BEATLES ORIGINAL EMI 1st PRESS 1976 GREEN & WHITE BOX SET BS24 DISC'S UNPLAYED

£ 122

$ 162

£ 122 Sold For

Apr 15, 2014 Sold Date

Apr 8, 2014 Start Date

£ 25 Start price

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1976 EMI RELEASED FIRST PRESS BOX BS 24 ( SUPPOSEDLY STANDS FOR BOX SET 24 DISCS BUT THERE ARE ONLY 22 AND THEY ARE ALL LISTED "LOVE ME DO" TO "LET IT BE") THIS SET COMES IN THE RARER GREEN AND WHITE BOX CONSISTING OF 22 SINGLES ALL LISTED ON THE BOX OUTER AND INNER SLEEVES.
ALL DISCS COME IN THEIR ORIGINAL GREEN AND WHITE SLEEVES (SIMILAR TO THE OUTER BOX ) WITH VARIOUS GROUP COLOUR SHOTS ON THE REVERSE
EMI LATER TEAMED UP WITH WORLD RECORDS GROUP AND THE SAME SET WAS REISSUED IN THE MORE COMMON AND ROBUST BLACK BOX SET ( BOUGHT BY MAIL ORDER AND POSTED OUT TO YOU SO THE BOX HAD TO BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL)
ALL DISCS AND RECORDS ARE IN AS NEAR MINT CONDITION AS YOU WILL EVER FIND, ALL THE DISC'S LOOK UNPLAYED WITHOUT ANY SPINDLE MARKS AND ALL THE SLEEVES ARE CLEAN AND CRISP AND ARE FREE FROM ANY WRITING, STAINING OR AGE FADING THE INNER BOX IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION WITH THE ODD TINY SPLIT TO THE BOTTOM FOLDING EDGE WHICH FROM THE FACTORY PRODUCTION PROCESS DOES HAVE A SMALL ENGINEERED CUT TO ALLOW THEM TO FOLD THE OUTER BOX WHICH AS THE PHRASE DICTATES IS USED TO PROTECT THE CONTENTS CONSEQUENTLY THERE ARE SOME CORNER BUMPS AND AGAIN SOME SMALL TINY SPLITS TO THE FOLDS AT THE TOP EDGE AND THE ODD NICK DOWN ONE EDGE PLUS A SMALL CREASE ACROSS THE OPENING EDGE BUT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DISTRESSING JUST GENERAL HANDLING OF WHICH THIS PARTICULAR SET HAS NOT SEEN MUCH OF
A REAL GEM OF A FIRST ISSUE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WHICH IN THIS VERY EARLY GREEN AND WHITE BOX SET DOES NOT TURN UP VERY OFTEN THESE DAYS ITS USUALLY THE MORE ROBUST BLACK BOX SET WHICH DOMINATES SALES

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