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Record Details

Artist: The Beatles
Title: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Format: 12"
Label: Capitol Records
Cat No: SMAS 2653
Released: 1 Jun 1967
Country:
Genres: Pop RockPsychedelic Rock
Condition Very Good+
Status Have
Added To List 14th December 2025
Disc 1 | 12"
Very Good+
Jacksonville Press 
A Matrix:
SMAS-X-1-2653  
B Matrix:
SMAS-X-2-2653  

Additional Information

Comments 1967 pressing, black rainbow Capitol label.

This thick print in-house west coast label variation also lists the full title "With A Little Help From My Friends" and has the album title on two lines.

-"STEREO" on label is "chubby" print.
-Rim print does not have the added words, "a subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc."
-Rim print begins at 8 o'clock.
-Left-justified label text overlaps rim print on side A.
-Gatefold cover is made of thick cardboard.
-Includes a cut-out cardstock insert.
-Some copies originally issued with graduated shades of pink-red custom inner sleeve.
-Front cover has a yellow "Stereo" band on the top.
-The back cover has no mention of NEMS nor Maclen.
-Pressed at [l=Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville], as identified by a "0" stamped in runouts. Remainder of runouts mostly stamped (though some may be etched), plating # etched.

Track title variations on the labels:
A7 = Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
B4 = Good Morning Good Morning
B5 = Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise

Catalog numbers:
Labels = SMAS-2653
Back cover = SMAS 2653
Spine, inside gatefold = 2653

Manufactured by Capitol Records Inc., Hollywood And Vine Streets, Hollywood, Calif.
Factories: Scranton, Pa., Los Angeles, Calif., Jacksonville, Ill.

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

A splendid time is guaranteed for all
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