BEATLES "LET IT BE" BOX SET UK APPLE PXS 1
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BEATLES "LET IT BE"
"LET IT BE" WAS THE BEATLES THIRTEENTH AND LAST U.K ALBUM RELEASE BEFORE THEIR UNTIMLEY SPLIT, IT WAS ALSO THE SOUNDTRACK TO 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 EXCELLENT CONDITION THROUGHOUT. FEATURING 100% ORIGINAL COMPONENTS ALL OF WHICH ARE INTACT.
APPLE PCS 7096
YEX.773/4-2U-2U (CORRECT 1ST ISSUE MATRICES)
STAMPERS LM 1 LP 5
THE IST ISSUE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. THE LABELS HAVE JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT . LABELS ARE CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE WITH CLEAR LETTERING.
THE VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED BUT THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD LIGHT NEEDLE MARK, NONE ARE SEVERE AND THESE ARE ONLY ISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS THIS VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS LOOKS VERY VERY APPLEALING.
COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE INNER WHICH IS AGAINSUPERB. IT DISPLAYS SOME LIGHT CREASES BUT NO HANDLING MARKS. THE INNER IS PERFECTLY WHITE AND CRISP AND IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING.
THE "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" ALBUM SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. IT MAINTAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS , THERE ARE SMALL EDGE WRINKLES PRESENT BUT NO ACTUAL DEEP CREASES TO EITHER THE FRONT OR REAR. THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS SOME VERY MILD SIGNS OF HANDLING AND THERE ARE SMALL CORNER BUMPS PRESENT, ALL THE OTHER EDGES ARE SQUARE WITH NO WEAR OR RUBBING. THE SPINE IS RIGID WITH NO CREASES AND DISPLAYS PERFECT LETTERING .
THE OUTER LAMINATED SLIP SLEEVE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, AGAIN REMAINING STRONG, FIRM AND RIGID THE OUTER SLEEVE SHOWS JUST THE ODD LIGHT CREASE TO THE FRONT .THERE IS A HINT OF EDGE WEAR EVIDENT AND JUST MILD CORNER BUMPS.THE REAR DISPLAYS A FEW MORE CREASES AND THERE IS ALSO A SMALL SECTION OF LAMINATE DAMAGE TOWARDS THE RIGHT EDGE BUT THIS IS NOT TOO SEVERE.THE OUTER SLEEVE HAS REMAINED VERY BRIGHT AND GLOSSY AND CLEAN.
THE "GET BACK" BOOK IS SUPERB. THE FRONT AND REAR COVERS SHOW NO CREASES AND NO REAL SIGNS OF HANDLING. MAINTAINING ITS HIGH GLOSS THE BOOK IS VERY CLEAN. ALL THE PAGES ARE STILL FIRMLEY ATTACHED AND ALL ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN HANDLED. THE BOOK SPINE IS PERFECT, RIGID AND STRONG WITH NO "BUMPING" TO THE ENDS AND ABSOLUTLEY NO WEAR.
THE FLIMSEY OUTER TRAY IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE GIVEN THAT THESE DIDNT TEND TO SURVIVE THAT WELL . COMPLETELY INTACT WITH INTACT INNER FLAPS WHICH SHOW JUST MILD CREASES IT IS STILL FIRM AND STRONG . THE TRAY SHOWS THE USUAL SIGNS OF EDGE RUBBING FROM BEEN REMOVED FROM THE OUTER SLEEVE BUT THIS IS MILD. THE OUTER TRAY IS FREE FROM ANY SPLITS OR TEARS AND HAS MAINTAINED ITS ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR.
THE INNER TRAY IS ALSO EXCELLENT AGAIN INTACT AND STILL VERY FIRM AND STRONG THIS TRAY IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE OUTER TRAY, AGAIN IT DISPALYS NO SPLITS OR TEARS AND AGAIN IT HAS MAINTIANED ITS ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR
EACH AND EVERY COMPONENT OF THIS SUPERB BOX SET IS ORIGINAL AND NO PART HAS BEEN "TOUCHED UP" IN ANY OR REPAIRED.
OVERALL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER UK APPLE BOX SET WHICH IS OFFERED FOR SALE IN SUPERB CONDITION THROUGHOUT.
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