VERY FIRST INITIAL MONO PRESSING ISSUED ON 6/2/67 RELEASE DATE
FIRST PRINTED COVER WITHOUT
"© NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD., 1967" COPYRIGHT CLAIM PRINT

CONDITION: STILL SEALED
ITEM#: LP556
PRICE: $7,500

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT BEATLES' ALBUMS TO FIND REMAINING IN ITS ORIGINAL FACTORY STILL SEALED STATE. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST INITIAL MONAURAL PRESSING OF THE BEATLES' MASTERWORK CLASSIC "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"  ISSUED ON THE JUNE 2, 1967 RELEASE DATE, WHICH IS THE VERY FIRST PRINTED MONAURAL COVER WITHOUT THE "© NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD., 1967" COPYRIGHT CLAIM PRINT ANYWHERE ON THE BACK COVER (CAP 2653.MC1, SPIZER).

THIS FIRST ISSUED COVER WAS EXTREMELY SHORT-LIVED - FOR IN MID AND LATE JUNE 1967, THE SECOND COVER WITH THE "NEMS" DISCLAIMER PRINTED AT LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK COVER, AND THE THIRD AND FINAL FIRST RUN COVERS WITH THE "NEMS" DISCLAIMER IN MICRO-PRINT ON THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE BACK COVER WERE ISSUED.

THIS STUNNING NEAR MINT EXAMPLE IS IMMACULATE.THE FRONT AND BACK COVER ARE BEAUTIFUL WITH GRAPHICS AND BOLD COLORS THAT ARE VIBRANTLY GORGEOUS. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR, SPLITS OR RECORD IMPRESSION AT ALL. THERE IS AN  EXTREMELY TIGHT SEAL FROM CORNER TO CORNER, ESPECIALLY AT MOUTH OPENING. ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP. THE BORDERS SURROUNDING THE EDGES OF THE COVER REMAIN "SNOW" WHITE ALL AROUND. THE SPINE IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. THERE ARE THREE FACTORY SHINKWRAP "BREATH HOLES" EVIDENT, ONE ON THE FRONT AND TWO ON THE BACK.

THE SEALED ALBUM IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM MOST RESPECTED AND RENOWNED BEATLES RECORDS EXPERT AND DEALER, THE LATE GARY HEIN.