BEATLES SGT PEPPER 1969 ONE BOX EMI RAREST 4TH PRESSING

	£		21
	$		28

RAREST 1969 4TH PRESSING!!  BEATLES SGT PEPPER PCS 7027

SILVER PARLOPHONE

ORIGINAL EARLY "ONE BOX" EMI

"THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" PRINTING ON LABELS (not "EMI RECORDS LTD")

-1/-1 MATRICES

2ND EDITION GARROD LOFTHOUSE  "PATENTS PENDING" SLEEVE

STEREO ONLY PRINTED AT TOP RIGHT, NOT BOTH MONO AND STEREO

HERE IS A RARE 1969 FIRST RE-ISSUE, 4TH PRESSING, OF THE BEATLES SGT PEPPER ALBUM.

 IN MID 1969 ALL OF THE BEATLES PARLOPHONE LPs WERE REISSUED ONTO A BLACK AND SILVER LABEL. THIS WAS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "70'S" LABEL AS IT LASTED THROUGH THE 70s AND INTO THE EARLY 80s.THE EARLIER VARIETY OF THE LABEL WAS KNICKNAMED THE "ONE MARK" LABEL BECAUSE ONLY ONE BOXED EMI LOGO IS PRESENT ON EACH LABEL, LATER COPIES HAVE TWO BOXED EMI LOGOS.

ALSO, THE PREVIOUS YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS HAD "THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" PRINTED ON THE LABEL RIM, AND WHEN THE LABEL CHANGED TO THE SILVER VARIETY, ONLY THE FIRST FEW STILL HAD THIS SAME TEXT. SOON AFTERWARDS THE TEXT WAS CHANGED TO "EMI RECORDS LTD" .

TO FURTHER AUTHENTICATE THE RELATIVE RARITY OF THIS RECORD, THE SLEEVE IS THE 2ND ISSUE GARROD LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE WHICH HAS ONLY THE STEREO CATEGORY PRINTED AT THE THE TOP RIGHT REAR OF THE SLEEVE, RATHER THAN BOTH MONO AND STEREO WHICH ENABLED SLEEVES TO BE USED FOR ANY RECORD.

THE RECORD ITSELF HAS THE EARLY MATRICES YEX 637-1 AND YEX 638-1 BUT TO FURTHER CONFIRM THAT IT FALLS INTO THE SMALL WINDOW DURING WHICH THE VERY FIRST RUN OF 4TH PRESSINGS WERE ISSUED IN 1969, THE MOTHER/STAMPERS ARE 1/GTM AND 2/GPL.

THE RECORD PLAYBACK IS EXCELLENT. THE REASON THAT THESE 4TH PRESSINGS ARE SO DESIRABLE IS THAT THEY WERE PRODUCED WITH A SUPERIOR, RICH STERO SOUND, (MONO VERSIONS WERE ALSO RE-ISSUED). THIS ONE IS NO EXCEPTION, AUDIO IS GREAT. CONDITION WISE, BOTH SIDES ARE IN EXCELLENT GLOSSY CONDITION, THERE IS BARELY A MARK ON EITHER SIDE AND YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANYTHING AT ALL OF NOTE, EVEN UNDER A STRONG LIGHT WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS. BOTH LABELS ARE CLEAR, CLEAN AND BRIGHT, THERE ARE NO PEN MARKS, STICKERS OR BLEMISHES. THERE IS NO SPINDLE WEAR AND SPIDERING IS NEGLIGIBLE.

THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. IT IS THE ORIGINAL SIDE OPENING, FLIP BACK GARROD LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING VERSION. BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY, MINMAL CORNER BUMPING AND EDGE WEAR. THE SPINE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH CLEAR TITLING. THERE ARE NO PEN MARKS, SCRIBBLES, STICKERS, RIPS OR TEARS, A GREAT SLEEVE.

THESE 4TH PRESSINGS WERE ISSUED WITH THE ORIGINAL CUT OUT SHEET WHICH IS PRESENT HERE AND IN SUPERB CONDITION. THEY WERE NOT ISSUED WITH THE "FOOLS" INNER, BUT WITH AN OFF WHITE, POLY LINED BAG WHICH IS PRESENT AND CORRECT HERE.

OK, WHY IS THIS VERSION OF SGT PEPPER COLLECTIBLE? WOULDNT YOU WANT AN ORIGINAL EARLY 1967 PRESSING? WELL, YES OF COURSE, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR RELATIVE RARITIES, AND YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE FIRST ONE, THEN THIS IS THE NEXT PORT OF CALL. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE 4TH PRESSINGS WERE THE FIRST ON THE SILVER LABEL, WITH A RICHER SOUND AFTER RE-PRESSING.

THEN YOU WANT AN EARLY VERSION THESE WHICH HAS WITH THE "ONE MARK" OR ONE BOX EMI LOGO.

THEN YOU WANT AN EARLY VERSION OF THAT WHICH STILL HAS "THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" ON THE LABEL

THEN YOU WANT AN EVEN EARLIER VERSION WHICH HAS -1/-1 MATRICES AND 1 AND 2 MOTHERS.

THEN YOU WANT IT IN A 2ND EDITION SLEEVE WITH JUST "STEREO" PRINTED ON IT.

LASTLY YOU WANT IT IN GOOD CONDITION AND TO PLAY WELL.

THE RECORD YOU ARE BIDDING ON HAS ALL OF THE ABOVE, SO AS A COLLECTOR IT IS A MUST FOR YOUR COLLECTION.

BID WITH CONFIDENCE, THE RECORD WILL BE SENT IN A PURPOSE MADE MAILER.