MFSL UHQR Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely LP amazing RARE

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ARTIST:  THE BEATLES                                                                      

TITLE: SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

LABEL: MFQR-1-000 mobile fidelity sound lab

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA/JAPAN

YEAR: recorded 1967, pressed 1981

BOX CONDITION: VG++ Small tear on spine, which is how it came. Otherwise, very nice. Textured box.

INSERTS CONDITION: NM comes with original insert, SIGNED certificate of authenticity, registration card, album cover and 2 pieces of foam.

VINYL CONDITION:  NM beautiful! Played once.

DETAILS: as you all know, this UHQR is the Rolls Royce of audiophile pressings. Only 5000 were ever produced, and will never be available again. this copy is a low number: 830 of 5000. This is THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER, and this is the ONLY WAY to hear this album as it was intended to be heard. This is a great copy, so don't snooze! Good luck.

With Revolver, the Beatles made the Great Leap Forward, reaching a previously unheard-of level of sophistication and fearless experimentation. Sgt. Pepper, in many ways, refines that breakthrough, as the Beatles consciously synthesized such disparate influences as psychedelia, art-song, classical music, rock & roll, and music hall, often in the course of one song. Not once does the diversity seem forced — the genius of the record is how the vaudevillian "When I'm 64" seems like a logical extension of "Within You Without You" and how it provides a gateway to the chiming guitars of "Lovely Rita." There's no discounting the individual contributions of each member or their producer, George Martin, but the preponderance of whimsy and self-conscious art gives the impression that Paul McCartney is the leader of the Lonely Hearts Club Band. He dominates the album in terms of compositions, setting the tone for the album with his unabashed melodicism and deviously clever arrangements. In comparison, Lennon's contributions seem fewer, and a couple of them are a little slight but his major statements are stunning. "With a Little Help From My Friends" is the ideal Ringo tune, a rolling, friendly pop song that hides genuine Lennon anguish, à la "Help!"; "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" remains one of the touchstones of British psychedelia; and he's the mastermind behind the bulk of "A Day in the Life," a haunting number that skillfully blends Lennon's verse and chorus with McCartney's bridge. It's possible to argue that there are better Beatles albums, yet no album is as historically important as this. After Sgt. Pepper, there were no rules to follow — rock and pop bands could try anything, for better or worse. Ironically, few tried to achieve the sweeping, all-encompassing embrace of music as the Beatles did here.