BEATLES Collection NZ New Zealand LP Box Red Print Box + giant poster

$

300

The Beatles Collection. New Zealand BC13 . Blue Box. Red letters and 14 LP with the Red Capitol "Rarities" LP. 
This is one of several variations of the New Zealand box. 

Unique New Zealand issues with ‘canvas’ look finish on the box. Comes with large extra poster which is a blow up of the white album pictures.

Other interesting cover variations include With the Beatles with a sepia tone sleeve, A hard day's Night with the greeny/grey NOT BLUE cover, Beatles for sale variant cover with white inner gatefold, Sgt Pepper (single sleeve) , White Album with unusual YEX and SWBO matrix, Let It be (red apple) Abbey road (rear white border), Yellow Submarine with rear red lines. Additionally a number of LP’s are pressed from UK stampers, and others are the, in demand from audiophiles, local cuts. Details as follows:

Vinyl /Cover grades:

1. Please Please Me

PCS 3042 Laminated sleeve

Matrix recut YEX 94 R1 PH / YEX R1 PH hand etched  

M-/M-  

2. With The Beatles

PCS 3045 Laminated sleeve front and rear – 'sepia' tone high gloss like a mirror!

Matrix recut YEX 447 R1 /YEX448 RI   PH  

M-/M- 

3. A Hard Day's Night (alternate grey/green cover)

PCSM 3058. 

Matrix YEX126-1  / YEX127-1. Machine stamped, UK stampers. 

M-/M-  

4. Beatles for Sale 

4. PCSM3062 Laminated sleeve front and rear, white inner gatefold sleeve not black like UK.

Matrix recut YEX142 RB  / YEX 143 RB hand etched  

M-/M- (slight impression in front sleeve)  

5. Help

PCSM 3071 Laminated sleeve front and rear. 1877/1977 100 years rear logo cover. 

Matrix Side 1 recut hand etched YEX168 / Side 2 UK Machine stamped YEX 169-1    

M-/  Ex++ (slight impression in front sleeve, very slight under light )    

6. Rubber Soul

PCSM 3075 Laminated sleeve front and rear, high gloss laminated

Matrix side 1 local recut hand etched YEX 178A  / side 2 YEX 179 – 2   UK stampers   

M-/Ex++ (slight impression in front sleeve, very slight under light )    

7. Revolver

PCSM 7009 Laminated front and rear, white rear border

Matrix yex 605-1 / 606-1   Uk machine stampers   

M-/Ex++ (slight impression in front sleeve, very slight under light )    

8. Sgt Pepper

PCSM 7027 Laminated sleeve, non gatefold

Matrix recut YEX 637 PH / YEX 638 PH hand etched  

EX (slight very superficial handling marks side 2/ EX+(slight impression in front sleeve, very slight under light )    

9. White Album

PCS7067/8 Matt sleeve, imported Australian made cover with mono/stereo cat nos, with poster (MINT-)and 4 prints in MINT- condition.

Matrix info

Disc 1 Recut YEX 709/710 hand etched

Disc 2 SWBO 3 101 J48 #3/SWBO 4 101 J 45 #5

hybrid matrix - with disc 2 cut from US stampers. Oddly, the original 1968 1st press had these US stampers crossed out and YEX numbers too. This has the US matrix and NO YEX numbers.

M-/EX cover, with very slight evidence of handling . 

10. Yellow Submarine

PCSM 7070 Laminated sleeve front and rear, rear cover red lines

Matrix recut YEX 715 / YEX 716 hand etched  

M-/EX++ (slight disc impression on front) 

11. Abbey Road

High gloss laminated sleeve, with rear white border  (No Her Majesty on cover, but listed on label)

Matrix side 1 recut, UK stampers YEX 749 - 2 /    side 2 Uk machine stampers YEX 750-1   

M-/EX++ (slight disc impression on front under light) 

12. Let It Be

Matt front and rear sleeve, red apple 

Matrix YEX 773 3U / YEX 774 3U UK machine stampers  

M-/EX+ 

 ties (US version) 

13. Rarities (US version) 

SHAL12060 LP 261 Laminated front and rear sleeve 

Matrix SHAL 12060A /B hand etched 

M-/Ex+   Rarer cover which has a super high gloss fully laminated front and rear (most were matt sleeves).

Box : These boxes are usually faded and split. This one has a lovely lid, unfaded, no splits, Rear tray has 'creases' on two corners. One edge of one corner has a small repaired area of 3cm where the blue paper has torn on edge but has been reglued.Still very very nice presentable box.

Poster : Large poster of white album photos  is EX. Still folded as it came.