THE BEATLES.SGT PEPPERS. EARLIEST ‘FOURTH PROOF’,MONO.COMPLETE.SUPERB
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THE BEATLES.SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.1967 MONO,UK FIRST PRESSING WITH ULTRA RARE,EARLIEST ‘FOURTH PROOF’ SLEEVE AND ‘PATENTS PENDING’ ON REAR SLEEVE.COMPLETE WITH ‘FOOL’ INNER AND CUT OUT.THE RECORD IS IN LOVELY SHAPE.FOURTH PROOF SLEEVES ARE THE VERY EARLIEST PRESSED AND WERE NEVER MEANT FOR COMMERCIAL RELEASE.THESE SLEEVES ARE THE FOURTH PROTOTYPE OF THE PEPPER COVER AND THE ONE THE BEATLES AGREED ON.THESE PROTOTYPES WERE MEANT TO BE KEPT ‘IN HOUSE ‘.SOME VERY EARLY PRESSINGS OF PEPPER WERE MISTAKENLY PUT OUT IN ‘FOURTH PROOF’ SLEEVES.THIS MISTAKE WAS VERY QUICKLY RECTIFIED AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF PROOF SLEEVES ESCAPED.
CATALOGUE:PMC 7027 MATRICES:XEX 637-1 XEX 638-1 MOTHERS/STAMPERS:3 RAR 2RPO COVER:QUITE SIMPLY THE BEST FOURTH PROOF COVER AROUND.HAS A FIRM READABLE SPINE AND HAS RETAINED ITS GLORIOUS COLOUR.THERE IS SOME LIGHT WEAR TO THE EDGES AND A LIGHT ‘DINK’ TO THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE REAR SLEEVE.GRADES EXCELLENT.I DOUBT THERE IS A BETTER EXAMPLE OUT THERE. INNER:RED AND WHITE ‘FOOL’ INNER WITH ‘MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN,PATENTS APPLIED FOR’ TEXT,GRADES EXCELLENT.A LOVELY EXAMPLE. CUT OUT:GRADES EXCELLENT. LABELS:VIVID AND CRYSTAL CLEAR.GRADE EXCELLENT. RECORD:THIS THICK SLAB OF VINYL RETAINS A GLORIOUS BLACK SHEEN.THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED BUT VERY WELL LOOKED AFTER.CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER STRONG LIGHT REVEALS SOME LIGHT MARKS.NOTHING FEELABLE.CONSERVATIVELY GRADES EXCELLENT MINUS
ON OFFER HERE IS A SERIOUS BEATLES RARITY IN LOVELY SHAPE.A COPY IN THIS CONDITION MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AGAIN
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