File:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album art (Paul McCartney portrait crop).jpg

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This Beatles album cover was uploaded under the rationale that it was first published in the USA due to {{Simultaneous US publication}}. Based on the evidence I found, the earliest US Vinyl pressings appear to lack a valid copyright notice (MAS 2653 [1]). However, it gets interesting. I found the Reel to Reel and 8-Track releases of the album from the same time period, and they contain full copyright notices. So {{PD-US-no notice}} may not apply, as it might actually be copyrighted? BUT... they misprinted the claimant. It was supposed to say "© 1967 NEMS Enterprises Ltd." but it incorrectly says "© 1967 News Enterprises Ltd." instead. Would that be enough to be considered {{PD-US-defective notice}}, even though its a minor typo of one letter - W not M? Although the template suggests it could be defective, I'm not sure.

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Summary

Description

English: Album art of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles

Date

26 May 1967

Source

YouTube: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered 2009) – View/save archived versions on archive.org

Author

Parlophone / Capitol Records

Permission
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Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
2025-08-09 01:38	300×300 (54344 bytes)	10ploopy10	Reverted to version as of 22:58, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
2025-08-09 01:37	315×316 (195885 bytes)	10ploopy10	Resized image, better quality
2021-04-05 22:58	300×300 (54344 bytes)	Mediafanatic17	complete reversion of unnecessary enlarging of image that went completely against fair use guidelines
2020-12-29 17:31	316×316 (160417 bytes)	DatBot	Reduce size of non-free image ([[WP:BOT\|BOT]] - [[User:DatBot/NonFreeImageResizer/Run\|disable]])
2020-12-25 16:12	1000×1000 (1559535 bytes)	ColorfulSmoke
2015-05-12 23:02	300×300 (128644 bytes)	CyberFatal01
2015-03-13 09:06	300×300 (182621 bytes)	The Obento Musubi	Sourced from super high resolution the mono vinyl section of the Beatles' official website. The colors are more faithful to the vinyl LP than the saturated colors currently available online. The image is low-resolution and complies with fair use. The J...
2009-12-09 03:56	300×300 (121784 bytes)	Anetode	Resampled from digital copy included on The Beatles USB Box Set

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:30, 24 December 2025		249 × 333 (90 KB)	Miklogfeather	File:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album art.jpg cropped 91 % horizontally, 88 % vertically, 99 % areawise, rotated 2° using CropTool2 with precise mode.

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File:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album art (Paul McCartney portrait crop).jpg

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