BEATLES "SGT PEPPER" UK MONO 1ST PRESSING

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                                                                               BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

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.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER A SUPERB AND BARELY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE

PMC 7027

XEX.637/8-1-1

KT TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN TRULY STUNNING CONDITION AND NEAR MINT.  CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS NO MORE THAN TWO TINY SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE!!!!. THE LABELS ARE OTHERWISE  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" APPEARENCE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS  AGAIN SUPERB, THIS VINYL IS SIMPLY STUNNING AND HAS CLEALRY ONLY EVER RECEIVED A LIMITED NUMBER OF VERY CAREFUL PLAYS. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS MINT AND ONLY  EXAMINATION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS,  THERE ARE CERTAINLY NO SCRATCHES OR NEEDLE MARKS. THIS IMMACULATE 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 NEAR FLAWLESS CRISP MONO AUDIO. EVEN THE RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE  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 PRESENT AND IS SUPERB. IT IS INTACT WITH JUST THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CREASES THAT HAVE APPEARED OVER THE YEARS.THE INNER IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL QUITE CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH NO FADING OR YELLOWING. 

THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT.

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE MONO ONLY SLEEVE  IS STUNNING EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH REATINS ITS DEEP GLOSS  DISPLAYS THE ODD TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND JUST TWO LIGHT  CREASES .  THERE ARE JUST LIGHT AND TINY CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS SIMILAR EDGE WRINKLES ANY OF THESE MINOR CREASES ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT . THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND PERFECT AND THE SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT WITH NO WEAR/AGE EVIDENT. THE  SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND PERFECTLY SQUARE WITH NO CREASES, WEAR OR CRUSHING AT ANY PART. MY ONLY CRITICAL POINT OF THIS SLEEVE IS THE TINIEST AMOUNT OF "FEELABLE" WEAR TO THE FRONT TOP EDGE BUT IN FAIRNESS THIS DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE OTHERWISE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF THIS SLEEVE.  THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS .  

OVERALL A SUPERB AND BARELY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS UK 1ST PRESSING MONO ISSUE WHICH IS HOUSED IN A FABULOUS SLEEVE..... A POSSIBLE UPGRADE FOR MANY AND AS THE SLEEVE NOTES STATE "A SPLENDID TIME IS GUARANTEED FOR ALL!!!"