BEATLES UK - 1st press xex 637-1 Sgt Pepper's ‘ Fourth Proof ’ Mono LP.
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BEATLES UK - Sgt Pepper's ‘ Fourth Proof ’ Mono LP.
PMC 7027 – Original Black and Yellow Parlophone label.
A UK pressing, in original condition featuring the rarest known variant of this remarkable record.
This unique variant of this remarkable album features effectively a pre- production sleeve. After the first Three ‘ Proof ’ sleeves, these ‘ Fourth Proof ’ sleeves were passed around at EMI for final agreement. It is believed that only 40 – 50 ‘ Fourth Proof ’ sleeves were ever printed !. As these sleeves were ‘ Proof ’ copies they were NEVER meant to be released to the general public, but a small number of these ‘ Fourth Proof ’ sleeves DID find their way onto the public market !.
These ‘ Fourth Proof ’ sleeves have a number of unique printing differences from the final agreed production sleeves:
1. a ‘ FOURTH PROOF ’ and a ‘ A R ’ and ‘ D 13217 ’ appear printed on the top flipback on the inner gatefold of the sleeve. There is a story about this that the old style of ‘ visual ’ flipbacks were on their way out and that ‘ Sgt Pepper ’ was to feature the new ‘ inner ’ flipback design. It was therefore thought that the above text would NOT be seen !. Apparently the ‘ A R ’ stands for the designers initials and the ‘ D 13217 ’ is the internal catalogue number for the printers of the sleeve, ‘Garrod and Lofthouse’.
2. the rear of the sleeve features the text ‘ Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd ’ but with an additional ‘ Patents Pending ’ text, only a very small number of very early Pepper Mono sleeves had this additional text. Standard sleeves normally just state ‘ Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd’ (G&L). Just after the official launch of Sgt Pepper in June 1967, G&L seem to have got their ‘ Patents ’ confirmed and the ‘ Patents Pending ’ text was removed from the sleeve !.
3. Georges jacket appears Pink in colour, but on the standard Pepper sleeves it appears as a Red colour !,
4. Johns jacket appears Yellow in colour, but on the standard Pepper sleeves it appears as a Green colour !.
The matrix numbers are XEX 637-1 on side one and XEX 638-1 on side two.
The vinyl is in excellent condition with only a few light surface marks.
The Garrod & Lofthouse internal flipback, laminated picture sleeve is in a superb excellent condition with just a few light laminate creases at the edges & extreme tips of the corners to show for its forty years, with secure flipbacks. As already mentioned this has 'Fourth Proof' text on the back flipback in the right corner along with 'AB' & 'D1321' printed on the left, the back is also printed with the patents pending credit after the manufactures name. This was not intended to have been made into a sleeve and is now very sought after.
Tracklisting
1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life
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