Beatles George Harrison All Things Must Pass LP Box Set w/ Rare Promo Sticker

$

161

Here is a NICE BOX SET with a VERY UNCOMMON STICKER ON IT for someone’s Beatles or vinyl collection!

• “ALL THINGS MUST PASS” LP Box Set by GEORGE HARRISON

• This is Apple Records STCH – 639.

• This APPLE BOX SET is SPECIAL:

  It has a YELLOW 2 ½-INCH X 1 ½-INCH STICKER that reads

  COMPLIMENTARY COPY

  For Review

  or Broadcast

  Only

  (This indicates that this box set was intended to be a PROMOTIONAL ISSUE.)

• As you probably know, PROMO RECORDS were released by record companies ONLY to the radio stations and DJs for airplay to promote the new LP and artist. They were NOT released or made available to the general public. They are especially desirable to vinyl collectors due to small quantities issued and unavailability to the public.

• In this case, the BOX HAS A PROMOTIONAL STICKER, but Apple did not produce promo record labels for the vinyl.

• The BOX WITH HINGED/ATTACHED LID contains:

  1) 3 VINYL LP DISCS. Two of the discs have CUSTOM ORANGE-TINTED APPLE LABELS. The third disc has GREEN-TINTED JAM JAR LABELS entitled “Apple Jam”.

  2) 3 CUSTOM PAPER INNER SLEEVES WITH LYRICS PRINTED ON THEM

  3) a 35-inches x 23 ½-Inches SHADOWY COLOR POSTER of GEORGE HARRISON

• This is a LATER FIRST PRESSING of this APPLE BOX SET. We know this because:

  * First Pressing Boxes have “APPLE STCH 639” printed on the spine. Second and subsequent pressings have only “STCH 639”, without “APPLE”, printed on the spine. (This Box has “APPLE STCH 639” printed on the spine.)

  * EARLY First Pressings do NOT have the Apple Records address printed inside the box lid, but LATER First Pressings DO have the address printed inside the lids of boxes with “APPLE STCH 639” printed on the spine. (This Box has the address printed inside the lid.) (NOTE: There is very little difference in the value between early and later first pressing boxes.)

  * “MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC.” is printed on the bottom of the sliced-apple labels on both EARLY and LATER FIRST Pressings. Second Pressing Apple Labels have “All Rights Reserved…” printed on the Apple labels, and subsequent pressings are Capitol Records pressings with Capitol labels, not Apple labels. (The labels on the discs in this auction have “MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC.” printed on the bottom of the sliced-apple labels.)

  * EARLY First Pressing Custom Inner Sleeves do NOT have the copyright information printed on them. LATER First Pressings DO have the copyright information added to the custom inner sleeves. (The custom inner sleeves in this auction do have the copyright information printed on them.)

• FIRST PRESSING BOX SETS were initially issued November 27, 1970.

• The “ALL THINGS MUST PASS” box set DEFINITELY contains some of George Harrison’s best work including: “My Sweet Lord”, “Wah-Wah”, “Isn’t It A Pity”, “All Things Must Pass”, “What Is Life”, “If Not For You” (a Bob Dylan composition), “Beware of Darkness”, “Apple Scruffs”, and others.

• The BOX itself is graded VERY STRONG VG to VG+ CONDITION. There is light overall wear on the front slick with a few very light smudges/scuffs and some aging/”foxing” along the left edge. The yellow “Complimentary Copy” sticker is nice and clean. The black textured rear of the box is nice and clean with very minimal wear. THERE ARE NO CORNER SPLITS on the top/lid or bottom of the box! The box lid is still nicely hinged to the box bottom. On many of these boxes, the hinging is destroyed separating the lid from the box bottom, and corners are so often split such that it’s not even a box at all. BUT NOT THIS BOX! IT IS STILL QUITE SOLIDLY HINGED!

• The VINYL (all 6 sides) is in NEAR MINT CONDITION.

• The 3 TEXTURED-PAPER CUSTOM INNER SLEEVES (Purple, Gray and Green) that have song lyrics and credits are included. They show VERY LIGHT signs of handling with NO SPLITS, NO TEARS and NO STAINS.

• The 35-Inch X 23 ½ -Inch POSTER of GEORGE HARRISON is also included and is in NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. There is just some light aging on the back side of the poster. (Often this poster is missing from box sets of this George Harrison title, because they were taped or tacked to bedroom walls.)

It’s really a GREAT COMPLIMENTARY/PROMOTIONAL LATER FIRST PRESSING OF GEORGE HARRISON’S “ALL THINGS MUST PASS” BOX LP SET in VERY NICE CONDITION to add to your vinyl collection!!

While I’ve had copies of this box set with the Apple sticker on the front of the box, this is the ONLY “ALL THINGS MUST PASS” BOX SET I’VE EVER HAD WITH THE COMPLIMENTARY/PROMO STICKER ON THE BOX!

Thanks to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records, 6th Edition by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels for some information about this Apple box set.

FYI: I use the COVER/SLEEVE GRADES and RECORD GRADES listed and described on page 8 of the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records. 6th Edition for grading. These grades are Poor (P), Fair (F), Good Minus (G-), Good (G), Good Plus (G+), Very Good Minus (VG-), Very Good (VG), Very Good+ (VG+), Near Mint Minus or Very Good++ (NM- or VG++), Near Mint (NM), Mint Minus (M-), and Mint (M or MT) to VISUALLY GRADE this box set, so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for more vinyl you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish the same weekend. (NOTE: If more than 1 vinyl item is won by the same bidder, please do NOT make payment until I send an invoice with combined shipping cost.) Winning bidder must remit payment within 5 days of auction close. Add $5.50 for shipping to a U.S. address via USPS Media Mail with tracking.