THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper LP Capitol MAS-2653 mono No Nems, Error Label inserts
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Description
ARTIST - The Beatles
TITLE - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
LABEL -Capitol
CATALOG NO -MAS-2653
RECORD GRADING - VG
COVER GRADING - VG
The cover has some moderate to heavy age and shelf wear, but no splits. Original inner psych sleeve is intact without splits. Original cut out sleeve in excellent condition.
Side One has some mild crackling. The vinyl has high gloss. Plays pretty strong overall, the music seems to overpower any imperfections. But you can hear the crackles.
Side Two has heavy spindle wear. Some mild scratches. It looks worse than Side One but it actually plays pretty well with some mild clicking in spots.
True first U.S. mono pressing. Does not have a reference to Nems on the back cover. Has the error of A Little Help From My Friends on the Side One label. The dead wax does not appear to have an identifiable pressing plant mark, although in a strong light I thought I saw the Jacksonville "O" but it was so faded I was not sure.
Side One dead wax: MAS-1 2653 G7 Side Two dead wax: MAS-X-2653 F8 #5
The "3" after the 265 for Side Two was hard to read, I think that's what it was.
There are some sounds I don't recall hearing before in other mixes. It is my first time of hearing this particular mix, and it was quite revealing. The end of Good Morning, Good Morning flowing into the Sgt Pepper reprise had a different guitar sound. The end of the reprise I heard Paul McCartney's voice singing something I could not make out. There were a few other areas during the playback where I stopped and said out loud "I don't think I've ever heard that before." Cool album!
thanks for looking.
Shipping:
Combined Shipping: I can combine shipping! Many times it means I can ship up to 3 LP's U.S. for the same cost as one, and possibly more 45's.
International bidders - Combined shipping will be only based on weight, so I will need to know how many items are bought before sending invoice.
International Shipping: I ship using e-Bay’s International Standard Delivery. This sends the item to a shipping center in the U.S. and they send it off from there.
If you would like to change the shipping preference please let me know.
And as always, I do not change values on customs labels. Thank you.
VJ'S VINYL GRADING SYSTEM:
(based on Goldmine)
Mint - never used, once a record is opened, the top you can get is mint minus.
Mint Minus - A great record, one or two fine hairline scuffs, sounds flawless. A mint minus record can "play" mint. Covers are new looking, may have shrink.
Excellent - Can have faint hairline scuffs that do no affect play. Can have very minor infrequent crackling. Minor bumps in the cover.
VG+ - Scuffs can be more prevalent, with a little more surface noise. If it visually has more scuffs but plays great, I will note that. Still, a very fine and playable copy. Covers have minor age and shelf wear.
VG - Can have lots of hairline scuffs, and maybe one or two scratches. Surface noise more prevalent with some popping in spots. Covers have more extensive age and shelf wear. Minor splits.
VG minus - More in the way of scratches and surface noise is NOT infrequent. Still, a viable copy. Covers may have splits.
G+ - only reserved for a very rare or popular record. Very noisy, maybe some skips, scratches are evident. Covers are trashed.
STILL SEALED - I will grade the vinyl as "still sealed." That means it's probably mint minus because I do not know if there was any factory defects.
Hairline scuffs - light yet visible. Cannot be felt with the skin of your finger.
(I cannot fathom feeling it with your fingernail as described in Goldmine...why would you do that?)
Scratches - Can be felt.
If I am on the fence between grades, I will go with the lower one.
I will not use VG++ etc., but will say that a record is a "strong" VG+.
Age wear - on a cover is either fading or yellowing.
Shelf wear - is ring wear, corner bumps, or fraying.
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