THE BEATLES SGT.PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND MONO 1967 UK FOURTH PROOF SLEEVE
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THE BEATLES
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
1967
U.K. MONO
YELLOW / BLACK PARLOPHONE
PMC 7027
XEX 637 - 1
XEX 638 -1
K T TAX CODE
3 G D T / 2 T O
THE VERY, VERY RARE "FOURTH PROOF" OUTER SLEEVE WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE A VERY SHORT TEST RUN BFORE THE ALBUM COVER WAS FINALLY RELEASED!!!
THIS 4TH PROOF COPY HAS THE FOLLOWING DISTINCTIVE MARKS...
IT HAS "FOURTH PROOF" WRITTEN IN THE TOP OF THE INNER SLEEVE CORNER ABOVE GEORGE'S HEAD......IT HAS " A R " ABOVE PAUL'S HEAD (MAYBE PRINTER'S INITIALS??).....IT HAS " D 13217 " NEXT TO "A R"....THIS MAY BE AN INTERNAL PRINTING CATALOUGE NUMBER DESIGNATED BY THE PRINTING FIRM, THE FAMOUS "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE".....THE UNIFORMS HAVE A SLIGHT PASTEL SHADING AND THE BOYS LOOK SLIGHTLY PALER IN THE SKIN TOO....ON THE BACK OF THE SLEEVE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, IT HAS "PATENTS PENDING" AS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE HAD YET TO SECURE THEIR EXCLUSIVITY.
DO NOT FORGET THAT THIS SLEEVE WAS NOT MEANT TO BE RELEASED AS IT HAD NOT BEEN QUITE FINALISED BUT SOME DID SLIP OUT FOR SALE...WILL YOU BE ONE OF THE LUCKY FEW??....
THIS IS THE TOP OF THE BEATLES TREE...
FRESH FROM THE SUMMER OF LOVE '67
THE MONO PRESSED VINYL COPY THAT SOLD QUITE A FEW....
THIS HAS ALL THE SONGS THAT AGAIN, ESTABLISHED THE FAB4 AS THE NO.1 GROUP AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS COPY HAS THE ORIGINAL 'THE FOOL' - DESIGNED INNER SLEEVE THAT HAS THE WAVY RED LINES IN LOVELY CLEAN CONDITION WITH NO WRITING AND NO AGEING EITHER. IT ONLY HAS ONE SPLIT ON BOTTOM EDGE BUT IS COMPLETE ON THE OTHER 2 SIDES. IT ALSO HAS THE ORIGINAL RECORD SHOP STICKER COVERING THE OPEN EDGE ON BOTH SIDES AS IF IT WAS SEALED ONCE INSIDE THE STORE ( IT SAYS "COWLINGS" LEICESTER - A NICE PIECE OF ENGLISH VINYL SHOP HISTORY..!!!) AND HAS THE ORIGINAL CUT - OUT SHEET, YOU TOO COULD PRETEND TO BE THE SERGEANT PEPPER!!
WILL INCLUDE AN EMI MID 60's ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE FREE OF CHARGE TOO...!!
CUT - OUT SHEET IN NEAR MINT CONDITION!!!
VERY NICE VINYL MONO COPY OF THIS ALBUM WHICH PLAYS STRAIGHT THROUGH WITHOUT ANY SKIPS, JUMPS OR REPEATS. IT HAS A POP IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS ON TRACK 1 SIDE 2 "WITHIN YOU, WITHOUT YOU " IT HAS JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND AND A TINY BIT OF CRCKLE BETWEEN TRACKS THAT DOES NOT INTRUDE AT ALL!!
VINYL STILL KEEPS ITS SHEEN AND OVERALL GLOSS, JUST HAS SOME VERY SMALL NUMBER OF SURFACE MARKS THAT ARE HARDLY NOTICABLE. LABELS ARE VERY CLEAN, NO WRITING AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPINDLE WEAR AROUND THE HOLE.
LABELS......VERY GOOD +++
VINYL........VERY GOOD +++ / EXCELLENT -
AUDIO.......VERY GOOD ++
CUT - OUT....NEAR MINT
INNER SLEEVE....VERY GOOD +
INNER SLEEVE (2)....EXCELLENT
OUTER SLEEVE...VERY GOOD + A NICE COPY OF THIS RARE PRINTED VERSION THAT WAS MEANT NOT FOR SALE...THIS HAS SOME CREASES, THE INSIDE GATEFOLD IS VERY CLEAN.NO RIPS, TEARS OR WRITING..JUST A SLIGHT CREASE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND THE INSIDE CREASE LOOKS GOOD AND HAS NO DAMAGE...THE OUTER SPINE IS CLEAN BUT HAS SOME LAMINATE LIFT ( very slight) AND SOME SPINE WEAR, BUT THE WRITING CAN STILL BE READ!!!!
GET YOUR BID IN NOW SO YOU ARE NOT LEFT OUT, THESE ARE GETTING SO HARD TO FIND NOW, IN THE LAST YEAR, VERY FEW HAVE BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE THE PAST YEAR...!!!
U.K. WILL BE SENT SPECIAL DELIVERY AND INTERNATIONAL PLEASE MAIL FOR YOUR RATES, THANKS.
PAYPAL ONLY ON THIS PLEASE.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS...!!
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