The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Heart s Club Band, Nimbus Supercut Pressing

Up for auction is the very rare Sgt.
Pepper Nimbus Supercut.
The Nimbus Supercut was a very limited pressing made available in 1984 through the audiophile magazines Practical Hi-fi and Hi-fi Today .
I have found estimates on the number of copies pressed ranging between 500 and 1500.
That makes this LP quite rare.
Info from the net: Nimbus Records have achieved somewhat of a legendary status within the audiophile circle for their Supercut releases, which were only available by mail order through the Hi-fi magazines Practical Hi-fi and Hi-fi Today in the early 1980s.
Nimbus mastered each release from the original master tapes using the best available mastering processes.
In fact, Nimbus employed many techniques for each release that were not commonly used.
For example, generally when bass moves from channel to channel on an LP, groove modulation is employed to reduce the movement of the stylus and this results in this bass being centered more over both channels.
Most audiophiles would argue that this - and in fact anything, which changes the original recording should be avoided although this is common practice on most LPs.
For example, the release of Joan Armatrading had bass moving from channel to channel in several places, but Nimbus did not limit this, resulting in an outstanding pressing.
Nimbus also had the ICI company produce an extremely pure vinyl for the LPs, which has amazing frequency reproduction and is virtually noise free - similar in quality to the super vinyl used on earlier Mofi pressings.
Due to their rarity and small pressing quantities, they are often more expensive than audiophile LPs from other labels, but the sums paid can be justified by the outstanding quality of the pressings and the fact that they tend to rise in value over time and as such are deemed as investments by some audiophiles.
Other releases included Pink Floyd s Wish You Were Here , Beatles Sgt Pepper and Wings Band on the Run and many other excellent titles.
So, as to the particular copy I m selling...
I would rate the vinyl condition as somewhere between VG and NM.
The spindle holes have a couple of light spindle marks on each side.
I ve included a photo trying to capture this to give you an idea.
In the same photo you ll also note that you can see Nimbus England stamped in the dead wax area.
This is one of the key identifiers to authenticate this as a Nimbus Supercut pressing.
The visual surface of side 1 is flawless.
Side 2 would be flawless as well except for the presence of three small scuff marks.
see photo These do not affect the playability.
The cover is in excellent condition and the only flaw I find is a small crease the lower right corner.
see image for this detail.
The original inner sleeve and Sgt Pepper cut out sheet are included.
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