The Who LIVE AT LEEDS Rare RED/BLACK Stamp HYBRID

	£		32
	$		42

THE WHO - LIVE AT LEEDS

IN SUPERB CONDITION

hybrid rarity

• CATALOGUE:TRACK 2406 001
• MATRIX:2406001 A-1 / B-1 (FIRST PRESS)
• CORRECT INSERTS FOR A FIRST PRESS (SEE BELOW)

THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS IS REGARDED AS THE FINEST LIVE RECORDING ON VINYL, AND WHEN HEARD IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY.

THE LP WAS ISSUED WITH THREE DIFFERENT COLOURED STAMPS ON THE FRONT.

THE VERY VERY FIRST ISSUES WERE ISSUED WITH A BLACK STAMP. THESE WRERE ONLY DISTRIBUTED IN LIMITED NUMBERS AND THEN REPLACED WITH SLEEVES THAT HAD A RED OR BLUE STAMP.

THE BLACK STAMPED SLEEVE IS THEREFORE SOUGHT AFTER AMONGST COLLECTORS AS THE TRUE FIRST PRESS. HOWEVER WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A VERY UNUSUAL MIX OF THE RED AND BLACK STAMPED SLEEVE

THE ORIGINAL BLACK STAMPED SLEEVE HAD A BLACK STAMP ON THE INSIDE LEFT GATEFOLD SHOWING THE RECORD LABEL DETAILS AND THE SLEEVE MAKERS. THIS INFORMATION WAS ALWAYS PRINTED IN THE SAME COLOUR AS THE STAMP ON THE FRONT COVER.

THIS ONE HAS THE RED STAMP ON THE FRONT COVER BUT THE BLACK STAMP ON THE INSIDE. I SUSPECT THEREFORE THAT ONCE IT HAD BEEN DECIDED TO REPLACE THE SHORT LIVED BLACK STAMPED SLEEVE WITH THE RED ONE, THAT SOMEHOW A FEW GOT PRINTED FROM A BATCH OF THE ORIGINAL COVERS WHICH WERE BLACK. IT FURTHER SUGGESTS THAT THE INSIDE OF THE SLEEVES WERE PRINTED BEFORE THE FRONT COVER.

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE WHITE RECORD LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. REALLY HARD TO FIND LIKE THIS WITHOUT ANY SIGNS OF STAINING OR HANDLING. A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE RECORD HAS NOT HAD MANY PLAYS. THE BLUE TYPEFACE IS UNFADED AND CLEAR TO READ.THERE ARE ABOUT  A DOZEN SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING AGAIN HOW LITTLE THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE ORIGINAL A1/B1 PRESS IS ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL AND LOOKS REALLY CLEAN.  WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN YOU MAKE OUT THE VERY WISPY HAIRLINES CAUSED BY REMOVAL FROM THE SLEEVE.THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF POOR HANDLING, PART FROM A COUPLE OF NON SOUNDING SURFACE LINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, AND ONE OTHER RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE LINKING GROOVE. MY AIM IS TO DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW CRISP THE SOUND IS WHILST ALLOWING YOU TO HEAR THE SILENT PASSAGES TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS ANY BACKGROUND NOISES.

OF COURSE THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED WITH SOME CRACKLE IN IT TO AGAIN REPRODUCE THE SOUND OF A BOOTLEG. IT STATS THIS ON THE RECORD LABELS. HOWEVER THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH GENUINE BACKGROUND CRACKLE CAUSED BY WEAR AND POOR HANDLING.

THERE ARE A FERW LITTLE LIGHT POPS HERE AND THERE, BUT VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, AT ALL ANYWHERE, MEANING THE LP WHEN IT WAS PLAYED WAS PLAYED ON A GOOD DECK WITH AN UNWORN STYLUS. THE CLARITY OF THE SOUND IS MIAGNIFICENT. CLEAR AS A BELL, EVERY NOTE HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS PRODUCED TO BE HEARD.

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL EXCELLENT PLUS

THE SLEEVE

THE PLAIN BROWN SLEEVE DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A BOOTLEG IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. TERRIBLY HARD TO FIND A GREAT ORIGINAL AS THEY SUFFER BADDLY FROM STAINING AND AGEING. THIS COPY HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME SUPERBLY.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. THERE IS NO STAINING OR SEVERE SIGNS OF HANDLING EITHER. THERE IS THE SMALLEST STICKER REMOVAL MARK JUST ABOVE RIGHT HAND TOP ANGLE OF THE WHO STAMP, AND THE SPINE WHILST PERFECTLY INTACT SHOWS MILD BROWNING. THIS APPEARED ON EVERY COPY I HAVE SEEN OVER TIME. THERE IS ALSO A SLIVER OF BROWNING ALONG THE TOP EDGE. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THE RECORD HAS BEEN WELL PRESERVED IN PLASTIC FOR MOST OF IT'S LIFE. . THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AND TIDY AS THE FRONT. AGAIN WITH JUST THE OUTER EDGES SHOWING MILD AGEING. THE STAPLES ARE ALSO SILVER NOT RUSTY AS MOST GET OVER TIME.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE INNER. THE TWO POCKETS ARE PROPERLY STAPLED AND NONE OF THE EDGES ARE BURRED OR TORN. THE TRACK LOGO IS IN THE INCORRECT BLACK COLOUR AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED

THE INSERTS

A BRIEF WORD ON THE SUBJECT OF THE INSERTS. FIRSTLY THERE ARE 12 INSERTS THAT MAKE UP THIS COLLECTIBLE SET. THEY HAVE OVER THE YEARS BEEN REPRODUCED, REISSUED AND SO ON, MAKING AN ORIGINAL SET HARD TO FIND AS PEOPLE SWAP BETTER QUALITY PIECES FOR WORN ONES. HOWEVER ALL THIS DOES IS SPOILS WHAT A GENUINE FIRST ISSE LOOKS LOIKE.

TO BE CLEAR THE PAPER THAT THE ORIGINAL SETS WERE PRINTED ON WAS VERY VERY FLIMSY, SOME OF IT ALMOST AS THIN AS TRACING PAPAER. SO IF YOU HAVE A SET WITH THICK PAPER IN IT, THEN THIS IS A REISSUE FOR SURE ( OR THE INSERTS ARE) THE POSTER IS ALSO OFTEN REPLACED, BUT THIS IS EASY TO SPOT IF ITS AN ORIGINAL AS THE ORIGINAL STATES "TUESDAYS AT THE MARQUEE" IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, WHERAS THE REISSUES HAVE THE TRACK LOGO AND THE WORDS "LIVE AT LEEDS" THERE.

THERE IS NO LIVE AT LEEDS OR TRACK LOGO ON THE ORIGINALS. ALSO THE PREMIERTALENT SHEET ON THE ORIGINAL SET IS A FLIMSY YELLOW PAPER WITH BROWN LOGO'S, REISSUES ARE GENERALLY WHITE.

ANYWAY HOPE THAT HELPS

THIS IS A FULL SET OF ORIGIAL SHEETS IN TOP CONDITION

SLEEVE GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

I WOULD USUALLY GIVE NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVES WITH THE PURCHASE, AND PLACE THE RECORD AND SLEEVE IN A THICK BRAND NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO FOR FREE POSTAGE YOU WILL STILL GET YOUR RECORD IN A PROFESSIONAL MAILER, AND PROTECTED BY STIFFNERS, ENSURING THE RECORD REACHES YOU IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT WITHOUT THE EXTRA'S.

IT WILL BE RECORDED DELIVERY HOWEVER TO PROTECT BOTH BUYER AND SELLER

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE NEW POLYLINED INNER SLEEVES AND THE NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE I CAN DO THAT FOR £2.00. PLEASE INFORM ME HOW YOU WOULD LIKE IT POSTED WHEN THE AUCTION CLOSES

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

GARRY