BEATLES "SGT PEPPER..." Uk MONO 1ST *FACTORY SAMPLE*

	£		155
	$		205

                                                    BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

                                                                                     MONO 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.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE FACTORY SAMPLE.

PMC 7027

XEX.637/8-1-1

STAMPERS   AP 2  GD 2

 KT  TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION.  CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST LIGHT SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS ARE  VERY CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR....SIDE ONE CARRIES THE "FACTORY SAMPLE...NOT FOR SALE" STICKER

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EXCELLENT, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE THE VINYL DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT HANDLING MARKS AND SOME LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS. THERE IS A MORE VISIBLE MARK TO TRACK ONE SIDE ONE AND ALSO THREE MORE PROMINENT SMALL MARKS TO TRACK ONE SIDE TWO, HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT FEELABLE AND DO NOT CAUSE THE VINYL TO STICK OR JUMP. THE  VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH A DEEP GLOSSY SURFACE AND HAS SUFFERED ANY DULLING OR OTHER BLEMISHES WHATSOEVER.  

THE AUDIO IS EXCELLENT, THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE, THERE WAS ALSO TWO EXTREMLEY MILD "CLICKS" TO THE RUN IN GROOVE ON SIDE ONE BUT THESE SOUND BEFORE THE AUDIO STARTS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL QUIET CLICKS TO THE START OF THE AUDIO ON SIDE TWO BUT THESE DO DISPERSE AND THEN THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH FINE WITH NO OTHER FAULTS, POPS OR JUMPS... THIS WAS STILL VERY ENJOYABLE TO LISTEN TOO!

 THE ORIGINAL RED & WHITE INNER IS EXCELLENT GIVEN ITS AGE. IT IS INTACT WITH LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND THE USUAL EXPECTED CREASING FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE, A A FEW MINOR "RIPPLES" ARE VISIBLE.THE INNER IS STILL VERY CRISP AND THE COLOURS ARE STILL QUITE VIVID WITH NO FADING. 

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

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE MONO ONLY SLEEVE  IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH REATINS ITS DEEP GLOSS  DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD TINY EDGE WRINKLE AND TWO OR THREE VERY TINY "THUMBNAIL" CREASE BUT REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN THAT AND THIS IS ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT.  THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE MILDEST OF CORNER BUMPS THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND JUST ONE OR TWO VERY LIGHT CREASES. THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE INNER SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND PERFECT WITH NO WEAR . THE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH JUST ONE LIGHT  CREASE BUT NO SPLITS AND HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN, BRIGHT AND VIVID 

OVERALL AN EXCELLENT UK MONO FIRST PRESSING FACTORY SAMPLE.