The Who LIVE AT LEEDS UK LP 1ST BLUE STAMP FULLY COMPLETE 1-2 PLAYS MINT MINUS

	£		109
	$		144

THE WHO - LIVE AT LEEDS

IN SUPERB 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS!! CONDITION

INCREDIBLE NEAR MINT BLUE STAMPED SLEEVE

ALL 12 ORIGINAL INSERTS

• CATALOGUE:TRACK 2406-001 
• MATRIX: 2406001  A-1  1 2/ B-1  1 2
• ABSOLUTE FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS

A SET THAT IS IN THE MOST INCREDIBLE CONDITION. NOT PIECED TOGETHER LIKE MANY, THIS IS ALL ORIGINAL WITH A COMPLETE SET OF CORRECT 1ST ISSUE INSERTS.

SEE BELOW FOR DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO SPOT THOSE 1ST ISSUE COMPONENTS

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE WHITE LABELS ARE ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT. THE WHITE IS PURE WHITE AND TOTALLY UNSOILED. THE BLUE TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO TOTALLY UNWORN, AND THE BASE WHITE COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO IT. A CLOSE EXAMINATION AROUND THE HOLE SHOWS 1-2 SPIDER LINES BARELY VISIBLE INDICATING THAT THE RECORD HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED

THE LABEL ALSO STATES 'CRACKLING NOISES OK, DO NOT CORRECT' MORE ABOUT THAT BELOW

THE VINYL

THE DISC HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS UNDER NORMAL LIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE ON THE SURFACE OF THE DISC. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NO MORE THAN A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES.

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 THE ENTIRE LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE FOR MY CUSTOMERS

THIS LP WAS RECORDED WITH CLICKING NOISES AND BACKGROUND CRACKLE IN IT AND IT WAS DECIDED TO LEAVE IT IN THE MIX IN ORDER TO ADD AUTHENTICITY TO THE 'BOOTLEG' STYLE OF THE LP.

A PREVIOUS ARTICLE IN THE RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE STATED : THE RECORDING WAS NOT WITHOUT IT'S PROBLEMS. PETE WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH PYE'S UNIT OR ENGINEERS. "THEY DID A TERRIBLE JOB ON THE RECORDING, THEY F***ED IT UP INCREDIBLY. THEY GOT CRACKLES ALL THROUGH THE RECORDING, BUT I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT ANYWAY" HE TOLD ROLLING STONE AT THE TIME. THIS WOULD RESULT IN THE FAMOUS' CRACKLING NOISES OK-DO NOT CORRECT' STATEMENT THAT APPEARS ON THE LABEL

THIS HAS SOMEWHAT DERAILED HOW I NORMALLY LIST THE QUALITY OF THE SOUND. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE RECORDING IS CRYSTAL CLEAR AND WITHOUT DISTORTION, AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT MEANING THAT ANY UNWANTED NOISE IS IN THE TRACK, HAS BEEN RECORDED THERE. THERE ARE ONE OR TWO SEMI SECONDS THAT I BELIEVE ARE NOT PART OF THIS ORIGINAL RECORDING, AND FOR THAT REASON ONLY I AM LOWERING THE GRADE TO MINT MINUS.

THE LP LOOKS FANTASTIC, SOUNDS PERFECTLY CLEAN, AND HAS A GREAT STEREO REPRODUCTION.

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL  MINT MINUS!!

TAKE A LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED PLAIN CARD SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE IS NOTORIOUS FOR STAINING BADLY AS IT WAS MADE OF THE CHEAPEST MOST POROUS CARD IN AN ATTEMPT TO REPLICATE A CHEAP BOOTLEG LP. ON THAT COUNT A MARVELLOUS JOB WAS DONE, BUT IT HAS LIMITED THE NUMBER OF GREAT COLLECTIBLE SLEEVES AROUND.

THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF THIS LP RELEASED IN MAY 1970 HAD THE LIMITED BLACK STAMP ON THE FRONT COVER TOP RIGHT. THEN THEBLUE STAMPED ISSUES WHICH BEGAN APPEARING VERY VERY SHORTLY AFTER AND STILL HAVE THE A1/B1 LP INSIDE BUT NOT THE BLACK STAMP. FINALLY THE RED STAMPED ISSUES

THIS ONE HAS SUPERB NEAR MINT FRONT SURFACE WITH A SHARPLY DEFINED STAMP UNLIKE SOME WHICH ARE FADED OR WORN. THE LIGHT BROWN CARD HAS NO CREASES , CREASE LINES, BENDS, AND JUST A COUPLE OF THUMB IMPACT POINTS (VERY MINOR), AND IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN, AND THERE ARE NO SMALL LINES ALONG THE SPINE LIKE MOST HAVE. THIS IS THE BEST FRONT SURFACE I HAVE SEEN ON A LIVE AT LEEDS ALBUM. THE 4 CORNERS ARE ALL VERY SQUARE AS WELL, CLEARLY AN LP COVER THAT HAS REMAINED INSIDE A PLASTIC SLEEVE FROM NEW.THERE IS THE BAREST TRACE OF HANDLING TO THE EDGES

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS SPECIAL AS THE FRONT  THE THREE EDGES ARE ALL IN VERY SHARP CONDITION AND AGAIN IT IS CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS BEEN VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED.

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION, NO WEAR OR SPLITS LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER SURFACE WITH THE TWO POCKETS MADE BY A LARGE FLAP OF CARD TURNED UP AND STAPLED AT THE EDGES TO FORM THESE HOLDERS FOR THE LP AND THE INSERTS. THE SAME BLUE STAMPED INFORMATION APPEARS ON THE LEFT INNER POCKET. I HAVE SEEN ALL SORTS OF ANOMALIES HERE WITH THE MOST COMMON BEING A BLACK STAMPED INNER POCKET WITH A RED STAMPED FRONT COVER. HERE HOWEVER IS THE CORRECT MATCHUP.

THE INNER SURFACE ARE IN THE SAME STUNNING CONDITION AS THE REST OF THE SLEEVE

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT!!!!

THE INSERTS

RIGHT LETS START WITH A FIRST ISSUE POSTER WHICH IS THE LARGEST OF THE INSERTS AND USUALLY THE ONE FOUND TO BE MISSING DUE TO BEING PINNED TO THE ORIGINAL OWNERS WALL.

SIMPLY A FIRST ISSUE POSTER HAS THE WORDS 'TUESDAYS AT THE MARQUEE' ALL LATER ISSUES FROM NOV 70 ONWARDS HAVE 'LIVE AT LEEDS' IN THIS SPACE, SO HERE WITH THIS 1ST PRESS SLEEVE AND LP IS A GENUINE 1ST ISSUE POSTER (THIS ONE HAS VERY SHARP FOLD LINES AND IT'S CLEAR THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED FLAT

THE REMAINING INSERTS APART FROM THE PREMIER TALENT AND THE HIGH NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS ON SLIGHTLY THICKER TEXTURED PAPER ON THE 1ST ISSUES, BECOMING THINNER AND LESS DETAILED WITH SUBSEQUENT RELEASED, MOST NOTICEABLY ON THE TOWNSEND GUITAR OVERHEAD PICTURE WHERE THE DETAIL IS CLEARER ON THIS 1ST ISSUE.

THE PHOTPRINT OF THE BAND AGAIN HAS FAR CLEARER DETAIL ON THE 1ST ISSUE WHICH THIS ONE IS

THE PREMIER TALENT PAPER IS ALWAYS YELLOW ON 1ST ISSUES ( AND THIS IS MADE ON FLIMSY PAPER NOT BROWN OR WHITE WHICH IS HOW IT APPEARED ON LATER RELEASES.

THE REST OF THE 12 INSERTS ARE ALL ON HEAVIER STOCK PAPER

THIS SUPERB SET OF 12 ARE ALL COMPLETE, WITH JUST THE ODD  SMALL CORNER CREASE LINE HERE AND THERE, BUT IN UNTORN AND UNSPLIT CONDITION

A STUNNING ORIGINAL SET WHICH GRADES MINT MINUS

THE LP COMES IN THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER WHICH IS ALSO UNSPLIT, FLAT AND BARELY CREASED

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

GARRY