1st Press Beatles RED APPLE 2U/2U Let It Be Box Set UK Vinyl LP +Book+Inner PXS1
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Description
Please note the high postage is due to the added USPS Insurance and adult signature required fee.
Please ask any question you may have if you are considering investing in this box set. (24 pictures was not enough).
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THE BEATLES – LET IT BE
ORIGINAL UK MAY 1970 PXS 1 BOX SET – FIRST PRESSING 2U/2U
A superb, 100% original and complete UK Let It Be PXS 1 box set, dating from the initial1970 release on Apple Records.
It comprises all of the genuine original box-set components: outer slipcase, outer tray, inner tray, 164-page Get Back book, and the first-pressing UK Apple PCS 7096 LP with YEX 773-2U / YEX 774-2U matrices, housed in its original fully laminated Garrod & Lofthouse red-Apple cover with original plain white patent inner sleeve.
CONTENTS:
OUTER SLIPCASE
OUTER TRAY
INNER TRAY
GET BACK BOOK
A lavish 164-page soft-back book with photographs by Ethan A. Russell and text by Jonathan Cott & David Dalton.
LET IT BE LP – Apple PCS 7096
Matrices: YEX 773-2U & YEX 774-2U
Stamper codes: 1 L & 3 CD
Vinyl weight: approximately 140g
Housed in a fully laminated Garrod & Lofthouse printed cover with the red Apple logo on the rear panel and original plain white Patent No. 1,125,555 inner sleeve.
VG+
This well-cared for set's Vinyl has several superficial imperfections such as paper scuffs and faint hairlines.
Extra Details
Labels:
EX.
Original DARK GREEN 1st pressing labels. Lovely and clean to BOTH sides.
Barely any central hole wear to mention.
Shines out bright, with the deep green Apple.
VERY DISPLAYABLE
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Record Sleeve:
EX
RED APPLE
It retains the glossy sheen to both the front and back laminate.
The corners have some light rubbing
The spine is still legible. Remains fantastically strong.
The Apple to the back is a RED APPLE-showing it to be the very first pressing.
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Outer Cover:
EX.
Generally kept her shape when the insides were taken out. Only a slight collapse.
The front pictures are lovely and clear with a gorgeous sheen to the fully laminated outer cover. There is a slight lamination separation on the edge (see in photo)
The back of the outer cover has the credit of..
"Designed By John Kosh Photographs by Ethan A Russell Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Limited (Patents Pending)" on the bottom
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Record Inner:
EX.
Die-cut plain white inner. No writing...
It is a wonderful ORIGINAL example with "PATENT NO. 1,125,555" to the bottom left corner of one side.
As well as "MADE IN ENGLAND"
Just some light corner creasing.
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The Book:
EX+
Could pass for As-New
Gloriously glossy pictures with all their original color.
Brilliantly shiny cover
NO writing, marks etc
_______________________________Inner Tray/Inner Book Housing:
VG+
You may be able to see in the photos that there is some "use" displayed on the flaps (creases)
Really has survived rather well.
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Extra:
This was the Beatles' 13th and final official album release. Released on the 8th of May 1970, it reached the number 1 slot just over two weeks later and stayed there for 3 weeks. It was also, sadly, to prompt the Beatles' last live performance: on top of the Apple Building in London on the 30th of January 1969.
An interesting little bit about this album is the cover was originally intended to be the cover which was used for the Beatles' compilation in 1973 for their 'Red' and 'Blue' album.
Even though recording for the album was finished by the end of May '69, it wasn't until March 1970, when Phil Spector was brought in, when it finally got released.
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