"SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"
PARLOPHONE PMC 7027, MONO
RELEASED 6/1/67

EXTREMELY RARE VERY FIRST INITIAL MONAURAL PRESSING
WITH 'WIDE SPINE' COVER ISSUE

COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE DESIGN INNER-SLEEVE
AND UNUSED CUT-OUT SHEET

ITEM#: PAR316
PRICE: ------

the beatles' masterwork and classic "sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band" was released in the u.k. on june 1, 1967 and made its debut in record retailer on june 1 at number eight before moving one week later to the top spot, a position it held for 27 out of 35 weeks from june 1967 through february 1968.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE EXTREMELY RARE VERY FIRST INITIAL MONAURAL PRESSING OF "sgt. pepper" HOUSED IN the EARLY-TYPE FULLY LAMINATED, INNER-FLIPOVER 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE ltd." PRINTED MONO gatefold COVER, indicated and featured by the rarer 9MM SQUARE / "WIDE" SPINE. the glorious near mint cover is A WORTHY ACCOMPANIMENT FOR its DISC WITH VIBRANT, HIGH-GLOSS OUTER PANELS FREE FROM ANY 'THUMBNAIL' WRINKLES' OR CREASING. APART FORM A HINT OF WEAR TO THE UPPER LEFT CORNER, ALL ARE SQUARE AND UN-BUMPED AND ALL OPENING EDGES ARE SHARP AND UNWORN. BOTH PANELS INSIDE THE GATEFOLD ARE PERFECT WITH NO MISSING PAPER TO THE FLIP-OVER EDGES. ALL SEAMS ARE FULLY INTACT AND THE SPINE IS UNBENT AND PERFECTLY WORDED/LAMINATED.

THIS ORIGINAL INITIAL MONO PRESSING HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K.". THE VINYL ON THIS EXAMPLE IS A GLORIOUS NEAR MINT SHOWING CLEAN, DEEP-GLOSS PLAYING SURFACES WHICH ARE UNMARKED IN STRONG DAYLIGHT AND BEAR ONLY SOME HARMLESS WISPY HAIRLINES BENEATH HALOGEN LIGHT, ALL CONSISTENT WITH THE FEW CAREFUL PLAYS THIS COPY HAS RECEIVED. THE NEAR MINT LOVELY LABELS ARE A FINE BRIGHT SET WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF LIGHT SPINDLE TRAILS AROUND EACH UNWORN CENTER HOLE. THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE: "XEX 637-1" AND "XEX 638-1". THE STAMPER CODES ARE: 4/MM AND 2/M.

THIS SET IS COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL NEAR MINT RED AND WHITE NUANCE DESIGN INNER DUST SLEEVE AND MINT UNUSED CUT-OUT SHEET.