THE BEATLES:"SGT.PEPPER".1967 UK MONO+FOURTH PROOF+PATENTS PENDING COVER+INNER

	£		51
	$		68

ATTENTION THE BEATLES COLLECTORS! 

HERE'S AN ESSENTIAL 1967 BEATLES ALBUM: "SGT.PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"-CONSIDERED BY MOST FANS AS ONE OF THE BAND'S BEST ALBUMS AND THIS ONE HAS THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF ONE OF THE RAREST COVERS KNOWN TO EXIST ESPECIALLY AS IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC! PLEASE SEE MY 2ND AND 3RD PHOTOS TO SEE THE PRINTING THAT STATES "FOURTH PROOF" AND A REFERENCE NUMBER "AR D1321". THERE ARE TWO VARIATIONS OF THIS PROOF COVER AND THIS IS THE MUCH HARDER ONE TO LOCATE. MOST OF THE FEW COPIES THAT SURVIVE HAVE THE "FOURTH PROOF" WORDING JUST ABOVE GEORGE HARRISON'S HEAD BUT THIS ONE HAS THE "FOURTH PROOF" WORDING MUCH CLOSER TO THE EDGE RESULTING IN THE "AR D1321" BEING VISIBLE!

JUST TO EXPLAIN THIS IMPORTANT COVER-THERE WERE SEVERAL VARIATIONS IN THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BAND THEMSELVES MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT BEFORE THE MAIN FACTORY PRODUCTION.THIS ONE,THE FOURTH PROOF WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ACCEPTED! THERE IS ALSO THE "PATENTS PENDING" CREDIT ON THE BACK WHICH WOULD ONLY BE ON THE EARLIEST BATCHES EVER PRINTED!

THIS FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER HAS A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES,A LITTLE FAINT RING WEAR AND A LITTLE EDGE WEAR BUT NO WRITING,RIPS,REPAIRS OR STAINING.

THE RED/WHITE"FLAME"INNER SLEEVE ALSO HAS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE"PATENTS APPLIED FOR" CREDIT WHICH IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION WITH NO SPLITS(MOST DO!),NO RIPS,NO STAINING,NO WRITING,NO REPAIRS ETC ETC!  THE ORIGINAL CUT OUT HAS CLEARLY REMAINED INSIDE THE COVER FOR MOST OF THE LAST 47 YEARS WITH NO CREASES,NO WRITING,NO STAINING,NO RIPS,NO REPAIRS etc. MUCH DARKER THAN LATER REPRINTS!

THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL EMI LPs ADVERT INNER PRINTED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF THIS LPs DEBUT THAT INCLUDES "SGT.PEPPER" AND THIS HAS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" WORDING NOT ON LATER ONES!

LET'S MOVE ONTO THE RECORD ITSELF!

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL UK PRESSING ON THE 1967 PARLOPHONE YELLOW/BLACK LABEL DESIGN. PMC 7027 WITH THE FOLLOWING MATRIXES:

SIDE ONE XEX 637-1 AT 5"0"CLOCK,R H M AT 2"0"CLOCK AND 6 AT 8"0"CLOCK.

SIDE TWO XEX 638-1 AT 5"0"CLOCK,R G P AT 2"0"CLOCK AND 8 AT 8"0"CLOCK WITH TWO NUMBERS OR LETTERS SCRATCHED OUT BY THE DISC CUTTER AT THE FACTORY!.

THERE IS THE RAISED PRINT K T TAX CODE ON THE SIDE TWO LABEL AND NATURALLY THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "SOLD IN THE UK TEXT" AND THE "GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD" RIM TEXT.      THERE IS A TINY TEAR ON THE SIDE ONE LABEL BUT NO WRITING OR FADING.HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR+THE GRAMOPHONE CO.RIM TEXT.

  THE VINYL IS MUCH THICKER THAN LATER REPRESSES. THE RECORD HAS SOME VERY LIGHT HAIRLINE TYPE SURFACE MARKS,THE COVER REMOVAL TYPE VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT. NOT NASTY BIG SCUFFS OR DEEP SCRATCHES! 

 THERE IS SOME SLIGHT SURFACE NOISE HERE AND THERE ON THE QUIETER TRACKS AND A FEW ISOLATED "POPS" BUT NO NASTY CLICKS,NO STICKS OR JUMPS!

THE RECORD IS VERY STRICTLY GRADED AS NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION.MOST DEALERS WOULD HAPPILY STATE EXCELLENT BUT CHECK OUT MY FEEDBACK ON MANY RARE BEATLES RECORDS TO SEE JUST HOW STRICT AND HONEST I AM TO ENSURE CONFIDENT BIDDING!

I ALWAYS PLAY THROUGH MY EBAY ITEMS TO CHECK CAREFULLY FOR ANY FAULTS.

EASILY THE RAREST COVER I HAVE EVER SEEN OF THIS LP-PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES ON EBAY FOR YEARS AND OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE A STUNNING NEAR MINT LP,YOU MAY DECIDE TO MIX AND MATCH YOUR COVER! 

A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT! 

MY LOW AND REALISTIC STARTING PRICE OF £25 WOULD BE SNAPPED UP AT MOST RECORD COLLECTORS SHOPS OR AT RECORD FAIRS!

POSTAGE COSTS AS FOLLOWS:

UK £7 INCLUDING 1ST CLASS SPECIAL DELIVERY.

INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR EUROPE £12

INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR REST OF THE WORLD £22.

The vast majority of copies sold of this CLASSIC album were often played on poor equipment,in many cases taken to parties or played in smokey clubs,not well cared for with no long term investment in mind!   

An ideal opportunity to add a superb album IN NICE CONDITION IN IT'S RAREST KNOWN COVER DESIGN to your collection that is bound to rise in value,especially in this condition!

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SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE RATES FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.

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I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

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