BEATLES "LET IT BE" UK APPLE BOX SET.... SUPERB.
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BEATLES "LET IT BE" BOX SET
ORIGINAL 1970 UK ISSUE.
RELEASED MAY 8TH 1970 AS THE BOX SET VERSION "LET IT BE" WAS THE BEATLES 13TH AND LAST OFFICIAL RELEASE WHILST STILL A GROUP. IT WAS ALSO THE "SOUNDTRACK" TO THEIR FOURTH FILM WHICH SHOWED THE GROUP REHEARSING AND RECORDING THIS ALBUM.
THE ALBUM REACHED NUMBER 1 IN THE UK CHARTS AND REMAINED IN THE CHARTS FOR A TOTAL OF 34 WEEKS. IN THE U.S.A "LET IT BE" ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST INITIAL SALES OF ANY ALBUM IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN RECORDING INDUSTRY, ADVANCED ORDERS FOR THE ALBUM IN THE U.S TOTALLED 3,700,000 REPRESENTING A GROSS REATIL VALUE OF $25,900,000!!!!!!....... ASTONISHING EVEN TODAY 36 YEARS ON.
THE "LET IT BE" PACKAGE WAS DESIGNED BY JOHN KOSH AND MANY RECORD REVIEWERS SAW HIS BLACK SOMBRE DESIGN AS A FITTING CHOICE THE LAST BEATLES ALBUM. THE PACKAGE CONSISTED OF ALBUM SLEEVE WITH RED APPLE LOGO, PLAIN WHITE INNER (LATER RELEASES CAME WITH AN INNER WHICH HAD EMI RECORD TOKEN ADVERTISING ON ONE SIDE), INNER/OUTER TRAY TO CARRY "GET BACK" BOOK (A CATALOGUE OF PICTURES AND TEXT FROM THE MOVIE) AND A PICTURE OUTER SLEEVE IN WHICH ALL THIS IS HOUSED.
THE BOX SET WAS ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM ON ITS OWN (PCS 7096... WITH A GREEN APPLE ON REAR) ON 06 NOVEMBER 1970.
APPLE PCS 7096
YEX.773/4-2
THE APPLE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE SUPERB WITH JUST VERY FEINT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS, BOTH SIDES ARE CLEAN WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING ETC AND BOTH SIDES RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS AGAIN REALLY EXCELLENT. IT HAS JUST VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND ONE VISIBLE HAIRLINE SCRATCH TO SIDE 1 HOWEVER I MUST STRESS THAT PLAY IS IN NO WAY AFFECTED BY THIS AND MOST OF THE SURFACE MARKS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY VINYL BEEN REMOVED FROM SLEEVE AS THIS HASNT BEEN PLAYED THAT MUCH. AUDIO IS EXCELLENT WITH NO DISTORTION AND VISUALLY THIS ONE IS VERY APPEALING.
THE PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS AGAIN EXCELLENT AND INTACT. IT IS STILL CRISP AND HAS NO "BROWNING" TO EDGES ETC.
THE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE ALBUM SLEEVE IS IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO LAMINATE LIFT TO EITHER FRONT OR REAR. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS, EVEN THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS VERY LITTLE WEAR AT ALL. THE SPINE IS INTACT AND ALL WORDING IS STILL LEDGIBLE. THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE RED APPLE LOGO.
THE INNER TRAY IS FLAT AND CREASE FREE, IT DOES HAVE SOME VERY SMALL TEARS TO THE CORNERS WHERE THE BOOK HAS BEEN LIFTED FROM THE TRAY AT SOMETIME.
THE OUTER TRAY IS AGAIN FLAT AND CREASE FREE, IT DOES CARRY MINOR WEAR TO EDGES CAUSED BY REMOVAL FROM OUTER BOX SLEEVE (THIS IS ONLY TO BE EXPECTED DUE TO TIGHT FIT OF TRAY IN SLEEVE).
THE BEATLES "GET BACK" BOOK IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. WITH NO LAMINATE LIFT OR CREASING AND ALSO ALL PAGES ARE INTACT (IT WAS COMMON FOR THIS BOOK TO FALL APART)
THE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE OUTER SLEEVE (PHOTOGRAHED BY ETHAN.A. RUSSELL) IS AGAIN SUPERB WITH YET AGAIN NO LAMINATE LIFT AND JUST SOME MINOR CREASING TO TOP EDGE (IN FACT JUST TWO APPROX 1/2 INCH LONG) BOTH OPEN BOX EDGES HAVE JUST MINOR WEAR DUE TO HANDLING BUT LESS THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED GIVEN AGE.
THIS IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE NOW MUCH SOUGHT AFTER "LET IT BE" BOX SET WHICH AFTER THE "PLEASE PLEASE ME" BLACK AND GOLD IS THE NEXT MUST HAVE "HOLY GRAIL" FOR ANY TRUE BEATLES COLLECTOR.
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