RARE SOUTH AFRICAN THE BEATLES LET IT BE BOX SET W ENGLISH BOX + VINYLS LOT
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RARE SOUTH AFRICAN THE BEATLES LET IT BE BOX SET W ENGLISH BOX + VINYLS LOT.
NICE LOT TO APPEAL TO COLLECTOR AS RARE WORLD WIDE EXPORT VARIANT.
LOT TO INCLUDE LET IT BE BOX SET WITH ORIGINAL INNER AND 2 ORIGINAL VINTAGE SOUTH AFRICAN FIRST PRESS LET IT BE ALBUMS.
THE ORIGINAL OUTER BOX LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE ENGLISH ONE (SEE PICTURE OF REVERSE), YOU CAN ONLY TELL IT IS SOUTH AFRICAN BECAUSE IT HAS AN ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER IN RAND ON THE COVER. I THINK IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, BUT WILL SAFELY GRADE IT AS VG+.
THE ORIGINAL INNER TRAY IS VG+ WITH A FEW SMALL RIPS BUT GENERALLY VERY GOOD AND HOLDS ITS SHAPE WELL.
THE INNER AND OUTER TRAY FIT WELL TOGETHER PROVIDING A VERY GOOD 'SQUARE' BOX WHICH HAS NOT BEEN CRUSHED.
ALSO INCLUDED ARE TWO ORIGINAL SOUTH AFRICAN LET IT BE ALBUMS, BASICALLY THEY ARE IDENTICAL.
BOTH ARE FIRST PRESSINGS WITH YEX 773- 1 YEX 774 - 1 MATRIX, APPEARING ON THE BLACK BOXED PARLOPHONE EXPORT LABEL.
THEY ARE BOTH IN VG+ CONDITION. ONE IS VERY GOOD, THE OTHER STILL VERY GOOD, ALTHOUGH IT HAS A FEW SMALL LIGHT MARKS.
THE SLEEVES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION - BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH THE LAMINATE LIFTING ON THIS ISSUE.
THEY ARE STAMPED ON THE BACK 'RECORD PRESSED FOR OR BY A REGISTERED USER' - THEY DO NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT THEY ARE SOUTH AFRICAN ON THEM.
BUT I BOUGHT THE SET ONLINE WITH A SOUTH AFRICAN WHITE ALBUM & ABBEY ROAD, (LISTED SEPARATELY), SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
THE SECOND VINYL I BOUGHT ONLINE AS A SOUTH AFRICAN EXAMPLE, AS I SOUGHT A BETTER COPY FOR THE SET, BUT AS YOU SEE, THEY
BOTH SUFFER THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE LIFTING LAMINATE.
IN TRUTH, THE BOX IS, I AM FAIRLY SURE, BASICALLY IDENTICAL TO THE UK ISSUE, AND YOU CAN ONLY TELL IT IS SOUTH AFRICAN BECAUSE OF THE PRICE STICKER ON THE FRONT.
BUT I THINK THE RARITY, SCARCITY AND EXOTIC NATURE OF THESE EXPORT RELEASES ADDS TO THERE CHARM AND THEY ARE A THRILL FOR THE COLLECTOR.
GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN EXPORT LET IT BE BOX SET WITH TWO RARE VINYLS - ALL ORIGINAL.
FREE UK DELIVERY INCLUDED IN PRICE.
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