Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

NO CUT OUT CARD
HÖRZU LOGO ON ONE SIDE OF LABEL. On Blue / Black EMI Odeon Hörzu. FOC.

HÖRZU LOGO ON ONE SIDE OF LABEL. On Blue / Black EMI Odeon Hörzu. FOC. [johannes]

Double Hör Zu logos and Boxed GEMA logos. Fully laminated gatefold sleeve.

HÖRZU LOGO ON ONE SIDE OF LABEL. On Blue / Black EMI Odeon Hörzu. FOC. [johannes]

US cover (SMAS 2653), UK vinyl (PCS 7027).
No inrt. Gatefold sleeve. [emil]

First pressing with the red Hör Zu logos. Comes with original card insert. Laminated gatefold sleeve.

Second pressing with the red Hör Zu logos. Comes w original card insert. Laminated gatefold sleeve.

Gatefold sleeve. Has a star after cat number on sleeve and a star on labels.

Stereo. Released in a fully laminated flipback gatefold sleeve with a cut-out insert.Sleeve is printed in Germany.[philip]

Gatefold sleeve.

Relevant features of this release:
'The Beatles' written in little letters on labels;
old 2 'HörZu' logo;
'GEMA' in only one box.
'[discogs][]

'2nd HÖR ZU-pressing with original runout-matrix
Gatefold sleeve and with cut-out sheet.

Relevant features of this release: 'The Beatles' written in caps on labels; old 'HörZu' logo; 'GEMA' in only one box.
'[discogs][]

4th and last HÖR ZU-pressing with smaller Odeon logo and smaller ST 33 in ellipses. fully laminated gatefold sleeve.[juliens]

'German pressing for the Swiss market; Sgt. Pepper's has been released in Germany by Odeon/HörZu exclusively, only a small amount of copies were pressed for the Swiss book club 'Ex Libris' - this is one of them.

℗ 1967
© All lyrics copyright 1967 for the world by
Northern Songs Ltd. England

PRINTED IN GERMANY ● IMPRIME EN ALLEMAGNE ● IMPRESO EN ALEMANIA

A splendid time is guaranteed for all'[discogs]

4th and last HÖR ZU-pressing with smaller Odeon logo and smaller ST 33 in ellipses. fully laminated gatefold sleeve.[juliens]

Gatefold sleeve. Has an 'n' after cat# and a circle in the lower right corner of backcover. [emil]

No insert. 2-Box EMI/Parlophone labels. Made In Gt Britain at 3 O'Clock on labels and not under bottom EMI box. Gatefold sleeve. [philip]

2-Box EMI/Parlophone labels. Made In Gt Britain at 3 O'Clock on labels and not under bottom EMI box. Gatefold sleeve.[philip]

Remastered stereo issue on 180 gram vinyl. Gatefold sleeve.

(Reissue Remastered Stereo) 'Release on 180G vinyl. Taken from 2009 EMI digital remaster.
℗2009'[discogs]

Contains insert.
2 box labels.
Laminated gatefold sleeve.
Made In Gt Britain text along bottom of labels.

Fully laminated non flipback gatefold sleeve.

Most likely 1972, since that was the year of a massive Beatles catalogue repress campaign after the highly successful Beatles Day on Radio Veronica, February 1972

>Event though pressed and printed in The Netherlands, the cover keeps its standard text on back cover, above and below Parlophone and EMI logos:

© All lyrics copyright 1967 for the world by
Northern Songs Ltd. England

E.M.I. Records
(The Gramophone Co. Ltd.)
Hayes - Middlesex - England
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Recording produced by George Martin
Cover by M C Productions
and The Apple
staged by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth
photographed by Michael Cooper
Wax figures by Madame Tussauds
This is a stereo recording.
A splendid time is guaranteed for all



Some copies come with Sgt. Pepper's cut-outs insert and/or Psych inner sleeve. Although it may be more accurate to say that some copies will have lost their insert over time.

Also released with different labels[discogs]

2-Box EMI/Parlophone labels. Different copyright text see scan. Gatefold sleeve.

2-Box EMI/Parlophone labels.Different copyright text see scan. Gatefold sleeve.[philip]

(Limited Edition Reissue) 'Série limitée 'Disque En Couleur' n°01
Sleeve :
Gatefold sleeve without flipback. Printed on back cover 'Réédition de 1978'. IDN logo (Printer) on back cover and on insert. With or without sticker.
Label :
Black Parlophone label with two 'boxed' EMI logo.
Record :
No 'Sgt Pepper Inner Groove'. Yellow wax.'[discogs]

No insert.[philip]

Gatefold sleeve.[philip]

Gatefold sleeve , no insert.[philip]

No insert.[philip]

With cutout card (actually made from thin paper)[philip]

No insert.
(Stereo) 'Lime green capitol target label with all uppercase font.
'[discogs]

Gatefold sleeve, no insertphilip][philip]

(Limited Edition Reissue Stereo) 'A splendid time is guaranteed for all
All rights for the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines controlled by MACLEN MUSIC INC.

1995 purple label re-issue was part of new US pressings of their UK catalog, using the same catalog #s as the CD.

This is different than the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1988 re-issue is a few ways:
-The catalog # now used the barcode C1 07777 7 46442 1 1
-The logos on the back cover now include the Parlophone and Apple logos (see photo)
-The logos on the label now include the Parlophone and Apple logos

Some pressings came with a 1' x 3' black 'hype sticker' (applied on the shrink-wrap) that states 'LIMITED EDITION C1-46442' (see photo).
Contains the cut-out insert.
Matte gatefold cover.
Transparent inner sleeve.

Matrix notes:
The (ɑ) stands for the stamp of Allied Record Company. '[discogs]

No insert. Black colourband Capitol labels. Thick heavy gatefold.[philip]

Matrix: SMAS-2-2653-A1, SMAS-1-2653-B2.
Black colourband Capitol labels.
Thick heavy gatefold. [philip]

SMAS1 2653 B16 / SMAS 2-2653-x4 Matrix. Black colourband Capitol labels. Thick heavy gatefold.[philip]

With cutout card (Pictured)

Gatefold sleeve no insert.[philip]