Beatles Let It Be PXS 1 Box Set *** Factory Sample***
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BEATLES "LET IT BE" PXS 1 BOX SET ***FACTORY SAMPLE***
"LET IT BE" WAS THE BEATLES THIRTEENTH AND LAST U.K ALBUM RELEASE BEFORE THEIR UNTIMLEY SPLIT, IT WAS ALSO THE SOUNDTRACK TO 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 A COMPLETE BOX SET WHICH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THROUGHOUT. FEATURING 100% ORIGINAL COMPONENTS ALL OF WHICH ARE INTACT, AND WHICH IS A VEY RARE UK FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION.
YEX.773/4-2U-2U (CORRECT 1ST ISSUE MATRICES)
THE IST ISSUE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. THESE VIBRANT LABELS HAVE JUST LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT . LABELS ARE CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE WITH PERFECT AND UNSPOILT LETTERING.....SIDE ONE CARRIES THE "FACTORY SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE" STICKER.
THE VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, DESPITE BEING PLAYED THE VINYL DISPALYS JUST VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS WHICH WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED MOSTLY THROUGH HANDLING RATHER THAN PLAY. MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS THIS VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.....THIS VINYL HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED.
COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE INNER WHICH IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING AND HAS JUST THE EXPECTED LIGHT CREASES FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE INNER. THE INNER IS STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR AND STILL VERY CRISP.
THE "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" ALBUM SLEEVE IS STUNNING. FIRM AND STRONG AND MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL GLOSS THE SLEEVE SHOWS VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING, THERE ARE SMALL EDGE WRINKLES PRESENT AND A FEW VERY SMALL AND LIGHT CREASES TO THE FRONT AND REAR. THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS SOME WEAR AND THERE ARE SMALL CORNER BUMPS PRESENT, ALL THE OTHER EDGES ARE PERFECTLY SQUARE WITH NO WEAR OR RUBBING. THE SPINE IS RIGID WITH SMALL CREASES BUT DOES HAVE PERFECT LETTERING . THE REAR CARRIES THE CORRECT RED APPLE LOGO.
THE OUTER LAMINATED SLIP SLEEVE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, AGAIN REMAINING STRONG, FIRM AND RIGID THE OUTER SLEEVE SHOWS JUST THE ODD VERY LIGHT BUT SMALL CREASES (MAINLY TO THE REAR) HOWEVER THERE IS NO LAMINATE LIFT OR SPLITS. THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF EDGE WEAR EVIDENT TO THE RIGHT FRONT EDGE AND EACH CORNER SHOWS THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF BUMPING WITH SOME ACTUAL BUT LIGHT WEAR VISIBLE TO TEH BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. THE OUTER SLEEVE HAS REMAINED VERY BRIGHT AND GLOSSY AND CLEAN WITH UNDAMAGED LAMINATE.
THE "GET BACK" BOOK IS EXCELLENT. THE FRONT AND REAR COVERS SHOW THE ODD VERY TINY CREASE. MAINTAINING ITS HIGH GLOSS THE BOOK IS VERY CLEAN. ALL THE PAGES ARE STILL FIRMLEY ATTACHED AND ALL ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN HANDLED. THE BOOK SPINE IS PERFECT, RIGID AND STRONG WITH NO "BUMPING" TO THE ENDS AND ABSOLUTLEY NO WEAR.
THE FLIMSEY OUTER TRAY IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE AND GIVEN THAT THESE DIDNT TEND TO SURVIVE THAT WELL THIS ONE IS IS AN EXCEPTION TO THAT. COMPLETELY INTACT WITH PERFECT INNER FLAPS WHICH SHOW JUST LIGHT CREASES AND LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE, IT IS STILL FIRM AND STRONG . THE TRAY SHOWS SOME LIGHT SIGNS OF EDGE RUBBING FROM BEEN REMOVED FROM THE OUTER SLEEVE
THE INNER TRAY IS EXCELLENT,AGAIN INTACT AND STILL VERY FIRM AND STRONG. THREE OF THE INNER CORNERS HAVE AT SOME POINT BEEN REPAIRED, BOTH TAPED UNDERNEATH, HOWEVER OTHER THAN THIS THE INNER TRAY IS STILL A GOOD EXAMPLE. BOTH TRAYS HAVE MAINTIANED THIER ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR AND DISPLAY JUST THE USUAL WHITENING CAUSED BY THE TRAYS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE OUTER SLEEVE.
EACH AND EVERY COMPONENT OF THIS SUPERB BOX SET IS ORIGINAL AND NO PART HAS BEEN "TOUCHED UP" IN ANY WAY.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE THIS MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE UK APPLE BOX SET WHICH HAS THE ADDED APPEAL OF BEING AN ORIGINAL UK FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION.
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