The Beatles - The Beatles Collection 25 x 7" Singles, 1978, Box Set

 

During 1978, EMI’s mail order subsidiary, World Records, released a new boxed set entitled The Beatles Collection, of the 25 singles from ‘Love Me Do’ to ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club band’, available by mail order only, and not through the usual retail outlets. The 25 singles were in the same green sleeves as the 1976 and 1977 Box Set re-releases, and packaged in a special gold embossed box.

Unlike the later album, EP and singles collections in the blue boxes, The Beatles Collection does not have a special catalogue number. It was deleted from the World Records catalogue in 1981.

Also included is a four-page booklet detailing the history of the group.

There’s also an additional, one sided sheet stating that the set now includes the addition of the “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” disc, indicating that previous boxes came without this particular record

A fantastic opportunity for Collectors..

1.      Love me do / P.S. I love you
2. Please please me / Ask me why
3. From me to you / Thank you girl
4. She loves you / I’ll get you
5. I want to hold your hand / This boy
6. A Hard Day’s Night / Things we said today
7. Can’t buy me love / You can’t do that
8. I feel fine / She’s a woman
9. Ticket to ride / Yes it is
10. Help / I’m down
11. We can work it out / Day tripper
12. Paperback writer / Rain
13. Yellow submarine / Eleanor Rigby
14. Strawberry fields forever / Penny Lane
15. Hello, goodbye / I am the walrus
16. All you need is love / Baby, you’re a rich man
17. Lady Madonna / The inner light
18. Hey Jude / Revolution
19. Get back / Don’t let me down
20. Ballad of John and Yoko / Old brown show
21. Something / Come together
22. Let it be / you know my name
23. Yesterday / I should have known better
24. Back in the U.S.S.R. / Twist and shout

25. Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from my Friends

 

Vinyl Singles: 25 x 7" Singles   All Near Mint (NM)/Mint (M) condition

Sleeves: All Very Good Plus (VG+) Condition

Box: In Very Good Plus (VG+) Condition.

Vinyl LP Record Grading

Code

Meaning

Record Grading

Album Sleeve Grading

S

Sealed

The record is still packed

The record is still packed

M

Mint

The record is in brand new condition, absolutely perfect. Certainly never played, possibly even still sealed. Should be used sparingly as a grade, if at all.

Cover and extra documents like lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition

NM

Near Mint

Describes an almost mint record, this grade is used for records that appear virtually flawless but not perfect. A very minor scuff can appear on the record. Yet, the record must play without any noise over the flaw and the latter must be very hard to detect. Any blemish affecting sound quality will prevent records from being graded NM or M.

The cover should look close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age. Minor impressions to the cover (due to the outer edge of the record resting inside) may be acceptable. It has no creases, folds, seam splits or any other noticeable similar defect. No cut-out holes, either. And of course, the same is true of any other inserts, such as posters, lyric sleeves, and the like. Basically, Near Mint looks as if you just got it home from a new record store and removed the shrink wrap.

VG+

Very Good +

Most common condition for records. The record has been played a few times but displays no major deterioration in sound quality. May have some very light surface noise or isolated crackles and pops. Some slight signs of wear, occasional light marks and scuffs. The average person would not notice anything wrong. Labels may be marked lightly.

Cover shows some handling imperfection like normal wear and tear, price tag, creasing. Minor ring wear, moderate wear to edges and corners. Cover can also be in mint condition but there is a DJ or promo copy stamp or cut in the corner.

VG

Very Good

Now the signs of age and handling are starting to show. You can notice some clear wear on the surface. Some scratches that may cause clicks, crackles or pops. There may be minor warps and skips. Labels may be marked.

Cover suffers from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration. Cover will have ring wear.

G

Good

The record has been played so much that the sound quality has been noticeably deteriorated. Likely to be lots of minor scratches and scuffs. Potential label marks and damage.

The cover and contents can be torn, stained and/or defaced, there also can be some writing on it

F/P

Fair/Poor

The record does not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc, Unless it is something very rare it is not worth listing in this condition

The cover and contents are badly damaged or partly missing. Cover can also be missing

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