BEATLES "SGT PEPPER..." UK 1ST PRESS MONO FOURTH PROOF

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                                                                                  BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS"

                                                         RARE 1ST ISSUE "FOURTH PROOF" SLEEVE

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.

OFFERED FOR SALE IS THIS ORIGINAL UK MONO 1ST ISSUE WHICH OFFERS TRULY STUNNING LABELS AND VINYL, FLAWLESS AND MINT AUDIO, CORRECT INNER AND INSERT AND HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING HOUSED IN A VERY MUCH SOUGHT- AFTER MONO ONLY "FOURTH PROOF" 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE.

PMC 7027

XEX.637/8-1-1

STAMPERS   ADO 2   RHA  3

KT TAX CODE EMBOSSED TO SIDE TWO CENTRE HOLE 

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION.  CLOSE INPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT JUST LIGHT SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS ARE 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, DESPITE BEEN PLAYED THE VINYL IS SIMPLY REMARKABLE. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL APPEARS TO BE MINT AND ONLY CAREFUL EXAMINATION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARK BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING OFFENSIVE.THE VINYL IS COMPLETEY FREE FROM ANY OTHER BLEMISHES OR IMPERFECTIONS AND LIES PERFECTLY FLAT .  

ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A FLAWLESS CRISP MONO AUDIO.THERE IS NO CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVES ARE SILENT. THIS VINYL PLAYS THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH AN UNINTERRUPTED CLARITY, EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS APPEAR FREE FROM ANY DISTORTION. THIS WAS A TRUE PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO!!! 

 THE ORIGINAL RED & WHITE INNER IS SUPERB . IT IS COMPLETELY INTACT WITH LITTLE SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING. THE INNER IS STILL VERY CRISP AND ALL THE COLOURS ARE STILL VIVID WITH NO FADING . 

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

THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FIRST ISSUE MONO ONLY, FOURTH PROOF SLEEVE  IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. THE FRONT SHOWS TWO LIGHT CREASES AND TINY EDGE WRINKLES ARE VISIBLE BUT THESE ARE NOT SEVERE. THERE ARE SOME CORNER BUMPS VISIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH A HINT OF HANDLING EVIDENT. THE REAR IS SUPERB WITH JUST ONE OR TWO EDGE WRINKLES BUT NO CREASES AND NO WEAR. THE INNER IS VERY CLEAN WITH BOTH FLIPBACK INTACT AND THE "FOURTH PROOF" LETTERING IS PERFECT AND AS PRINTED.THE SPINE  IS STILL  RIGID WITH SOME WEAR AND SOME FADING TO TEH TEXT BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED IN ANY WAY. THE SLEEVE IS STILL BRIGHT AND GLOSSY AND STILL RETAINS THAT AS NEW "CRACKING" SOUND WHEN OPENED.  

OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK  MONO FIRST PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND SOUGHT-AFTER 1ST ISSUE "FOURTH PROOF"  SLEEVE 
 

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