will ship the UHQR, as pictured, in a Bags Unlimited double-album-depth vinyl sleeve, surrounded by bubble wrap, in heavily taped outer Priority Mail box to the lucky, winning bidder, for $4.00, including USPS Tracking..

NO INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE.. I WILL NOT SHIP THIS ITEM OUTSIDE OF THE USA..

If you have zero (0) feedback, please do not bid.. I do not deal with eBayers who have zero feedback due to bad experiences in the past..

I will ONLY ship this item to a USA Zip Code address.. no shipping outside the USA..

I'm sorry, nothing personal.. but it has just become too much of a hassle to deal with International shipping.. besides the language / time difference /  communications problems, the shipping rates and Customs rules vary wildly from one country to another.. if you are OUTside the USA you may bid ONLY if you have a USA address with a USA Zip Code, (such as a friend, relative, or business with a USA  address) to whom I can ship the item, then they can arrange to get it to you.. 

If you have any questions, click "ask seller a question" and just ask.. i strive to reply to questions quickly.. 

SHIPPING TERMS AND COSTS:

Shipping by USPS Priority Class mail, this very rare, ultra high-grade UHQR will come to you with its box in a Bags Unlimited vinyl sleeve,  and every edge and seam of the outer shipping container (a securely heavy-duty box) will be sealed with 2" clear packing tape.. absolutely NO tape will touch the UHQR box or any of its contents..

I will ship ONLY to any USA Zip code for $4.00, via USPS Priority Class mail, and shipping includes USPS Tracking.. 

I only have one of these.. 

I do everything myself.. I don't use any un-skilled "helpers".. I shoot the photos, write the descriptions, and do the mailing of ALL my eBay items, and have since I started selling on eBay in 1998!.. 

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No returns.. 

Payment MUST come from the winning bidder's PayPal account which must have a VERIFIED ADDRESS on file with PayPal. PayPal offers no seller protection if a seller ships to an un-verified address.. 

Winning bidder must make contact within two days of close of auction. Payment must reach me in a max of two days after close. 

If the buyer fails to pay in that time, I reserve the right to cancel the sale, report non-paying bidders to eBay, add non-paying winners to my blocked bidder list, and re-list the item and/or offer it to the second highest bidder. Serious bidders ONLY! 

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