non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK...

A SGT PEPPER WIDESPINE  IN STUNNING CONDITION, SO RARE LIKE THIS....

WHEN FIRST RELEASED ON JUNE 1ST 1967 FIRST COPIES HAD WHAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS A "WIDESPINE" SLEEVE IN THAT IT WAS APPROX 8MM WIDE  AND THE SPINE WAS TOTALLY FLAT WITHOUT ANY CREASE RUNNING DOWN THE SPINES CENTRE.

THIS WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY REPLACED BY THE STANDARD SPINE SLEEVES USUALLY ABOUT 4MM WIDE AND WITH A CENTRE CREASE RUNNING ALONG THE SPINE.

THERE IS SOME DEBATE ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF THE RARE 4TH PROOF "PATENTS PENDING" SLEEVES AS THESE MOSTLY (OR MAYBE ALL) HAD THE 4MM STANDARD SPINE AND SO MAY HAVE ACTUALLY APPEARED AFTER THE WIDESPINES MAYBE AS THE "4TH PROOF" FOR THE STANDARD SPINES. INTERESTINGLY NARROW SPINE "PATENTS PENDING" SLEEVES MADE A BRIEF RE-APPEARANCE IN LATE 1969 AND ARE OFTEN SEEN WITH THE 1 BOX EMI LABEL ISSUES.

WHAT IS CERTAIN IS THAT WIDESPINES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERY EARLY RELEASES OF SGT PEPPER AND ARE QUITE A RARE FIND IN MONO (AND VERY VERY RARE IN STEREO ) AND HARDLY EVER TURN UP IN THE CONDITION THAT YOU WILL FIND THIS ONE IN!! 

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: MONO 

Cat. No : PMC 7027

LABEL: YELLOW/BLACK PARLOPHONE

COUNTRY: UK

MATRICIES: XEX 637-1 638-1

MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1MDA 4AHG

TAX CODE: KT

VINYL WEIGHT: 145g

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE: ONE OF THE BEST WIDESPINE SLEEVES I HAVE HANDLED, JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURES, NO REAL WARE TO SPEAK OF ON THE  SPINE AT ALL AND LOOK AT THE SLEEVE, JUST AMAZING!....THERE IS ONLY THE ODD CREASE AND MODERATE SHELF WARE. THERE IS A STICKER ON THE REAR GATFOLD WHICH SHOULD EASILY BE REMOVABLE FROM A LAMINATED SLEEVE AND   I WOULD GRADE HIGHER IF NOT FOR SOME TINY SCUFFS ON THE REAR GATEFOLD WHICH YOU CAN ALSO SEE FROM THE PICS  SO CONSERVATIVELY I WOULD GRADE THIS AS EX MINUS, HOWEVER FOR THIS SLEEVE AN EX MINUS GRADE IS MORE LIKE THE EQUIVILENT OF EX PLUS NEAR MINT BELEIVE ME!!!

LABELS: NO FAULTS, SOME SPINDLE TRACES, GRADES EXCELLENT

VINYL: QUITE A FEW MARKS, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON FOR A PEPPER, GRADES VG MINUS BUT THIS LOT IS REALLY ALL ABOUT THE SLEEVE  GRADED VISUALLY ONLY, SOLD AS SEEN....

CUT OUT AND FLAME INNER ARE NOT PRESENT

A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF A VERY SORT AFTER SLEEVE, THE DON'T OFTEN COME UP IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!

 (Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!!!

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….

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