The Beatles "Let It Be" Apple PCS 7096 3U/3U 1970 Export issue + inner sleeve

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	$		40

The Beatles ? "Let It Be"  Apple Records ?PCS 7096  UK Export press Vinyl, LP. This 1970 export pressing. LP has "dark" Apple labels, but with the Parlophone logo on rear of cover. The spine of these fully-laminated 1970 export covers gives the catalogue number as "PPCS 7096". The inner sleeve has rounded edges and, 'Patent Nos. 1,125,555' with a printed warning about Apple copyright.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. It played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, stick or jump, just an occasional crackle between tracks. It is housed in its original inner sleeve, which starts "Copyright exists in all Apple recordings..". The sleeve is a little creased, but otherwise in good shape, with no rips or writing. The sleeve has ring-wear front and back, but is otherwise in good condition, with no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout  Side 1 : YEX 773 - 3U  24 RRL Matrix / Runout  Side 2 : YEX 774 - 3U  5 RMD
"Let It Be" is the Beatles' twelfth and final studio album. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group's break-up, in tandem with the motion picture of the same name. Like most of the band's previous releases, the album topped record charts in many countries, including both the US and the UK. However, the critical response was generally unfavourable, and "Let It Be" came to be regarded as one of the most controversial rock albums ever.
Rehearsals began at Twickenham Film Studios in January 1969 as part of a planned documentary showing the Beatles' return to live performance. Paul McCartney conceived the project as an attempt to reinvigorate the band by returning to simpler rock and roll configurations. The filmed rehearsals were marked by ill-feeling, leading to George Harrison's temporary departure from the group. As a condition of his return, the members reconvened at their own Apple Studio with guest keyboardist Billy Preston. The project then yielded a single public concert, held impromptu on the studio's rooftop on 30 January, from which three of the album's tracks were drawn.
In April 1969, the Beatles issued the single "Get Back", after which engineer Glyn Johns proposed rejected mixes of the album, then titled "Get Back", that were widely bootlegged before release. From then, the project lay in limbo as they moved onto the recording of Abbey Road, released that September. By then, John Lennon had departed the group. In January 1970, the remaining Beatles finished the album with the completion of "Let It Be" and "I Me Mine". The former was issued as a single in April 1970, and like all the album's recording to this point, was produced by George Martin.
"Get Back" was ultimately assembled under the title of "Let It Be" by the American producer Phil Spector in early 1970. He omitted "Don't Let Me Down", the B-side of the "Get Back" single, and instead included a 1968 take of "Across the Universe". Spector also included excerpts of studio chatter and applied original orchestral and choir overdubs to four tracks. The additions offended McCartney, particularly in the case of "The Long and Winding Road".
"Let It Be" was ranked number 86 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003 and number 392 in the 2012 version. It was voted number 890 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000.
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