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

ULTRA-RARE LATE 1968 MONAURAL PRESSING
WITHOUT "A DAY IN THE LIFE" TRACK LISTING ON SIDE 2 LABEL

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

ITEM#: PAR339
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 ULTRA- RARE LATE 1968 SECOND MONAURAL PRESSING OF "sgt. pepper" .  THE DISC HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K.", BUT OMITS THE TRACK LISTING OF "A DAY IN THE LIFE" ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL, SO THAT THE FINAL TRACK LISTED IS "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (REPRISE)".

THE DISC HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K...."  TEXT.  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 INDICATIVE OF A SECOND PRESSING: 3C / MMM AND 9 / MMM.

HOUSED IN the EARLY-TYPE FULLY LAMINATED, INNER-FLIPOVER 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE ltd." PRINTED MONO gatefold COVER.  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. 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 PERFECTLY WORDED/LAMINATED.

THIS SET IS COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL NEAR MINT INNER DUST SLEEVES THAT ACCOMPANIED THE ALBUM - THE FIRST ISSUE 1967 RED AND WHITE NUANCE DESIGN SLEEVE AND THE 1968 WHITE "MADE IN ENGLAND" SLEEVE. ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL UNUSED CUT-OUT SHEET.