BEATLES "LET IT BE" BOX SET UK APPLE *** PSX1***
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  $   909

 


£ 686 Sold For
Aug 3, 2008 Sold Date
Jul 27, 2008 Start Date
£   25 Start price
16   Number Of Bids
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                                                                                 BEATLES "LET IT BE"

                                                              PXS 1 BOX SET

"LET IT BE" WAS THE BEATLES THIRTEENTH AND LAST U.K ALBUM RELEASE BEFORE THEIR UNTIMLEY SPLIT, IT WAS ALSO THE SOUNDTRACKTO THEIR FOURTH FILM.

"LET IT BE" WAS SALVAGED FROM AN ORIGINAL PROJECT WHICH WAS TO BE CALLED "GET BACK". AN ALBUM OF THAT NAME WAS DUE TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN AUGUST 1969 BUT THE BEATLES CANCELLED IT AND IT WAS LATER DECIDED TO TIE IN A BOOK, FILM AND ALBUM UNDER THE TITLE "LET IT BE".

RELEASED 8TH MAY 1970 "LET IT BE" WAS FIRST ISSUED AS A SPECIAL BOX SET PACKAGE.... PXS 1..... ALTHOUGH THIS NUMBER DOES NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THE RECORD OR PACKAGING..... IT WAS PURELY FOR ORDERING PURPOSES. DESIGNED BY JOHN KOSH THE SPECIAL BOX SET WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE "LET IT BE" WAS RELEASED AS AN ALBUM ONLY.  

OFFERED FOR SALE IS COMPLETE BOX SET WHICH IS IN , SUPERB CONDITION THROUGHOUT. FEATURING 100% ORIGINAL COMPONENTS ALL OF WHICH ARE INTACT AND ALL DISPLAY LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED SIGNS OF AGE.  

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THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS  ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. LABELS HAVE JUST VERY LIGHT AND MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT AND IT HAS TO BE STRESSED THAT THESE ARE MINIMAL AND ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.

THE  VINYL IS STUNNING, THIS CLEALRY HASNT BEEN OVER PLAYED AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE VINYL'S APPEARENCE. MAINTAINING ITS ORIGIAL DEEP GLOSS THE VINYL CARRIES JUST VERY LIGHT BUT WISPY SURFACE MARKS , BUT NO NEEDLE MARKS. THESE ARE ONLY VISIBLE UPON CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

SOUND QUALITY IS SUPERB THROUGHOUT, THERE IS A HINT OF CRACKLE TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT WITH NO OTHER DISTORTION, POPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS PRESENT AT ANY POINT. 

COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE INNER WHICH IS SUPERB WITH JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL CREASES. THE INNER IS STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR AND STILL VERY CRISP.

THE "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" ALBUM SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. THE FRONT DOES FEATURE SOME CREASING AND SOME LIGHT BUT GENERAL "AGEING", THERE IS SOME EDGE WEAR PRESENT AND SOME CORNER BUMPING. THE SLEEVE IS STILL GLOSSY WITH AN INTACT SPINE AND IS OF COURSE FREE FROM WRITING.

THE OUTER LAMINATED SLIP SLEEVE IS AGAIN A TOP QUALITY EXAMPLE, REMAINING STRONG, FIRM AND RIGID THE OUTER SLEEVE SHOWS JUST THE ODD VERY LIGHT BUT SMALL CREASE. THERE IS A HINT OF EDGE WEAR EVIDENT BUT ONLY TO THE LEFT FRONT EDGE AND EACH CORNER SHOWS THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF BUMPING (IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT NONE OF THIS IS IN ANY WAY SEVERE AND IS FAR FAR, LESS THAN WOULD NORMALLY BE ACCEPTABLE). 

THE "GET BACK" BOOK EQUALLY MATCHES THE OTHER COMPONENTS FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY AND MANY WOULD GRADE AS MINT. SHOWING ONE OR TWO VERY LIGHT CREASES TO BOTH THE BACK AND FRONT COVERS AND MAINTAINING ITS HIGH GLOSS THE BOOK IS SUPERB. THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF LAMINATE LIFT TOWARDS FRONT SPINE EDGE BUT THIS IS NOT SEVERE AND THE LAMINATE IS NOT CRACKED OR SPLIT. ALL THE PAGES ARE STILL FIRMLEY ATTACHED AND ALL SHOW JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING.. THE BOOK SPINE IS , RIGID AND STRONG WITH NO "BUMPING" TO THE ENDS AND JUST A HINT OF "RUBBING" EVIDENT.

 THE FLIMSEY OUTER TRAY  IS A REMARKABLE EXAMPLE AND GIVEN THAT THESE DIDNT TEND TO SURVIVE THAT WELL THIS ONE IS UNBELEIVABLE. COMPLETELY INTACT  WITH A FEW LIGHT CREASES AND DISPLAYING STRONG  INNER FLAPS WHICH HAVE NO MORE TAHN ONE OR TWO CREASES. IT IS STILL FIRM AND STRONG AS ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED. THE TRAY SHOWS JUST THE LIGHTEST TRACES OF EDGE WEAR...STUNNING  

THE INNER IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE OUTER TRAY . BOTH THESE TRAYS MAINTAIN THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR AND ARE TRULY AWESOME.

EACH AND EVERY COMPONENT OF THIS UK BOX SET IS GENUINE AND NO PART HAS BEEN REPAIRED OR "TOUCHED UP" IN ANY WAY. THIS SET HAS CLEALRY NOT BEEN OVERHANDLED OVER THE YEARS AND HAS MOST DEFINITELY BEEN CAREFULLY STORED AND WELL LOOKED AFTER. 

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE THIS MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE BOX SET,




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