BEATLES "LET IT BE" UK 1ST APPLE **RED APPLE SLEEVE**
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BEATLES "LET IT BE"
1ST ISSUE RED APPLE SLEEVE & GET BACK BOOK
"LET IT BE" WAS THE BEATLES THIRTEENTH AND LAST U.K ALBUM RELEASE BEFORE THEIR UNTIMLEY SPLIT, IT WAS ALSO THE SOUNDTRACKTO 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 THE ORIGINAL "LET IT BE" ALBUM WITH THE RED APPLE LOGO TO THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE AND THE ORIGINAL "GET BACK" BOOK..... BOTH ORIGINAL COMPONENTS FROM THE "LET IT BE" BOX SET
PCS 7096
YEX.773/4-2U-2U (CORRECT 1ST ISSUE MATRICES)
THE IST ISSUE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS, ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT AND AND THESE ARE REALLY ONLY ONLY VISIBLE IN STRONG LIGHT. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE.
THE VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, THIS HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS WHICH ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT. THE VINYL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS WITH NO BLEMISHES OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO IS FLAWLESS THROUGHOUT WITH NO DISTORTION, POPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS PRESENT AT ANY POINT.
COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE INNER WHICH IS SUPERB WITH JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL CREASES. THE INNER IS STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR AND STILL QUITE CRISP.
THE "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" ALBUM SLEEVE IS A VERY STRONG EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. FIRM AND STRONG AND MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL AS NEW GLOSS THE SLEEVE SHOWS JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING, BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR HAVE JUST TINY EDGE WRINKLES AND THE ODD "THUMBNAIL", THERE IS ONE DEEPER CREASE TO THE FRONT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS PRESENT BUT THESE ARE NOT SEVERE. THE PERFECT SPINE IS RIGID AND UNWORN WITH ALL LETTERING INTACT. THIS CORRECT SLEEVE FEATURES THE 1ST ISSUE "RED APPLE" AND MAINTAINS ITS STRONG AND VIBRANT COLOURING.
THE "GET BACK" BOOK IS EXCELLENT. THIS DOESNOT HAVE ANY LOOSE PAGES AND ALL ARE STILL VERY FIRMLY ATTACHED. THE FRONT AND REAR SLEEVES BOTH DISPLAY LIGHT CREASES AND SOME LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING. ALL THE INNER PAGES ARE CLEAN AND VIRTAULLY CREASE FREE. THE BOOKS SPINE IS RIGID AND SHOWS JUST A HINT OF WEAR .
OVERALL TWO EXCELLENT EXAMPLES FROM THE ORIGINAL UK APPLE "LET IT BE" BOX SET
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