THE BEATLES:"SGT.PEPPER".1967 PARLOPHONE MONO+"FOURTH PROOF" COVER+INNER+INSERT

	£		150
	$		198

ATTENTION THE BEATLES AND 1960s BEAT/PSYCHEDELIC GROUP ALBUMS COLLECTORS!  HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1967 MONO 1ST UK PRESSING OF THE ESSENTIAL BEATLES ALBUM:"SGT.PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" WITH AN EXTREMELY SPECIAL AND RARE COVER THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE REACHED THE SHOPS AS IT HAS THE PRINTED TEXT "FOURTH PROOF" AND CODE "AR D 13217" INSIDE! PLEASE SE THE PHOTOS TO SHOW THIS TEXT! THIS VERY RARE COVER WAS MADE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BEATLES AND EMI MANAGEMENT BEFORE PRINTING PRODUCTION WAS STARTED FOR THE COPIES SENT TO THE SHOPS WITH THE COLOURS AND LAY OUT EXACTLY AS THE BEATLES WANTED! VIRTUALLY ALL OF THESE PROOF COVERS WERE DESTROYED OR WERE KEPT BY EMI STAFF AND VERY HARD TO FIND ONE AS GOOD AS THIS ONE! 100% COMPLETE AS IT INCLUDES THE USUALLY MISSING INSERT WHICH MOST CUT OUT THE CONTENTS! THIS ONE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE THE COVER FOR 50+ YEARS! 

THE RECORD ITSELF IS ONE OF THE FIRST EVER MADE ON THE EMI PRESSED PARLOPHONE YELLOW/BLACK LABELS:PMC 7027 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE XEX 637-1/XEX 638-1 MATRIXES AND THE RAISED PRINT K T TAX CODE ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL. HOUSED IN THE USUALLY MISSING AND CORRECT RED/WHITE "FLAME DESIGN" CURVED EDGES INNER SLEEVE WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" TEXT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRINTED WITH NO SPLITS,WRITING OR RIPS AS WELL AS THE FULLY LAMINATED+FLIPBACK(INSIDE) GATEFOLD COVER HAS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "PATENTS PENDING" TEXT AND A THICK SPINE WITH EASY TO READ DETAILS-MUCH THICKER THAN LATER REPRINTS!. I AM ALSO INCLUDING AN EMI LPs ADVERT INNER SLEEVE WITH VARIOUS 1966/7 LPs INCLUDING THE BEATLES "REVOLVER" AND "OLDIES" LP WHICH HAS THE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" TEXT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED FOR THIS EDITION OF THIS INNER WHICH IS NOW OVER 50 YEARS OLD!  PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS FOR THE TRACKS ON THIS LP PRESSED ON HIGH QUALITY,THICK VINYL!  LOCATING A REALLY NICE ORIGINAL 1967 MONO EDITION WITH THE "FOURTH PROOF" COVER IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AS THE MAJORITY OF COPIES SOLD WERE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON HEAVY PICK UPS-CAUSING MAJOR DISTORTION AND GENERAL WEAR. THIS COPY HAS GLEAMING SURFACES WITH SOME LIGHT,WISPY SURFACE,HAIRLINE MARKS VISIBLE. THERE ARE A FEW ISOLATED FAINT "POPS" AND A LITTLE FAINT SURFACE NOISE HERE AND THERE BUT NO LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS.LOVELY CLEAR SOUND WITH LOTS OF BASS! VERY SERIOUSLY AND STRICTLY GRADED AS EXCELLENT CONDITION! HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR. CLEAN LABELS WITH NO STAINING,WRITING,RIPS OR DEFACEMENT!  THE COVER HAS A LITTLE RING WEAR STAINING AT THE BACK EDGES AND A FEW CREASES BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS AND STILL VERY PRESENTABLE INDEED.  PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS! NOTHING TO HIDE! NO SMOKEY OR DAMP SMELL! A LOW,REALISTIC £50 STARTING PRICE FOR THIS LP WITH THE MEGA-RARE PROOF COVER,CUT OUT INSERT AND SPECIAL INNER.   MORE GREAT LPs FROM ME ON EBAY. PERSONAL COLLECTION FROM MY SHOP IN NORWICH IS WELCOME AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK FOR SIMILAR RECORDS SOLD FOR TOTAL CONFIDENCE!

SPECIAL DELIVERY UK £8,INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR EUROPE £14 REST OF THE WORLD £22.

Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many  collectors and given my experience, I am aware of the titles that are GENUINE RARE ITEMS.

Now of course for those who are"chained"to the record collector price guide books,for whom I am one of the main consultants, the prices are still a SUGGESTION and as we all know ACTUAL prices SOLD can vary.

The sellers on ebay who continually put"listed"or "list price"on everything should be aware of this!!!!     

This is my honest grading!!!

Please see my listening policy below. 

I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

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