THE WHO, Tommy [Decca black/rainbow label] USA 1st pressing 2LP

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  The Who ?– Tommy Label: Decca ?– DXSW 7205 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Pinckneyville Pressing  Country: US Released: 23 May 1969 Genre: Rock Style: Art Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock Tracklist A1a Overture A1b It's A Boy 5:58 A2 You Didn't Hear It 2:48 A3a Amazing Journey A3b Sparks 7:09 A4 Eyesight To The Blind 2:11 B1 Christmas 4:31 B2 Cousin Kevin 4:03 B3 The Acid Queen 3:33 B4 Underture 9:59 C1a Do You Think It's Alright? C1b Fiddle About 1:51 C2 Pinball Wizard 3:00 C3 There's A Doctor I Found 0:23 C4 Go To The Mirror Boy 3:46 C5 Tommy Can You Hear Me? 1:34 C6 Smash The Mirror 1:32 C7 Sensation 2:24 D1 Miracle Cure 0:11 D2 Sally Simpson 4:08 D3 I'm Free 2:39 D4 Welcome 4:30 D5 Tommy's Holiday Camp 1:01 D6 We're Not Gonna Take It 7:02 Companies, etc. Recorded At – I.B.C. Studios Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc. Published By – Fabulous Music Ltd. Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc. Credits Composed By – John Entwistle (tracks: B2, C1b), Keith Moon (tracks: D5), Sonny Boy Williamson (2)(tracks: A4) Composed By [Opera] – Pete Townshend Design [Cover] – Mike McInnerney Engineer [Chief] – Damon Lyon-Shaw Executive-Producer – Chris Stamp Photography By – Barrie Meller Producer – Kit Lambert Notes Pinckneyville Pressing with variant labels  Roll-fold gatefold, opens from reverse  Included color booklet with program  Designed for continual play on auto-changer phonograph (disc 1: A/D sides; disc 2: B/C sides) Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society: BMI Other (Disc 1 Catalog Number): DL 75126 Other (Disc 2 Catalog Number): DL 75127 Matrix / Runout: 7 11976 1 6 / 7 11979 18 / 7 11978 1 1 / 7 11977 10  

USA FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN TRI-FOLD-OUT SLEEVE WITH BOOKLET AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVES.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First pressings are made from first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues and re-issues (which are often pressed from whatever tapes or digital sources are currently available - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…why buy an expensive CD pressed on vinyl and experience the worse elements of both formats?)

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, SOME SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  BOOKLET IS VERY GOOD, NO DAMAGE.  NAME STICKER INSIDE GATEFOLD.  INNER SLEEVES HAVE SOME NICKS AND CREASES.

DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, BUT SOME PLAY SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

 
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