BEATLES "SGT PEPPER..." 1969 UK EMI STEREO *ONE BOX*

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                                                   BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

ORIGINAL 1969 UK EMI BLACK AND SILVER ONE BOX EMI LABEL ISSUE.                                                                                                                                      

ARGUABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ALBUM OF POPULAR MUSIC EVER AND RECENTLY VOTED THE BEST UK ALBUM OF ALL TIME!!! "SGT PEPPERS" WAS RELEASED TO AN EAGERLY AWAITING PUBLIC ON 01/06/1967 AND SOLD 250,000 COPIES IN ITS FIRST WEEK ALONE, IT ENTERED THE U.K ALBUM CHARTS AT NO1 WHERE IT REMAINED FOR 27 WEEKS!!!!

THE THEME OF THE ALBUM CONCERNED A MYTHICAL BAND WHICH LED TO IT BEEN CALLED THE FIRST "CONCEPT"ALBUM. THE MUSIC WAS SO INTRICATE, COMPLEX AND INNOVATIVE THAT IT STAGGERED OTHER ARTISTS WHO HAD BEEN SEEKING TO OUTDO THE BEATLES AT THAT TIME. EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IS THE FACT THAT THIS "MASTERPIECE" WAS RECORDED ENTIRELY ON A FOUR TRACK MACHINE. THE IDEA OF THE ALBUM WAS TO ACHEIVE A CONTINOUS FLOW OF MUSIC FROM ONE TRACK TO THE NEXT HENCE THERE IS NO MORE THAN A SECOND GAP BETWEEN EACH TRACK.

NOT ONLY DID THE LYRICS AND MUSIC ACHEIVE UNPRECEDENTED CRITICAL ACLAIM BUT SO TOO DID THE ALBUM COVER... DESIGNED BY PETER BLAKE THE ALBUM COVER IS NOW THE MOST FAMOUS COVER IN THE WORLD AND THE MOST IMITATED. THE IDEA OF SHOWING A HOST OF CELEBRITIES BOTH LIVING AND DEAD ON THE FRONT COVER WAS ORIGINALLY A SUGGESTION FROM PAUL. "SGT PEPPERS" WAS THE FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND ALSO THE FIRST TO HAVE THE LYRICS PRINTED ON THE SLEEVE (THS WAS UNHEARD OF AT THE TIME AND CAUSED MANY PUBLISHING DIFFICULTIES) IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO INCLUDE A COLOURED INNER, UP TILL THEN INNERS WHERE EITHER BORING PLAIN WHITE OR BLACK.

THE ALBUM RECEIVED FOUR GRAMMY AWARDS IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF RELEASE AND STILL SELLS WELL TODAY IN CD FORM.

IN 1969 EMI INTRODUCED A NEW LABEL DESIGN, THE BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS WHERE CHANGED TO A NEW BLACK AND SILVER VERSION WHICH FEATURED A "BOXED" EMI LOGO TO THE BOTTOM. ALL THE PREVIOUS PARLOPHONE ALBUMS WHERE RELEASED ON THIS NEW LABEL AND MOST IN STEREO ONLY, (JUST THREE IN MONO)  SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE LABEL CHANGED AGAIN TO A DESIGN WHICH FEATURED TWO "BOXED" EMI LOGO'S.

PCS 7027

YEX.637/8-1-1

STAMPERS  GMG  2    GLM  4

THE BLACK AND SILVER ONE BOXED EMI PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION. ONLY CLOSE AND CAREFULL INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT IS IT POSSIBLE TO DETECT NO MORE THAN TWO VERY LIGHT SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS ARE OTHERWISE  PRISTINE AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS, FADING OR RUBBING.... ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT AND LABELS STILL DISPLAY THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO STUNNING AND IS NEAR MINT, THIS HAS CLEARLY ONLY RECEIVED A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF CAREFUL PLAYS, THE VINYL IS SIMPLY SUPERB . IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS TO BE MINT AND ONLY CAREFUL EXAMINATION REVEALS JUST THE ODD LIGHT HANDLING SURFACE MARK.THIS FABULOUS VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH A DEEP GLOSSY SURFACE AND HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING OR OTHER BLEMISHES WHATSOEVER.  

ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A  FLAWLESS CRISP STEREO AUDIO.THE VINYL OTHERWISE PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH AN UNINTERRUPTED CLARITY,  THIS WAS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO!!! 

THE ORIGINAL ADVERTISING INNER IS SUPERB . IT IS INTACT WITH JUST VERY VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING AND BUT NOT THE USUAL EXPECTED CREASING FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE , THE INNER IS STILL VERY CRISP AND SSTILL VERY VERY CLEAN. 

THE ORIGINAL CUT OUTS ARE MINT AND UNUSED AND AS NEW.

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE STEREO ONLY SLEEVE  IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE.THE FRONT WHICH REATINS ITS DEEP GLOSS  DISPLAYS SOME TINY "THUMBNAIL" CREASES AND THE ODD EDGE WRINKLE BUT THESE ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT, THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST VERY MINOR AND MILD CORNER BUMPS. THE REAR AGAIN RETAINS ITS DEEP GLOSS AND HAS SIMILAR LIGHT CREASES AS THE FRONT  . THE INNER IS UNMARKED AND THE INNER SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT. THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT WITH A HINT OF HANDLING VISIBLE. THE SPINE  IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID WITH NO WEAR  EVIDENT  AND HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY. THIS FABUOLUS SLEEVE IS OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY WRITING AND IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN.

OVERALL A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK EMI ONE BOX VERSION OF "SGT PEPPER...."