BEATLES "LET IT BE" BOX SET... UK APPLE ***PSX1***
  £   517
  $   685

 


£ 517 Sold For
May 18, 2009 Sold Date
May 11, 2009 Start Date
£   25 Start price
18   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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                                                                                                       BEATLES "LET IT BE"

                                                              PXS 1 BOX SET

"LET IT BE" WAS THE BEATLES THIRTEENTH AND LAST U.K ALBUM RELEASE BEFORE THEIR UNTIMLEY SPLIT, IT WAS ALSO THE SOUNDTRACKTO THEIR FOURTH FILM.

"LET IT BE" WAS SALVAGED FROM AN ORIGINAL PROJECT WHICH WAS TO BE CALLED "GET BACK". AN ALBUM OF THAT NAME WAS DUE TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN AUGUST 1969 BUT THE BEATLES CANCELLED IT AND IT WAS LATER DECIDED TO TIE IN A BOOK, FILM AND ALBUM UNDER THE TITLE "LET IT BE".

RELEASED 8TH MAY 1970 "LET IT BE" WAS FIRST ISSUED AS A SPECIAL BOX SET PACKAGE.... PXS 1..... ALTHOUGH THIS NUMBER DOES NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THE RECORD OR PACKAGING..... IT WAS PURELY FOR ORDERING PURPOSES. DESIGNED BY JOHN KOSH THE SPECIAL BOX SET WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE "LET IT BE" WAS RELEASED AS AN ALBUM ONLY.  

OFFERED FOR SALE IS COMPLETE BOX SET WHICH IS IN  SUPERB CONDITION THROUGHOUT. CONTAINING 100% ORIGINAL COMPONENTS ALL OF WHICH ARE INTACT AND FEATURING NEAR MINT 1ST ISSUE VINYL, NEAR MINT "GET BACK" BOOK AND A NEAR MINT RARE APPLE PROMOTIONAL POSTER.  

PCS 7096

YEX.773/4-2U-2U (CORRECT 1ST ISSUE MATRICES)

THE IST ISSUE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS THAT THE LABELS HAVE JUST VERY LIGHT AND MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT AND IT HAS TO BE STRESSED THAT THESE ARE MINIMAL AND ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE WITH PERFECT AND UNSPOILT LETTERING.

THE  VINYL IS NEAR MINT, THIS CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE VINYL'S APPEARENCE. MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS THE VINYL CARRIES JUST VERY LIGHT BUT WISPY SURFACE MARKS WHICH WILL  HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH HANDLING, THESE ARE ONLY VISIBLE UPON CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT AND IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS LOOKS MINT. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

SOUND QUALITY IS FLAWLESS THROUGHOUT WITH NO DISTORTION, POPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS PRESENT AT ANY POINT. 

COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE INNER WHICH IS STUNNING WITH VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING. THE INNER IS STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR AND STILL VERY CRISP.

THE "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" ALBUM SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT  MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS THE SLEEVE SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING, THE FRONT DISPLAYS SOME CREASES AND THERE IS SOME LIGHT HANDLING EVIDENT TO TEH OPENING EDGE. THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS PRESENT.THE REAR SHOWS JSUT LIGHT AND TINY EDGE WRINKLES.THE PERFECT SPINE IS RIGID AND FIRM WITH A HINT OF WEAR TO EITHER END. THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE CORRECT "RED APPLE" LOGO TO THE REAR AND IS TOTALLY INTACT WITH NO WRITING.  

THE OUTER LAMINATED SLIP SLEEVE IS AGAIN EXCELLENT., REMAINING STRONG, FIRM AND RIGID THE OUTER SLEEVE SHOWS SOME CREASES TO THE FRONT AND ONE CREASE TO THE REAR. THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANY  EDGE WEAR EVIDENT AND NO CORNER BUMPING VISIBLE. THE SLEEVE IS GLOSSY AND CLEAN WITH UNDAMAGED LAMINATE AND IS TOTALLY INTACT. 

THE "GET BACK" BOOK IS A HIGH QUALITY EXAMPLE AND MANY WOULD GRADE AS NEAR MINT. THERE IS JUST ONE CREASE TO EITHER BACK OR FRONT COVERS AND MAINTAINING ITS HIGH GLOSS THE BOOK IS TRULY STUNNING. ALL THE PAGES ARE STILL FIRMLEY ATTACHED AND ALL ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN WITH LITTLE OR NO SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN HANDLED. THE BOOK SPINE IS PERFECT, RIGID AND STRONG WITH NO "BUMPING" TO THE ENDS.... I DOUBT THIS HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOX MORE THAN A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS.  

THE FLIMSEY OUTER TRAY  IS A REMARKABLE EXAMPLE AND GIVEN THAT THESE DIDNT TEND TO SURVIVE THAT WELL THIS ONE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. COMPLETELY INTACT WITH JUST LIGHT CREASES AND DISPLAYING INTACT INNER FLAPS IT IS STILL FIRM AND STRONG . THE TRAY DOES NOT EVEN SHOW THE USUAL SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN REMOVED FROM THE OUTER SLEEVE  

THE INNER TRAY IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE OUTER TRAY . BOTH THESE TRAYS MAINTAIN THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR AND ARE SUPERB EXAMPLES.

COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND VERY RARE UK APPLE PROMOTIONAL POSTER. THE POSTER IS NEAR MINT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED AND HAS NOT BEEN OVERHANDLED. STILL SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND VIBRANT THE POSTER IS ALMOST AS FACTORY PRINTED....VERY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION 

EACH AND EVERY COMPONENT OF THIS FABULOUS BOX SET IS GENUINE AND NO PART HAS BEEN REPAIRED OR "TOUCHED UP" IN ANY WAY. THIS SET HAS CLEALRY NOT BEEN OVERHANDLED OVER THE YEARS AND HAS MOST DEFINITELY BEEN CAREFULLY STORED AND WELL LOOKED AFTER AND THIS WITHOUT DOUBT HAS HELPED TO KEEP THIS SET IN SUCH SUPERB OVERALL CONDITION .

THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE THIS MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE BOX SET IN OVERALL  SUPERB CONDITION WHICH IS ALSO COMPLETE WITH ITS RARE APPLE PROMOTIONAL POSTER.




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