Beatles SGT PEPPER LHCB UK LP 1st MONO Wide Spine MINT-

	£		410
	$		543

THE BEATLES -COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES

• CAT PMC 7027 
• MATRIX: XEX 637-1 / 638-1 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:4 AL / 1 P

I HAVE DECIDED TO SELL SOME OF MY OWN PERSONAL BEATLES COLLECTION. THESE ALBUMS THAT I WILL BE OFFERING UP FOR AUCTION OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO HAVE SAT IN MY COLLECTION FOR YEARS AND IT HAS TAKEN ME MANY MANY YEARS TO GATHER THE BEST COPIES OF THESE RECORDS THAT I CAN FIND. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE REGULARLY BOUGHT FROM ME WILL UNDERSTAND THAT I ONLY LIST RECORDS THAT ARE NEAR MINT OR MINT AND THAT IN THE MAIN INCLUDES ANY BEATLES ALBUMS THAT I LIST FROM TIME TO TIME. YOU CAN THEREFORE BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THESE ALBUMS THAT YOU WILL FIND UNDER MY NAME FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, AND WILL BE COPIES THAT ANY COLLECTOR WOULD BE PROUD TO OWN.

YOU MIGHT ASK WHY I AM SELLING. WELL FIRSTLY I AM NOT SELLING MY ENTIRE COLLECTION, AS I HAVE MANY PRESSES OF EACH TITLE, BUT I AM CHERRY PICKING SOME OF THE RARER AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER PRESSES BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO BUY THAT SELLING THESE GEMS WILL FUND.

THERE WILL BE SOME SUPERB COPIES UP FOR GRABS OVER THIS PERIOD WHICH WILL START TODAY AND CULMINATE ON TUESDAY 29TH WHEN I WILL BE LISTING MY MOST VALUABLE ALBUM THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM 0000041 MONO. IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE ME A SENSIBLE OFFER ON THE WHITE ALBUM BEFORE I LIST IT THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THESE ALBUMS WILL BE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE, AND THEREFORE I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE IF THE DESCRIPTIONS SOUND SIMILAR, IT'S REALLY BECAUSE THE RECORDS ALL ARE OF A SIMILAR QUALITY NEAR MINT OR MINT. I WILL OF COURSE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE SLEEVES, AND ANY MINOR DEFECTS THAT ARE VISIBLE.

SO GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FOR ANY OF THESE. I WILL BE SORRY TO PART WITH THEM, BUT AS I SAY I WANT SOMETHING ELSE THAT REQUIRES ME TO DO THIS.

THIS IS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE COPY OF THIS LP I EVER MANAGED TO OBTAIN. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A BETTER COPY OUT THERE!!

THE RECORD

THE LABELS ARE MAGNIFICENT.THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR AT ALL , AND IT IS CLEAR JUST BY LOOKING FOR THE SPIDER LINES THAT THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED 3 TIMES AT THE MOST.  THERE ARE BUT 2 MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES REALLY CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE. I HAVE TRIED TO SHOW THESE IN THE PICTURE TO PROVE THE POINT. I HAVE ONLY EVER PLAYED THIS INCREDIBLE ITEM ONE TIME

THE VINYL IS SIMPLY STUNNING AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN. IT GLEAMS LIKE NEW. THERE ARE JUST NO MARKS VISIBLE, IN FACT EVEN UNDER SPOTLIGHT I CAN MAKE OUT NOTHING APART FORM A COUPLE OF RIDICULOUSLY SMALL WISPS. TRULY MAGNIFICENT VINYL

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE, THERE IS TOTAL RUN IN SILENCE!

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER TO ANY PART OF THE SOUND ON ANY TRACK OF THIS ALBUM, AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ALBUM THAT SHOWED GROOVE WEAR IN MY COLLECTION. THIS OF COURSE WOULD HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IF THE RECORD HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS.

THE LP PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THOUGH BOTH SIDES PRODUCING THE CLEAREST POSSIBLE SOUND QUALITY FROM THIS MAGNIFICENT VINYL. THERE IS AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES, AND AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST WOULD NOT ACCEPT IN MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION.

IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT I HAVE HEARD MANY MANY EXAMPLES OF THIS ALBUM, AND I AM CERTAIN THAT THE REPRODUCTION FROM THIS PARTICULAR DISC IS SECOND TO NONE

EACH LINKING GROOVE ONCE AGAIN PROVES JUST HOW SPECIAL THIS ALBUM IS AS EACH TIME ONE TRACK ENDS THERE IS A SILENT GAP BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW TRACK.

 IF I AM BEING PICKY THERE IS PERHAPS THE ODD AND I DO MEAN ODD BIT OF NEAR INAUDIBLE STATIC, AND THE OCCASIONAL TINY TINY POP HERE AND THERE, WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO GET ON ANY DISC LET ALONE ONE THAT'S NEARLY 40 YEARS OLD,

TO SUM UP A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF A VERY RARE BEATLES PRESSING THAT WILL GRACE ANY COLLECTION, AND FULLY JUSTIFIES  A MINT MINUS GRADE

THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT LAMINATED SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. I CAN STATE THAT THERE ARE NO LARGE CREASES ANYWHERE AT ALL ON THIS SLEEVE. EVEN THE SMALL LAMINATE LINES USUALLY FOUND NEAR THE SPINE ARE CONFINED TO A TOTAL OF ONE!! . THERE IS ALSO NO RING WEAR. THERE ARE TWO LIGHT THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING AND ONE SMALL LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP OF THE CORNER. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN.

 THE SPINE IS THE RARE WIDE VARIETY NOT FOUND VERY OFTEN, AND WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ONE IS THAT IT IS TOTALLY FLAT, AND PRISTINE. THAT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO COLLECT LIKE THAT,AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY VERY SHARP AND ADEQUATELY DEPICTS HOW FEW TIMES THE RECORD HAS ACTUALLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, JUST SOME LAMINATE LINES DOWN THE OPENING EDGE.

 OPENING THE GATEFOLD IT CREAKS LIKE ALL GOOD PEPPER SLEEVES SHOULD. THE SURFACE IS PERFECT, AND FLIPBACKS STUCK DOWN PROPERLY.

THE RED AND WHITE FOOLS INNER SLEEVE IS IN AMAZING CONDITION. AS A COLLECTOR MYSELF I HAVE LOST COUNT OF THE TIMES I HAVE REMOVED THE INNER SLEEVE TO FIND IT SPLIT.

THIS INNER SLEEVE IS NOT SPLIT ON ANY EDGE, AND BY THAT I MEAN NOT REPAIRED EITHER. IT IS EXACTLY AS IT WAS WHEN IT CAME FROM THE MAKERS. INCREDIBLE TO FIND IT SO PERFECT, BUT AGAIN THIS JUST JUSTIFIES HOW FEW TIMES THE RECORD HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE, AS IT WAS ONLY WHEN REPLACED INTO AND ALLOWED TO DROP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INNER SLEEVE  THAT THE SLEEVE SPLIT. THIS HASN'T BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

NATURALLY THE CARDBOARD CUTOUT SHEET IS INCLUDED AND IN MINT CONDITION (NOT PHOTOGRAPHED)

GOOD LUCK

GARRY