THE WHO - Live At Leeds UK 1st pressing 1970 VINYL with inserts

	£		34
	$		45

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THE WHO - Live At Leeds UK 1970 VINYL on Track and Polydor label. The album includes *inserts and although it is very nearly 50 years old, I would consider the record and sleeve to be in ex/ex condition, the record plays well throughout, with little or no crackles.
This album is a rare first pressing, one of the first 300 pressings with the black stamp on the cover. This rare album, The Who - Live at Leeds, as been cited by several music critics as the best live rock recording of all time. Note, that included, with other inserts in this album, is a copy of a contract for the Who to play at the Woodstock Festival, it is noted that only the first 500 copies included such a copy of this contract.
*Please note:-   the copy of the photo of the band from the My Generation photoshoot in March 1965 is the only insert that is missing in this album.
   "Live at Leeds is the first live album by English rock band The Who. It was recorded at the University of Leeds Refectory on 14 February 1970, and is their only live album that was released while the group were still actively recording and performing with their best known line-up of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon.

The Who were looking for a way to follow up their 1969 album Tommy, and had recorded several shows on tours supporting that album, but didn't like the sound. Consequently, they booked the show at Leeds University, along with one at the University of Hull the following day, specifically to record a live album. Six songs were taken from the Leeds show, and the cover was pressed to look like a bootleg recording. The sound was significantly different from Tommy and featured hard rock arrangements that were typical of the band's live shows.

The album was released in May 1970 by Decca and MCA in the United States by Track and Polydor in the United Kingdom. It has been reissued on several occasions and in several different formats. Since its release, Live at Leeds has been cited by several music critics as the best live rock recording of all time."

"The cover was designed by Beadrall Sutcliffe and resembled that of a bootleg LP of the era, parodying the Rolling Stones' Live'r Than You'll Ever Be.[18] It contains plain brown cardboard with "The Who Live At Leeds" printed on it in plain blue or red block letters as if stamped on with ink (on the original first English pressing of 300, this stamp is black). The original cover opened out, gatefold-style, and had a pocket on either side of the interior, with the record in a paper sleeve on one side and 12 facsimiles of various memorabilia on the other, including a photo of the band from the My Generationphotoshoot in March 1965,[19] handwritten lyrics to the "Listening to You" chorus from Tommy, the typewritten lyrics to "My Generation", with hand written notes, a receipt for smoke bombs, a rejection letter from EMI,[20] and the early black "Maximum R&B" poster showing Pete Townshend wind-milling his Rickenbacker. The first 500 copies included a copy of the contract for The Who to play at the Woodstock Festival." (wikipedia)

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