THE BEATLES SGT. PEPPER’S RARE FIRST EDITION MONO LP ALTERNATE MIX MAS 2653

$

96

VINYL

            Side 1:  plays Mint, visually EX+ with four small inaudible lines, each about 1/4 inch, probably a light turntable scuff. Otherwise, looks great with its original gloss.

            Side 2:  plays Mint (by Capitol standards) with some very faint surface in “A Day in the Life” and in the piano fade out, which is typical of virtually every copy I’ve heard except for Japanese virgin vinyl. There are a few light ticks at the end of “When I’m 64”. Visually Mint- when viewed under halogen light, under normal light, as close to visually Mint as you’ll find.

LABELS

            Side 1:  Mint with no spindle marks

            Side 2:  same as side 1

COVER

            Front:  First edition mono cover as per Bruce Spizer (see description). No ring wear, solid seams.

            Back:  minor ring wear, excellent corners

INSERT:  Clean and flat with no tape residue or pin holes

INNER:   original inner with no splits, plus an archival inner

DESCRIPTION:  The mono mix of this LP was supervised by the Beatles and there are a few variations not found on the stereo mix done by G. Martin. This East Coast copy comes with the first edition cover with no mention of NEMS ENTERPRISES on the lower left of the back as well as other attributions, such as only 3 lines of small type on the bottom right of the back cover. This information comes from Bruce Spizer’s definitive hard cover book: “The Beatles’ Story on Capitol Records”.

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No international shipping.

I ship once a week, but always within 5 days of your payment. Combined shipping is possible for up to three LPs with a small surcharge for added weight.

Records are shipped in the highest quality LP mailers with the record secured outside of the cover to avoid seam splits. Returned LPs must be shipped in the same way. Damage to the cover or disc will void returns.

Please don’t bid if you own a Crosley or similar inexpensive (aka “cheap”) turntable. LPs that play perfectly on a real turntable may have problems playing correctly on a toy turntable with no ability to adjust tone arm tracking weight or anti-skid. These junk tables will destroy your collection. My advice: stop buying LPs until you purchase a real (non-USB) turntable, new or used.

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   I began buying records in the mid 60’s and I've always been fanatical about record care and storage.

   The records I sell are from my personal collection, including backup copies. I've never been one to buy VG records or anything with an audible scratch, which eliminates the vast majority. If I do miss an audible flaw, then kindly contact me and it will be rectified.

   I use standard US grading plus the UK grade of EX in order to eliminate the dreaded VG++

   Records are first inspected under a halogen light (the only light that shows every flaw) and any blemishes are examined with a 10x power magnifier which allows the grooves to be fully inspected. Then they’re play graded on a Linn Sondek LP12.

   Over the decades, I've seen grading fads come and go, such as: “visual” grading by people who don't own a turntable; the current use of nonsense grades like NM+ and NM- as well as the dubious belief that there’s no such thing as a mint record.

   As a record buyer, I've had a lot of over graded “garage sale” LPs arrive covered with gritty dust and greasy fingerprints while the seller claims a “visual” grade based on fantasy. Be assured that my records will arrive clean and fingerprint free.