I got mine for 80 bucks at my local record store and I can’t believe they had it for so cheap. I made sure it was real copy before I picked it up

Hey, BD, great presentation, fun to watch. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Take good care, Amigo.

I never had a fake Beatles CD box set, but I have had a Beatles fake DVD box set of The Beatles Anthology a few years ago and I did a video about it. As for 2024, I have not seen any pictures of that fake box set on eBay since I made that video. At least people realized that those sets were fake and we are now getting more of the real ones on eBay again and for good prices. If you want to see my video of the fake set I got at one time, let me know!

Thanks. Very Helpful video. Got a copy for $150 at Amoeba here in SF. They opened it for me to look at.Having watched your video (and several others), I knew the all tell signs of a fake. It was real and seemed like a great price. I'm so lucky to have a bricks and mortar store in my neighborhood to be able to look at the set before buying. Bricks and mortar rules!

The printing quality of the counterfeits reminds me of 1980s Parlophone LP pressings where they rephotographed original sleeves rather than use the negatives. I love how the Apple on the box appears to have a jagged line around it.

Thank you for this very informative vid. I have just bought this box set on ebay. It was in the auction and I timed it quite well and got it for a (relatively) reasonable price, £186 (UK). $227 US. I did check the pictures posted by the seller, based on my research but I was still apprehensive while waiting. Anyway, it arrived today and I went through the set with your video and I'm happy to say mine is definitely REAL!! Thanks again.

Thank you .......Yes I got took! BTW Love your hard work! I had gotten the real one first pre-order and picked up a fake thinking it was a "great price"! Love the guest appearence, at the very end!

Great video. I like that you're informative, but also joke a little and have fun. I was fortunate, I got a Beatles in mono from half price books for $150 before tax and shipping, it's the real thing, only missing the back panel, and the White album is missing the poster and the individual portraits. All the albums have the inner sleeves and the rice paper bag. Sgt Pepper has the psychedelic inner sleeve and the cut outs. Has the booklet too.

Your videos r awesome. Keep them coming!

I stumbled upon your KZfaq videos and I must say that they are very productive and professional...I lucked out and was studying the Beatles in mono box set on Ebay....it was by accident because I was looking for an empty box for my Beatles stereo cds, I came across this seller that was selling it out of Utah (where my wife is from) and for a day or so he had no potential buyers. I went to my wife and told her " even though I am being very cautious I'm going to go ahead and buy it, if it's a counterfeit I'll eat the cost" i bought the mono box set and it arrived a few days later. I inspected it from what I studied on KZfaq about the bootleg editions. I looked for certain things like misprintings of George Harrison name, the magical mystery tour cd cover, the darker apple on the box, the darker photos of Beatles for sale, rubber soul, and the cds themselves and from what I could gather I came to the conclusion that I indeed had a legitimate copy...the only thing that was missing from the cd box set was the plastic resealable cd sleeves that went on every album (a remedy that could easily be solved by buying them off Amazon) and I text my wife from work and told her that buying from the guy in Utah paid off and that it was a legit copy. Well I've went on long enough..I just wanted to share my story of how I acquired my Beatles in mono box set...thank you for putting out these videos...

Nice video info Beatles Dustino on Beatles Mono Box. I purchased a fake Mono box a few years ago knowing it was a fake, I was willing to sacrifice all the album cover & cd detail differences if the audio was somewhat up to the original mono box standard. I also heard at the time that the sound wasn’t that bad on the fake mono set- also money played a reason why I went for the fake. Well when I received it there was the obvious differences which you explained very well in this video however I did get the liner notes booklet & my Beatles for sale had Stereo on the upper right of front cover instead of Mono! Also MMT front cover was missing the banner that reads “Includes 24 Page Full Color Picture Book” this is another way to tell a fake from an original in the set. Now the audio was decent(I wasn’t able to compare sound to the real box) then I played the Help album and during a couple of the songs I think one of them owas “You Like me too Much” there was a static noise during the middle part of song - that I wouldn’t tolerate. So the biggest issue with the fake mono is the audio problem w/ the Help album at least with my fake set. Plus as mentioned Help & Rubber Soul have the original 1965 Stereo UK mixes! I didn’t play the rest of the set after that defect & luckily I was able to return it & got my money back which was about $100 bucks. Bottom line search out an original Beatles Mono Box to avoid buyers remorse & then some!

I ended up with a fake mono box. Shoddy packaging for sure but the discs are spot on!

Thanks for the video. I had to double check mine just to make sure it was the real one. Happy to say it is real. I bought mine used on eBay over a year ago for $180. This video will save a lot of people from headaches and heartaches if they were to buy a fake one.

Thanks for the presentation really useful.

Great video! I got a set on eBay last summer for ~$100 and I was worried about it. It was open and used, and no plastic sleeves (inner or outer). Other than that everything else is perfect. Passes every one of your tests here! I did buy some nagaoka cd sleeves and was able to make it as close to mint as possible.

Thanks a lot for doing this! Now I feel confident I can search for the genuine article in the market! Cheers!

There’s one thing that I should point out: Apple is now officially using a darker Apple, that closely resembles the one on the fake box.

Excellent video. I'm getting one for $250. Glad I watched this video beforehand!

Thanks for the information . Much appreciated .

I bought one last summer just under $175, including shipping. It was legit and the seller had plenty of his own photos that showed enough of the box to prove it was genuine.👍 He was more than happy to send me photos of one that wasn’t in his photos and it arrived with all the albums present.

I bought one for about 60 dollars not even thinking it could be fake. Your video showed me that it is indeed a fake. A couple of things; The sleeve for Beatles For Sale is labeled as stereo. The White Album is reversed: disc one has the white apple, disc two has the green apple. Makes me wonder if my copy of The John Lennon Anthology is real or fake. Thanks for the informative video !

I paid $275 for a new set in 2015, sold by Amazon. Have checked it in and out, 100% real. Also purchased the steteo cd box set at the same time, also from Amazon for $270. Also definitely real.

My copy of Beatles for Sale has "Stereo" upper right of front. Darn. I have wondered whether mind was fake. Now I know. Probably the same for the Stones CD mono box.

I bought my set on ebay a few days ago for over $200. Haven't received it yet. Seller said it's in shrink-wrap sealed, not a fake and a 1st pressing. So i couldn't check for authenticity in depth and I'm scared. Of course when I get it I'll find out if it's fake. Through watching videos like yours I know what to look for

I was living in Shanghai when the 2009 remasters came out. I picked up a copy for about US$70, complete with the Apple USB with 24-bit audio. Was it a fake? Absolutely. But it was a *_good_* fake. To this day I’ve only been able to locate a handful of telltales. And it’s held up really well, with the exception of the glue on some of the flaps loosening. Later I picked up The Beatles in Mono for $40 or 50. Same deal. Fake - but a *_good_* one.

Counterfeit Rubber soul looks like With The Beatles cover but it's in color instead of b/w😭

Guys, I find a new box set in amazon for 340 dollars what do you think? Is it a good price for the box set?

awesome content for the novices out there Dustin! hopefully they will research a little before buying these box sets, sadly it's the same old story where a lot of folks simply buy the bullshit of the classic too good to be true price without question or doubt. i've collected music formats, coins, antiques,etc.,etc. all throughout my life and NOT being a wealthy person i've always done my research and learned as much as i can until i'm very comfortable in putting my heard earned money into anything as it just makes sense. i don't want to spend $100 bucks on anything that will never have a value more than $20 bucks and the only way i can understand anyone doing that is if it's totally for sentimental reasons. with that said, i work in the printing industry and can safely say that the shitty artwork(printing) on these fakes is because the makers make copies of existing media which just adds additional generations to the quality so you end up getting washed out, off color, and less detail in the images. there are some fakers out there that will and can from time to time put more effort AND money into their fakes but for the most part the fakes can be weeded out but folks have to really look at the details of everything and do some research, and like you have stated along with a lot of us and couldn't be more true is the simply old school saying of "if it's too good to be true it probably is". keep up the great informative work brother, there is sadly a large number of people out there that need to do some self education to cover their butts. , Jerry \m/ \m/

This is the link to the video about The Beatles Anthology DVD bootleg sets I ended up getting instead of the real ones: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lc-ljKWfydi4dKM.html (I hope KZfaq doesn't remove this comment because of the link I have included as it's NOT spam!)

The magical mystery tour is missing the font on the front that says includes 24 page full colour picture book on the fake

I see your fake white album has the same unreleased track on cd2 as mine "Yer Bles" lol... They only had to scan the cd disc, they couldnt even get that right!!

Do you have a weight on the legit box? You mentioned the legit one was heavier so maybe an official weight on the legit would help identify authenticity. DO you have a food scale or a gram scale?

Would you consider doing a real/fake video on The Xmas Album? Thanks

COME TO FATHER by APOLOGETIX a great Beatles parody on KZfaq

Is that RX-24 from star tours in bottom left?! I need that figure in my life

Does your copy of the fake white album mix the cds (CD1 is actually CD2 and vice versa)? For some reason my fake box set looks much better. The fonts are correct and the audio is the same as the real one, but all the rest is of lesser quality.

I have some Beatles CDs they have 2 LP on each CD and on the bottom of each CD is a letter spelling Beatles , were these legit copies , could be a foreign press ?

I have an identical counterfeit copy of this, except the quality is better. But there’s no flipbacks on any of the Parlophone albums, all discs have the EMI inner sleeves (even the Apple / Capitol albums), & Magical Mystery Tour’s cover doesn’t even have an opening to store the disc! Just 100% odd indeed.

A quick question. Do you know anything about The Beatles in Mono The Complete Mono Recordings Limited Edition, Ltd Rmst Mlps ed. Box Set, Remastered. Is this an official release or is it a fake? Thanks

I have a real one now and I've gotten the fake one before myself. I fixed up all the Jackets and I made new correct CDs using 24kt Gold CDRs and proper labels and made a nice set out of the fake one and gave it to a friend who couldn't afford a real one. I am still interested in your fake sets for sale or trade ...I make nice mini lp CDs and many of my own and Dr Ebbetts material.

Think I have 2 fakes, both diff. Both have the serif font on the box "IN MONO"; both have the fold over flaps, B has the spine printing issues, A does not. A has a rounded, sans serif red font on Help cover B is serif; also one has pointed A in Beatles on Help cover, other has serifs; printing of lower right corner on reverse of ALL covers are tiny on A, large on B. A has no Japanese "Mono Masters" book . A have the paper inner sleeves; Sgt Pepper psych sleeve missing in B. Biggest thing are spelling errors on cd labels and in books! Looks like fake prints evolved. Wish I knew the sonic diffs. I wont be buying any more Mono boxes, lol

Thank you for this, turns out all the items you mentioned are in the fake box I just got on ebay for $85!!! Of course seller doesn't accept refunds but I will use ebay buyers guarantee. Wish me luck!!!

Ah you did a review on the fake Mono box. After I commented about it under your fake US box set review. 😂😂

Mine, is fine!

hello mate! can i buy from you the fake mono box? i will be happy to listen in home and try it mate! probably this sound weird but i will love to have it and try it! let me know if its possible ! :) cheers from spain!

You can tell the difference between sealed real and fake boxes very easily, just shake them!! The real box the contents are flush, in the fake they will rattle.

Good video- I have one of each, you do make yourself laugh a lot , is there alcohol involved?

I knowingly bought a Chinese box, for about 35 euro. All the same issues with the packaging, though the booklet was included. White album discs mixed up also. However, the sound quality of the discs was fine. And in mono! Some mono fakes are actually stereo... Perhaps a better sound system would reveal audio issues too, but for my situation the box was okay. Not wonderful. But for the price it was good enough. Plus, I wasn't scammed, as it was clear before purchase that it wasn't a real issue. The authorized set does look sweet though. But I'd never fork out the 200 to 300 euro they go for now. So, a fake it is : )

I Bought the £30 cheap off ebay bout 10 years ago not knowing i was buying a fake until i got it,But it sounded so good i never sent it back,Sod paying £300 or more for it,i wouldnt want it at them Rip Off Prices

Are these all beatles Releases behind you?😳

i bought an original one on ebay $75.00 the guy won it in a church raffle instead of pulling the holding tray out he cut the top of the box off ruining it found the same type of box and printed my own artwork looked like shit found a set on ebay again for $35.00 i knew it would be a fake but all i wanted was the box quick glance you cannot tell it is a fake on the cd jackets i had to use a glue stick to sea lthem up so the cd's would not fall out the beatles for sale jacket when opened had the biggest mistake the left side was completely blank no liner notes or picture soundwise they were ok except rubber soul the stereo tracks crackled and popped

I think part of the problem is the high cost associated with many of the legit products and then supply and demand rears its ugly head. I am not completely offended by bootlegs / counterfeits because they fill a niche market based around affordability. When I bought the re-issued Let it Be box, I have to say I was underwhelmed. Most if not all the content had been available for years and I thought for the price they were asking, there should have been some more of really unreleased content. The mono CD box is one of the few I did not buy it just didn't have the "gotta to have it" vibe.

Sound commentary?

i bought mine when it came out and bothare sealed and real

Sold all my Beatles albums… all for 5 bucks… glad they are gone! 😂

Just a fake one through Amazon US and returned it

The main difference is the original is mono, the fake is stereo. I have fake, cost me £30 bargain

Thanks a lot, Dustino (not). I have two Mono Box Sets and BOTH are fake. Didn't make my day.

The way to tell is the shit bag but there are albums n CDs that have them that are legit pink Floyd boots are a big one

Would never buy a cd

A subtle suggestion.....drop the laughing, we don't get what you are laughing at, plus it makes no sense sense to the viewer however it's a very good overview, just drop the laughing as you are using and losing valuable time!