BEATLES "SGT PEPPER" UK 1ST PRESS MONO *8MM WIDE SPINE*

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	$		285

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                                                          BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

                                                                   8MM WIDE SPINE 

ARGUABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ALBUM OF POPULAR MUSIC EVER AND RECENTLY VOTED THE BEST UK ALBUM OF ALL TIME!!! "SGT PEPPERS" WAS RELEASED TO AN EAGERLY AWAITING PUBLIC ON 01/06/1967 AND SOLD 250,000 COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK ALONE, IT ENTERED THE U.K ALBUM CHARTS AT NO1 WHERE IT REMAINED FOR 27 WEEKS!!!!

THE THEME OF THE ALBUM CONCERNED A MYTHICAL BAND WHICH LED TO IT BEEN CALLED THE FIRST "CONCEPT"ALBUM. THE MUSIC WAS SO INTRICATE, COMPLEX AND INNOVATIVE THAT IT STAGGERED OTHER ARTISTS WHO HAD BEEN SEEKING TO OUTDO THE BEATLES AT THAT TIME. EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IS THE FACT THAT THIS "MASTERPIECE" WAS RECORDED ENTIRELY ON A FOUR TRACK MACHINE. THE IDEA OF THE ALBUM WAS TO ACHEIVE A CONTINOUS FLOW OF MUSIC FROM ONE TRACK TO THE NEXT HENCE THERE IS NO MORE THAN A SECOND GAP BETWEEN EACH TRACK.

NOT ONLY DID THE LYRICS AND MUSIC ACHEIVE UNPRECEDENTED CRITICAL ACLAIM BUT SO TOO DID THE ALBUM COVER... DESIGNED BY PETER BLAKE THE ALBUM COVER IS NOW THE MOST FAMOUS COVER IN THE WORLD AND THE MOST IMITATED. THE IDEA OF SHOWING A HOST OF CELEBRITIES BOTH LIVING AND DEAD ON THE FRONT COVER WAS ORIGINALLY A SUGGESTION FROM PAUL. "SGT PEPPERS" WAS THE FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND ALSO THE FIRST TO HAVE THE LYRICS PRINTED ON THE SLEEVE (THS WAS UNHEARD OF AT THE TIME AND CAUSED MANY PUBLISHING DIFFICULTIES) IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO INCLUDE A COLOURED INNER, UP TILL THEN INNERS WHERE EITHER BORING PLAIN WHITE OR BLACK.

THE ALBUM RECEIVED FOUR GRAMMY AWARDS IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF RELEASE AND STILL SELLS WELL TODAY IN CD FORM.

OFFERED FOR SALE IS THIS ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE WHICH OFFERS TRULY STUNNING LABELS AND VINYL, FLAWLESS AND MINT AUDIO, CORRECT INNER AND INSERT AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING HOUSED IN A VERY MUCH SOUGHT- AFTER WIDER SPINE MONO ONLY 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE.

PMC 7027

XEX.637/8-1-1

KT  TAX CODE EMBOSSED TO SIDE ONE CENTRE LABEL

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION. ONLY CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT IS IT POSSIBLE TO DETECT THE SLIGHTEST SINGLE  SPINDLE TRAIL TO EITHER SIDE!!!!. THE LABELS ARE  PRISTINE AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR....THESE LABELS DISPLAY A GENUINE "AS NEW" APPEARANCE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO STUNNING, CLEARLY HAVING RECEIVED NO MORE THAN A FEW VERY CAREFUL PLAYS THIS VINYL IS SIMPLY REMARKABLE. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS TO BE MINT AND CAREFUL EXAMINATION REVEALS JUST THE ODD LIGHT HANDLING SURFACE MARK AND JUST THE SLIGHTEST EVIDENCE OF PLAY . THIS FABULOUS VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH A DEEP GLOSSY SURFACE AND HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING OR OTHER BLEMISHES WHATSOEVER.  

ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A FLAWLESS CRISP STEREO AUDIO.THERE IS NO CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVES ARE SILENT. THIS VINYL PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH AN UNINTERRUPTED CLARITY, EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS APPEAR FREE FROM ANY DISTORTION. THIS WAS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO!!! 

 THE ORIGINAL RED & WHITE INNER IS EXCELLENT. IT IS INTACT WITH SOME SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND SOME  CREASING .THE INNER DOES DISPLAY A FEW SMALL AGE MARKS AND A HINT OF YELLOWING BUT THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH NO FADING . 

THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT AND UNUSED AND AS NEW.

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE WIDE SPINE (8MM) STEREO ONLY SLEEVE  IS A VERY RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE. THE FRONT SHOWS SOME CREASES AND TINY EDGE WRINKLES BUT THESE ARE NOT DEEP. THERE ARE SOME CORNER BUMPS AND CORNER WEAR VISIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH SOME AGEING EVIDENT. THE REAR IS AS PER THE FRONT WITH SIMILAR CREASES AND LIGHT WEAR. THE INNER IS VERY CLEAN WITH BOTH FLIPBACK INTACT.   THE 8MM WIDE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH SOME LIGHT CREASES AND SOME MILD WEAR TO ONE END BUT NO SPLITS AND HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY. THE SLEEVE IS STILL BRIGHT AND GLOSSY AND IS OF COURSE FREE FROM WRITING.  

OVERALL A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS UK  MONO FIRST PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL 8MM WIDE SPINE SLEEVE AND WHICH FEATURES STUNNING AND BARELY PLAYED VINYL.