BEATLES "LET IT BE" BOX SET PROMO COPY & RARE PXS1 STICKER EX ++ COND -2U MATRIX
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THE BEATLES
LET IT BE BOX SET
PSX 1
RELEASED 1970 APPLE PCS 7096 STAMPERS 1 MM 1 GL ( DOES HAVE SOME CROSSED OUT NUMBERS 7 & 2 )
FIRST A LITTLE SPECULATIVE HISTORY GLEANED FROM DIFFERENT BEATLE SOURCE BOOKS
LIKE EVERTHING ELSE IN THE BEATLES CATALOGUE WHICH HAD A DEMO OR FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION THE LET IT BE BOX SET WAS NO DIFFERENT
VERY EARLY FACTORY PRESSINGS CARRIED A STICKER ON THE BOX WITH A PROMOTIONAL COMPLIMENTS STICKER CARRYING THE DETAIL PXS 1,THIS DETAIL WAS ALSO USED ON SHOP PROMOTIONAL POSTERS
WHEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED THIS WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN ON THE PACKAGING POSSIBLY TO DO WITH THE FACT THE LP WITHIN THE SET WAS ALREADY NUMBERED PCS 7096
THE NATURAL ASSUMPTION WITH THESE STICKERED BOX SETS WAS THAT THEY WERE SUPPLIED TO EMI AND APPLE SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS AND POSSIBLY BAND MEMBERS FOR THEIR OWN PERUSAL PRIOR TO THE OFFICIAL RELEASE
DUE TO COPYRIGHT PROBLEMS THE VERY EARLY "GET BACK" BOOKS HAD AN INSERT GLUED IN THE FRONT CONFIRMING CORRECTED MUSIC RIGHTS OF WHICH THIS IS ONE
OUTER BOX TRAY IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION CLEAN AND BRIGHT ,SELF SUPPORTING WITH NO LAMINATE LIFT AND JUST A SMALL CREASE BOTTOM RIGHT
INNER TRAYS ARE IN SIMILAR SUPERB CONDITION WITH JUST A LITLE CORNER EDGE WEAR BUT AGAIN TRAYS ARE UNCRUSHED AND SELF SUPPORTING
GET BACK BOOK IS SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE ITEMS AND APPEARS UNMARKED WITH A SUPERB GLOSSY COVER BACK AND FRONT ,I HAVENT OPENED IT OUT TO VIEW THE IMAGES AS I HAVE NO WISH TO LOOSEN ANY PAGES WHICH IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM DUE TO THE POOR GLUE BINDING METHOD WHICH WAS COMMON AT THE TIME
RED APPLE SLEEVE IS AGAIN IN SUPERB CONDITION UNMARKED LAMINATE BACK AND FRONT WITH JUST A SMALL SEAM EDGE LAMINATE MARK NONE OF WHICH AFFECTS THE TEXT OR THE IMAGES
WHITE INNER AS YOU WOULD EXPECT IS CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND AGAIN UNMARKED
VINYL DISC HAS A SUPERB DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES WITH PRISTINE CLEAN LABELS AND THE AUDIO IS FIRST CLASS WITH QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES AND A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO ,I TEST PLAY ON A 1960's HI FI WHICH HAS A HEAVIER PICK UP THAN TODAYS MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT SO MAY GET A TECHNICAL DIFFERENCE
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