BEATLES "LET IT BE" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS ***RED APPLE***
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BEATLES "LET IT BE"
"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.
THE BOX SET CONTAINED THE "LET IT BE" ALBUM WHICH FEATURED A RED APPLE TO THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE
OFFERED FOR SALE IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS FIRST ISSUE BOX SET ALBUM
PCS 7096
YEX.773/4-2U-2U (CORRECT 1ST ISSUE MATRICES)
THE IST ISSUE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. LABELS HAVE JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMALSPINDLE MARKS PRESENT.LABELS ARE CLEAN AND RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE WITH PERFECT AND UNSPOILT LETTERING AND DISPLAY AN AS NEW APPEARANCE..
THE VINYL IS SUPERB , THIS HAS CLEALRY ONLY EVER RECEIVED CAREFUL PLAYS AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE VINYL'S APPEARENCE. MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS THE VINYL CARRIES JUST VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS , THE VINYL DISPLAYS NO DULLING OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS TO THE PLAYING SURFACE AND LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A SUPERB AND FLAWLESS AUDIO THROUGHOUT WITH NO DISTORTION, POPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS PRESENT AT ANY POINT.
COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WHITE INNER WHICH IS EXCELLENT WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING. THE INNER IS STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR AND STILL VERY CRISP.
THE "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" ALBUM SLEEVE IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE. FIRM AND STRONG AND MAINTAINING ITS ORIGINAL AS NEW GLOSS THE SLEEVE SHOWS JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING, WHEN ANGLED IN A CERTAIN LIGHT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DETECT JUST TINY EDGE WRINKLES AND ONE SLIGHT MINOR CREASE TO THE FRONT LEFT CORNER AND ONE TO THE REAR AND THERE ARE JUST VERY MINOR CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THE OPENING EDGE DISPLAYS MINOR SIGNS OF HANDLING. THE SPINE IS PERFECT AND RIGID.. THIS STUNNING "RED APPLE" SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH NO WRITING.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE THIS MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE ALBUM FROM THE ORIGINAL UK BOX SET IN FABULOUS CONDITION..
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