Beatles - Sgt Pepper's... UK 1969 1-EMI Box *MONO* LP

	£		255
	$		338

THE BEATLES - 'SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND'

This scarce UK MONO pressing dates from the late 1969 and was one of only 3 of The Beatles album's to transfer onto the '1-EMI box' silver & black Parlophone label: PMC 7027

Both labels carry 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd..' worded rims and 'Made In Gt. Britain' text.

Matrix numbers: XEX 637-1 & XEX 638-1

Stamper codes: 6/MPR & ?/MOA

Vinyl weight: 141g

Housed in a fully laminated, inner-flipback 'Garrod & Lofthouse' printed 'Patents Pending' mono cover with a 'regular' width spine.

Complete with its original plain white 'Patents Applied For' inner-sleeve & unused cut-out sheet.

CONDITION

Disc

Labels: EXCELLENT

A clean & undamaged set with some faint spindle trails around each slightly worn centre hole, but no major faults to either.

Visual: VERY GOOD +

Both playing surfaces are clean and bright and show just one or two light, non-feelable surface marks and harmless hairlines in strong daylight, but nothing major. Closer examination directly beneath my powerful halogen desk lamp reveals numerous faint wispy paper hairlines consistent with inner-sleeve removal but no other significant blemishes or wear. Both sides of this lie 100% flat on the turntable when playing

Play: VERY GOOD +

This copy has received a moderate amount of play on good equipment and is without any significant deterioration to the sound quality or any major faults. My single play-check at volume revealed no groove/playwear on any track, just some minor background on the opening ambiance and on 'She's Leaving Home' and a few light clicks at the end of 'Good Morning, Good Morning'. Apart from these minor audible blemishes there is little else to fault.

Cover: VERY GOOD +

A clean & strong example which retains a clean & glossy front panel laminate with just a single faint 'thumbnail' towards its front opening edge. There is some bruising to the upper left corners and some shelfwear rubbing to the lower two but no significant wear to any opening edges. The inside of the gatefold is unworn & as new with no missing paper to either of the inner flaps. The rear panel just as clean as the front with just a small handful of small 'thumbnails' and a faint disc impression from storage. There is a little rubbing to the upper right corner but and slight wear to the spine but all seams of both pockets are unstressed & unsplit.

Inner-sleeve: EXCELLENT

Clean, flat & uncreased with the unavoidable faint disc impression but no writing tears or seam splits.

Cut-out sheet: NEAR MINT

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