BEATLES "SGT PEPPER" UK MONO 1ST PRESS. FACTORY SAMPLE

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                                                                               BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

                                                                      UK FACTORY SAMPLE

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.

THIS ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE OFFERS SUPERB LABELS AND VINYL, MINT AUDIO, CORRECT INNER AND INSERT AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING AN ORIGINAL UK FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION.

PMC 7027

XEX.637/8-1-1

KT  TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT LABELS APPEAR TO HAVE JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT!. THE LABELS ARE  CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR....SIDE TWO FEATURES THE UNIQUE "FACTORY SAMPLE..NOT FOR SALE" STICKER.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED BUT IT ONLY DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS, THE VINYL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL AS NEW DEEP GLOSS WITH NO DULLING TO THE PLAYING SURFACE  EVIDENT. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED.

ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A SUPERB CRISP MONO AUDIO.THERE APPEARS TO BE NO CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES OR THE TRACK GROOVES .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 SUPERB GIVEN ITS AGE. IT IS INTACT WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND THE USUAL EXPECTED CREASING.THE INNER IS STILL VERY CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH NO FADING OR YELLOWING. 

THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT.

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE  MONO ONLY SLEEVE  IS STRONG EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH REATINS ITS DEEP GLOSS DOES DISPLAY SOME EDGE WRINKLES ARE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LIGHT THUMBNAIL CREASES EVIDENT.  THE SLEEVE DISPALYS THE INEVITABLE MINOR CORNER BUMPS TO THE BOTTOM CORNERS WHICH WILL PROBABLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH STORAGE. THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS SIMILAR EDGE WRINKLES AND "THUMBNAILS" AS PER THE FRONT . THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT WEAR/AGE EVIDENT. THE WIDE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND HAS NOT BEEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY BUT DOES DISPLAY SOME MINOR WEAR.THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS .  

OVERALL A TRULY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK 1ST  MONO FACTORY SAMPLE PRESSING.