BEATLES "SGT PEPPER.." UK MONO **8MM WIDE SPINE**

	£		64
	$		85

                                                    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 AN ORIGINAL UK MONO IST PRESSING OF "SGT PEPPER" WHICH IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE WIDE SPINE SLEEVE.

PMC 7027

XEX 637-1-1

STAMPERS   MRG 6  MAA 10

NO  TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.  CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST  VERY LIGHT  SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE!!!!. THE LABELS ARE  FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR AND "AS NEW APPEARANCE".

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT. THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE THE VINYL DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT WISPY HANDLING MARKS AND SOME VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS, HOWEVER NONE ARE EVERE OR FEELABLE AND THESE ARE REALLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT.   THE  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 SUPERB CRISP MONO AUDIO.THERE IS SOMEO CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVES  BUT OTHER THAN THAT 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 VERY GOOD. IT IS INTACT WITH SOME  LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND THE USUAL EXPECTED CREASING FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE . THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT AGE SPOTS VISIBLE AND SOME LIGHT WEAR TO ONE SIDE ON THE TOP OPENING EDGE. THE INNER IS STILL QUITE CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH LITTLE FADING OR YELLOWING. 

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

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE WIDE SPINE (8MM) MONO ONLY SLEEVE  IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS  DISPLAYS SOME TINY EDGE WRINKLES AND AND SOME SMALL "THUMBNAIL" CREASES. THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS VISIBLE CORNER BUMPS/WEAR . THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS WITH SIMILAR EDGE WRINKLES/"THUMBNAIL" CREASE. THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE INNER SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT,  THE OPENING EDGE AND ONE BOTTOM EDGE SHOWS SOME LIGHT WEAR . THE 8MM WIDE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID BUT WITH SOME WEAR TO THE ENDS, AND SOME CREASING, HOWEVER THE SPINE HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN, BRIGHT AND VIVID. IT IS TOTALLY INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING.... NOT A PERFECT EXAMPLE BUT STILL RESPECTABLE. 

OVERALL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST PRESSING HOUSED IN ITS 1ST ISSUE WIDE SPINE SLEEVE.