BEATLES ORIG 1967 SGT PEPPERS MONO LP/ALBUM w/INSERT & LINER CAPITOL MAS 2653

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180

... For your consideration, I offer:
"RARE 1967 BEATLES SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ALBUM IN MONO (CAPITOL MAS-2653) w/ORIGINAL PSYCHEDELIC INNER LINER & CUTOUTs INSERT"

• CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER ~ THE BEATLES' "SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"! THIS IS A COMPLETE 1967 MONO ALBUM, WHICH INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL INNER RED "PSYCHEDELIC" ALBUM SLEEVE & THE PEPPERS "CUTOUT" INSERT - IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION FOR THE MORE DISCRIMINATING AND DETAIL-ORIENTED COLLECTORS! THIS IS AN OVERALL HIGHER END COPY OF THIS ALBUM.

• COVER DETAILS (NEAR MINT-): MOST SELLERS WOULD QUICKLY GRADE THIS "NEAR MINT", BUT I AM DETAIL-ORIENTED ON MY GRADING AND WANT TO ACCOUNT FOR ITEMS. THERE IS A 1/8" TINY NICK ON TOP SEAM ABOUT 3/4" FROM SPINE THAT IS EXTREMELY SMALL & THERE IS A TINY AREA OF 1/16" RUB ON THE MOUTH ABOUT 3" DOWN FROM TOP (MOST WOULDN'T EVEN SPOT IT). THAT IS WHY I GRADE THIS COMPLETE COVER NM- OVERALL. THIS ALBUM IS ABSOLUTELY A "COLLECTOR KEEPER COPY" AND IN SUPERB CONDITION! SUPER CLEAN, BOTH FRONT & BACK COVER HAVE NO RING WEAR & VERY SMOOTH/UNWORN - WHICH IS RARE AND WHAT COLLECTORS SEEK! COMPLETE & INTACT, NO SEAM SPLITS, SPINE SPLITS, CRACKS, OR FRACTURES. INNER GATEFOLD IS BEAUTIFUL - BUT I WILL MENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME VERY LIGHT AGE MARKS IN THE GATEFOLD (ABOVE PAUL'S HEAD AND ALONG A BIT OF THE SEAM & RANDOM AREAS IN THE YELLOW BACKDROP MAINLY) BUT THEY ARE HARD TO SEE UNLESS CLOSE-UP OR UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT. THEY ARE MAINLY ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE GATEFOLD. LP MOUTH IS SUPER w/NO RIPS OR SPLITS - ONLY THAT TINY RUB THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. LASTLY, JUST A HINT OF CORNER RUB ON THE FRONT BOTTOM LEFT TIP (EXPOSING A TINY CORNER HINT OF CARDBOARD). OK, THAT'S ME BEING EXTRA CRITICAL ON CONDITIONING - BUT SHE'S A BEAUTY AND HAS BRIGHT COLORS AND RATHER SHINY! NO "NEMS" OR "MCLEAN" ON THE BACK COVER EITHER! THIS COVER WILL NOT DISAPPOINT - THEY ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION AND COMMAND A PREMIUM! 

• ALBUM (LP) DETAILS (VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD++):  I DO NOT OWN A TURNTABLE AT THIS TIME & I AM VISUALLY GRADING THIS ALBUM THE VERY BEST I CAN & DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANYTHING I SEE. BOTH SIDES OF THE ALBUM LOOK VERY NICE WITH NO BIG ISSUES AT ALL - BUT I DO NOTICE A FEW PAPER SCUFFS ALONG WITH A SOME SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES ON BOTH SIDES. I DO NOTICE ON SIDE TWO, SONG ONE (WITHIN YOU AND WITHOUT YOU) THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE TWO SCRATCHES, WHICH I DO NOT KNOW IF IT AFFECTS SOUND QUALITY, BUT REST OF SIDE TWO SEEMS PRETTY NICE. SIDE ONE LOOKS NICE THROUGHOUT WITH JUST SCUFFS AND A FEW TINY SCRATCHES.  I CANNOT (WITH A CLEAR CONSCIOUS) GRADE THE ALBUM AT NM- BECAUSE OF THESE IMPERFECTIONS & THE FACT THAT I CANNOT PLAY IT. I BELIEVE VG+/VG++ IS A VERY FAIR VISUAL GRADE. LABELS: NEAR MINT ON BOTH SIDES AS  THEY LOOK EXTREMELY NICE, ARE PROPERLY ATTACHED, NO ISSUES AND NO SPINDLE HOLE DAMAGE - JUST A HINT OF THE TINIEST RUB ON SIDE TWO AROUND THE HOLD - VERY, VERY SMALL - AND DOESN'T AFFECT THE GRADING. THE LP PROBABLY WASN'T PLAYED TOO MUCH AT ALL BUT COULD USE A CLEANING. ALBUM LABEL LISTS SECOND SONG AS "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS" (EARLIEST RELEASE WHICH WAS SOON CHANGED TO FULL TITLE "WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS").

• INSERT OF PEPPERS "CUTOUTS" IS THE THICK ORIGINAL VERSION AND IN NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) CONDITION, ONLY BECAUSE IT SHOWS A LITTLE ALBUM OUTLINE IN A FEW PLACES FROM BEING IN THE SLEEVE. INNER ALBUM "PSYCHEDELIC" RED PATTERN SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY A FEW VERY MINOR CREASES FROM PACKAGING (COMMON WITH THESE LINERS FROM THE ALBUM MOVING AROUND) - BUT THE BETTER NEWS IS THAT THERE IS NO SPLITS AT ALL, ESPECIALLY AT THE BOTTOM WHERE 95% OF THEM ARE SPLIT!

• ORIGINAL 1967 FIRST PRESSING RELEASE WITH NO MENTION OF NEMS OR MCLEAN PUBLISHING ON BACK COVER (AS SEEN IN PHOTOS). THIS IS THE MUCH RARER "MONO" VERSION (WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER RATE THAN THE STEREO VERSIONS, AS MONO WAS GETTING CLOSE TO BEING PHASED OUT AT THAT TIME). CAPITOL RECORDS MAS-2653.

• THE COVER IS VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED AND THICK CARDBOARD USED IN THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS. COVER SLICKS ARE WELL PUT TOGETHER ON THIS ALBUM AND DO NOT HAVE THE COMMON AND ALMOST INEVITABLE ISSUES SUCH AS: SPLITS, FRACTURES, SLICK SEPARATIONS, TEARS IN THE GATEFOLD AND STAINS! IMPRESSIVE OVERALL COVER.

• IF THIS COMPLETE SET HAD A TRUE "NM" GRADED ALBUM, THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE WOULD EASILY GO WELL ABOVE $350, BUT I AM REALISTIC ABOUT THE CONDITION OF EVERY PIECE OF THE SET AND HAVE PRICED THIS PACKAGE ACCORDINGLY, BASED ON ALL OF THE INTANGIBLES. I ALWAYS CONSIDER THE "OVERALL SET" AS BEING THE DETERMINING FACTOR. THIS IS #2 MONO PEPPERS POST THAT I AM LISTING.

• SGT PEPPERS WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON 1 JUNE 1967 IN THE UK AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY IN THE US. WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEPPERS (CAN YOU BELIEVE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN FIFTY YEARS?).

• OTHER INTEREST:  I AM POSTING (5) SEPARATE ORIGINAL 1967 SGT PEPPERS MONO ALBUM SETS, (1) RARE 1969 GREEN TARGET LABEL SGT PEPPERS ALBUM SET, (1) SEPARATE ORIGINAL 1967 SGT PEPPERS STEREO ALBUM SET AND (1) SEALED ORIGINAL 1978 SGT PEPPERS PICTURE DISC ALBUM SET.  I AM A LIFETIME COLLECTOR AND HAVE HAD THESE LPs FOR DECADES IN MY BAGS UNLIMITED CUSTOM ALBUM BOXES AND WANT TO PURGE A BIT - ALONG WITH OFFERING QUALITY ITEMS FOR OTHER COLLECTORS THAT WILL APPRECIATE THEM.

• NOTE: IF YOU ARE A BEATLES FAN AND COLLECTOR, PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON MY EBAY STORE OVER THE NEXT MONTH AS I AM PURGING A LOT OF MY MASSIVE BEATLES COLLECTION AND THEY ARE ALL NICE (I DON'T KEEP ANYTHING BELOW NM- EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL VG++ IN MY PERSONAL HOLDINGS). YOU MAY WANT TO FOLLOW ME ON EBAY, AS I HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING BEATLES ITEMS (NOT JUST ALBUMS) THAT WILL BE POSTED IN THE FUTURE.

• LASTLY: I HAVE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AND GRADED ALL PIECES OF THIS ALBUM SET TO THE VERY BEST OF MY ABILITY, BASED ON GRADING STANDARDS, MOST PARTICULARLY FROM THE "PRICE GUIDE FOR THE BEATLES AMERICAN RECORDS" WRITTEN BY PERRY COX. IF YOU KNOW BEATLES ALBUMS, YOU MOST LIKELY HAVE EITHER HAD DEALINGS OR HEARD ABOUT PERRY. HE IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD/EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THINGS BEATLES!

PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 3 DAYS OF PURCHASE & NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS ONLY!