Beatles LET IT BE 1970 UK BOX SET PXS1 1st Press W/Poster -2U/2U MINT MINUS HEAR

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THE BEATLES - LET IT BE

ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESS BOX SET

PXS1 - FULLY COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL (NO REPLACEMENT PARTS)

AN ABSOLUTELY STAGGERING EXAMPLE

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS, JUST ASK

VINYL AND SLEEVE GRADE MINT MINUS

OUTER BOX AND CONTENTS GRADE NEAR MINT

SUPERB UPGRADE EXAMPLE

COMPLETE WITH THE PROMO POSTER

I HAVE RESISTED THE TEMPTATION TO GRADE THE WHOLE SET IN THE AUCTION DESCRIPTION BOX, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP THIS RARE PRESS, THAT I DECIDED TO GRADE THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY

THE RECORDS

THE OUTER SLIP CASE

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WILL EVER FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE OF THIS OUTER CASE ANYWHERE. IT IS JUST IMMACULATE

THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE COVER IS IN MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION. FIRST OF ALL IT HAS RETAINED IT'S HIGHLY POLISHED STATE, AND GLEAMS LIKE A BUFFED MIRROR.THE SURFACE IS THE MOST HIGHLY GLOSSY I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS ON THIS SET.

 THE LAMINATE IS ALL INTACT AND THERE IS NO LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE ANYWHERE.

 THE TWO SOLID TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IMMACULATE. NO PRESSURE LINES WHATSOEVER AGAINST EITHER OF THEM

THE OPEN SIDE EDGES ARE ALSO COMPLETELY FREE OF ANT PRESSURE LINES

THE ONE AND ONLY LIGHT CREASE LINE APPEAR JUST TO THE LEFT OF JOHN'S PICTURE IN THE BLACK BORDER

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH JUST A DOT OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP END

THE TOP AND BOTTM EDGES ARE IN TOP CONDITION, BOTH ARE TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED AND LIKE THE FRONT THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE NEW.

INCREDIBLY THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DAMAGE TO THE FOUR LEADING EDGES. NORMALLY THESE ARE CHIPPED AND SCUFFED, BUT HERE WE HAVE COMPLETELY AS NEW EXAMPLES. THE ONLY MINISCULE WEAR IS ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER TIP WHICH HAS JUST RUBBED EVER SO LIGHTLY

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALSO IN GREAT CONDITION AS THE FRONT. AGAIN THE LAMINATE IS JUST MIRROR LIKE AND SHINES LIKE NEW.THE WORDING AT THE FOOT OF THE REAR SURFACE INDICATES THIS TO BE A JOHN KOSH DESIGN, WITH PHOTOS BY ETHAN RUSSELL.

THERE ARE ABOUT 6 TINY LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES SPREAD OUT OVER TWO SIDE EDGES .A FEW TINY SCRATCHES IN THE MIDDLE

THIS OUTER SLEEVE REALLY IS AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY AND REALLY SETS THIS SET APART FROM MANY OTHERS YOU WILL SEE THAT ARE TATTY AND AGED. NOT THIS ONE. IT LOOKS NEW, AND I CAN ONLY GRADE THE OUTER SLIP NEAR MINT

THE INNER TRAY

YOU WILL  NOTICE THAT THE TWO SIDE EDGES WHICH ARE FORMED FROM THE INNER TRAY ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. BECAUSE IT WAS THIS THAT WAS PULLED IN AND OUT OF THE SLIP COVER, IT IS VERY USUAL TO FIND THE FLAP ENDS SEVERELY WORN AND TORN, BUT HERE WE HAVE AN INNER TRAY THAT IS IN AS GOOD A CONDITION AS YOU COULD EVER FIND.

FIRSTLY THE BLACK COLOUR HAS BEEN RETAINED OVER ALL OF THE SURFACE, ONE PRESSURE LINE ON EACH OF THE FLAP EDGES

PULLING THE TRAY FREE FROM THE SLIP COVER IT IS A REALLY EXCEPTIONAL INNER THAT I AM LOOKING AT. THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THE ROUNDED FLAPS ARE ALL PRISTINE AND UNTORN OR BURRED

THE FOUR BLACK OUTER EDGES ARE ALL STILL BLACK AND HAVE NO CREASES. NO RUBBING ANY OF THE FLAT PARTS, JUST A LITTLE DOT OF RUB ON A COUPLE OF THE CORNERS

THE TOP AND BOTTOM SMALLER EDGES ARE IN IMMACULATE CONDITION

THE ALL IMPORTANT BOOK TRAY WHICH SITS INSIDE THE INNER TRAY IS THE MOST FRAGILE OF ALL OF THE COMPONENTS. VIRTUALLY EVERY COPY OF THIS SET I HAVE SEEN HAS THIS TRAY WITH SEVERELY SPLIT INNER CORNERS WHERE THE WEIGHT OF THE BOOK CAUSES THE TRAY TO FRACTURE AT ITS WEAKEST POINT , BECAUSE AS SOON AS THE BOX WAS STOOD UPRIGHT, THE HEAVY BOOK PUSHED DOWN ON THESE WEAK POINTS, EVENTUALLY CAUSING THEM TO TEAR, THIS IS WHY SO MANY SETS  HAVE HAD REPRODUCTION INNER TRAYS AND BOOK TRAYS PLACED INTO THEM.

 I CAN ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL APPLE ISSUE AND IT IS IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURE YOU WILL SEE ONLY A MINSCULE SPECK OF RUB ON THE CORNER ANGELS. NO TEARS AT ALL. THE SIDE EDGES WHICH HAVE PERFORATION HOLES ALL ALONG ARE IN PERFECT UNSPLIT CONDITION

THE BOOK

THE BOOK ALSO SUFFERS FROM POOR DESIGN. MOST COPIES YOU WILL SEE HAVE ALL OF THE PAGES FALLING OUT AS THE GLUED IN DESIGN WAS WEAK, AND THE MINTE YOU OPENED THE BOOK TO LOOK AT IT OR READ IT, THE UNDUE STRESS WAS PLACED ON THE GLUE AND LO AND BEHOLD THE PAGES STARTED TO FALL OUT.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A BOOK THAT HAS NO LOOSE PAGES WHATSOEVER. THE FOLD LINE BY THE SPINE HAS NOT BEEN PULLED BACK LIKE SO MANY WHICH SIGNIFIES THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE PAGES ON MOST COPIES

THE FRONT COVER HAS A COUPLE OF LIGHT CREASE LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE NONE ON THE BACK. THE SPINE IS FLAT WITH JUST A TINY CRACK LINE ON THE REAR SPINE AT THE VERY TOP. DOES NOT AFFECT THE OPENING OF THE BOOK

THE LP SLEEVE

THE ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS LP AND THE NOVEMBER ISSUE WAS THAT ON THE REAR OF THE BOX SET SLEEVE, THE APPLE LOGO WAS IN RED, WHEREAS THE LATER ISSUES HAD A GREEN APPLE. ONE WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE A FIRST ISSUE ALBUM

THE SLEEVE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT.I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR,AND IF POSSIBLE HAS EVEN MORE SHINE THAT THE OUTER BOX COVER

THERE IS NO LAMINATE CREASING AT ALL ON ANY PART, NOT EVEN THOSE LITTLE PRESSURE LINES FOUND NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST  NEAR THE BOTTOM. THREE ON THE TOP EDGE, TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO RINGWEAR OR RECORD SHAPE, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND THE SPINE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION WITH EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ALL FOUR CORNER TIPS ARE UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS EVIDENT THAT THIS PRECIOUS ALBUM HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT, GLEAMING POLISHED EXAMPLE IN THE BEST CONDITION POSSIBLE

THE PROMO POSTER IS ALSO INCLUDED. THESE ARE QUITE SOUGHT AFTER. THEY WERE INSERTED INTO SOME COPIES BY THE STORES WHO WERE GIVEN THEM TO PROMOTE THE BEATLES ALBUMS

THE ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE HAS THE CORRECT 'MADE IN ENGLAND' AND PATENT NUMBER ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND IS UNSPLIT AND STILL VERY WHITE

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS

THE VINYL

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE DARK GREEN SIDE'S COLOUR IS VERY RICH AND VIBRANT, A VERY DARK GREEN BASE COLOUR WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TEXT. THE WHITE SIDE IS ALSO IMMACULATE. PURE UNBLEMISHED WHITE SURFACE AGAIN WITH PERFECT TYPEFACE. I ACTUALLY CAN'T MAKE OUT ANY MORE THAN ONE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINE BY THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND IS REALLY CLEAN. IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS SPOTLESS

UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THE RECORD STILL LOOKS PERFECT

A MINT RECORD

THE TEST PLAY

THE LP PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF DISTORTION CAUSED THROUGH GROOVE WEAR. 

A STUNNING STEREO REPRODUCTION WITH NOTES BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY.IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT FIRST PRESS RELEASES ALWAYS SOUND BETTER THAN LATER PRESSES. TAKING A LISTEN TO 'THE TWO OF US' SHOULD EASILY CONFIRM THIS

NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AT ANY POINT

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS AND THE CLARITY OF THE RECORDING IS JUST SUPERB.

NEAR SILENT LINKING GROOVES WITH TWO OR THREE HAVING THE TINIEST SPECK OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN THEM. REALLY NEAR SILENT

NO TICS POP POPS ANYWHERE

THE VINYL PLAYS TO A  MINT MINUS GRADE

BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

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