THE BEATLES UK "LET IT BE" BOX SET APPLE ALBUM /PARLOPHONE EXPORT SLEEVE

$

400

THE BEATLES

"LET IT BE"
UK box set (1970)
Apple PXS 1
Album: Apple PCS 7096
Sleeve: mega rare UK Export sleeve (Parlophone PPCS 7096)
Includes rare Apple Records poster

"LET IT BE" WAS THE BEATLES THIRTEENTH AND LAST U.K ALBUM RELEASE BEFORE THEIR SPLIT, IT WAS ALSO THE SOUNDTRACK TO THEIR FOURTH FILM.

"LET IT BE" WAS SALVAGED FROM AN ORIGINAL PROJECT WHICH WAS TO BE CALLED "GET BACK". AN ALBUM OF THAT NAME WAS DUE TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN AUGUST 1969 BUT THE BEATLES CANCELLED IT AND IT WAS LATER DECIDED TO TIE IN A BOOK, FILM AND ALBUM UNDER THE TITLE "LET IT BE".

RELEASED 8TH MAY 1970 "LET IT BE" WAS FIRST ISSUED AS A SPECIAL BOX SET PACKAGE.... PXS 1..... ALTHOUGH THIS NUMBER DOES NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THE RECORD OR PACKAGING,  IT WAS PURELY FOR ORDERING PURPOSES. DESIGNED BY JOHN KOSH THE SPECIAL BOX SET WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE "LET IT BE" WAS RELEASED AS AN ALBUM ONLY. 

OFFERED FOR SALE IS COMPLETE BOX SET WHICH IS IN  SUPERB CONDITION THROUGHOUT. FEATURING 100% ORIGINAL COMPONENTS ALL OF WHICH ARE INTACT, AND WHICH INCLUDES AN UNPLAYED PRESSING VINYL, A NEAR MINT *GET BACK" BOOK  AND A RARE PARLOPHONE EXPORT SLEEVE (PPCS 7096). THE LP IS THE REGULAR APPLE LP (PCS 7096)

THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. THESE VIBRANT LABELS HAVE NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT . LABELS ARE CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE WITH PERFECT AND UNSPOILT LETTERING.

THE  VINYL ALSO APPEARS TO BE MINT, THIS CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE VINYL'S APPEARANCE, IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THERE ARE NO SURFACE MARKS PRESENT AND EVEN WHEN EXAMINED UNDER A STRONG LIGHT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETECT ANY MARKS WHATSOEVER. MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS THIS AS NEW VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE INNER WHICH IS SUPERB WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING AND HAS JUST THE EXPECTED LIGHT CREASES FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE INNER. THE INNER IS STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR AND STILL VERY CRISP.

THE "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" ALBUM SLEEVE IS TRULY STUNNING AND IS CERTAINLY A TOP QUALITY EXAMPLE. FIRM AND STRONG AND MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL AS NEW GLOSS THE SLEEVE SHOWS LITTLE SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING. ALL THE EDGES ARE PERFECTLY SQUARE WITH NO WEAR OR RUBBING. THE PERFECT SPINE IS RIGID AND AND CREASE FREE WITH PERFECT LETTERING. THE SLEEVE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF WEAR. THIS STUNNING PARLOPHONE SLEEVE STILL HAS ITS 'AS NEW' FEEL. 

THE OUTER LAMINATED SLIP SLEEVE IS AGAIN A SUPERB EXAMPLE, REMAINING STRONG, FIRM AND RIGID; IT ONLY SHOWS MINOR CREASE, BUT NO SPLITS. THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF EDGE WEAR EVIDENT AND EACH CORNER SHOWS THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF BUMPING. THE REAR HAS JUST A FEW TINY MINOR CREASES. THE OUTER SLEEVE HAS REMAINED VERY BRIGHT AND GLOSSY AND CLEAN WITH UNDAMAGED LAMINATE.

THE "GET BACK" BOOK EQUALLY MATCHES THE OTHER COMPONENTS FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY AND GRADES AS NEAR MINT. ALL THE PAGES ARE STILL FIRMLY ATTACHED AND ALL ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN WITH LITTLE OR NO SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN HANDLED. THE BOOK SPINE IS PERFECT, RIGID AND STRONG WITH ONLY ONE MINOR "BUMPING" (SEE PHOTO) TO THE TOP END AND ABSOLUTELY NO WEAR. I DOUBT THIS HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOX MORE THAN A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS. 

THE FLIMSY OUTER TRAY IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE AND GIVEN THAT THESE DIDN'T TEND TO SURVIVE TOO WELL. THIS ONE IS IS AN EXCEPTION TO THAT. COMPLETELY INTACT WITH PERFECT INNER FLAPS WHICH SHOW JUST MILD CREASES IT IS STILL FIRM AND STRONG AS ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED. THE TRAY DOES NOT EVEN SHOW THE USUAL SIGNS OF EDGE RUBBING FROM BEEN REMOVED FROM THE OUTER SLEEVE.

THE INNER TRAY IS EXCELLENT, AGAIN INTACT AND STILL VERY FIRM AND STRONG. BOTH TRAYS HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR ORIGINAL DEEP BLACK COLOUR AND DO NOT DISPLAY THE USUAL WHITENING CAUSED BY THE TRAYS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE OUTER SLEEVE.  

EACH AND EVERY COMPONENT OF THIS SUPERB BOX SET IS ORIGINAL AND NO PART HAS BEEN "TOUCHED UP" IN ANY WAY. THIS SET HAS CLEALRY NOT BEEN OVERHANDLED OVER THE YEARS AND HAS MOST DEFINITELY BEEN CAREFULLY STORED AND WELL LOOKED AFTER AND THIS WITHOUT DOUBT HAS HELPED TO KEEP THIS SET IN SUCH GREAT CONDITION.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS BOX COMES WITH AN ORIGINAL APPLE POSTER. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY NOT INCLUDED WITH THE BOX BUT OFFERED
BY RECORD SHOPS TO THOSE WHO BOUGHT THE BOX SET BACK IN THE SPRING OF 1970. A VERY WELCOME ADDITION TO THE SET.

THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THIS MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE APPLE BOX SET WHICH OFFERS AN UNPLAYED VINYL, A TRULY STUNNING PARLOPHONE ALBUM SLEEVE AND A NEAR MINT AND BEAUTIFUL "GET BACK" BOOK.


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IS MORE THAN THE $4 I WAS "FORCED" TO INDICATE TO
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