BEATLES - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - orig. LP complete

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	$		35

BEATLES - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - orig. LP complete

Time to sell more of my vinyl collection - some classical, some jazz, some pop, rock, folk & psych. I know it won't be appreciated by my daughter or the next generation, so I'm shifting it myself and hope I find good homes for it. Initially I am just picking at random from duplicates, stuff I have on CD and items unplayed for ages so there should be a decent mix. You never know, there might just be something to suit your taste.

This listing is for a yellow Parlophone pressing of Sgt. Pepper's complete with cutout and fool inner

The Beatles -
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
UK Parlophone first label
1967
Cat Number: PMC 7027 matrix numbers XEX 637-1 XEX 638-1, mothers 1MGR 8ATR Tax code KT
Mode: Mono

The Album:
Needs no introduction. Brilliant. This is a nice copy, clearly used, but it plays very well. I lent my original copy to Anna Taylor back in 1970 and never got it back, so this was my replacement copy.

Condition:
Cover: Gatefold laminated sleeve is in decent condition. It has some ringwear and wear to the spine with a little creasing of the laminate. Someone used the rear as a support when writing so there are some impressions of words in the rear laminate visible when tilted toward light. The inner surface portrait is crisp and clean. The spine text is partly worn. The card cutout is intact and in fine order. The original fool inner is included, but it is sliced along the edges and has a couple of short closed tears so I will include a spare plain sleeve too.
Labels: Original yellow & black labels bright and clean. Quite a few spindle marks, no writing or stickers.
Vinyl: Vinyl looks very nice - it has a number of light hairline scrapes and one obvious but non sounding light scratch. It plays very well throughout - occasional light background crackling, a couple of light pops but no serious interference. After 45 years of dust gathering, a good clean to remove dust and static might improve playback even more.

Overall:
A decent sleeve housing a very nice copy of this album which plays very well - I'd guess that this might be professionally graded at (cover / vinyl) VG / VG+

Terms:
Please note that I try to test-play at least part of each record before listing, but do not have time to play fully in all cases. I played a lot of this one, but if you do discover a problem which I might have missed, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will do all I can to rectify the situation.

Postage: Royal Mail are 'restructuring' prices from April 2013. Not necessarily all bad news, it depends what you buy - a single LP posted to UK or Europe is now more expensive, but within UK revised weight ranges might allow up to 4 LPs to be posted for the same cost as one. Rest of world prices seem to have reduced slightly. Approximate prices for normal postage - UK £3.35 for up to 1kg (could be up to 4 LPs), Europe £5.30 + £1.80 each additional, Rest of world £7.55 + £2.70 each additional item - these amounts include estimated actual Royal Mail cost for first class or air mail, plus 35p for cost of packaging material (a brand new custom mailer with stiffener). 
Losses: Royal Mail are also reducing maximum compensation to £20 unless items are signed-for. Overseas purchasers - if your purchase is well over £20, a signed for service must be selected when paying as I will not assume the extra risk and normal airmail will only be covered for £20. Compensation on signed-for shipments is up to £50.

I'm happy to hold records for a short while if you wish to bid on more and combine shipment.

These records are all from my personal collection built up over almost 50 years. Some were bought new, others pre-owned so condition will vary. My attempt at grading is based on Record Collector's grading system. Please therefore read and understand the detailed description which is my honest personal assessment - and I guess you can always check how good or bad that is by checking my feedback. Questions welcome if anything is unclear. Happy bidding.

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