Beatles: The Collection, MFSL 14-LP Original Master Recordings

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DESCRIPTION:

THIS IS A "NEAR MINT" RARE LIMITED EDITION 14 RECORD SET LIBRARY OF ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDINGS BY THE BEATLES. METICULOUSLY TRANSFERRED DIRECT FROM THEIR ORIGINAL RECORDING STUDIO MASTER TAPES. TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH ARTBOOK, BROCHURE AND THE GEO DISK INCLUDED IN ITS COVER !!!

THE ULTIMATE IN SOUND QUALITY !!!

COMPLETE WITH A HAND NUMBERED BOOKLET INCORPORATING A NUMBERED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

THE LIMITED EDITION NUMBER OF THIS BOX SET IS NO.14,760

EACH PAGE OF THE BOOKLET FEATURES THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK TO EACH OF THE ALBUM SLEEVES.

LOOKING AT THIS LISTING, CHANCES ARE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT.  SO IF YOU ARE A BEATLE FAN, OR JUST A MUSIC HISTORY FAN THEN YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN THIS UNIQUE BOX SET.

I PURCHASED THIS SET “NEW” IN 1983 AS A COLLECTABLE, WITH THE IDEA OF PLAYING THE VINYL UNDER RARE AND VERY CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS COLLECTION, I ENDED UP TRACKING APPROXIMATELY ONLY 4 OR 5 CUTS TOTAL OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION! THE MAJORITY OF THE COLLECTION HAS NEVER EVEN BEEN OUT OF THEIR PROTECTIVE SLEEVES UNTIL INSPECTION FOR THIS SALE! NOT ONE ALBUM IN THIS ENTIRE SET HAS EVER BEEN TRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THIS MEANS THAT APPROXIMATELY 97% OF THE ENTIRE SET HAS NEVER BEEN TRACKED IN MY 30 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS SET!

THE OUTER BOX IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE WITH EXCEPTION OF SOME AREAS NOTED IN OTHER DETAILS BELOW.  ALL THE BRASS HINGES AND LATCHES ARE IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER.  ALL VINYL DISCS KEPT IN THEIR RICE PAPER SLEEVES AND PROTECTIVE COVERS. THE BOX SET AND ALL CONTENTS ALWAYS STORED IN THE “UP” POSITION.  ANY WEAR OF THE CONTENTS IS DUE TO 30 YEARS OF THE CONTENTS SHIFTING SLIGHTLY IN IT'S ALOTTED AREA WITHIN THE PROTECTIVE BOX. I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED ALL THESE AREAS FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT.

THIS SET IS ALL ORIGINAL AND INCLUDES THE “DOCUMENT OF AUTHENTICTY”.

THE LIMITED EDITION NUMBER OF THE BOX SET IS 14,760 OF 25,000.

PLEASE NOTE AREAS OF WEAR:

THE OUTER BOX OF THIS SET HAS SOME AREAS OF WEAR AS NOTED:

• AREA ON THE (TOP-RIGHT QUARTER) OF THE RIGHT HINGED FRONT ACCESS PANEL. THIS STEMS FROM ME EARLY ON, STICKING A TRANSPARENT LABEL FROM THE CELLEPHANE COVER OFF OF JONI MITCHELL'S ("LADIES OF THE CANYON") RECORD ALBUM, FOR "NO" OBVIOUS REASON.  JUST ONE OF THOSE THOUGHTLESS THINGS YOU SOMETIMES DO.  THE LABEL REMAINED THERE, AND AS A RESULT DRIED OUT AND FUSED TO THE BOX.  IN REMOVING THE LABEL SOME OF THE SURFACE WAS LIFTED OFF THE BOX.  (PHOTOGRAPHED FOR ACCESSMENT)

OTHER AREAS TO MENTION:  A SMALL SCRAP, (BACK-FACE LOWER LEFT) AND (BACK-FACE TOP LEFT CORNER) AND (FRONT-FACE TOP RIGHT CORNER).  (PHOTOGRAPHED FOR ACCESSMENT)

• THE BEATLES COLLECTION ARTBOOK HAS GENTLY RELEASED IT'S CENTER PAGE.  I DID NOT TRY TO MEND THIS JUST LEFT IT ALONE (NOT PHOTOGRAPHED).  THE ARTBOOK REMAINS COMPLETE AND THE RELEASED PAGE POSITIONED "IN PLACE" WITHIN THE ARTBOOK, OTHERWISE IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH ITS PROTECTIVE OUTER WHITE COVER INTACT.

• THE GEODISC IS IN PERFECT CONDITION AND INCLUDES ITS ORIGINAL BOX SLEEVE. THE GEO DISC OUTER BOX HAS ONE AREA OF WEAR. (PHOTOGRAPHED FOR ACCESSMENT)

• ALL LEADING CORNERS TOP AND BOTTOM (FRONT EDGE ONLY) OF THE RECORD JACKETS AND BOOKLET ARE WORN FROM THE INNER SHIFTING FROM WITHIN THE OUTER BOX AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ABOVE.  (PHOTOGRAPHED FOR ACCESSMENT)

 FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BIDDING.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL AND I ONLY SHIP TO THE 48 CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES.