RAREST NEW BEATLES PLATINUM 16 PLUS TWO VINYL LP BOX SET CAPITOL DATA PROMO 1982
  $   2,500

 


$ 2500   (best offer accepted)   Sold For
Oct 2, 2021 Sold Date
Jul 15, 2021 Start Date
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IN 1982 WHILE ATTENDING A SYMPOSIUM DATA CONFERENCE,  A CAPITOL RECORDS REP SHOWED UP...WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT CAPITOL'S LATEST FORAY INTO DIGITAL MEDIA...AND GIFTED ME WITH A (NOW VERY RARE) BOX SET OF ALL THE BEATLES VINYL LP's...
HE EXPLAINED TO ME THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AS FEW AS 100 TOTAL OF THESE PLATINUM BOX SETS PRODUCED AND GIVEN AWAY GRATIS TO PROMOTE CAPITAL'S INTENTION TO RECORD THE LABEL'S CATALOG TO COMPUTER FLOPPY DISCS....ANYONE REMEMBER THOSE??
IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THESE 100 OR SO SETS VARIED IN SIZE...16 OR 17 OR 18 LPs COULD BE IN EACH BOX...
ALL HE HAD WITH HIM AT THE TIME WAS THE 16 BOX SET...BUT GAVE TO ME AS WELL THE TWO SELECTIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT BOX... THE BEATLES STORY (2LP GATEFOLD) AND LET IT BE WAS ALSO HANDED TO ME BY WAY OF COMPLETING THE SET.
I AM NOW OFFERING ALL 18 LPs IN THIS LISTING
THE BOX IS OPEN SHRINK AND NEARLY WITHOUT FLAW...A COUPLE THIN WRINKLES ON THE GREY SPINE...PICTURED. ALL THE LPs ARE SEALED...MOST (NOT ALL) HAVE THE MOST MINUSCULE UPPER LEFT CORNER DENT (BARELY PERCEPTIBLE).
LET IT BE HAS A TINY CORNER CREASE ONLY PERCEPTIBLE FROM THE REAR COVER ART...BEATLES STORY STONE IS PRISTINE MINT
MORE PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE PER REQUEST AS I AM ONLY ENTITLED TO TWELVE HERE...
I AM NOT SHIPPING INTERNATIONALLY UNLESS BY WAY OF SPECIAL REQUEST....INSURANCE ON ALL SALES MANDATORY...OF COURSE.

THIS SET MAY BE THE ABSOLUTE RAREST OF ALL THE BEATLES BOX SETS EVER PRODUCED.



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