The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band = サージェント・ペパーズ・ロンリー・ハーツ・クラブ・バンド (Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) Very Good Plus (VG+) / Very Good (VG)

Notes

1976 "Country Flag" obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog. Issue n° 9 in the series, with UK flag obi.

Disc/Label info:
- Lighter green Apple label.
- Uses a UK master as identified by matrix stamp

Packaging info:
- Japan's Apple logo is at the lower right of the front cover, but no logos on the back
- Includes repro of original Sgt Pepper cut-out sheet (on posterboard)
- Includes Japanese (track titles in English) bio-lyric sheet insert.
- Obi states ‎¥2,500
- Earlier pressings came with black inner sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve
- Some copies imported to North America may have come with an "imported Japan" Capitol-EMI sticker (see photo)
- Has the same design and track listing as U.K. release

On the rear cover:
EMI
Made in JapanⒾ

On the labels.
Mfd. by Toshiba-EMI Ltd. Japan

Japanese Industrial Standards symbol 〄 appears in the runouts.