BEATLES "SGT PEPPER" UK MONO 1ST PRESS
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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.
OFFERED FOR SALE IS AN ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE COPY OF THIS ALBUM OFFERED COMPLETE AND IN OVERALL SUPERB CONDITION.
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 TRAILS PRESENT!. THE LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR....
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD LIGHT NEEDLE MARK BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING SERIOUS OF FEELABLE. 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 NEAR FLAWLESS, CRISP AND PERFECT MONO AUDIO. THIS VINYL PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH NO STICKS OR JUMPS AND JUST A HINT OF CRACKLE TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT THIS WAS NOTHING TO DETRACT FROM THE OVERALL SUPERB LISTENING ENJOYMENT , EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS APPEAR FREE FROM ANY DISTORTION. THE MONO AUDIO IS STRONG, VIBRANT AND PERFECT.... THIS WAS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO!!!
THE CORRECT RED & WHITE INNER IS SUPERB. IT IS INTACT WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.THE INNER IS STILL VERY CRISP AND DISPLAYS NO YELLOWING.
THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT.
THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE "PATENTS PENDING" FIRST ISSUE, MONO ONLY SLEEVE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS HAS A FEW "THUMBNAIL" CREASES EVIDENT BUT THESE ARE NOT SEVERE. IT DISPALYS THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS TO THE CORNERS. THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINOR CREASING, AGAIN NOTHING SEVERE.THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND TRUE WITH A HINT OF AGE EVIDENT. THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH LIGHT CREASING BUT NO SPLITS. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS.THE SLEEVE IS COMPLETELY INTACT AND IS OF COURSE FREE FROM AMY WRITING OR OTHER UNWANTED MARKS.
OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK 1ST MONO PRESSING WHICH OFFERS SUPERB LABELS AND VINYL AND DELIVERS A NEAR FLAWLESS AUDIO.
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