BEATLES - The Beatles Collection

Item Description

Box Set,
Compilation

The Beatles collection (“Blue Box”)
BC 13 0C 162-53163/53176
Made in England.

Comes in a blue imitation leather-cardboard box (rough texture) with golden etched letters containing the 13 original LPs:
LP01: Please Please Me (PCS 3042)
LP02: With The Beatles (PCS 3045)
LP03: A Hard Day's Night (PCS 3058)
LP04: Beatles For Sale (PCS 3062)
LP05: Help! (PCS 3071)
LP06: Rubber Soul (PCS 3075)
LP07: Revolver (PCS 7009)
LP08: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (PCS 7027)
LP09: The Beatles (PCS 7067-8)
LP10: Yellow Submarine (PCS 7070)
LP11: Abbey Road (PCS 7088)
LP12: Let It Be (PCS 7096)
LP13: Rarities (PSLP261)

Partially laminated covers.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band contains a cutout sheet
The Beatles contains 4 photos and a foldout lyrics poster
Most inner sleeves are datecoded (showing the year 1980 as manufacturing date, the latest being 1180=November 1980).

All matrices are stamped except HTM, which is etched.
Stamper codes in matrices are partially still according to the GRAMOPHLTD system, partially numeric (being placed at 3 o'clock position in both cases).
Parlophone labels still contain the 1973-type rimtext starting with "EMI RECORDS LTD." which was superceded by "ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER..." that was introduced in October 1980.