BEATLES Sgt Pepper 1G / 1A & ULTIMATE WIDE SPINE COVER

	£		215
	$		285

The Beatles---"Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"---MINTY Hardly Played Copy Of This Original UK 1st Pressed Album On The Parlophone Label---With Red Inner---One Of The First 300 To Be Pressed!!!---From 1967

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A Few Details About This Copy and It’s Rarity: All the Beatles' albums sold in vast numbers, pressing plants could hardly keep up with demand. Finding clean, lightly played copies that still play well are a different matter. So many were played into submission, that when a very clean copy that has clearly hardly ever been played comes along it’s more of a rarity. What makes this complete stereo copy rarer are two major facts. Firstly this copy includes the almost legendary ‘Wide Spine Cover’ variant and in superb condition. This spine is almost DOUBLE the thickness of a standard Pepper spine. Not only that, this one has survived since 1967 in lovely condition, totally uncrushed or flattened, bolt upright and erect.  Secondly, bearing in mind this record was pressed in colossal numbers, this one has the earliest mothers (1 / 1) and stampers I have ever seen (G / A). With 1 G on side One and 1 A on side Two, this Pepper is one of the very first off the production line and most all have much higher, multi digits and letters e.g. 3 M A H or 2 3 G H M or similar are more the normal. A ‘1 G’ copy would have been pressed withing the first 300, this was the normal run before letter changed then to ‘R’, then ‘A’ and so on. How often will a 1 G / 1 A ‘Pepper’ ever be seen or offered in stereo? The cream on top of what is an extraordinay copy is this record plays with nigh-on perfect sound and plays with NO crackle, distortion or unwanted sounds.

Vinyl: NM. The vinyl is in nice condition with just some light rubbing and scrathing. It plays with nice audio and some light surface. The only loudish click is right at the beginning of "Fairies" but the rest is pretty good.

Stamper Codes: 1 G / 1 A. I was amazed when I saw these, almost like finding a needle in a haystack.

Labels:  Parlophone – Yellow and Black format. Text and detail includes: ‘Sold in UK Subject to Resale’ etc, ‘The Gramophone Co Ltd’ etc, ‘Made in Gt Britain’. Also the embossed KT tax codes are included on this unbanded stereo copy. With the ultra early Mother and Stamper codes, this criteria meets with the recognised ‘First Pressing’ format of this classic masterpiece. Both very clean, attractive and deep black. Hardly a spindle mark to be seen on side one and only light and faint on side two. The ‘K T’ embossed tax codes on side one are practically perfect with no flattening. These two early Parlophone labels will be very difficult to find better on a genuinely early copy of this landmark Beatles album.

Sleeve: NM. This is a wonderful wide spine cover that has not seen light of day for ages. This has the PCS 7027 Stereo cover number. Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd, it is in beautiful condition with wonderful unmarked lamination with just the tiniest amount of wear on the tips of the corners....no more!! Gatefold still "creaks" on opening!! There is a small 1.5 cm red shaded block on the spine just below "Sgt". 

Inner: The original "red wave" inner is in NM condition with no wear.

Insert:  Cut out insert is unused and in wonderful condition.

        Track Listing:

•    Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
• A Little Help From My Friends
• Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
• Getting Better
• Fixing A Hole
• She's Leaving Home
• Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
• Within You Without You
• When I'm Sixty Four
• Lovely Rita
• Good Morning Good Morning
• Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

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You never know, you may just get yourself a bargain.

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Please note that all our vinyl (unless unplayed) is listened to in it's entirety and has no skips or jumps unless stated. Rated according to R.C. guidelines.

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