BEATLES Collection NZ New Zealand LP Box 1st press, Red Print Box BOTH Rarities

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440

The Beatles Collection. New Zealand BC13 . Blue Box Red letters . Includes both the 1st "sampler not for sale" version of the blue covered Rarities LP and the gray gatefold capitol version. 
This is one of several variations of the New Zealand box. 

Unique New Zealand issues with ‘canvas’ look finish on the box. 

Other interesting cover variations include 

With the Beatles with a sepia tone sleeve

A hard Day's Night (corrected blye cover, not the grey greeny one in first press boxes

Beatles for sale variant cover with white inner gatefold and corrected front title (1st box issue has titles missing)

Sgt Pepper (single sleeve) 

Let It be (red apple) 

Abbey road (rear white border)

UK Rarities with "sampler  album not for sale "

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 94A / YEX 95B 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 

PCSM 3058. 

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

M-/M-  

4. Beatles for Sale 

4. PCSM3062 Laminated sleeve front and rear, with front cover error, "Beatles For sale" Title is missing! white inner gatefold sleeve not black like UK.

Matrix recut YEX142 RB  / YEX 143 RB hand etched  

M-/M-  

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 stampers YEX 167-1   

M-/M-  (side 2 has a superficial mark not affecting play)

6. Rubber Soul

PCSM 3075 Laminated sleeve front and rear, high gloss laminated

Matrix side 1 UK stampers YEX178-2   / side 2 YEX 179 – 2   UK stampers   (others has side 1 recut)

M-/M- 

7. Revolver

PCSM 7009 Laminated front and rear, white rear border

Matrix yex 605-1 / 606-1   Uk machine stampers   (later copies were recuts)

M-/M-  

8. Sgt Pepper

PCSM 7027 Matt non laminated sleeve, non gatefold

Matrix UK stampers  YEX 637-1 / YEX 638-1  (different to others which were locally recut on one or both sides)

M-/M- 

9. White Album

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

Matrix recut YEX 709/710/711/712 hand etched    (different to 1st box which had 711c/711D disc 2 recut)

M-/M- 

10. Yellow Submarine

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

Matrix recut YEX 715 / YEX 716 hand etched  

M-/M- 

11. Abbey Road

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

Matrix sidse UK stampers YEX 749-2 /   YEX 750-1   later copies were locally recut, see 1st box listed

M-/M- 

12. Let It Be

Matt front and rear sleeve, red apple 

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

M-/M- 

 ties (US version) 

13. Rarities (UK version) 

PSLP 261 Laminated front and rear sleeve, sampler album not for sale rear sleeve 

Matrix PSLP 261 A / hand etched 

M- record Cover Ex   Includes the misprinted credit showing Lennon/McCartney on The Inner Light.   Cover has some light handling marks in the high gloss laminate surface.  

Box : No splits, these boxes are usually faded and split, but this one is a beauty. Only fault I can see is a slight edge push top left lid edge

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