PETE TOWNSHEND & THE WHO I Am LP 1971 TEST PRESSING BABA LP 002

	£		157
	$		208

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Pete Townshend & The Who called "I Am" and is an ORIGINAL 1971 UK TEST Pressing on the ULTRA RARE 'White Label' PRIVATE label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST WHO RELATED LPs EVER (BARELY ANY WERE EVER MADE!) - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS LP WAS ONLY EVER AVAILABLE IN VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAWN AND DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE, AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  IT IS ALSO THE 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST 'TEST PRESSING' (AND DEFINTELY NOT A FAKE OR A BOOT!) - WITH MACHINE STAMPED 'BABA LP 002 A / BABA LP 002 B' MATRIX ENDINGS!!!!

ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER (WHO WAS PRETTY FAMOUS AT THE TIME) - THIS 'TEST PRESSING' WAS FIRST ONE EVER MADE, AND WAS PRESSED BY 'BRITISH HOMOPHONE' AT NEW CROSS, LONDON.  THIS FORMED THE BASIS FOR THE U.S. RELEASE THAT FOLLOWED.  I CANNOT FIND OUT IF THIS LP WAS EVER RELEASED IN THE UK AT THIS TIME.  I KNOW IT WAS RE-ISSUED IN 1977, AND MADE IN LIMITED QUANTITIES FOR THE U.S. IN 1971/72 - BUT CAN FIND NO EVIDENCE OF A UK RELEASE IN 1971 (OR ANYWHERE CLOSE THIS DATE).  AS YOU WOULD EXPECT - IT COMES IN A PLAIN 'FLIPBACK' TEST PRESS COVER, WHICH ALL BRITISH HOMOPHONE TEST PRESSINGS CAME IN AT THIS TIME.  THERE ARE SOME 'ANNOTATIONS' ON THE COVER - AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.  IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER ON THE COVER FRONT IT HAS THE (WRONG) CAT NUMBERS, 'PETE TOWNSHEND & THE WHO' AND 'I AM'.  THIS WRITING I SUSPECT IS NOT CONTEMPORARY, AND WAS PROBABLY ADDED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER SOME YEARS LATER.  IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER ON THE COVER FRONT IT SIMPLY SAYS 'BABA LP 002' - AND I SEE NO REASON WHY THIS ISNT FROM THE TIME THIS 'TEST PRESSING' WAS MADE.  THERE IS ALSO SOME FADED TEXT I CANNOT READ.  ON THE REVERSE IN VERY FADED PENCIL IT SIMPLY SAYS:- '6-71 B.H.'.  THE B.H. COULD STAND FOR BRITISH HOMOPHONE, BUT KNOWING WHERE THIS LP CAME FROM - I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY SOMEONES INITIALS.  THIS WRITING IS ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE TIME THIS 'TEST PRESSING' WAS MADE.  IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THIS LP WAS PROBABLY STORED IN A DAMP ENVIRONMENT AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST - FOR ALTHOUGH IT HAS NO STAINS, NO WATERMARKS, AND DEFINITELY NO MOULD - THE WRITING ON THE COVER & LABELS IS A BIT SMUDGED, THE COVER IS A TOUCH UNEVEN, AND THE RECORD HAS SOME VERY FAINT 'BAG SWEAT' TRACES UNDER LIGHT!!!!  EITHER WAY - THIS IS A COMPLETELY AWESOME PETE TOWNSHEND / THE WHO 'TEST PRESSING', AND IS PROBABLY THE RAREST 'PETE TOWNSHEND / THE WHO' LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK BRITISH HOMOPHONE 'TEST PRESS' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS WHITE LABEL 'TEST PRESS' LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A/B 'STAMPED' MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'PLAIN WHITE' TEST PRESS FLIPBACK COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK Test Pressing from 1971 and is in GREAT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is BABA LP 002 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press White label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO tears, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, only some very VERY light 'bag sweat' traces under light, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  There is also some slight background on the run on grooves & gaps - though this is lost WAY behind the music, which plays BRILLIANTLY!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'TEST PRESS' Plain White Flipback Cover is in GREAT condition!!!!  It has NO edge splits, barely ANY edge wear, NO spine splits, barely spinal wear, only slight corner wear, NO splits (apart from a TINY repaired 'nick' on the opening edge!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), a slight touch of uneveness, NO rips, NO tears, and NO unwanted annotations!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO grubbyness, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO yellowing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is still a very VERY decent cover indeed!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (IT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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