THE WHO, A QUICK ONE, MINT CONDITION REACTION 1st Press

	£		262
	$		347

As usual,

all pictures are of the actual album, outer and inner sleeves, and any inserts that may have been issued with the album at the time of release.

All albums for sale are fully play graded using a Technics SL200 deck and a Stanton 500 cartage

THE WHO.

A QUICK ONE.

Original 1st Press matrix.

I do not like to use the word mint in my sales as people tend to expect to much, but in the case of this album I feel sure this package meets all the requierments to warrant this grading.

Matrix numbers are.

59300 A // 2

59300 B//1

Original HEAVY VINYL PRESSING.

mint condition.

These very first A2 B1 matrix number are now impossible to find in this mint condition.

Before anyone asks.

Yes this is an original first press.

Complete with a stunning outer sleeve.

See description.

Artist or Band: The Who

Album Title: A Quick One.

Cat Number: 593002.

Recording date: September to November 1966

Place of recording: IBC Studios & Pye Studio

Release date: 9th December 1966

Genre: Rock, Psychedelic Rock Pop

Record Label: Original Blue Reaction label.

TRACK LIST:

Side One:

Run Run Run.

Boris The Spider

I Need You.

Whisky Man.

Heat Wave.

Cobwebs and Strange.

Side Two

Don’t Look Away.

See My Way.

So Sad About Us.

A Quick One, While he’s Away.

OUTER SLEEVE:

Original laminated ERNEST J. DAY outer sleeve.

The sleeve remains in excellent to almost mint condition, the spine is undamaged in any way, and fully readable.

Very very slight creasing to a small part of the laminate but I suspect this has been the case from when the sleeve was made as it was almost impossible to avoid this due to the construction and the materials used

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LABEL:

Original BLUE and Silver Reaction labels remain completely free from signs of play.

No visible spindle marking, I would say this vinyl has been played only once apart from when it was carefully play graded by myself for this sale.

No scuffing staining or unwanted names.

No fading or staining ( again the pictures are of the actual album cover and vinyl.

Visual Vinyl Condition:

Both sides of the vinyl are visually MINT, no marking of any kind, not even sleeve removal marking and retaining a very high gloss sheen to both A & B sides.

Again see my pictures, any marks are all strictly from shadows when pictures were taken.

any questions about the pictures or the vinyl please get in touch and I will do my best to answer them.

PLAY GRADING.

The entire album plays beautifully and without fault.

No, pops, clicks, bacground noise or static, not even beetween tracks.

This is an album the serious Who collector will never need to upgrade.

Defiantly the best I have ever seen.

A Quick One includes the very first songs John Entwistle wrote for The Who, albeit in reverse order.

"Boris the Spider" was written after Entwistle had been out drinking with Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman  They were making up funny names for animals when Entwistle came up with "Boris the Spider". The chorus utilizes vocals that strikingly resemble the vocal style of death metal singers.

Since Entwistle had trouble singing "r"s, he double-tracked the vocals on "Whiskey Man", singing "fwend" and "flend", hoping they'd come together as "friend".

"Heat Wave" is a cover of a song by Martha and the Vandellasthat was very popular in the UK at the time. For the U.S. release, "Heat Wave" was dropped and "Happy Jack" added in its place. "Heat Wave" was added back on to the album for when Happy Jack was re-issued on the 1974 double album repackaging of A Quick One and The Who Sell Out as A Quick One (Happy Jack).

"Boris the Spider" quickly became John Entwistle's most popular song and was still performed live decades later; in later years, John was almost invariably sporting a spider necklace for photographs. "Happy Jack" is quirky in both lyrics and sound, but is popular nonetheless and remains a favorite of both fans and non-fans alike to this day. It was featured in TV ads for the Hummer automobile in 2004. "A Quick One, While He's Away" was Townshend's first move toward the production of the rock operas that he is so much noted for. Though it is a simple medley of song fragments, the band came to refer to it as their "mini-opera", and on the remastered CD release of their Live at Leeds album Townshend can be heard introducing it as "Tommy's parent". The song was performed live for The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus film. (The film, made in 1968, came out on video in 1995. The track can also be heard on the soundtrack of Jeff Stein's film The Kids Are Alright; it is also used in Wes Anderson's film Rushmore' but the soundtrack album uses the Live at Leeds version.)

One of Keith Moon's contributions, "I Need You," was originally titled "I Need You (Like I Need A Hole In The Head)." Moon thought The Beatles spoke in a secret language behind his back, and this song was his way of getting back at them. Although Moon denied that a vocal part in the song was a John Lennon imitation, Entwistle said, in fact, that it was.

"Cobwebs and Strange" was originally called "Showbiz Sonata." Entwistle claims to have written the melody, but it actually comes from a song from the UK television series Man From Interpol. Unquestionably, the drums come from Keith alone.

Daltrey insisted that Moon should sound like Buddy Holly´s drummer on "See My Way", but was rather unhappy with the results. Another version of the song was recorded, had at least one airplay and was realised on the BBC Sessions CD.

One particularly notable track on this album is the mod/pop number "So Sad About Us". Though it is difficult to accurately gauge such phenomena, "So Sad About Us" has likely been covered more frequently than any other song on the album. (According to Allmusic, it is "one of the Who's most covered songs. ). The Merseys, Shaun Cassidy, Primal Scream, The Breeders, and most notably The Jam are among the many artists who have recorded studio versions of the song. Beyond the sheer number of covers, it is also one of The Who's most frequently imitated songs. As the aforementioned AMG put it, it is "an archetypal early Who song" and "hundreds of bands have based their entire careers on this one song." With its ringing guitars, Beach Boys-styled harmonies, crashing drums, and lovelorn lyrics, it is one of the early forebears of the power pop genre, along with other early Who staples such as "I Can't Explain" and "The Kids Are Alright". Pete Townshend and one-time Jam frontman Paul Weller performed an acoustic duet of the song as captured on the album The Who and Special Guests: Live at theRoyal Albert Hall

The album's engineering produced a mushy sound that went unmitigated even by the re-mastered CD release.

"Happy Jack" and "A Quick One, While He's Away" can also be heard on the re-mastered CD release of Live at Leeds from a 1970 performance.

In addition to their usual instruments, each band member played an orchestral instrument as well to give a marching band effect on "Cobwebs and Strange". Keith Moon played orchestral cymbals, Pete Townshend played penny-whistle, John Entwistle played trumpet, and Roger Daltrey played trombone.

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Standard shipping within the UK is £2.50.

Recorded delivery is also available on request.

Also insurance can be arranged at buyers request and payment

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Packaging.

The album and it’s outer sleeve will be separated when packaged to prevent damage to ether the vinyl or the sleeve, the vinyl will be placed into a new plain inner and the original inner will again be packed seperatly.

The complete package will then be placed into a plastic sleeve and then packed into a stiff card package and two stiffeners added.

The package will be clearly marked

FRAGILE PLEASE DO NOT BEND OR DROP.

Buyers address will be put on both sides of the package and also my own address just to be safe in case, god forbid the album was lost in the post.

(Up to now this has not happened)

Up to now none of my items have ever been returned with any complaints, and I do try to be as honest as possible with my discriptions and gradings.

Thanks for looking.