THE BEATLES - SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND LP VINYL - FIRST PRESSING 1967
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THE BEATLES - SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND LP VINYL - FIRST PRESSING 1967- MONO PMC 7027
It was fifty-one years ago today,
Sgt Pepper taught the band to play,
And this album was released, Rolling Stone called it "the most important rock & roll album ever made ... by the greatest rock & roll group of all time.",
and this is a First Pressing, Parlophone, Vinyl LP, from The Beatles, Mono, 1967, PMC 7027.
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the band’s eighth album became the soundtrack to the ‘Summer of Love’. The music was more complex, exciting and colourful, this glossy, double wallet features the guys in their Pepper uniforms surrounded by images of people they were interested in. Inside each wallet are other surprises, a card featuring various cut outs and in this pressing, the paper inner sleeve bears a psychedelic design.
Sgt. Pepper was a worldwide critical and commercial success, spending a total of 27 weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart. A seminal work in the emerging psychedelic rock style, the album was critically acclaimed upon release and won four Grammy Awards in 1968. In 1994, it was ranked number one in the book All Time Top 1000 Albums. In 2005, the album was placed at number one on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Recordings
"We were fed up with being Beatles," McCartney has said, referring to the matching suits and screaming girls they left behind after retiring from live concerts, at the end of August 1966. "We were not boys, we were men. . . artists, not performers."
The Beatles recorded almost every note of Sgt. Pepper in one room, Abbey Road's Studio Two. (The orchestral session for "A Day in the Life" was a rare exception, held in cavernous Studio One, typically reserved for symphonic dates.) Number 3 Abbey Road was built in 1830 as a lavish private residence, with nine bedrooms, servants' quarters and a wine cellar. By 1967, it hosted the EMI's studios, drab and aging if compared to the rapidly evolving needs of the Beatles' principal composers, Lennon and McCartney.
Cover artwork
For this album, George Martin suggested the collaboration with a professional artist to create the cover and so it was. The Grammy Award-winning album packaging was designed by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth, his wife and artistic partner, and photographed by Michael Cooper. It featured a colourful collage of life-sized cardboard models of famous people on the front of the album cover and the lyrics printed in full on the back cover. The characters were chosen by a list proposed by the Beatles themselves. To avoid exposing themselves too unnecessary criticism, they avoided to include some historical figures such as Jesus and Hitler, both requested by John Lennon. The Beatles themselves, in the guise of the Sgt. Pepper band, were dressed in custom-made military-style outfits made of satin dyed in day-glo colours. The suits were designed by Manuel Cuevas. Among the insignia on their uniforms are: MBE medals on McCartney's and Harrison's jackets, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom on Lennon's right sleeve and an Ontario Provincial Police flash on McCartney's sleeve.
Released pressings
To any Beatles collector, of critical importance is the label. Before you buy any Beatles record, you must examine the label to ensure its authenticity. It has to have the right credentials. And of course, the condition is also all important.
First pressings (1967)
The first pressing of Sgt. Pepper's was released in 1967 in both mono and stereo version with catalogue numbers PMC 7027 and PCS 7027 respectively. The records have the standard yellow block writing Parlophone label and the "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "The Gramophone Co. Ltd.". The label displays the "Sold in the U.K." statement.
This is a great record from an estate collection from a couple who loved this period in time – please see my other listings for more albums from this collection coming up, thank you.
Approximate Measurements
Square LP Cover – 12 1/2 inches (31.5 cm)
Condition
Sleeve - Good condition for age,
Cut Out – Great condition
Paper Inner Sleeve - Good condition
Vinyl – Very good condition, great sheen, one slight scratch.
Please refer to the photographs as they form an important part of the description.
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