One of the top sound engineers in Australia, Don first heard Sgt. Pepper’s…. upon its release in 1967, and decided then and there to enter the music business. As a result,, he eventually came to master what many consider the “holy grail” of audiophile Beatles records: the “Audio-5 Sgt. Pepper’s”.
Self-Portrait and Mr & Mrs Lennon's Honeymoon by John Lennon and Yoko Ono are premièred in London. The Beatles' sixth UK album and 11th US long-player, Rubber Soul showed the group maturing, exploring different styles of songwriting and instrumentation, and pushing studio boundaries.
THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Extremely Rare 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 & red/pink psychedelicinner, this is the incredibly rare, highly coveted 'Fourth Proof' fully laminated internal flipback gatefold picture sleeve edition with 'patents pending
The Beatles/Vinyl/MFSL/Sgt. Pepper/Japan Pressing. $169.00. Free shipping. or Best Offer. SPONSORED. The Beatles First Pressing; The Beatles Second Album;
This is significant as the red vinyl Barnett edition used a unique Abbey Road 1:1 copy of the Sgt. Pepper master tape. That particular tape had been specially requested by EMI Australia executives a few years prior, for the creation of the rare Audio-5 Sgt. Pepper LP, which was mastered by Don Bartley.
The pressing quality, as always with these “Supercuts”, is perfection, while the quality of the artwork is on par any of the U.K. 70’s pressings of the album (this version replicates the “Parlophone/EMI 2 Box” labels, but no “Fools” inner included I’m afraid).
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