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The Beatles - Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club.

ORIGINAL UK 1st PRESS - 1967

MONO

Yellow & Black Parlophone label.

1st press matrix  -1 / -1

Early mother stampers

KT  TAX stamps

Green Peter Blake Cutouts

PATENTS PENDING gatefold

Serial number: PMC 7027

VERY EARLY Matrix numbers...

Side 1 = XEX 637-1

Side 2 = XEX 638-1

EARLY 1st Mother & stampers codes

Side 1 = 2 HO

Side 2 = 4 OL

Background...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967,[nb 1] Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the roles of sound composition, extended form, psychedelic imagery, record sleeves, and the producer in popular music. The album had an immediate cross-generational impact and was associated with numerous touchstones of the era's youth culture, such as fashion, drugs, mysticism, and a sense of optimism and empowerment. Critics lauded the album for its innovations in songwriting, production and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture.

The vinyl has a glossy sheen in appearance and  sits flat to the surface. Nice labels and spindle holes.  There are a couple of light insignificant non-feelable surface lines and one small score. Spindle trails can be seen at an angle.

The green Peter Blake cutouts are great as seem to have been kept inside the gatefold. Has some age discolouration.

The outer GATEFOLD cover is also good for age with no splits or tears. Has dirt, age discolouration/wear to the corners/edges/spine as to be expected for an item of this age, and some crinkles to the outer protective film. Shows the saught AFTER "PATENTS PENDING".

OVERALL A NICE ORIGINAL PIECE TO ADD TO YOUR MUSICAL COLLECTION!!!

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