BEATLES UK - Sgt Pepper, 1 EMI box Mono with a ‘red eye’ sleeve .

	£		172
	€		189

BEATLES UK - Sgt Pepper, one EMI box Mono with a ‘red eye’ sleeve !.

PMC 7027 – rare black and silver, one EMI box, Mono Parlophone labels.

A UK pressing in original condition featuring:

1. hard to find one EMI box Mono record labels. During the middle of 1969 in the UK, EMI  were going through their Mono to Stereo change over, with the new concept of Stereo recording techniques it was thought at the time that there would be no need or demand for Mono records anymore. However EMI made the decision to design and print a very small number of Mono, one EMI box labels for just three Beatle LPs, Sgt Pepper being one of them. Seems curious now, that why should EMI go to all the trouble to design and print a new record label to in turn only press so few records with this label ?

2. the main sleeve is unique, I have not seen or heard of another, on the photo of George Harrison on the inner gatefold sleeve, George can be seen to have a red eye !  did George at the time of the photo shoot have an eye infection ?, or had he received a black eye some weeks earlier ?. Is this a ‘Proof sleeve’ that was discarded by EMI, then for EMI to use the sleeve at the very last moment to get rid of their old Mono stock… intrigue indeed. The ‘red’ area around George’s eye is printed ‘under’ the laminate.

CONDITION:

THE MAIN SLEEVE: is in very good++ condition, the sleeve is fully laminated, an excellent unscuffed, glossy laminate. The spine is in very good+ condition, the spine has remained an excellent fresh white in colour, all the text is crystal clear to read on the spine. When the gatefold sleeve is opened the original exposed top two flipbacks can be seen. There are NO stains, tears, splits, pen writing, stickers or sticker residue on the sleeve.

THE CARD INSERT: the original DARK green cardboard cut-out insert is present and is in near MINT condition. There are NO stains, tears, creases, pen writing, signs of ageing, stickers or sticker residue.

THE INNER SLEEVE: is in excellent condition and is the original period EMI advertising red and white sleeve. There are NO tears, stains, splits, pen writing, stickers or sticker residue on it.

THE VINYL: side one is in near excellent condition, side two is in very good++ condition, it is made from the period ‘thick’, heavy vinyl, it has remained very dark and glossy.

The matrix are:  XEX 637 - 1  and  XEX 638 - 1,

The mother / stampers are:   ‘2   M O G’ and  ‘0’  (it looks like) and   ‘M O A’.

THE AUDIO: is excellent, one of the cleanest sounding audios I have heard. The record lays flat on the turntable.

THE LABELS: are in excellent condition. on side two there is a small name written in black pen within the white circle ‘£’ sign. Side one is free from any pen writing. The labels are free from any stickers or sticker residue.

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