Album: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [UK mono]
Year of Release: 1967
Country: UK
Label: Parlophone
Catalogue number: PMC 7027
Matrix codes: XEX 637-1 // XEX 638-1
[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
Total running time: 39:27
[Review]
Here is a transfer from my UK mono copy of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (the umpteenth transfer available of this album). This is a first pressing (without "patents pending" on the outer sleeve), so that anyone can compare the "real deal" to the mono reissue.
"Released on 1st June, 1967, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the band's eighth album became the soundtrack to the summer of love but its appeal is timeless. Work had begun on the recording in late 1966. In the Britain the album hit number #1 and between June, 1967 and February, 1968 spent a total of 27 weeks at the top during an initial chart run of 148 weeks. All of this, in spite of a BBC ban on 'A Day In The Life'. In the US, the album was released in exactly same way as in Britain... well almost. The high-pitched tone and the garbled speech embedded in the UK run-out groove did not appear on the American release. The album enjoyed a fifteen week stay at the top of the US Top 200 albums during its initial chart run of 88 weeks." (from thebeatles.com)
"You've never really heard 'Sgt Pepper' until you've heard it in mono." (George Martin)
This rip was made a few years ago, I thought I'd "refresh" it, moving it higher in my feed, as it's my most popular rip ever.
[Equipment: Phase 2]
Turntable: Pro-Ject 1-Xpression III w/Speed Box II
Cartridge: Audio-Technica AT440mLa
Integrated Amplifier: Denon PMA-700AE
Soundcard: Creative E-MU 0202
7 comments:
Sounds great, thanks!
it sounds warm and well balanced, thank you
Once again, thanks. I already had the 16/44, and I'm getting the 24/96 for the future :)
Very nice, and welcome back. :0)
The best mono Sgt in my opinion, the most faithful of all rips I've heard, since many of then used other sources instead of the original 1967 UK vinyl.
Huge thanks, McCannon!
The world misses McCannon, please, come back!
Can you please tell me where the link is? I can't find it.
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