~ The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band UK 1st Press Vinyl LP ~
This is a UK 1st pressing of The Beatles 8th Studio Album Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, it features a Garrod & Lofthouse fully laminated one-piece gatefold cover with flipback glue tabs at the top of the inner spread. A red half-tone print on a white 'psychedelic' inner sleeve. A cut-out card insert (full-color, single-sided. Printed signatures of Peter Blake / Jann Haworth at foot). Black and yellow Parlophone logo labels with silver text. "The Gramophone Co." in the radial text and "Sold in U.K. Subject To Resale Price Conditions, See Price Lists" across labels at the center, with "Made in Gt. Britain" at foot. This is the narrow spine edition of the 1st press.
- Matrix / Runout (A-side label matrix): XEX 637-1
- Matrix / Runout (B-side label matrix): XEX 638-1
The sleeve is in VG+ condition, there is creasing to the cover on both the front and back of the jacket. There is a slight 1cm tear to the front cover (top right-hand side), the rear jacket has a short 1-inch tear to the cover over the lyrics (top left-hand corner). The spine is quite worn and perhaps a little faded, the corners of the jacket spine side are a bit worn too. Please refer to the pictures for further condition of the jacket. The vinyl however is in Ex+ condition, it presents very cleanly, there are light surface marks to the record and no deep scratches. It has not been play-tested but it looks to be a strong clean copy. The cut-out card is in excellent shape with a slight crease to the bottom right-hand corner. The inner sleeve is in good shape with creasing typical to the age of the record, tears at the bottom and side of the inner. A good overall copy of this original pressing.
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