Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1976 UK Parlophone label 13-track Stereo LP

Scarce 1976 UK Parlophone label stereo LP pressing of The Beatles' 1967 psychedelic masterpiece.

Vinyl has the generic siver printed black 'two boxed EMI logos' company labels with company logos and name printed in white.

Vinyl is held in an era specific company inner sleeve and 'Care Of Your Record' and 'Important Notice' boxes - complete with intact cut-out sheet - fully laminated gatefold picture sleeve.

For those into the machine stamped matrix information:

Side 1: YEX637-2, mother/stamper 3 & 4     LD
Side 2: YEX637-3, mother/stamper 3           AL 
a record pressed at the Heyes, UK, based EMI pressing facility - the 3rd mastering, the third mother, relatively early to early stampers - 80th for Side 1, 28th for Side 2. 

Condition: VG++ (Vinyl and Labels)/M- (Insert)/VG++ (Cover):
Vinyl is superbly shiny and has almost no signs of play or handling - perfect labels - overall easily a near mint record.
Cut out sheet is mint - cover has hardly any signs of handling - extremely close to mint.

Tracklisting :

Side 1:
1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. 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

Side 2:
1. Within You Without You
2. When I'm Sixty-Four
3. Lovely Rita
4. Good Morning, Good Morning
5. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
6. A Day In The Life

All songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except Within You Without You by George Harrison.

Recorded 6 December 1966 – 21 April 1967 at EMI and Regent Sound, London
Pressed at EMI Records, Factory, 1-3 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middlesex UB4 0SY, UK
Sleeve is printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd., UK

Credits:

The Beatles:
John Lennon - lead, harmony and background vocals| lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars| piano and Hammond organ| harmonica, tape loops, sound effects and comb and tissue paper| handclaps, vocal percussion, tambourine and maracas
Paul McCartney - lead, harmony and background vocals| lead and bass guitars| piano, Lowrey and Hammond organs| handclaps| vocalizations, tape loops, sound effects and comb and tissue paper
George Harrison - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars| sitar and tambura| lead, harmony and background vocals| harmonica and comb and tissue paper| handclaps and maracas
Ringo Starr - drums, congas, tambourine, maracas, handclaps and tubular bells| lead vocals| harmonica| final piano E chord

Additional musicians:
Neil Aspinall - tamboura and harmonica
Mal Evans - counting, alarm clock and final piano E chord
Matthew Deyell - tambourine
George Martin - harpsichord (on "Fixing a Hole"), harmonium, Lowrey organ and glockenspiel (on "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"), Hammond organ (on "With a Little Help from My Friends"), and piano (on "Getting Better" and the solo in "Lovely Rita")| final harmonium chord.

Session musicians:
Neil Sanders, James W. Buck, John Burden, Tony Randall - Four French horns (on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band") arranged and conducted by Martin and McCartney
String section and harp (on "She's Leaving Home") arranged by Mike Leander and conducted by Martin.
Harmonium, tabla, sitar, dilruba, eight violins and four cellos (on "Within You, Without You"), arranged and conducted by Harrison and Martin.
Clarinet trio (on "When I'm Sixty Four"), as arranged and conducted by Martin and McCartney
Saxophone sextet (on "Good Morning, Good Morning"), arranged and conducted by Martin and Lennon
Forty-piece orchestra (strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion) (on "A Day in the Life"), arranged by Martin, Lennon and McCartney and conducted by Martin and McCartney

Technical credits:
Geoff Emerick - recording and mixing engineer| tape loops and sound effects
George Martin - production and mixer| tape loops and sound effects

Artwork:
Peter Blake and Jann Haworth - Cover design
Paul McCartney - Cover Concept
Robert Fraser - art-direction
Michael Cooper - photography