The Beatles, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 PMC 7027
,1963 PMC 1202
Parlephone Gold & Black label
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album
. Released on 26 May 1967, it spent 27 weeks at number one on the Record Retailer chart in the United Kingdom and 15 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the United States. It was lauded by critics for its innovations in songwriting, production and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture. Its release was a defining moment in 1960s pop culture, heralding the Summer of Love, while the album's reception achieved full cultural legitimisation for pop music and recognition for the medium as a genuine art form.
At the end of August 1966, the Beatles permanently retired from touring and pursued individual interests for the next three months. During a return flight to London in November, Paul McCartney had an idea for a song involving an Edwardian military band that formed the impetus of the Sgt. Pepper concept. Sessions began on 24 November at EMI Studios with compositions inspired by the Beatles' youth, but after pressure from EMI, the songs "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" were released as a double A-side single in February 1967 and left off the LP.
 
VG+ Vinyl Condition
G Sleeve condition - much loved & spine is well work
 
PLEASE NOTE that no record is perfect, please read the below carefully and know that most records have slight crackles but nothing that overpowers the music.