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Sold Date:
September 18, 2018
Start Date:
September 8, 2018
Final Price:
£345.00
(GBP)
Bid Count:
25
Seller Feedback:
3597
Buyer Feedback:
23
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BEATLES
LET IT BE BOX SET
RELEASED MAY 8th 1970
APPLE PXS 1
"LET IT BE" WAS THE THIRTEENTH AND LAST BEATLES ALBUM TO BE RELEASED BEFORE THE GROUP SPLIT UP
IT WAS RELEASED IN THE UK AS A BOX SET WHICH INCLUDED THE ALBUM PCS 7096 AND A BOOK CONTANING STILL PICTURES AND UNUSED DIALOGUE FROM THE FILM OF THE SAME NAME
THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED SEPARATELY ON NOVEMBER 6th 1970
THIS IS A REALLY NICE SET NEAR MINT VINYL ,RECORD SLEEVE AND BOOK
THE OUTER SLEEVE WHICH IS FULLY LAMINATED BACK AND FRONT HAS A COUPLE OF ODD MARKS TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE ,AND A LIGHT SCUFF ACROSS THE LOWER IMAGES BUT IS HARD TO SEE IN THE PICTURES
THE OUTER SLEEVE REAR HAS SOME LIGHT CREASE'S DOWN THE EDGES AND A SMALL MARK IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER
THE BOX IS RIGID AND SELF SUPPORTING AND ALL TEXT AND IMAGES ARE LEGIBLE
INNER TRAYS APPEAR TO BE NICE AND CLEAN BUT ALL FOUR CORNER'S ON THE BOOK INNER TRAY HAVE BEEN REINFORCED WITH TAPE UNDERNEATH SO NOTHING IS VISIBLE FROM ABOVE ( SEEMS TO BE STANDARD PRACTICE ON SOME INNER TRAYS AT THE WEAKEST POINTS)
THE VINYL DISC IS IN SUPERB CONDITION DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES WITH PRISTINE CLEAN LABELS WITH JUST THE ODD SPINDLE MARK VISIBLE
HAVE PLAYED THE ALBUM AND THE AUDIO IS FIRST CLASS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT GREAT SOUND WITH QUIET RUN-INS AND SPACES
WHITE INNER SLEEVE IS AGAIN IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND FREE FROM ANY DISTRESS
RECORD SLEEVE IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION SUPERB LAMINATE FINISH WITH AN UNCRUSHED SPINE WHICH SHOWS NO RINGWEAR , JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL HARD TO SEE CREASES
THE "BEATLES GET BACK" BOOK IS AGAIN IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH AN UNMARKED FRONT AND REAR COVER ,THESE BOOKS ARE VERY FRAGILE SO I HAVE JUST GENTLY FLICKED THROUGH THE TOPS OF THE PAGES AND EVERTHING SEEMS INTACT ,I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT TO FOLD THE BOOK OPEN TO READ IT AS A LOT OF DAMAGE COULD INCUR ( THE BINDING WAS NEVER THE BEST WHEN NEW)
STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 1 RT 3 RL MATRICES ARE YEX 773-2U YEX 774-2U