THE BEATLES - LET IT BE

THE RARE 1ST PRESS BOX SET

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OUTSTANDING BOX AND BOOK

IT INCLUDES A  NEAR MINT CONDITION RED APPLE SLEEVE SLEEVE

A MINT MINUS CONDITION BOOK

NEAR PERFECT INNER TRAY (ORIGINAL NOT REPRODUCTION)

AN NEAR MINT OUTER SLEEVE

 

 

 

CATALOGUE: APPLE PCS 7097 MATRIX:YEX 773-2U / 774-2U 

MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 LR / 2 PP  (VERY LOW MOTHERS AND STAMPERS_ 

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

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THE BOX AND SLEEVE

THE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS ALBUM ONLY CAME IN THIS DELUXE PRESENTATION SET. IT WAS RELEASED ON MAY 8TH 1970. TO OBTAIN JUST THE STANDARD ISSUE YOU HAD TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 6TH 1970. THE BOX SET SOLD POORLY BY COMPARISON BECAUSE OF ITS PRICE.

THE FACT THAT NOT MANY HAVE SURVIVED IN A COLLECTABLE CONDITION IS DUE WHOLLY TO THE TERRIBLE DESIGN WHICH I WILL DESCRIBE IN FULL

STARTING WITH THE OUTER SLEEVE. THIS IS A FULLY LAMINATED SLIDE OVER SLEEVE AND WAS DESIGNED TO JUST SLIP OVER THE CARD TRAY CONTAINING THE BOOK AND LP. THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT IT IS MADE OF A VERY FLIMSY CARD AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN MOST COPIES TEARING ON THE SEAMS WHERE THE TRAY SITS TOO SNUGLY INSIDE. OTHER PROBLEMS OFTEN SEEN INCLUDE TERRIBLE CREASING AND LAMINATE LIFT. PEEL AND FLAKE.

THIS ONE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH JUST A FEW TINY FLAWS

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE , THIS HAS REMAINED HIGHLY POLISHED AND THE LAMINATE LOOKS GREAT. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AT ALL, AND NO BENDS EITHER. THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES BY THE LEFT EDGE TOWARD'S THE TOP, AND A SLIGHTLY LARGER THIN LINE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THE TOP EDGE HAS ZERO LAMINATE LINES, AND THE RIGHT EDGE HAS TWO. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS NONE 

SO ON ALL FOUR FLIMSY EDGES THERE ARE JUST FIVE VERY LIGHT LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES IN TOTAL

THE LAMINATED TOP EDGE HAS A LAMINATE LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE LEFT CORNER AND A SLIVER OF COLOUR LOSS ON THE EXPOSED CARD EDGE

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS VIRTUALLY PERFECT. NO LAMINATE LINES AND ONLY ONE TINY WHITE SPECK OF UNDER CARD IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT CORNERS

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT HAS  A FEW TINY LAMINATE LINES ON THE EDGES , A LITTLE SLIVER OF COLOUR LOSS ON THE RIGHT EDGE AT THE BOTTOM

DESPITE THESE FEW BLEMISHES THIS IS STILL ONE OF THE CLEANEST BOXES I HAVE SEEN ON THIS VERY RARE AND DELICATE SET

THE INNER TRAY IS USUALLY FOUND BADLY SPLIT. AGAIN THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE DESIGN. A VERY HEAVY BOOK WAS INLAID INTO THIS TRAY WHICH WAS VERY VERY DELICATELY PUT TOGETHER. THE WEIGHT OF THE BOOK WHEN THE BOX WAS STOOD UPRIGHT (OF COURSE THIS IS HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE) EVENTUALLY CAUSED THE WEAKEST JOINTS TO SPLIT. THIS IS WHY THERE ARE SO MANY REPRODUCTIONS ABOUT AS MOST ORIGINALS GOT TOTALLY RUINED.

THIS ONE IS AN ORIGINAL NOT A REPRO. 

THE OUTER SECTION OF THE TRAY IS IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MATT BLACK STILL THERE AND THE ROUNDED EDGES FLAPS UNDAMAGED IN ANY WAY.NO CREASES OR RIPS AND NO WEAR. JUST A FEW TINY PERESSURE LINES AGAINST THE FOLDING EDGES, BUT NO TEARS OR FRAYING

THE PERFORATED INNER TRAY IS INCREDIBLY ALSO IN THE BEST CONDITION. FIRSTLY IT HAS NOT SPLIT APART, AND NONE OF THE SECTIONS HAVE GONE MISSING LIKE ON SO MANY, YES THERE ARE A FEW SMALL STRESS LINES IN THE CORNERS, BUT NOT ONE CORNER IS SPLIT OR TORN, A REAL RARITY TO FIND THIS ORIGINAL INNER TRAY IN THIS CONDITION

THE BOOK ALSO SUFFERS FROM POOR DESIGN. MOST COPIES YOU WILL SEE HAVE ALL OF THE PAGES FALLING OUT AS THE GLUED IN DESIGN WAS WEAK, AND THE MINUTE YOU OPENED THE BOOK TO LOOK AT IT OR READ IT, THE UNDUE STRESS WAS PLACED ON THE GLUE AND LO AND BEHOLD THE PAGES STARTED TO FALL OUT. 

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A BOOK THAT HAS ONLY BEEN LOOKED AT ONCE OR TWICE AND THEN REPLACED, ENSURING THAT THIS BOOK WILL COME TO YOU IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION. 

THERE IS A REALLY MINT GLEAMING SHEEN TO THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS, AND ALL OF THE PAGES ARE INTACT AND FIXED. THERE ARE NO LOOSE PAGES WHATSOEVER

FINALLY THE ACTUAL ALBUM ITSELF

THE ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS LP AND THE NOVEMBER ISSUE WAS THAT ON THE REAR OF THE BOX SET SLEEVE, THE APPLE LOGO WAS IN RED, WHEREAS THE LATER ISSUES HAD A GREEN APPLE. ONE WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE A FIRST ISSUE ALBUM

THE SLEEVE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT. THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR, AND THERE IS NO LAMINATE CREASING AT ALL ON ANY PART, JUST TWO TINY LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE .THREE MINUSCULE ONES ALONG THE TOP AND ONE ON THEBOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES ANYWHERE, EVEN NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. 

NO RING WEAR, JUST A VERY LIGHT RECORD SHAPE WHEN YOU ANGLE THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHT

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY WEAR APART FROM THE VERY RIGHT TIP ENDS WHICH HAVE A SPECK OF LIGHT WEAR.

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION WITH EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.AND THIS WAFER THIN AREA HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT WITH JUST THE VERY TIP ENDS TOP AND BOTTOM HAVING A PIN PRICK OF RUBBING

THE OPENING EDGE HAS A LITTLE BURRING AT THE BOTTOM HALF

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT

THE RECORD 

THE LABELS

THE APPLE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE DARK GREEN SIDE IS VERY RICH AND VIBRANT, AND HAS LOST NONE OF THE COLOUR AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS BOLD AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE WHITE SIDE IS VERY WHITE AND HAS JUST 6-7 VERY SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE 

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN AND GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS, AND UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NUMEROUS TINY LITTLE WISPY HAIRLINES, AND SOME LIGHT SURFACE HANDLING LINES, ALL INVISIBLE IN DAYLIGHT

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

 

THE LP PLAYS NICELY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF DISTORTION CAUSED THROUGH GROOVE WEAR. 

A GREAT STEREO REPRODUCTION WITH NOTES BEING HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEANLY.IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT FIRST PRESS RELEASES ALWAYS SOUND BETTER THAN LATER PRESSES. TAKING A LISTEN TO 'THE TWO OF US' SHOULD EASILY CONFIRM THIS

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS SOME REALLY LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD DURING THE PLAY PARTICULARLY IN THE SILENT PASSAGES

THERE ARE ALSO SOME RANDOM LITTLE TICS AND DUST POPS DURING THE PLAY

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THE AUDIO EX +

IN MY OPINION THE ONLY WAY TO UPGRADE THIS SET WOULD BE TO FIND A NEAR MINT VINYL, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST THING TO OBTAIN

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOUR SELF

A REALLY TOP NOTCH BOX SET, THAT I AM PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER UP FOR AUCTION

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE RECORD AND JUDGE IT ALL FOR YOURSELF

OVERALL I WOULD GRADE THIS SET AS CLOSE TO NEAR MINT

 

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FOR IT

 

GARRY