Hey Joe...it's Pete from infinity...I checked out Spizer's The Beatles on Parlophone...the Let It Be Box did, indeed, come out INITIALLY with a red Apple at the bottom of the back cover...I guess there was an additional run of pressings because THOSE had the green Apple. Either way, GREAT find on your part!!
+peter stergakos -- Hi Pete .. thanks for checking in! As wonderful a condition as this Let It Be Box was, something about finding out that the Green Apple on the LP cover was not original kind of always stuck in my craw.
What a find! I am very jealous of your 'Let It Be' box set. I used to gaze at this box behind the counter in Record & Tape Exchange in Notting Hill Gate in the early '80s and it was 200 quid even then :- )
You are utterly right: the UK Blue box is true analog as opposed to the digitally remastered stereo box. The blue box, the US Magical Mystery Tour, Hollywood Bowl and the Red & Blue albums are my go to LP's for listening pleasure. I enjoy these more than words can say! Sometimes, I like to spin Love Songs and Rock n' Roll. At some point I need to pick up some of the US albums: specially Rubber Soul, Second Album and Rarities. And the mono box. Although, I am somewhat confined to collecting Beatles, Harrison, ELO and Crowded House, your passion for vinyl is contagious.
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What I wish: Mono box and YS, AR and LIB (I don't really like Beatles on stereo... In that case I woud go for the blue box too)
Yes, you are very fortunate to have friends who look out for you and your interests, Joe!! I take it, you help them out with record deals and info. they wouldn't have knowledge of, in return. That's the way good business dealings SHOULD go!!! Thanks for another great video, Joe!!
I paid $240 Canadian for my blue box. It sounds SPECTACULAR! And it's the only way to get all the stereo albums in a box sourced from the original UK analogue source tapes!
Joe,very nice,I have the exact Blue(U.K.) Box.I bought it in the early 90s'.Joe, I'm a fanatic just like you as far as keeping Beatle stuff orig. I stored the Blue Box separately from the Parlaphone discs(vinyl).This way I don't have to handle the Box if I want to look at the vinyl. I never even listened to them,they are stone mint.I can listen to my other Beatle stuff.I have 600+ Beatle and Beatle related vinyl. Joe,f32vinylguy
The '78 Blue Box is held in high esteem by collectors. Its quite a popular needle drop among CD collectors as well. I have a CD of Abbey Road from this box and it sounds beautiful.
Excellent clip Joe & excellent 2 finds, I got the Beatles Blue Box back in 1978 in New Zealand & remember it cost me $70.00 NZ dollars back then, The flap on the box broke away only a few years after I got it. I didn't realise it at the time but we got a bit short changed & basically ripped off in New Zealand by EMI as the Sgt Pepper LP didn't come out in a gatefold, didn't have the insert or the colored inner sleeve. Looking back it's amazing to think I didn't even know about the gatefold Sgt Pepper until I moved to Australia in the mid 80's !. I still have all those blue box albums but rarely play those particular ones as they have what I now consider bad mixes done in the mid 70's when they put all the vocals & drums on one side & guitars and backing vocals on the other, interesting to listen to sometimes, but the new mixes are far superior, but back in the 70's when stereo's had a 'ballance' knob I used to like playing just the instruments on one side or just the vocals & drums on the other just for fun, ( a bit like an early version of Kareoke ?) or I could flick the Mono switch to flatten out those mid 70's mixes. Incidentally my Let it be LP from 1970 & from the box set have the red Apple on the back. I would love to get the original Let It Be Box in my collection one day, it will be interesting to see what the new Let It Be box sets look like, I guess we'll know soon. Cheers mate.
That is worth a lot of money on Ebay brand new never played one is near $4,000. and another British blue box set is $1,050. The let It be box set in your video on the date of 3/8/2015 is not the only set with the new Peter Jackson documentary Get Back film with new remixes.
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The book alone goes for 75 to 100 on eBay. And ALL of them have broken binders, loose pages etc. It is the most fragile book ever produced. Your binder is quite intact. Don’t read it. Don’t open it.
The original 1978 UK BC13 boxed set also included a 3' x 2' poster of the White Album portraits. It's been a while since I've seen it, but I have a vague memory that the photos on the poster might even have been alternative shots.
Just picked up another copy of the UK 1st press "Let It Be" Red Apple on back cover variant from the box set. It's only in VG condition without the box and book. I already own a nice complete set, so I might frame this one in one of those cover/record custom frames from Bags Unlimited.
Hi, Joe! Great video of this item! I hope you don’t mind that I’ve included a link in my latest video, a look at various LET IT BE editions (including an original US first pressing LP). I don’t have this box set myself, so I wanted to include links to a few good videos viewers can check out to get a look at this item. Your video is one I gravitated toward while doing a search. If you would prefer not to be linked, I will respect your wishes and remove it. Thanks.
I have to give it to you Mr. Mayo...I checked several sources and it appears that the stereo Beatles lp box set was digitized and is slightly inferior in sound. You are right, my friend.
Hi Joe, I had already seen this video months ago... always love to watch and rewatching unboxing videos of incredible finds. I have seen this on eBay. Am I wrong that I saw one of these boxes for Abbey Road. Love the contents of that box. Always good to have a friend in a music store. Take care of those boxes. Happy that you made those scores. Happy Holidays again to you and yours... Hoping Santa brings more musical goodies or gift cards so you can continue to do this.. very soon. Sincerely. Tino Stabile
The actual album sleeve should have a 'Red' apple on the back side instead of green - if it's an original box "set". Yours has the green apple - which indicates that someone put a newer EMI/UK pressing in the kit to try and make it complete. Check the dead wax matrix.
Anton A - This is why | decided to sell this box a few years ago...but now I sort of regret it. The green apple just bothered me so I sold the box. I should have kept the Apple advertisement, at least. I figured that this box was found in the home of an older woman from the UK, who did not seem like the type who would have "pieced together" a complete set; it seemed that she would have bought it when it was new and not really bothered with it. She also had a few other original Beatles albums from England in her home.
Hi joe You had the tray in the wrong way my Friend and yes the poster is for the Beatles let it be box set the poster is hard to find and joe I got my Beatles blue box set and the Beatles let it be form a Carboot sale for £10 pound for both of them love the Beatles video keep it up Dave big Beatles fan.
Dave Eaglestone - Thanks but I regret to say that since this video was made some 4 years ago, I've had to sell off both items. I regret it because they were both in such great shape... but I hope to re-acquire them some day.
I have the Canadian version and everything is made in Canada except the book and the catalog number is SOAL 6351 and even the outer box has that number and made in Canada by Capitol records. What catalog number has your outer box got?
The Apple albums promo poster could not have come with original Abbey Road albums because there are a couple of albums pictured on it that were released AFTER Abbey Road - eg. 'Wedding Album', 'Live Peace in Toronto, 1969'.
I just bought one of the stereo remaster LP's - Pepper, of course. Reckless Records in Chicago now sells the mono LPs for the same price as the stereo LPs...and they sound better.
Was the blue box US or UK ?, also the LIB box, mine from Japan and was wondering what are the wings on the side of the packaging in the video? I have the flaps but not those pull tabs on the sides. Also the poster does belong to the LIB box, they were given away when you buy the album. Great finds !
Great scores Joe. I have only ever seen one LIB box in person. It was in Toronto in the '80, trashed and they wanted $150.00 for it way back then. The Blue Box is immaculate as well. I have been (a mostly poor) Beatle collector since the late '70s, and I have none of the grails in my collection. There needs to be a Green box for us jealous collectors! (LOL) Take care.
The blue box is no less than the best. Mine is my most prized Beatles piece. I bought it back in 81 and have loved it ever since. The records are from the original masters and I think they still sound the best, Giles Martin mixes aside. the red (black in the US) box is just about impossible to get. any I've found are in the thousands of dollars. I suggest you put the records in protector sleeves. They'll still fit in the box, tightly though. the Rarities album was released separately but it had a different back cover. The LIB box is magnificent. Definitely a keeper.
FitToBe TieDyed - Thanks for commenting - but it brings me regret to tell you that I ultimately had to sell both these grails when I needed some cash in a pinch. But I do recall you saying how much you prefer that blue box sound quality. At the time I was collecting it more for "show" than to play; but now I have a nice new cartridge for my turntable and would have spun the discs. There is always going to be a chance to get another blue box but I doubt the condition will be as great as this one was. Ditto for the LIB box.. but in that case commenters were telling me that the Apple logo was supposed to be RED and not GREEN (as this one was) so I never felt completely satisfied that I had an official one.
Joe, here in Australia the BLue Box sold amazingly well, however it was a poor local EMI copy equivalent of the UK version, like the one you now have. Ours didn't have the leatherette style covering and brass rivets, all cardboard :(
Just curious if you know anything about this or not, but my vinyl copy of Let It Be, I purchased in a Nashville record store, some 40 years ago. It had a cutout hole punch in the top right corner, which went all the way through the gatefold, into both sections, etc. The real mystery is, the label is the traditional apple label, but the whole thing is shaded pink instead of green. It's that's way on both sides of the label. Pink instead of green or white. Are you aware of anything like that? Never thought to ask anybody about it until I started watching your channel!
+Collectorofstuff - Sometimes I think that hole punch can indicate an early pressing, or a "promo" copy. I've never heard of the pink shading, but I do know that there seem to be bootlegs of this album that crop up at my used store pretty regularly. In those cases the cover photo is ever so slightly "off", as if it's a copy. I'm not saying that yours is a bootleg -- I don't know -- but I've never heard of the pink. That sounds unusual and maybe rare.
Always wanted the LIB boxed set. I've heard, like you mentioned, that the pages fall out of the book pretty easily. I never realized LIB wasn't a gatefold in England until I got the stereo vinyl box set a few years back, and also isn't on a red apple label.
+Matthew Smith The red Apple was an idea of Alan Steckler's over at Capitol. He wanted all the "special project" Beatle albums to have a custom Apple. He was also behind the orange Apple for ATMP (why THAT album had the different colored Apple in Europe and LIB didn't, is a mystery).
....lovely condition! Mine had the price tag still on ....saying ''59/11d'' , which is 59 shillings and 11 pence - or £2.99 in the decimal equivalent !
Supposedly the first pressings have a red apple on the back of the LP sleeve. Joe's has a green apple. Why was this changed? Is the green apple a later pressing?
Andrew B - This oddity perplexed me so much that I wound up selling the box when I was in need of some quick cash. I kind of regret doing that now, as this was really in great shape - but I was never pleased with that green apple.
wow JOE,you got those 2 rare albums at the right place in two different times.i have never seen those before.keep those rare puppies in great shape.keep showing those rare BEATLES records when you get them.
As an aside, the green Apple on the back means that it might be a transitional set. Later boxes have the green Apple on the cover till the boxes were depleted. Thx!
Wow! Incredible finds! I'd love both. That advert insert does go with Let It Be. I've never known it to be issued with Abbey Road, so you made the right choice to include it with LIB.
Hi Joe, I had the box of Let it be years ago in Canada. Somehow it got lost and I regret that for all the great pics. I also has the original sleeve for Beatlemania,which was our version of With the Beatles. I never bought their Second album. I think American Capital did a great job with Meet the Beatles and the Second album.
Hey Joe-I got a UK 1st issue of "McCartney" this weekend and it had that ad in it. As soon as I saw it, I thought back on this video. It was a nice bonus. Your copy of the LIB box is one of the nicest I've seen. Hang onto that one forever!
I sold it, I regret to say. For one reason, I really needed the cash.. but I was always uncomfortable with my copy of the LP having a GREEN Apple logo on it instead of the proper RED one. Everyone told me that makes it unofficial or something (even in these comments if you read them)... and I always felt that I didn't have the "right one".
You really should've kept that LIB set based on the condition and the fact it had the rare Apple insert. Maybe a "red" Apple on the back UK LP would've surfaced at some point. I own one without the insert, but the condition is far less than the one you once owned. So much for treasuring a true grail Beatles piece purchased at an awesome price. I would think there would have been some less desirable records to part with instead. I guess we all make a mistake or two that we'll regret forever.
Steve Derda - I actually regretted buying the LIB box with the wrong color Apple, and it was nagging at me. True that the package itself was in amazing condition.. but when the opportunity arises again (and I'm sure it will) I'll pick up a nice copy. And with the red apple.
WOW!!! You scored big time Joe, I am drooling over that Let It Be box, It looks like its in amazing condition. Nice 1 Joe, I'm happy for you that you came across these 2 awesome finds.
The "Let It Be" box set with the book is one awesome find. But I'm surprise the logo is the green apple instead of the red apple. Is the red apple logo only appeared on the American version?
There is a let it be box at my record store. the box has some minor corner wear, unfortunatley the book has corner damage, I wanted it to have in collection but i passed.
I have gone on record, as a Beatles fan saying that the Beatles mono vinyl reissues (all analogue-all the way) is the most important vinyl reissue in history. It's also maybe the best the Beatles got on vinyl. Great 180 gram UK pressings- they sound great. I have had the early Japanese import mono Beatles, also great but this new reissue has it beat.
We have to wonder: does this chap and many other 'collectors' actually listen to their vinyl albums? Does he just keep them in his room and eventually sells them to make a couple of dollars of profit!? What a sad world we are living in. It should be about the music, the music should be paramount...
gs032009 - I myself certainly do not collect records "just to sell them later and make a profit". (Though there have been times that I have been forced to sell things, and always for less than what I paid for them). I don't have the time to play all of the records again and again, but I have to wonder: why does it bother someone like you so much, whatever I and other collectors do, so long as it makes us happy and we're not harming others? My channel also makes others happy because viewers tell me so. Nothing sad about it for me; on the contrary, it's rather joyous and fulfilling on this end.
The stereo box is also excellent, too. Remastered from original tapes and carefully done. The book is different with more unique pics that aren't in the mono box book.
Hey Joe, I watch your videos all the time, been subscribed for a long time, but I don't think I've ever commented. I have to tell you that it's really cool to see you with those two boxes in your hands. You made me excited just watching because it's good to see them go to a true fan. Congratulations! Take care man.
MeanMr Mayo Thanks so much man! Once my bedroom has this and a move around, I'll be back to making videos again! Im also seeing Paul in May, which should be amazing!
I have had this Let It Be boxset more than once, 1 was a Canadian. I am pretty positive, 100% positive as a matter of fact, that the LP was a gatefold. The one you are showing must be a UK pressing?
smfcpthowdy I haven't looked close enough but I figured because the owner was a British woman in her 60's that it was UK. However, the apple on the back of the LP here is green when it was originally red.
UK album with book, was not a gatefold! And had the red Apple logo on the back of the album cover! The label, however had the green standard Granny Smith apple!
@@jljohnnysjeeplife .no it's not a gatefold, I still have it but there's 2 variations some of the Canadian Let it be back covers have no borders around the 4 black and white photos on the back and some do
Great finds, I'm lucky enough to have both of these myself Joe and I can appreciate how excited you are. With the blue box i have found that my copy of rarities is a promo copy {check on the back cover} that apparently came with that particular set and so id different from the normally released copies.
I'm jealous of your Let It Be box set! It was released in Canada and I'm Canadian, so it's at the top of my wish list of finds I dream of scoring in a magical yard sale one day....
Steve Hammer - Thanks for watching, Steve. I do regret to say, however, that I have since sold this box, and I regret it. The reason was because I was not sure of the LP itself inside, having a green apple on the back of the sleeve (album jacket). Many commenters were informing me that the official release was supposed to have a red apple on the rear jacket.
You sure are blessed to live so close to such a great record store. Also, it’s really nice that you have such a great relationship with Joe and Corey and they always keep you in mind when some great finds come in. There is nothing close to this in NC where I live....it’s a real dead zone as far as great record finds are concerned. Most of the records I’m interested in I have to buy on Discogs or Ebay. Thanks for the great videos!
Nice LIB box. I am on the look out for that. It will be awhile though. 1st state butcher put me back a bit but well worth it. :-)Always a pleasure Joe! Keep it up.
Craig Richard I was wrong. I just got the LIB box too (awesome wife I have). I was getting confused with the green apple on the back of you album cover. The first pressings were red and later ones were green that were still included in the box set. Ill have to show mine sometime. Thanks again :-)
Classic Junk Can't really do that, as it's not fair to the store owner (who's a friend now). Sometimes if someone enters the store and the owner passes on a record I want, THEN I will ask the seller if I can buy it. It's just playing by etiquette.
MeanMr Mayo If I were the store owner, I would have just let you buy it from the seller directly, seeing as how you are a longtime customer and friend.
Wow, Joe. Even with 50 percent off, you shelled out some serious bucks for these two additions to your collection. They look fantastic. Man, I would love to run into some similar deals. Oh well, maybe one day. Stupendous video, Joe. Take care.
The Apple logo on the back side of the album was red this one is green with red! And ours was bought a year or so, after it came out! Oh, and btw, the label of this UK-made album was green same as the other Beatles albums of theirs we had; the ugly tomoto-red label was the US version! The Let it Be book keel was very brittle and quickly came apart! AFTERTHOUGHT! --- Here I am, going on about the Let it Be book; I think they had already printed the book before the name change, came about, thus the book is called GET BACK! The placard or the poster insert thing I remembered instantly lol! --- It may have come with this box, I don't think it came with Yellow Submarine or the Abbey Road album! I don't remember, really, but of course it came with other artists albums as well, besides Beatles albums. "The Beatles Again" Album flashes suddenly in my mind! What they in the States called the "Hey Jude" album! Lol, there may be a reason for my flashback, although I don't connect ... memory is a tricky thing! It may have come to us, brothers in that album! And I also bought the Beatles Bluebox, but I don't believe the opening flaps were anything to worry about ... until after many years .. The Beatles Blue Box was a quality product in every way! Well, except maybe for the bonus "Rarities" album, which was mostly in MONO, when what you needed in your collection were the STEREO renditions!
Hey Joe...it's Pete from infinity...I checked out Spizer's The Beatles on Parlophone...the Let It Be Box did, indeed, come out INITIALLY with a red Apple at the bottom of the back cover...I guess there was an additional run of pressings because THOSE had the green Apple. Either way, GREAT find on your part!!
+peter stergakos -- Hi Pete .. thanks for checking in! As wonderful a condition as this Let It Be Box was, something about finding out that the Green Apple on the LP cover was not original kind of always stuck in my craw.
What a find! I am very jealous of your 'Let It Be' box set. I used to gaze at this box behind the counter in Record & Tape Exchange in Notting Hill Gate in the early '80s and it was 200 quid even then :- )
You are utterly right: the UK Blue box is true analog as opposed to the digitally remastered stereo box. The blue box, the US Magical Mystery Tour, Hollywood Bowl and the Red & Blue albums are my go to LP's for listening pleasure. I enjoy these more than words can say!
Sometimes, I like to spin Love Songs and Rock n' Roll. At some point I need to pick up some of the US albums: specially Rubber Soul, Second Album and Rarities. And the mono box.
Although, I am somewhat confined to collecting Beatles, Harrison, ELO and Crowded House, your passion for vinyl is contagious.
What I wish: Mono box and YS, AR and LIB (I don't really like Beatles on stereo... In that case I woud go for the blue box too)
My blue box had with them for 8 x 10 photos and a poster
The book 4 Let Be Is titled. " Get Back " bought it 50 years back 😎.
Yes, you are very fortunate to have friends who look out for you and your interests, Joe!! I take it, you help them out with record deals and info. they wouldn't have knowledge of, in return. That's the way good business dealings SHOULD go!!! Thanks for another great video, Joe!!
I paid $240 Canadian for my blue box. It sounds SPECTACULAR! And it's the only way to get all the stereo albums in a box sourced from the original UK analogue source tapes!
Joe,very nice,I have the exact Blue(U.K.) Box.I bought it in the early 90s'.Joe, I'm a fanatic just like you as far as keeping Beatle stuff orig. I stored the Blue Box separately from the Parlaphone discs(vinyl).This way I don't have to handle the Box if I want to look at the vinyl. I never even listened to them,they are stone mint.I can listen to my other Beatle stuff.I have 600+ Beatle and Beatle related vinyl. Joe,f32vinylguy
The '78 Blue Box is held in high esteem by collectors. Its quite a popular needle drop among CD collectors as well. I have a CD of Abbey Road from this box and it sounds beautiful.
Nice finds! I wish I could find a copy of the Japanese blue box for less than a mortgage payment. Oh well... maybe one day!
Usually the GET BACK books have lousy glue and binding falls apart - nice find!
Excellent clip Joe & excellent 2 finds, I got the Beatles Blue Box back in 1978 in New Zealand & remember it cost me $70.00 NZ dollars back then, The flap on the box broke away only a few years after I got it. I didn't realise it at the time but we got a bit short changed & basically ripped off in New Zealand by EMI as the Sgt Pepper LP didn't come out in a gatefold, didn't have the insert or the colored inner sleeve. Looking back it's amazing to think I didn't even know about the gatefold Sgt Pepper until I moved to Australia in the mid 80's !. I still have all those blue box albums but rarely play those particular ones as they have what I now consider bad mixes done in the mid 70's when they put all the vocals & drums on one side & guitars and backing vocals on the other, interesting to listen to sometimes, but the new mixes are far superior, but back in the 70's when stereo's had a 'ballance' knob I used to like playing just the instruments on one side or just the vocals & drums on the other just for fun, ( a bit like an early version of Kareoke ?) or I could flick the Mono switch to flatten out those mid 70's mixes. Incidentally my Let it be LP from 1970 & from the box set have the red Apple on the back. I would love to get the original Let It Be Box in my collection one day, it will be interesting to see what the new Let It Be box sets look like, I guess we'll know soon. Cheers mate.
That is worth a lot of money on Ebay brand new never played one is near $4,000. and another British blue box set is $1,050. The let It be box set in your video on the date of 3/8/2015 is not the only set with the new Peter Jackson documentary Get Back film with new remixes.
In Europa u can buy this shit brand new for Peanuts! Too expensive BEFORE nobody bought it 😂😂😂
You should never touch it again cause it's pristine. Get another slightly less pristine copy to be able to look at whenever you want
Hi Mr Mayo just wanted to know if you could do a shout out for Donald who has loved following you he had a stroke to day and is in the ICU please ask for prayers for him.
The book alone goes for 75 to 100 on eBay. And ALL of them have broken binders, loose pages etc. It is the most fragile book ever produced. Your binder is quite intact. Don’t read it. Don’t open it.
wowowow, tks for showing the Let It Be box! If (when) Apple releases the movie, maybe they'll re-release the LP too.
I remember when that Let it Be book set came out. I couldn't afford it at the time, being that I was still in high school.
The original 1978 UK BC13 boxed set also included a 3' x 2' poster of the White Album portraits. It's been a while since I've seen it, but I have a vague memory that the photos on the poster might even have been alternative shots.
And 4 8 by 10s. Or at least mine did
Just picked up another copy of the UK 1st press "Let It Be" Red Apple on back cover variant from the box set. It's only in VG condition without the box and book. I already own a nice complete set, so I might frame this one in one of those cover/record custom frames from Bags Unlimited.
Amazing, simply amazing! Now that's what being at the right place at the right time can do! A true blessing!!! Thank you for sharing!
Hi, Joe! Great video of this item! I hope you don’t mind that I’ve included a link in my latest video, a look at various LET IT BE editions (including an original US first pressing LP). I don’t have this box set myself, so I wanted to include links to a few good videos viewers can check out to get a look at this item. Your video is one I gravitated toward while doing a search. If you would prefer not to be linked, I will respect your wishes and remove it. Thanks.
Magical Mystery Mike.. hey Mike! Very cool idea, please be my guest!
Thanks Joe.
I have to give it to you Mr. Mayo...I checked several sources and it appears that the stereo Beatles lp box set was digitized and is slightly inferior in sound. You are right, my friend.
Hi Joe,
I had already seen this video months ago... always love to watch and rewatching unboxing videos of incredible finds.
I have seen this on eBay. Am I wrong that I saw one of these boxes for Abbey Road. Love the contents of that box.
Always good to have a friend in a music store. Take care of those boxes. Happy that you made those scores.
Happy Holidays again to you and yours...
Hoping Santa brings more musical goodies or gift cards so you can continue to do this.. very soon.
Sincerely.
Tino Stabile
The actual album sleeve should have a 'Red' apple on the back side instead of green - if it's an original box "set". Yours has the green apple - which indicates that someone put a newer EMI/UK pressing in the kit to try and make it complete. Check the dead wax matrix.
Anton A - This is why | decided to sell this box a few years ago...but now I sort of regret it. The green apple just bothered me so I sold the box. I should have kept the Apple advertisement, at least. I figured that this box was found in the home of an older woman from the UK, who did not seem like the type who would have "pieced together" a complete set; it seemed that she would have bought it when it was new and not really bothered with it. She also had a few other original Beatles albums from England in her home.
Had the Blue Box,which I got as a Birthday present, just prior to the release of the CD's in 1987.
Be careful with the book they fall apart easily.
Great finds!
I had the promotional poster with my original Abbey Road album.
Hi joe
You had the tray in the wrong way my
Friend and yes the poster is for the Beatles let it be box set the poster is hard to find and joe
I got my Beatles blue box set and the Beatles let it be form a Carboot sale for £10 pound for both of them love the Beatles video keep it up Dave big Beatles fan.
Dave Eaglestone - Thanks but I regret to say that since this video was made some 4 years ago, I've had to sell off both items. I regret it because they were both in such great shape... but I hope to re-acquire them some day.
I have the Canadian version and everything is made in Canada except the book and the catalog number is SOAL 6351 and even the outer box has that number and made in Canada by Capitol records. What catalog number has your outer box got?
I sold this years ago.
@@MeanMrMayo do you wish you kept it?. It was as nice as they come
The Apple albums promo poster could not have come with original Abbey Road albums because there are a couple of albums pictured on it that were released AFTER Abbey Road - eg. 'Wedding Album', 'Live Peace in Toronto, 1969'.
MsKnighterrant maybe it was coming soon
Great find Joe....I'm jealous :- )
I’d never seen that Beatles Collection boxset before, what a gem !
I've got two Get Back books and I Cherish them, one in decent condition and the other is not as good, but it's the one I look through.
I just bought one of the stereo remaster LP's - Pepper, of course. Reckless Records in Chicago now sells the mono LPs for the same price as the stereo LPs...and they sound better.
Was the blue box US or UK ?, also the LIB box, mine from Japan and was wondering what are the wings on the side of the packaging in the video? I have the flaps but not those pull tabs on the sides. Also the poster does belong to the LIB box, they were given away when you buy the album. Great finds !
This video is several years old and I regret to say that I wound up ultimately needing to sell both these items. 😔 I wish I never did it.
I know how you feel, I had to do the same.
Awesome once in a lifetime x 2
Great scores Joe. I have only ever seen one LIB box in person. It was in Toronto in the '80, trashed and they wanted $150.00 for it way back then. The Blue Box is immaculate as well. I have been (a mostly poor) Beatle collector since the late '70s, and I have none of the grails in my collection. There needs to be a Green box for us jealous collectors! (LOL) Take care.
Tim Allen I'm mostly poor too, Tim... I just spend beyond my means.
Check the PPM album in this set. Mine was chipped in the lead in area (thankfully, not to the music).
Mine wasn't.
@@MeanMrMayo good. Probably just a fluke mine was.
Nice finds Joe! I have a few old record collector magazines advertising the first boxset!
That poster was originally in let it be.....Allen Klein was promoting Beatles products.
Wow, some amazing finds there Joe. The blue box is amazing.
amazing finds MeanMr Mayo !
Does the blue Beatles box has anything special in the UK pressings ?
Acoustic Couch Therapy Sessions Nothing special that I am aware of.
Joe, is the Let it Be book still hanging together or have the pages started to depart the spine by now? Stay cool buddy!!
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@@MeanMrMayo excellent!
That's awesome Joe, those are both beautiful I must say. Take care, George.
TheElvis VinylGuy - Thanks.
Do you own the book...recording the Beatles?
The blue box is no less than the best. Mine is my most prized Beatles piece. I bought it back in 81 and have loved it ever since. The records are from the original masters and I think they still sound the best, Giles Martin mixes aside. the red (black in the US) box is just about impossible to get. any I've found are in the thousands of dollars. I suggest you put the records in protector sleeves. They'll still fit in the box, tightly though. the Rarities album was released separately but it had a different back cover. The LIB box is magnificent. Definitely a keeper.
FitToBe TieDyed - Thanks for commenting - but it brings me regret to tell you that I ultimately had to sell both these grails when I needed some cash in a pinch. But I do recall you saying how much you prefer that blue box sound quality. At the time I was collecting it more for "show" than to play; but now I have a nice new cartridge for my turntable and would have spun the discs. There is always going to be a chance to get another blue box but I doubt the condition will be as great as this one was. Ditto for the LIB box.. but in that case commenters were telling me that the Apple logo was supposed to be RED and not GREEN (as this one was) so I never felt completely satisfied that I had an official one.
Joe, here in Australia the BLue Box sold amazingly well, however it was a poor local EMI copy equivalent of the UK version, like the one you now have. Ours didn't have the leatherette style covering and brass rivets, all cardboard :(
tubeie07 The blue box I bought originally was also a thinner cardboard style. I can't remember now what country it came from.
I have an Italian one from back in 70. The sleeves, like the Italian white album was, was black!
Joe I know this vid is old but do you think they will release something like the let it be box for the 50th anniversary
Simon - Maybe but I hope not because I enjoy being able to collect old stuff that doesn't get re-issued.
Yea same hopefully it will be a release completely different to this box
Just curious if you know anything about this or not, but my vinyl copy of Let It Be, I purchased in a Nashville record store, some 40 years ago. It had a cutout hole punch in the top right corner, which went all the way through the gatefold, into both sections, etc. The real mystery is, the label is the traditional apple label, but the whole thing is shaded pink instead of green. It's that's way on both sides of the label. Pink instead of green or white. Are you aware of anything like that? Never thought to ask anybody about it until I started watching your channel!
+Collectorofstuff - Sometimes I think that hole punch can indicate an early pressing, or a "promo" copy. I've never heard of the pink shading, but I do know that there seem to be bootlegs of this album that crop up at my used store pretty regularly. In those cases the cover photo is ever so slightly "off", as if it's a copy. I'm not saying that yours is a bootleg -- I don't know -- but I've never heard of the pink. That sounds unusual and maybe rare.
Always wanted the LIB boxed set. I've heard, like you mentioned, that the pages fall out of the book pretty easily.
I never realized LIB wasn't a gatefold in England until I got the stereo vinyl box set a few years back, and also isn't on a red apple label.
+Matthew Smith The red Apple was an idea of Alan Steckler's over at Capitol. He wanted all the "special project" Beatle albums to have a custom Apple. He was also behind the orange Apple for ATMP (why THAT album had the different colored Apple in Europe and LIB didn't, is a mystery).
I love those box sets, I have owned them both in the past. Let it be is near impossible to find in that condition. Very jealous. Congrats!
Thank you so much for sharing , especially the Let It Be😃
....lovely condition! Mine had the price tag still on ....saying ''59/11d'' , which is 59 shillings and 11 pence - or £2.99 in the decimal equivalent !
....''really ? Thank you for your comment , fellow Beatles fan''......is what you're meant to reply .
Supposedly the first pressings have a red apple on the back of the LP sleeve. Joe's has a green apple. Why was this changed? Is the green apple a later pressing?
Andrew B - This oddity perplexed me so much that I wound up selling the box when I was in need of some quick cash. I kind of regret doing that now, as this was really in great shape - but I was never pleased with that green apple.
wow JOE,you got those 2 rare albums at the right place in two different times.i have never seen those before.keep those rare puppies in great shape.keep showing those rare BEATLES records when you get them.
I've never seen the inside of the Let It Be book before, or what the box looked like. Thanks for showing man, awesome finds!
Giggens Thanks for watching and commenting.
Oh my God, great stuff.
Wow awesome find
As an aside, the green Apple on the back means that it might be a transitional set. Later boxes have the green Apple on the cover till the boxes were depleted. Thx!
Wow! Incredible finds! I'd love both. That advert insert does go with Let It Be. I've never known it to be issued with Abbey Road, so you made the right choice to include it with LIB.
Adam Nicholls Thanks for the clarification, Adam.
I have the origional Japanese version of the Let It Be boxed set. Bought in Saigon and it barely survived the trip home.
Hi Joe, I had the box of Let it be years ago in Canada. Somehow it got lost and I regret that for all the great pics. I also has the original sleeve for Beatlemania,which was our version of With the Beatles. I never bought their Second album. I think American Capital did a great job with Meet the Beatles and the Second album.
Dan Howard Yes, Dan, I'm a fan of the first to US albums.
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Hey Joe-I got a UK 1st issue of "McCartney" this weekend and it had that ad in it. As soon as I saw it, I thought back on this video. It was a nice bonus. Your copy of the LIB box is one of the nicest I've seen. Hang onto that one forever!
I sold it, I regret to say. For one reason, I really needed the cash.. but I was always uncomfortable with my copy of the LP having a GREEN Apple logo on it instead of the proper RED one. Everyone told me that makes it unofficial or something (even in these comments if you read them)... and I always felt that I didn't have the "right one".
I would be afraid to touch that Let It Be box set, let alone let someone else handle it. That's a look but don't touch item!
You really should've kept that LIB set based on the condition and the fact it had the rare Apple insert. Maybe a "red" Apple on the back UK LP would've surfaced at some point. I own one without the insert, but the condition is far less than the one you once owned. So much for treasuring a true grail Beatles piece purchased at an awesome price. I would think there would have been some less desirable records to part with instead. I guess we all make a mistake or two that we'll regret forever.
Steve Derda - I actually regretted buying the LIB box with the wrong color Apple, and it was nagging at me. True that the package itself was in amazing condition.. but when the opportunity arises again (and I'm sure it will) I'll pick up a nice copy. And with the red apple.
Congrats man. It makes me a bit angry because I don't really have a local record store to visit, so it makes it really hard to be a collector.
johnnytremp Sorry to hear that. I am so spoiled for having a really good store so close to me. I don't know what I'd do now without it.
WOW!!! You scored big time Joe, I am drooling over that Let It Be box, It looks like its in amazing condition. Nice 1 Joe, I'm happy for you that you came across these 2 awesome finds.
skeetabix36 Thanks, it was just a lucky break getting it as part of the British woman's collection. She had no idea what it was worth.
The "Let It Be" box set with the book is one awesome find. But I'm surprise the logo is the green apple instead of the red apple. Is the red apple logo only appeared on the American version?
blachubear I don't know, but MrElirecords below here is filling me in! I am beginning to see that the record itself may be a later pressing.
There is a let it be box at my record store. the box has some minor corner wear, unfortunatley the book has corner damage, I wanted it to have in collection but i passed.
+Elvis Presley Collector -- I hate to say it, but I sold the Let It Be box recently. Needed the cash, had to do it. :(
I have gone on record, as a Beatles fan saying that the Beatles mono vinyl reissues (all analogue-all the way) is the most important vinyl reissue in history. It's also maybe the best the Beatles got on vinyl. Great 180 gram UK pressings- they sound great. I have had the early Japanese import mono Beatles, also great but this new reissue has it beat.
60s70s80sMusicFan Agreed!
We have to wonder: does this chap and many other 'collectors' actually listen to their vinyl albums? Does he just keep them in his room and eventually sells them to make a couple of dollars of profit!? What a sad world we are living in.
It should be about the music, the music should be paramount...
gs032009 - I myself certainly do not collect records "just to sell them later and make a profit". (Though there have been times that I have been forced to sell things, and always for less than what I paid for them). I don't have the time to play all of the records again and again, but I have to wonder: why does it bother someone like you so much, whatever I and other collectors do, so long as it makes us happy and we're not harming others? My channel also makes others happy because viewers tell me so. Nothing sad about it for me; on the contrary, it's rather joyous and fulfilling on this end.
great stuff...love that apple ad sheet...great for framing and you got the get back book too.I have a canadian reprint of the get back book.
Holy cowski!!! Those are killer beyond killer!!!
The stereo box is also excellent, too. Remastered from original tapes and carefully done. The book is different with more unique pics that aren't in the mono box book.
bodensick - I heard the Stereo was done off digital. All I know is that I had a copy of the PAST MASTERS and didn't care for the job done on that one.
Hey Joe,
I watch your videos all the time, been subscribed for a long time, but I don't think I've ever commented. I have to tell you that it's really cool to see you with those two boxes in your hands. You made me excited just watching because it's good to see them go to a true fan. Congratulations! Take care man.
Secret Agent Man Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!
Hey Joe also I was wondering I don't suppose you know the name of the type of shelves you have your records are on?, from ikea right? Thanks! - Blake
FEZGOD Hi Blake -- yes, from Ikea.. and the name is "Kallax". Good luck!
MeanMr Mayo Thanks so much man! Once my bedroom has this and a move around, I'll be back to making videos again! Im also seeing Paul in May, which should be amazing!
Enjoy your albums. You're a really nice guy and thanks for sharing.
I have had this Let It Be boxset more than once, 1 was a Canadian. I am pretty positive, 100% positive as a matter of fact, that the LP was a gatefold. The one you are showing must be a UK pressing?
smfcpthowdy I haven't looked close enough but I figured because the owner was a British woman in her 60's that it was UK. However, the apple on the back of the LP here is green when it was originally red.
UK album with book, was not a gatefold!
And had the red Apple logo on the back of the album cover!
The label, however had the green standard Granny Smith apple!
@@jljohnnysjeeplife .no it's not a gatefold, I still have it but there's 2 variations some of the Canadian Let it be back covers have no borders around the 4 black and white photos on the back and some do
Cool video! I know it's an old video but there's no better way to start a Sunday morning then with a little aged Mayo!
Wow! Beauties! Both collections. That's an unbelievable score. Nice finds, Joe!
Tony Guagliardo Hi Tony - thanks so much for checking in!
Great finds, I'm lucky enough to have both of these myself Joe and I can appreciate how excited you are. With the blue box i have found that my copy of rarities is a promo copy {check on the back cover} that apparently came with that particular set and so id different from the normally released copies.
John Arthey My Rarities is also a promo copy.
I'm jealous of your Let It Be box set! It was released in Canada and I'm Canadian, so it's at the top of my wish list of finds I dream of scoring in a magical yard sale one day....
Don't be jealous... I wound up selling it already. I hope to get another one in the future.
MeanMr Mayo I hope you made a profit!
Congratulations on your lucky finds, Joe! May your good-luck continue into your next vinyl endeavor.
Wow Joe I’m just now watching your videos... have never ever seen a LIB box in as good a shape
Steve Hammer - Thanks for watching, Steve. I do regret to say, however, that I have since sold this box, and I regret it. The reason was because I was not sure of the LP itself inside, having a green apple on the back of the sleeve (album jacket). Many commenters were informing me that the official release was supposed to have a red apple on the rear jacket.
MeanMrMayo right. Did it have the flyer of other Apple albums? Have even seen those sheets faked
Also, now that I've discovered your videos, Joe, I'm enjoying them immensely! Keep 'em coming!
Gary S - Thanks! I will as long as people keep watching.
You sure are blessed to live so close to such a great record store. Also, it’s really nice that you have such a great relationship with Joe and Corey and they always keep you in mind when some great finds come in. There is nothing close to this in NC where I live....it’s a real dead zone as far as great record finds are concerned. Most of the records I’m interested in I have to buy on Discogs or Ebay. Thanks for the great videos!
Christopher Barker - Glad you like the videos. One day I plan to move to another state, but I am concerned about a possible lack of record stores!
Nice LIB box. I am on the look out for that. It will be awhile though. 1st state butcher put me back a bit but well worth it.
:-)Always a pleasure Joe! Keep it up.
Craig Richard Yeah, Craig... the LIB box was about as pricey as the second state butcher I bought.
Yeah I bet. It looks like the Canada version. Still way to go.. Ill catch up.jk lol :-)
Craig Richard I was wrong. I just got the LIB box too (awesome wife I have). I was getting confused with the green apple on the back of you album cover. The first pressings were red and later ones were green that were still included in the box set. Ill have to show mine sometime. Thanks again :-)
I would've just bought the set from the owner directly and cut out the middleman!
Classic Junk Can't really do that, as it's not fair to the store owner (who's a friend now). Sometimes if someone enters the store and the owner passes on a record I want, THEN I will ask the seller if I can buy it. It's just playing by etiquette.
MeanMr Mayo If I were the store owner, I would have just let you buy it from the seller directly, seeing as how you are a longtime customer and friend.
Well, he could have got 50% more than he charged me. It's like it was his territory and his find, not really mine.
MMM, this was fantastic the box sets are great thank you
Wow, Joe. Even with 50 percent off, you shelled out some serious bucks for these two additions to your collection. They look fantastic. Man, I would love to run into some similar deals. Oh well, maybe one day. Stupendous video, Joe. Take care.
Beatlecat1 Serious bucks, yes -- too serious. Such is the life of a serious collector!
MeanMr Mayo big
the 'cut out' "Let It Be" album is a pirated copy. many of them were going around in the late 70s.
+Joseph B - Was this the "cut out" album? (I have since sold this copy, by the way).
The Apple logo on the back side of the album was red this one is green with red!
And ours was bought a year or so, after it came out!
Oh, and btw, the label of this UK-made album was green same as the other Beatles albums of theirs we had; the ugly tomoto-red label was the US version!
The Let it Be book keel was very brittle and quickly came apart!
AFTERTHOUGHT!
--- Here I am, going on about the Let it Be book; I think they had already printed the book before the name change, came about, thus the book is called GET BACK!
The placard or the poster insert thing I remembered instantly lol!
--- It may have come with this box, I don't think it came with Yellow Submarine or the Abbey Road album!
I don't remember, really, but of course it came with other artists albums as well, besides Beatles albums.
"The Beatles Again" Album flashes suddenly in my mind!
What they in the States called the "Hey Jude" album!
Lol, there may be a reason for my flashback, although I don't connect ... memory is a tricky thing!
It may have come to us, brothers in that album!
And I also bought the Beatles Bluebox, but I don't believe the opening flaps were anything to worry about ... until after many years ..
The Beatles Blue Box was a quality product in every way!
Well, except maybe for the bonus "Rarities" album, which was mostly in MONO, when what you needed in your collection were the STEREO renditions!
Wow! That let it be box is in beautiful condition!
Is there a video where you talk about Beatles compilation double albums Love Songs and Rock & Roll?
I did a whole video on the RNR comp in March 2019.
Found it from March 2019. Thanks. I hadn't heard I'm Down till this album.
@@SheetsM4242 ..glad you found it. Thanks for watching!
Outstanding Joe, great info
Love the "Let It Be" box set. Very cool!