THE BEATLES-SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-1ST PRESS MONO 1967 -1L/1A
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THE BEATLES-SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND TYPE SINGLE LP-MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO
PARLOPHONE 1ST PRESS YEELOW & BLACK LABELS with matrix numbers XEX 637-1 & XEX 638-1 and EMI stampers 1L/1A (and you even get the extra dot after the IN on SOLD IN.THE.UK. on the side 1 label if you are so inclined)
CATALOGUE NUMBER PMC 7027 YEAR OF RELEASE 1967 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD - E J DAY WIDE SPINE FULLY LAMINATED WITH INTERNAL FLIPBACKS. INSERTS/EXTRASSHEET OF CARD CUTOUTS.
GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)EXCELLENT- (NICE CLEAN record with LIGHT PLAYWEAR and some noticable but LIGHT storage handling marks.- PLAYS REALLY WELL WITH A GREAT MONO REPRODUCTION.
LABELSEXCELLENT+ (CLEAN LABELS with NO writing rips tears stickers or removal marks with LIGHT spindleusage,and VERY LIGHT overall handling storage and ageing marks)
SLEEVEFront board.Inner gatefold EX-
Clean sleeve with NO rips or tears stickers or removal marks .Front laminate is clean and shiny with only LIGHT rubbing wear and LIGHT pressure marking. Does have small neat repair on the opening couple of inches from the bottom.INNER GATEFOLD is clean and unmarked with VERY LIGHT wear
Rear Board EX Rear board is much as the front clean with NO writing, stickers, rips or tears and LIGHT ageing and handling marking. Flipbacks EX+ Internal flipbacks are complete clean and stuck fast Spine EX- Wide spine is complete and uncrushed with complete lettering, does have a couple of cracks Top & bottom edges EX+ Top and bottom edges have VERY LIGHT wear only. Opening EX Openings have LIGHT usage and LIGHT wear Corners EX- All corners are showing signs of wear with a bit of bare card, heavier at the spine ends. INNER /EXTRASCARD CUTOUTS: EX (Clean unmarked with with LIGHT storage and handling wear)
DETAILSWith 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.
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