xx — 7″ Box Set
The xx · YT104 · 2013 limited edition of 1,000 · 11 individual 7″ records · original shipping mailer preserved
A highly designed limited-edition re-presentation of The xx's canonical debut album as eleven separate 7-inch objects. Issued by Young Turks in late 2013 in a run announced as 1,000 copies, each track received individual artwork and an etched-X B-side, all housed in a black presentation box.
Read the catalogue note →- Catalogue number
- YT104
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Publisher / label
- Young Turks
- Discs
- 11
- Condition
- Very Good presentation box / Good+ original shipping mailer from supplied photographs; internal records not visually graded.
- Completeness
- Black presentation box and original optimal media shipping mailer are present. The presentation box has not been opened in the supplied photographs, so the presence and condition of all eleven 7-inch records and their individual sleeves cannot be directly verified. No claim of full internal completeness is made.
Catalogue note
A highly designed limited-edition re-presentation of The xx's canonical debut album as eleven separate 7-inch objects. Issued by Young Turks in late 2013 in a run announced as 1,000 copies, each track received individual artwork and an etched-X B-side, all housed in a black presentation box. This copy retains the original optimal media shipping mailer with YT104 production label dated 11 November 2013, materially strengthening its value as evidence of the edition's manufacture and distribution.
Edition details
2013 limited-edition 7-inch box set, announced limitation 1,000 copies. Each of the 11 tracks from The xx's debut album is issued on its own 7-inch record with individual artwork; contemporary release descriptions state the band's X logo is etched on every B-side. Black presentation box with raised/die-cut X motif; original white shipping mailer retained.
Condition note
Original outer production label reads optimal media GmbH / YT104 / VINYL BOX THE XX - XX BOXSET BLACK / 1 Stück / 11.11.2013. Separate product code XXBXXXXXX0039XX is retained as an internal product/warehouse code only; it is not interpreted as a serial number.
Attribution / research note
The set reissues the recordings from xx. Authoritative recording metadata credits Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim, Jamie Smith and Baria Qureshi across the original album sessions; Jamie Smith also produced/mixed material with Rodaidh McDonald. The 2013 public identity of The xx was the trio of Madley Croft, Sim and Smith.
Why this object matters
The eleven-single design and preserved production mailer give this re-presentation of the debut clear material and design interest. Retain the provisional score until internal record/sleeve completeness can be established without unnecessary disturbance; the 1,000-copy run is not itself a Gold argument.
Evidence limits: All eleven records and their individual sleeves have not been visually verified; the box and mailer do not establish internal completeness.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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