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date: 03-12-2006
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The gatefold jacket is the laminated Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. printing and provides excellent detail resolution when compared to later pressings of the same LP. I'm rating the gatefold jacket to be in VG condition with dog-eared corners and a slightly ratty but intact spine. The spine is "mostly" readable and there are no seam splits.
The cut-out sheet is near mint having been stored in the front slip of
the gatefold and apparently handled very little over the past 39 years
or so.
Labels: Yellow on Black
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Side one:
Matrix: YEX 637-1 (1st lacquer)
Mother: 4
stamper: A M ( # 34)
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Side two matrix codes:
Matrix: YEX 638-1 (1st lacquer)
Mother: 4
Stamper: A L ( # 38)
The vinyl plays near silently
between tracks with only soft surface noise appearing now and then. The
sound quality has great clarity of tone and depth of detail offering a
superior listen when compared to a Capitol pressing of this album that I
have. I rate the vinyl at VG++ on both sides subtracting a few points
for minor scuffing and some spindle marks to the label. Overall, a
really nice stereo Sgt. Peppers to listen to.
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above: detail close-up of back cover text.
First lacquer,
4th Mother, likely a first pressing but far from being an early one.
It's a good sounding LP.