THE BEATLES"SGT.PEPPER"1967 MONO-EARLY FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		301
	$		399

ATTENTION SERIOUS BEATLES COLLECTORS!

ONE OF THE FINEST BEATLES ITEMS TO BE OFFERED ON EBAY FOR AUCTION IN YEARS!

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL MONO MIX 1967 1ST  UK PRESSING PARLOPHONE FACTORY SAMPLE LABELLED PRESSING OF THE BEATLES LP:

"SGT.PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"

PARLOPHONE PMC 7027

ONE OF THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSINGS MADE BEFORE RELEASE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS AND USES:

FOR MAJOR RADIO DJs(IN THIS CASE!)/PRODUCERS

RECORD COMPANY MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES.

MUSIC PAPER REVIEWERS.

 IMPORTANT EMI VISITORS AND OR SUPPLIERS.

IMPORTANT MAJOR RECORD SHOP BOSSES.

  IT INCLUDES THE GATEFOLD COVER WITH A WIDE SPINE,LATER ONES WERE NOT AS WIDE!

A PATENTS PENDING CREDIT RED AND WHITE INNER SLEEVE,SIGNIFYING AN EARLY ONE WITH NO SPLITS AS WITH MOST THAT SURVIVE!

THE CUT OUT IS SUPERB WITH MUCH DARKER GREEN BACKGROUND THAN THE 1970s REPRINTS!

THE COVER DOES HAVE SOME CORNER CREASES AT THE BACK BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOCATE A PRISTINE COVER QUITE EASILY.

PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE!

AN ADDITIONAL EMI LPs ADVERT LP INNER INCLUDED FROM 1967.

I WILL ALSO INCLUDE A POLYLINED INNER TO PROTECT THE RED/WHITE INNER! 

A STRICTLY GRADED NEAR MINT CONDITION LP WITH SOME MINOR SMALL AND FAINT SURFACE MARKS,THE COVER REMOVAL TYPE NOTICABLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT BUT HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE WHATSOEVER!

CLEARLY A COPY THAT HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MANY TIMES WITH AMAZING CLARITY,NO DISTORTION,NO CRACKLES,NO CLICKS etc.

A COUPLE OF ISOLATED"POPS"ON THE TRACK"GOOD MORNING"AND THAT'S IT!!!!!

THE REAL TEST OF COURSE IS THE LONG FADE OUT ON"A DAY IN THE LIFE" WHICH USUALLY HAS SURFACE NOISE AS THE LONG CHORD GETS FAINTER AND FAINTER-THERE IS JUST THE VERY SLIGHTEST WITH THE VOLUME BEING HIGH BUT IT IS PROBABLY THE LITTLE DUST SPECKLES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE GROOVES SINCE 1967!

I CAREFULLY REPLAYED THE LAST TRACK AND THE 2ND TIME THERE WAS HARDLY ANY!!!!

ONE OF THE BEST EVER COPIES I HAVE HEARD!

TESTED AT HIGH VOLUME WITH A BRAND NEW STYLI!! I ALWAYS LOVE TO LAUNCH A NEW STYLI'S USE WITH SOMETHING SPECIAL!!! 

VERY THICK VINYL,TOTALLY FLAT AND VERY SHARP PRINT LABELS WITH NO SPINDLE MARKS,WRITING,STAINS,STICKERS ETC! 

 THIS IS THE FIRST MONO PRESSING FROM 1967.

THIS COPY WAS PRESSED UP BEFORE RELEASE AS  WITH MOST FACTORY SAMPLE PRESSINGS AND THIS COPY BELONGED TO A FORMER BBC RADIO ONE DJ,WHO AT THE TIME WAS WITHIN THE BBC AS RADIO ONE BEGAN,THREE MONTHS AFTER THIS LP CAME OUT.
IT IS BOUND TO BE ONE OF THE VERY FIRST EVER PRESSED AT THE EMI FACTORY!!!!!

NATURALLY YOU WOULD EXPECT ANY DJ OF THE TIME TO HAVE PLAYED THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN-HOWEVER IN THIS INSTANCE,THE PREVIOUS OWNER REALISING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A FACTORY SAMPLE EDITION,BOUGHT A"NORMAL"PRESSING WITHIN A FEW WEEKS TO PRESERVE THIS ONE!!!

ANYONE WHO WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE PRESENTED WITH AN UPFRONT PROMOTIONAL FACTORY SAMPLE COPY IN 1967 WOULD HAVE PLAYED IT OVER AND OVER,QUITE RIGHTLY AS THIS WAS SUCH A LANDMARK,GROUNDBREAKING LP AND HARDLY ANYONE LOOKED AHEAD FOR THE FUTURE BUT THIS ONE ONLY PREVIOUS OWNER DID AND HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO SELL!

THE MONO MIXES HAVE HARDLY ANY"ECHO"ON SOME TRACKS WHICH HAVE FAR MORE ON THE STEREO VERSIONS WITH A MORE INTIMATE,CLOSER MIKED EFFECT AND THERE ARE MANY VARIATIONS TO THE STEREO MIX!

SEE THE MANY BOOKS AND WEBSITES THAT EXPLAIN ALL!! 

REMEMBER THE BAND PUT ALL THEIR EFFORT INTO THE MONO MIX,THE STEREO ONE WAS COMPLETED MAINLY WITHOUT ANY OF THE BAND IN ATTENDANCE! 

(FULL DETAILS BELOW)!!!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NICE MONO L.P.FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM,WITH JUST ABOUT THE BEST POSSIBLE MONO SOUND 

-THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

JUST ABOUT THE EARLIEST EDITION POSSIBLE AFTER A FEW GENUINE ACETATES WHICH OF COURSE ARE UNLIKELY TO EVER BE SOLD ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE!

MOST MINT OR NEAR MINT NORMAL MONO COPIES CAN FETCH AROUND £100,WHICH IS MY STARTING PRICE AND SO A VERY DECENT NEAR MINT CONDITION L.P.IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE OPTION ON THE BASIS THAT TRUE MINT CONDITION COPIES ARE GENERALLY KEPT UNPLAYED FOR INVESTMENT AND OF COURSE BEING A FACTORY SAMPLE EDITION IS FAR MORE VALUABLE AND NO DEMO STYLE LABEL PRESSINGS EXISTED OF EMI LPs OF THIS ERA DESPITE FAKE BOOTLEGS THAT EXIST.

 THIS LP IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY BEATLES COLLECTION!

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION.

THIS COPY HAS ONLY SEEN A FEW PLAYS ON TOP EQUIPMENT AND IS STILL IN FANTASTIC ORDER AND PLAYS MAGNIFICENTLY JUST WITH A FEW MINOR,FAINT VISUAL MARKS.

NO NASTY DISTORTION WHICH TENDS TO PRESENT ON MOST COPIES.

THERE IS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN THE TRACKS OR AT THE START AND END OF EACH SIDE UNLIKE MOST COPIES THAT TURN UP!

A SPLENDID TIME IS GUARANTEED FOR ALL! 

 FAR,FAR BETTER THAN MOST"NEAR MINT"GRADED BEATLES LPs"!

SEE MY FEEDBACK FOR SIMILAR ITEMS!

MY CONSTANT AIM IS TO GET FEEDBACK COMMENTS LIKE"BEYOND EXPECTATION",WHICH I ALREADY HAVE!

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD BEATLES EXPERTS/DEALERS.  

KEEP READING FOR MORE INFORMATION!

TIME FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ME! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED DEALER,  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE BEATLES!!! 

AN ORIGINAL MONO EDITION FROM 1967 OF THE BAND'S WONDERFUL LP ISSUED ON THE UK PRESSED PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH THE FACTORY SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE STICKER ON THE"A"SIDE LABEL.  

"SOLD IN THE UK"LABEL TEXT AS MISSING ON LATER PRESSINGS.

MATRIXES:

XEX 637-1  at 6'0'CLOCK + A at 3'0'CLOCK + 2 AT 9'0'CLOCK. 

XEX 638-1 at 6'0'CLOCK+ H at 3'0'CLOCK + 2 at 9'0'CLOCK.

K T RAISED PRINT ON THE"A"SIDE LABEL.

THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY RIM TEXT. 

        A THICK PRESSING different to the LATER THINNER pressings from a few years later-This ESSENTIAL LP pressed JUST BEFORE the first few WEEKS of issue from 1967 when Beatlemania was at it's height.

ONE OF THE BAND'S BEST, SONGS THAT WOULD INFLUENCE MILLIONS OF OTHER MUSICIANS!

SONGS THAT TRULY CAPTURED THE EXCITEMENT OF BEATLEMANIA  DURING 1967!

AN INCREDIBLE LP THAT STILL SOUNDS EXCITING OVER 43 YEARS ON!

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN POOR CONDITION-THIS ONE IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION!

NO JUMPS!/NO STICKS!/NO NASTY LOUD CLICKS!/NO SWISHES!NO DISTORTION!  

Copies of this LP were being sold in huge quantities but how many were preserved like this one-??

USED BUT NOT SERIOUSLY ABUSED!!!!!!

Just to explain, in 1967,the majority of fans were using poor equipment. LPs tended to be more cared for.  

THIS ONE HAS ONLY BEEN PLAYED A FEW TIMES,PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN TIMES AT THE VERY MOST AND BUT STILL SOUNDING GREAT! 

The MONO mixes are brilliant and full of bass.

Any serious Beatles collector will require ALL THE BAND'S LPs IN BOTH MONO AND STEREO FORMAT.  

THE MONO TRACKS IN MANY CASES IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO THE STEREO VERSIONS WITH FASCINATING VARIATIONS-EXTRA EFFECTS AND GUITAR"LICKS"!

 Vinyl is still the best way to hear THE BEATLES and always will be!  

GREAT SOLID SOUND!

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

I HAVE PLAYED IT TWICE TO CHECK FOR ANY FAULTS.

There is NO spindle wear!!!

CLEAN LABELS. 

NO STICKER REMOVAL/NO WORN PRINT!!!

PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS!   

THE COVER HAS SOME LARGE CREASES AT THE BACK CORNERS BUT NO NASTY RIPS,SELLOTAPE REPAIRS,STAPLES,HOLE CUTS.

I CAN SEE A VERY FAINT AND SMALL 242 AGAINST THE TRACK"WHEN I'M 64"PROBABLY A TIMING. 

 Look elsewhere on ebay and you will see other copies-Look closer and you will find they are often reissues or lower grade copies with all manner of faults AND YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO FIND ANOTHER FACTORY SAMPLE COPY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A VERY NICE COPY-EXAMINE YOURS AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

AT WORSE AND IN THE STRICTNESS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS,THE DISC IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. FAR BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLES USE OF THE "NEAR MINT"GRADING BUT IT IS DOWN TO MY STRICT GRADING POLICY.  

THE LP AS USUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM IT'S COVER BEFORE SENDING!   

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY ALL OF THE PHOTOS!

IF YOU GO THROUGH MY FEEDBACK YOU WILL SEE MANY OTHER BEATLES LPs SOLD -PAY NOTE TO THE FEEDBACK RESPONSES!!-NO ISSUES!! INFACT VERY HAPPY CUSTOMERS WHICH IS PROOF OF MY CAREFUL,DETAILED AND STRICT GRADING!!!

FAIR AND SQUARE BIDDING ONLY ACCEPTED!

I AM A SELLER WITH A GREAT REPUTATION UNLIKE SOME WHO HAVE THE REPUTATIONS FOR CAREFULLY ORGANISED BAD PRACTISES THAT GIVE US ALL A BAD NAME! 

Realistic  £100 STARTING price with no annoying reserve. BUY IT NOW OFFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF BEATLES HISTORY. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

Postage is FREE TO THE UK+ SPECIAL DELIVERY.  YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

Outside UK extra depending on destination.£5 EUROPE AND REST OF THE WORLD £7. PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO SEVERAL ITEMS OVERSEAS BEING"LOST", IF THE OPTION TO SEND INSURED IS REFUSED THEN I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS. I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.Paypal or cheque within 7 days please.

CHEQUE WILL NEED TIME TO CLEAR BEFORE DELIVERY. 

SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT

DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU INTEND TO PAY.Feedback always left. BE AWARE!!!! NON PAYERS AND TIMEWASTERS WILL BE DEALT WITH AND REPORTED TO EBAY AS WELL AS CIRCULATED VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL TO MY MANY DEALER AND COLLECTOR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

Checkout my power seller status and my own feedback of OVER 10,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BUY with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 8 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement. OVER  8 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

A VITAL PART OF ANY BEATLES OR INDEED ANY LP COLLECTION!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

SOME MORE ORIGINAL LPs  ENDING FROM ME ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS ONE ENDS!

MANY MORE BEATLES RELATED ITEMS TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS!

KEEP WATCHING IN 2010!

THANKYOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

GOOD LUCK!!

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR YOUR CHANCE TO OWN AN ORIGINAL 1967 FACTORY SAMPLE MONO PRESSING  OF THE BEATLES CLASSIC "SGT.PEPPER"LP.