THE BEATLES Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Japan Import Record

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THE BEATLES Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Japan Import Record

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967 in the United Kingdom and 2 June 1967 in the United States, it was an immediate commercial and critical success.   It won four Grammy Awards in 1968, including Album of the Year, the first rock LP to receive this honour. In 2003, the Library of Congress placed Sgt. Pepper in the National Recording Registry, honouring the work as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". That same year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number one in its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". As of 2011, it has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums in history.

Sgt. Pepper is described it as "the most important and influential rock and roll album ever recorded". It 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 album incorporates a range of stylistic influences, including vaudeville, circus, music hall, avant-garde, and Western and Indian classical music. 

TITLE:  The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 
CONDITION: Record: Like New = Absolutely NO smudges, scuffs or scratches.
                     Sleeve:  VG+ = Shows some signs of wear but in overall great shape.
LABEL:  Apple Records EAS-80558
SERIES:   "Country Flag" Series – #9
FORMAT: Stereo Reissue  Vinyl LP Album
MATRIX:  Run-out Side A, stamped: YEX-637
                Run-out Side B, stamped: YEX-638
RELEASED: 1976
COUNTRY:  Japan
GENRE:  Rock
STYLE: 
NOTES: All original album graphics are faithfully reproduced and the original liner notes and credits are included.
These photos and/or scans are of the actual set that is for sale. Please examine the images carefully.

TRACKLIST:
A1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band   
A2 With A Little Help From My Friends   
A3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds   
A4 Getting Better   
A5 Fixing A Hole   
A6 She's Leaving Home   
A7 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
  
B1 Within You Without You   
B2 When I'm Sixty-Four   
B3 Lovely Rita   
B4 Good Morning Good Morning   
B5 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)   
B6 A Day In The Life   

CREDITS:
Written-By – George Harrison (tracks: B1), Lennon-McCartney (tracks: A1 to A7, B2 to B6)
Producer – George Martin

The Beatles
John Lennon – lead, harmony and background vocals; rhythm, acoustic and lead guitars; Hammond organ and final piano E chord; harmonica, tape loops, sound effects, and comb and tissue paper; handclaps, tambourine and maracas
Paul McCartney – lead, harmony and background vocals; bass and lead guitars; electric and acoustic pianos, Lowrey and Hammond organs; handclaps; vocalisations, tape loops, sound effects, and comb and tissue paper
George Harrison – harmony and background vocals; lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars; sitar; tamboura; harmonica and kazoo; handclaps and maracas; lead vocals on "Within You Without You"
Ringo Starr – drums, congas, tambourine, maracas, handclaps and tubular bells; lead vocals on "With a Little Help from My Friends"; harmonica; final piano E chord

Additional musicians and production
Sounds Incorporated – the saxophone sextet on "Good Morning, Good Morning"
Neil Aspinall – tamboura and harmonica
Geoff Emerick – audio engineering; tape loops and sound effects
Mal Evans – counting, harmonica, alarm clock and final piano E chord
George Martin – producer and mixer; tape loops and sound effects; harpsichord on "Fixing a Hole", harmonium, Lowrey organ and glockenspiel on "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", Hammond organ on "With a Little Help from My Friends", and piano on "Getting Better" and the piano solo in "Lovely Rita"; final harmonium chord.
Session musicians – four French horns on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band": Neill Sanders, James W. Buck, John Burden, Tony Randall arranged and conducted by Martin and McCartney; string section and harp on "She's Leaving Home", arranged by Mike Leander and conducted by Martin; tabla, dilrubas, tamboura and swarmandal on "Within You Without You", played by members of the Asian Music Circle, with eight violins and four cellos arranged and conducted by Harrison and Martin; clarinet trio on "When I'm Sixty-Four": Robert Burns, Henry MacKenzie, Frank Reidy, arranged and conducted by Martin and McCartney; saxophones on "Good Morning, Good Morning", arranged and conducted by Martin and Lennon; and forty-piece orchestra, including strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion on "A Day in the Life", arranged by Martin, Lennon and McCartney and conducted by Martin and McCartney.

NOTES:
Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
1976 "Country Flag" OBI / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog. Issue n° 9 in the series, with UK flag OBI.

Disc/Label info:
-Lighter green Apple label.
-Uses a UK master as identified by matrix stamp

Packaging info:
-Japan's Apple logo is at the lower right of the front cover, but no logos on the back.
-Includes repro of original Sgt Pepper cut-out sheet (on posterboard)
-Includes Japanese/English bio-lyric sheet insert.
-OBI states ?¥2,500
-Earlier pressings came with black inner sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve.
-Some copies imported to North America may have come with an "imported Japan" Capitol-EMI sticker (see photo)
-Has the same design and track listing as U.K. release.