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Sgt. Pepper's - '4th Proof' - VG

THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Extremely Rare earliest variant of the 1967 UK first pressing 13-track MONO vinyl LP with 'Gramophone Co' & 'Sold In The UK' label credits, complete with intact sheet of cut-outs & psychedelic'flame' inner, this is the incredibly rare, highly coveted 'Fourth Proof' fully laminated internal flipback gatefold picture sleeve edition with 'patents pending' credit on the back along with the all important 'fourth proof' text on the topflipback inside PMC7027)
See 'more info' for further details on the condition of this exciting rarity!...

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1967 - 57 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Parlophone
Complete Stock List Go to The Beatles or visit our The Beatles collectors store
Product Catalogue No PMC7027
Music Genre 60s Rock, POP, Apple label, 60s Beat, 60s Pop
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

More Information & Condition

The Vinyl

The original labels on this classic album are matt black with Parlophone in bright yellow lettering & all other text in silver print. The perimeter text states 'The Gramophone Co Ltd' with 'Sold In The UK Subject To Resale' across the centre of the labels. There are some spindle marks around the centre hole to show play & there is no writing or label tears.

The matrix numbers are XEX 637-1 on side one and XEX 638-1 on side two.

The vinyl is clean & grades VG. Playback is exceptional given this is the original mono pressing with the trusty -1 matrices in the run-outs. There are some light surface hairlines both sides but thanks to the quality sixties pressing, these are rendered mostly inaudible, although a certain level of light surface noise & the odd pop or click may be heard on occasion. This is a great opportunity to get a highly respectable copy of this super rare 4th Proof variant version of the LP without having to pay a MUCH higher price for an archive copy!

The Sleeve

The 'Fourth Proof' sleeve is one of the first copies of Sgt. Pepper to have run off of the presses at EMI as just a very small number were made up for final review by the Beatles prior to full scale printing. However, EMI were notorious for watching every penny (even with Beatles releases) so these sleeves
were put back into stock & used with the regular sleeves on the first part of the initial run.
Figures vary, but range from a very small fifty or so to a thousand. Our estimate would be from one to a few hundred, based on an economical quantity to print of sufficient size that they were then passed to the production stage rather than being destroyed. The total number of copies we have found of a 'fourth proof' in all our years trading could still be counted on one hand.

The cutouts insert shows a little wear along the top edge but is free of any rips or tears.

The original 'flame' inner is in Excellent condition just a little wear around the edges.

The fully laminated Garrod & Lofthouse gatefold sleeve grades Very Good.
There is some wear to the spine with minor corner scuffing.

The laminate is clean & the colours remain rich & vivid. This highly prized version of the sleeve has the mega rare 'Patents Pending' text on the back, bottom right & the 'Fourth Proof' text on the internal flipback is bright & clear in the right corner along with 'AR' & 'D1321' printed upside down on the left. This was not intended to have been made into a production sleeve & is now very sought after, the main selling point here. We are unlikely to find another one of these any time soon!

Tracklisting
1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life


LP RECORD  
Recording Artist The Beatles
Product Title Sgt. Pepper's - '4th Proof' - VG
Product Information The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's - '4th Proof' - VG UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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