THE BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Item Description

Vinyl, , Gatefold, 2nd purple
LP Album Reissue Stereo

Important characteristics of this release:
FRONT OF SLEEVE: White strip along right edge, 2 (bottom) to 3 (top) millimeters thick. Two lines (print references?) are visible in this strip where color change from yellow to blue (another version has only one).
GATEFOLD: White strip along left edge, 1 (bottom) to 3 (top) millimeters thick.
Number "2653" over Harrison’s left shoulder.
BACK OF SLEEVE: “CAPITOL IS A REGISTERED TR…” Misprint on letters that seems to be cut by a round mask (yellow arrows on picture). Little ink spill over “IS A” (blue circle on picture).
SPINE: Capitol (logo); 2653 (no SMAS-).
LABEL: Medium sized ring on the label (see picture).
Second generation label (1978) "Manufactured in Canada By Capitol Records" with softer purple background. No Capitol logo in the perimeter print (see capitol6000.com).
With "cut-outs" card insert (full-color, single-sided. (ER) Printed In Canada and printed signatures of Blake/Haworth at foot).
Matrix/Runout Side B: the second "S" lightly etched in SMASL is inserted as a correction and the "L" is strikeout.