The Who LIVE AT LEEDS 1970 UK LP 1st Press BLACK STAMP PLAYS NEAR MINT HEAR

	£		191
	$		254

THE WHO  - LIVE AT LEEDS

FIRST UK PRESS - BLACK STAMP

NEAR MINT AUDIO

FULL SET OF CORRECT 1ST ISSUE INSERTS

FISRT PRESS VINYL A1/B1

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:2406 001

• MATRIX: 246001 A//1 11 7 / B//1 11 3

• HAS THE FULL SET OF FIRST ISSUE INSERTS

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WHEN THIS ALBUM WAS FIRST RELEASED, THE FIRST BATCH OF LPS WERE ISSUED WITH A SLEEVE THAT HAD A BLACK TEXT STAMP. THERE WERE ONLY 300 OF THESE MADE

THESE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THESE DAYS.

 THE SECOND AND THIRD RELEASES ARE MUCH MORE PROMINENT. THE MOST COMMON ONE IS IN RED, AND THE OTHER WAS FOUND IN BLUE. 

A BLACK SLEEVE IS VERY SOUGHT AFTER AMONGST COLLECTORS WHO WANT THE VERY FIRST EXAMPLES AVAILABLE

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ON THIS ALBUM, LIKE THE REST OF THE SET WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A BOOTLEG, SO INSTEAD OF THE USUAL BLACK TRACK LABELS, THESE WERE ISSUED ON A WHITE LABEL WITH BLUE TYPEFACE. THE WHITE SURFACE IS STILL A BRILLIANT WHITE AND HAS NO STAINING OR HANDLING MARKS AT ALL. THE WHITENESS EXTENDS ALL THE WAY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE 3-4 VERY LIGHT SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE INDICATING THE LP HAS HAD ONLY A FEW VERY CAREFUL PLAYS SINCE 1970.

THE LABEL ALSO STATES "CRACKLING NOISES OK. DO NOT CORRECT" THIS IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A MIKE CABLE LOOSE DURING THE RECORDING AND THIS CAUSED SOME CLICKS AND CRACKLE THROUGHOUT THE RECORDING. IT WAS DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM IN FOR AUTHENTICITY.

THE VINYL

VERY GLOSSY AND PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM. I DAYLIGHT I CAN SEE A COUPLE OF VERY FEINT HAIRLINES ON THE OUTER AREA OF SIDE ONE, WHICH WHEN PLAVED UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO SHOW AS A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT NON FEELABLE SCRATCHES. THE REST OF THE ALBUM LOOKS PERFECT

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE LP STARTS WITH A SILENT RUN IN TO TRACK ONE " YOUNG MAN". LIVE AT LEEDS SET THE STANDARD FOR LIVE ALBUM IN THAT THE PRODUCTION WAS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING. THE RECORDING IS VERY LOUD AND THE STEREO PRODUCTION IS SECOND TO NONE. 

IT IS CLEAR FROM THE OFF THAT THERE IS NO WEAR TO THE GROOVES AS THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO BE HEARD ANYWHERE. 

EACH TRACK PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. CRYSTAL CLEAR AND FREE FROM AND UNWANTED NOISES. JUST THE ODD STATIC LIKE CRACKLE THAT IS MENTIONED ON THE RECORD LABEL. APART FROM A FEW LITTLE TICS BETWEEN THE END OF 'YOUNG MAN BLUES' AND THE OPENING FEW BARS OF 'SUBSTITUTE'

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

BOTH SIDES PLAY SUPERBLY AND I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO IT BEFORE DECIDING TO LAY A BID.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IS GRADING THIS SUPERB FIRST PRESS AS NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE RUNNING ORDER FOR THESE SLEEVE MAKE A BLACK STAMPED COVER THE FIRST ISSUE AND HARDEST TO FIND. 

DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A BOOTLEG IT IS NO MORE THAN A BROWN SLEEVE HELD BY TWO STAPLES TO SECURE THE INNER POUCHES THAT CONTAIN 12 INSERTS, AND THE LP. THESE STAPLES WERE FAR TOO WEAK TO HOLD THIS LOT AND MOST COPIES YOU WILL FIND WILL BE SPLIT AND IN VERY SHABBY CONDITION DUE TO THE POUROUS NATURE OF THE SLEEVE. THIS ONE HAS NOT HAD THAT DAMAGE

HERE THEN IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST PRESS BLACK TEXT SLEEVE

FIRSTLY THE BLACK STAMP IS VERY PROMINENT AND HEAVILY INKED, 

THE TWO ORIGINAL STAPLES ARE BOTH FIRMLY IN PLACE AND NEITHER OF THE INNER POCKETS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR SPLIT. 

THE SURFACE HAS A LITTLE AGEING TO THE SPINE EDGE WHICH IS NORMAL ON ANY OF THESE SLEEVES. THIS ONE HAS FAR LESS THAN MOST 

UNUSUALLY THERE ARE NO STAINS ON THE FRONT AND ONLY A COUPLE OF TINY ONES BY THE SPINE THE REAR SURFACE

THERE IS A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE ON THE LEFT EDGE OF THE REAR

THE INSERTS

THERE ARE AND ALWAYS HAD BEEN 12 INSERTS THAT MAKE UP THIS SET, A LOT OF SELLERS WILL LIST ANYTHING FROM NONE TO 10, BUT IT IS A FULL SET OF TWELVE THAT YOU NEED.

THEN AGAIN THERE ARE FIRST ISSUE INSERTS AND THEN THERE ARE THE REST. IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE TROUBLE OF SEEKING OUT A FIRST PRESS SLEEVE AND VINYL I AM CERTAIN YOU WOULD WANT THE FIRST ISSUE INSERTS.

AN EASY TELLTALE IS THE LARGE POSTER. THE FIRST ISSUES HAVE 'MAXIMUM R & B, TUESDAYS AT THE MARQUEE,90 WARDOUR STREET  ON THEM, WHEREAS THE LATER ONES HAVE THE TRACK PRESSING CATALOGUE NUMBER AND 'LIVE AT LEEDS'

OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES IN A FIRST ISSUE SET ARE

THE PHOTO OF THE BAND IS CLEAR AND SHARP, PARTICULARLY THE EYES, WHERE ON LATE ISSUES THESE ARE DULL AND UNCLEAR

THE OVERHEAD GUITAR PICTURE MUST BE FOLDED IN THE MIDDLE AND HAVE BLUE WRITING ON THE BACK (NOT BLACK)

THE DELIVERY NOTE MUST HAVE TEXT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DONE ON A TYPEWRITTER, NOT LOOKING LIKE A POOR PHOTOCOPY

THE CLUB INSET MUST HAVE BLUE WRITING ON IT NOT BLACK AND HAVE HOLE PUNCHES TO THE LEFT WHEREAS THE LATER ONES DIDN'T HAVE THEM

THE PREMIER TALENT INSERT MUST BE ON YELLOW FLIMSY PAPER AND THE RECEIVED STAMP MUST BE CLEAR WITH ALL OFTHE DETAIL WRITTEN IN

THE HIGH NUMBERS INSERT AGAIN MUST BE ON YELLOW FLIMSY PAPER, FOLDED IN THE MIDDLE

THE NEW ACTON INSERT MUST HAVE BLUE TEXT AT THE TOP AND FOLDED IN THE MIDDLE , LATER ONES ARE NOT

THE KINGS AGENCY INSERT MUST HAVE BARRY PERKINS SIGNATURE IN BLUE BIRO INK NOT BLACK, AND HOLE PUNCHED TO THE LEFT , LATER ONES WERE NOT

THE MY GENERATION INSERT MUST HAVE THREE HAND WRITTEN ASTERISKS ON IT NOT TWO AS THE LATER ONES HAD

THE NOTICE INSERT MUST HAVE MR LAMBERT-WHO WRITTEN (LATER ISSUES WERE MISSING 'WHO ' BECAUSE IT IS FAINT AND WITH MULTIPLE COPYING BECAME INVISIBLE. ALSO 1ST ISSUES ARE HOLE PUCHED LATER ONES ARE NOT

THE EMI RECORDS LETTER IS MADE OF THINNER PAPER, LATER ONES WERE THICKER

THESE 12 INSERTS ARE ALL IN IMMACULATE CONDITION 

THE LARGE POSTER DOES HAVE A PIN HOLE IN EACH CORNER

THIS SUPERB SET IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY