IndiaA99 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Alright, so I'm new here, so if I'm not supposed to post this here, I'm really sorry. But anyways, I got a Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band vinyl album, and I'm having trouble identifying which press it is. There's a code on the top right of the back that reads 'PCP 7027'. It's also an LP. I've looked on Discogs, but nothing there perfectly matches up with the album cover and vinyl. It says it's printed by Garrod and Lofthouse, and the Parlophone and EMI labels are displayed on the back cover. If you open the cover there's the popular picture of all four Beatles with their Sgt. Pepper outfits in front of a yellow background. It also has a cardboard cutout sheet with Sgt. Pepper on it. The record itself has two EMI boxed labels, and is silver and black. On side one it says YEX. 637, and on side 2 it says YEX. 638. The writing around it starts with EMI Records Ltd. At the bottom, under all of the songs it says 'Northern Songs. NCB' on both sides. In the dead wax, on side 1, in counterclockwise direction, it reads YEX 637-3 CH HTM 3 On side 2, in counterclockwise direction, it reads YEX 638-3 HTM TR 3 Which pressing is this? I'm pretty sure it's from 1973, but that's all I could find out for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 late 70s, 6th pressing based on matrix numbers. also i doubt it says PCP 7027 and rather PCS 7027 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 why does this keep happening derrickcook19941 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickcook19941 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 yeah, theres been a strange influx of weird new members...not just like the standard dumb trolls asking about blink/brand new/paramore etc. but like people concerned with dollar bin records Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I actually like these threads. They're at least normal and helpful, and about the Beatles and not Brand New or Paramore. chiefwahoo, bobfrombob and ratbrain 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickcook19941 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 im not saying its necessarily bad...just strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Big ups to shamrocks for laying down the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Hey, at least he's asking about a good record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withengineheart Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I actually like these threads. They're at least normal and helpful, and about the Beatles and not Brand New or Paramore. My thoughts exactly. Nothing 'strange' about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 late 70s, 6th pressing based on matrix numbers. also i doubt it says PCP 7027 and rather PCS 7027 Could you let us know where exactly you got this info from. To help others identify other Beatles pressings they might have? You've helped this gent out nicely, but if we have a URL we could send others to it would help greatly. Also, the Beatles fucking rule. And I'd take 100 Beatles threads over 5 brand new threads any day of the week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'll also add, records from many many years passed SHOULD have threads like this. It's a record, and a band, that has probably had more pressings than any other in history. So it's extremely easy to get confused with what is and isn't this that or any other press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 For the record, I wasn't concerned about the question itself, just that this was another in a seeming trend of 1 post 1 question accounts. At least this one wasn't necessarily value based, as most of them have been. Vinyl Collective must show up every time someone types "how much are these old records I found worth?" At least this thread has details and the Op actually took some time to put everything down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Could you let us know where exactly you got this info from. To help others identify other Beatles pressings they might have? You've helped this gent out nicely, but if we have a URL we could send others to it would help greatly. Also, the Beatles fucking rule. And I'd take 100 Beatles threads over 5 brand new threads any day of the week Over here the record collector magazine quite often publishes identification features for the various Beatles pressings. I expect these are available on line and there are a few websites dedicated to the pressings of bands like the Beatles and Floyd that can be found with a little searching. But yes agreed for any LP's from the period that were pressed in such huge numbers it can be nightmare getting definitive info. I have a couple of issues of old Record Collector price guides I use that give pressing info or I do a lot of web research and you soon learn where the good info is. Normally I have a bit of a don't educate the mugs rule but with this sort of subject I always feel the more info out there the better as it stops some of the really misguided trying to sell 80's re presses as 1st pressings or buggering up the Discogs entries to make them fit what they are trying to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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