THE BEATLES Sgt Pepper Orig UK 67 RARER Stereo N/M Copy

	£		124
	$		164

Hi, I am Mike, now 50 – yes the big FIVE-O! Old enough to remember the golden era of original, high quality music, bands, artists and television.

Also records from the 1960s and 70s bought from the shops from new, I have been a music collector and enthusiast for over 37 years now. We all wish we could turn back the clock and buy those wonderful brand new records from the 60s and 70s, but alas, this is not possible; so I always try to offer the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. No vinyl/music lover really would choose to buy second-hand, but this is only way now to own these valuable, prized and elusive items now. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested reader – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean its good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee one hundred percent is exact colour matching for covers - this depends on the lighting at the time and that is out of my control, but I feel sure most items will be very close to the actual real item. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic , and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps or sticks or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12 with Ittok Mk IV arm and Ortophon 520 Mk II cartridge (tracks at 1.75 grams). Amps: Arcam 2 x 125W Pre-Power. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired). All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional Moth vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too.

For winning bidders who I consider excessively slow to make contact or submit payment, I will use my right to block future bids. If any bidder who wins in the final seconds is present to do so, surely they can at least email me to inform of intention and payment method? If swift or promp payment is a problem, please do not bid.

POSTING & PACKING: What You Get: All records are posted in professional boxes with thick stiffners with the record(s) REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. Records are posted with TWO (at least) massively thick stiffners for protection and also heavier protection if deemed necessary depending on the content. These stiffners are the thickest possible and custom supplied for ‘Oneadayrecords’ – these are NOT commercially available and you will not have seen thicker protection anywhere. The cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW heavy duty soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my Moth Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if possible. I never make profit on posting and offer probably the cheapest and safest shipping possible. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends, with total costs including ‘standard’ or ‘optional’ P&P. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is less than 0.2 per percent based on over 2,000 items sold in over 5 years Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. Since the introduction of my ‘special’ stiffners it’s a rate of zero.

PLEASE NOTE: I will now only send packets to Russia with Recorded Delivery at a cost of £7 per single LP. If this is unacceptable to Russian collectors, please do not bid. I only want my records to arrive safely and this gives packets a better chance to do so. Also ALL UK packets will be sent with either Recorded or Special Delivery as standard (both have to be signed for). All shipping costs and rules can be found after my description. If they are not acceptable, please do not bid.

Album Title: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Producer(s): George Martin.

Track Listing: Side 1: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band; With a Little Hel

p From My Friends; Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds; Getting Better; Fixing a Hole; She’s Leaving Home; Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite . Side 2: Within You Without You; When I’m Sixty-Four; Lovely Rita; Good Morning Good Morning; Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise); A Day in the Life.

Label/Format: Parlophone – This has all the criteria for the ‘first pressed’ format. The word ‘pressed’ has little relevance taken strictly on definition of the term but really means first pressed ‘format’, meaning these are first design labels which is different from actual pressing. The Beatles albums were ‘pressed’ a multitude of times but the label and cover designs changed slightly to give a more accurate indication of time of manufacture. Text and detail includes: ‘Sold in UK Subject to Resale’ etc, ‘The Gramophone Co Ltd’ etc, ‘Made in Gt Britain’. Also the embossed KT tax codes are included on side one on this unbanded stereo copy, both are pristine with no rubbing, ink loss or flattening, both look new infact. All text and press registration is immaculate and sharp and the freshness and appearance is near unbeatable. With all the facts of age, popularity and vulnerability in terms of potential use and abuse, both labels are in incredible clean conditions. (Please see my label scans for all information needed).

Label Conditions: I am almost pinching myself to believe this pair: two ‘Pepper’ labels that look almost as new. Both close to immaculate with only ultra light and faint spindle traces and no wear around the hole area. Still a very tight fit on my Linn spindle too. This has all the hallmarks of a hardly played copy and only one in many hundred ever get seen like this. All collectors and fans know Beatles titles got heavily played and most are seen badly marked, grubby and play with a host of pops, clicks, crackle and often moderate distortion caused by heavy playing on often less than sympathic equipment. This copy is practically flawless and plays with absolutely stunning stereo sound and there lies the difference.

Cat Number: PCS 7027.

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Weight of this Record: 133 grams. A heavy weight copy of course. [These days, many modern Audiophile reissues are pressed on super-heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Only a small percentage of ‘vintage vinyl’ was ever pressed this heavy. Records pressed in the 1960s averaged around 140 to 150 grams. Records pressed in the 1970s were usually lighter and averaged more around 115 – 125 grams. Some records pressed around 1973 were very thin and light due an oil crisis and shortage around this time. Some records were even issued on recycled vinyl from this period and sounded poor with crackle and surface noise evident from the very first play. If any record I buy is deemed ‘recycled’, I will never offer it, I have a very simple test to detect these records if I suspect this to be the case other than audible imperfection. Some records from this period were even pressed on other materials the most notable was ‘Dynaflex’, used by RCA around this time. Although inferior to vinyl, this at least mostly sounded reasonably acceptable but pressings on this material were wafer thin and flimsy. Beyond the 70s, records often became thinner and lighter still but most played fine but were never quite the quality as from the ‘Golden Era’]. (This was based on ‘average’ weights for 20 records from these eras. Later pressings were usually lighter still).

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: As I always state, most Beatles standard issue albums are not that rare, with some exceptions. All their albums sold in vast numbers, pressing plants could hardly keep up with demand. Finding clean, lightly played copies that still play well are a different matter. So many were played into submission, trashed even, so when a very clean copy that has clearly hardly ever been played comes along it’s a more rare exception. This is one of the very best stereo copies of this album I have ever heard and has so few blemishes visually or aurally it will prove near impossible to find better. I will never offer lesser-quality Beatles items, these are easy to find – only copies that look and play well ever make my lists and this is one of my best-ever Peppers. The stereo copy is slightly harder to find than the mono but a little easier to find in better conditions.

Original Year of Release: 1967

Matrix Nos: YEX 637-1 / YEX 638-1

Stamper Codes: 1 GA T / 4 GD T

Brief Artist & Album Info: Any music lover, collector and Beatles fan will know most all there is to know already and almost certainly will know more than me anyway regarding fine details. What I think is far more important is to make clear what is actually here on offer and the visual and playing conditions, because simply I do not offer albums of this magnitude lightly. A copy of ‘Pepper’ has to be a minimum of excellent for me to offer and this one even exceeds that grading by some margin. The only miniscule blemish I heard (just) was a very few ultra light and faint clicks from a tiny mark, almost too small to see infact. The types that you almost have to put your ear to the speaker to hear and quite frankly even this is nit-picking. Being present near the start of side two, the intensity of the music renders this miniscule blemish almost unnoticeable This ridiculously tiny blemish apart (how many would even mention such trivia anyway?), this record is stereo nirvana and plays to near perfection. This ranks overall as one of the very best stereo ‘Peppers’ I heard for some time with phenomenal sound throughout and this is never easy. This is a complete copy: the labels meet the recognised criteria to be a ‘first pressing’ but that is a lose term as mentioned above. The cover is beautiful and fresh and has few blemishes at all, it even still retains a light ‘crackle’ when opened and fantastic laminate shine on all surfaces. The central laminate is tight and totally unbroken or cracked. The original ‘Patents Applied for’ psych inner is included and again its a super one with just a crease near the bottom edge. It has no splits, tears or other noteworthy creasing and it will be very obvious to the winning bidder it has no repairs or cosmetic improvements. The insert of course is included also and again in superb condition with nothing to fault. Whenever I manage to get a copy of Sgt Pepper the first ‘Test’ track I play is ‘She’s Leaving Home’, only very rarely will this song play perfectly with distortion and breakup being almost the norm. As I have stated many times before, Beatles albums always have at least one ‘critical track’ that nearly always gives problems. On Rubber Soul it’s ‘Michelle’, on Revolver its ‘In My Life’ and ‘Got to Get You Into My Life’, on Help! it’s ‘Yesterday’, on For Sale its ‘Mr Moonlight’ on With the Beatles its ‘Money’ - on this album its ‘She’s Leaving Home’ and sometimes the final song, ‘A Day in the Life’ can suffer too - I can only assume the groove patterns on these tracks were such they clipped and damaged more easily along with the fact they are tracks nearer the centre which were more critical to the tracking angle. This copy plays the near impossible ‘She’s Leaving Home’ with excellent sound with barely any traces of crackle and no distortion whatsoever – just missing ‘totally silent’ by a mere whisker but try to find one that will play better than this. Some owners of this title I have spoken too still think the noise on their copies on this song is inherent, present from new – wrong, I have heard the odd copy that plays totally devoid of any unwanted sounds at all but they are close on impossible to find these days but I can categorically guarantee, when this album was new it would have had NO unwanted sounds and this copy plays as close to that standard as is almost feasibly possible. I can hardly reiterate enough this is an exception rather than the rule, if you dont believe me, try listening to your own copy, is it totally noise-free, distortion-free, devoid of pops or clicks and all high frequencies sharp and clear? If it is, treasure it, most are not these days especially in mono. This beautiful, fresh copy is truly exceptional and could mean a huge upgrade for many collectors, I would guess most serious collectors will have this already but are the conditions up to scratch (or not as the case may be). This amazing record and its contents are close on perfect and give the utmost pleasing visual and audio enjoyment. Not difficult to find but its copies like this sets the others apart.

Cover Grade and Format: I have no hesitation in grading this beauty Mint(-), this has so little to fault and looks superb. A gatefold format, laminated all over (including the centrefold). Two huge flipback on the top of the inner. This has the PCS 7027 Stereo cover number. Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd, this has the narrow spine and for a change it’s in great condition. A supremely attractive example of what is arguably the most famous cover ever made.

This Cover’s Potential for Wear: Moderate (in theory), but due to bad storate and over-handling, this famous cover does not age well. The spine often cracks, rubs and becomes very tatty. The laminate is usually seen very dulled often with heavily creases and looking plain shabby. Bright, vibrant and fresh examples with minimal wear and damage are very much the exceptions.

Cover Laminate, Front & Back: A truly beautiful looking example with few blemishes, normal viewing reveals little but a gorgeous looking front with rich intense colour, some can look pale and washed out, not this one. My regulars of late will know I have been offering items from a collection where the one and only original owner put a filing system number on the cover and date of purchase and this he did here too. This is small and neat and the ink has now gone over time but the faint impression can (just) be seen on the back top right. This was record ‘16’ in his collection and the date is 13/5/68 hence proving a pretty early copy. Neither front or back have any other blemishes other than the odd light surface crease of which the back has none and the front three mild ‘half moons’ that have little visibility. The laminate is in fantastic condition and retains a lovely glossy shine and rich clarity so the famous artwork can be enjoyed to maximum advantage. There is no peeling or cracking and importantly I always feel no blistering or lifting, yes even the spine edges on both sides are fully adhered. Pretty much devoid of any friction rubbing or dulling, this lovely laminate retains real freshness and is a delight to view.

Cover Inner Gatefold: Still a gentle crackle when opened, few still in sufficient fresh conditions to still do that, most with broken spines and inner cracked laminate. This one can be fully opened and when doing so it reveals an inside that looks simply pristine and retains an amazing shine. Both the large flipbacks are firmly stuck down and uncracked or split, frayed or creased – simply perfect infact. Shape and neatness is superb. No dust or grubbiness has settled on this pair and I have seldom seen them better. All ink is fully intact, these often pull badly on this cover and many similar where they stick together when closed. Zappa’s ‘We’re Only In It For The Money’ parody of this album does just the same on the laminated originals and is often seen with large pulled areas. This has been protected from its early days and this inside has probably hardly ever seen daylight. Again the laminate if crystal clear and totally crease-free, the yellow background is simply stunning. I simply cannot imagine finding this inner centrefold much better.

Top Edges: Togtally unworn, full laminate intact and strong.

Bottom Edges: The centre of the front edge has a fairly light surface rub, the only trace of wear on the entire cover, that apart, no other wear.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, quite sharp with no wear or feathering. Record entered on right outside back edge. The ends are ungrubbied, even the exposed right front strip where the laminate ends slightly short of full width.

Spine and Text: Firstly, this is not the very thick ‘wide’ spine, this is more ‘standard-sized’ and has the text reading the other way from the normal e.g. The bottom of the text faces the front rather than the more traditional back. ‘Pepper’ spines often wear badly expecially on examples that have been opened and closed very often. Cracks form quickly as the laminate splits inside resulting in peeling and exposed surfaces which then wear and erode. This has NO laminate removal or peeling and this one of the few I have had where the spine surfaces are totally covered and the text unexposed in any way. Few will ever be seen better than this. Solid, straight with minimal traces of any compression and folded squarely with both right edges meeting up perfectly together and parallel. All text fully present, clear and very strong with no wear to the characters whatsoever. One tiny surface graze is the only miniscule blemish that most would not even notice let alone mention.

Corners: All in superb shape with barely any traces or tip rubs and no noteworthy creasing or blemishing.

Cover Summary: A truly beautiful all round example of this classic sixties cover, one that will prove difficult to find much better. This has more than stood the test of time, it’s truly a thing of genuine beauty.

The Inner: EX++, a real beauty and way above the ‘average’ found, minus the bottom edge crease I would have graded near mint. Made with very thin and unforgiving paper, most of these are split on all seam edges, badly creased, torn, rubbed or missing altogether – many even have ringwear which this one has avoided. This is a lovely clean example that is totally unsplit. – Why? – because the owner (largely) kept the record in a separate inner, not immediately, but this one has had little exposure to ‘use’ or handling abuse. The ultra fragile, shaped top entrance edge is immaculate and devoid of the usual creasing and burring. This has the ‘Made in Great Britain’ and ‘Patents Applied For’ text and is a classy inner with robust flipback construction. This famous psych design never looked much better than this and even the seams are rock solid and unlifted or creased. The gum on the white seam edge can be seen but has not darkened to any extent. The bottom edge crease is more noticeable on one side than the other but is hardly a major factor on such an attractive looking example of this highly vulnerable inner.

The Insert: Mint as new: clean, attractive, with no creasing, untorn, no rubs or marks. All edges sharp with no traces of any burring and unfeathered of course. Even the back is clean and neat and this famous insert will prove near impossible to find better and is guaranteed original, exactly as came with this copy.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: I am not going to degrade this beautiful Pepper in any way and happily grade it as Mint(-). Just a very few ultra fine and faint whispy surface traces or odd hairline when scrutinised under light but try to fine this 40-year-old record much better. Unbanded and solidly pressed the only minute mark, almost so small to see of consequence has a very few ultra faint ticks that hardly even notice for the briefest second or two as mentioned above. The type where you almost have to hold your breath to hear but with music this powerful and good you will probably miss this miniscule blemish altogether and how many 40-year-old records will not have the odd sporadic click or pop anyway, let’s be honest here. A superb visual coy that is super clean, with lovely fresh shine, intense black black and very solidly pressed, this record still looks pretty amazing. Few early ‘Peppers’ will look this clean and fresh these days, looking closely at the ultra clean grooves reveals the jagged information that lies embedded within them – this is a breathtaking recording and this one retains spectacular clean sound. Collectors will know what most copies of this, and similar aged Beatles items will look like these days. Often seen more grey and dulled with a maze of fingermarks and deep sounding scratches (or worse). One slip or jolt or drop from an unforgiving heavy vintage arm could have put a ‘terminal’ furrow or crater on this record – we have all seen them at sometime. This example has clearly avoided such abuse and without any doubt, hardly ever been played at all. Visually a super record that should please most collectors.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippetts or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or miniscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: Any collector needing an early pressed stereo copy of this record will want one that not only looks good but sounds good too – this copy has fantastic overall sound with practically nothing to fault in real terms. This exceptional record plays up too its high visual grading up to the very highest levels of perfection and this too on one of the most revealing and clinical turntables ever made. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is astonishing with a massive dynamic range and very detailed sound, another George Martin masterpiece of production. This stereo version has barely any unwanted sounds with just the odd ultra brief blemish as mentioned above – I am one who thinks vinyl can rarely ever play ‘dead silent’ in its entirity but this sure gives it a good go. Few copies will match or better than this significantly I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp and remain fully focused with breathtaking sound. The detail and sounds locked into these vintage, wear-free grooves is astonishing. An album of amazing depth with complex sounds that still astound even today. The impossibly critical ‘She’s Leaving Home’ song plays supremely well, with any stresses to those critical high frequencies being very minor to practically non-existent and this is truly not easy as I have already mentioned above also. Believe me, I have heard this track that will make most listeners cringe, with echo, noise and break up on the vocals all so common. I will rarely touch any Beatles album that I cannot hear before I buy to offer, its just too risky. Ultra faint or very mild traces of groove wear is just about acceptable – (but only just), but copies with more I simply refuse to offer – if they don’t please me why would they please others? Nothing whatsoever spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this vintage classic, I personally love the stereo mix with all its wonderful effect and imagery but both mono and stereo versions are essential as they do vary quite a lot. A copy that will prove very difficult indeed to find significantly better and that is no understatement. I can strongly recommend it to all collectors and all but the impossible to please will treasure it, do not lose this one.

SHIPPING COSTS & OPTIONS:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (First Class Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4 (OPTIONAL).

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7 (OPTIONAL).

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA (NOT RUSSIA, see below) (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet Standard with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) = £5.

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with included Insurance to Item’s ‘Sold’ Value, £500* Maximum) = £9 (OPTIONAL).

Posting & Packing: RUSSIA (Recorded Only, if this is unacceptable, please do not bid):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ only £7) = £9 (OPTIONAL extra insurance as above).

Posting & Packing: OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. US; Australia; Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet Standard with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) = £8.

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with included Insurance to Item’s ‘Sold’ Value, £500* Maximum) = £13 (OPTIONAL).

* If Rules allow for that country.

PLEASE NOTE: I always get a Royal Mail ‘Proof-of-Posting’ receipt for ALL packets that are sent out and I am happy to prove this to any customer who wishes to see it via email.

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders.

The customer can choose their method of shipping with the exception of second class or surface mail overseas – these I will NOT use. The winner bidder chooses his/her posting method and if uninsured is chosen, its their decision and they have to stick with it, I can accept no responsibility if an item is lost in the post. I can only try to claim at standard levels if no enhancement is chosen (£35).

Potential Bidders: Please do not bid if you have negative feedback unless checking first, I will cancel any bids I feel are timewasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

Please Note: I will now offer any item to the runner-up after the mandatory Ebay 3 days if no contact is made by the winning bidder unless prior notice of any delay is given beforehand. The same applies if no payment is received within the mandatory 7 days so any bidder who has just lost out can still email me to reserve the item as priority second chance.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund minus the Posting and All Ebay costs as long as the item detail has been read and understood. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT neccessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, actually a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.