The Who QUADROPHENIA 1973 UK LP 1st Press INCREDIBLE FINAL UPGRADE MINT

	£		141
	$		187

THE WHO - QUADROPHENIA

IN MAGNIFICENT  ONE PLAY MINT CONDITION

WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE TO MATCH

FINAL UPGRADE

• SET NUMBER 2657 013
• CATALOGUE:TRACK 2406-111 
• MATRIX: 2406110  A v 1  13 3 / B//2  11 / 2406111 A v 1 14 14 / B v 2 11 23

A FIRST ISSUE SET CAN ALSO BE TOLD BY THE LIGHTLY TEXTURED MATT BLACK LABELS NOT SHINY SMOOTH ONES. ALSO LATER RELEASES HAD A ROUGH RIDGE RUNNING ROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE LABELS, AND FINALLY THE VINYL IS FAR HEAVIER ON THE FIRST PRESS AND IT ALSO HAS BECAUSE OF THIS A SQUARER EDGE TO THE VERY OUTER EDGE UNLIKE LATER THINNER DISCS

TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SET OF THESE LABELS IN SUCH MAGNIFICENT CONDITION!!! ALL 4 LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR HAS REMAINED UN-RUBBED, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE. THIS COLOUR FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION AND EVERY LETTER IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

THE TRACK LOGO WHICH CAN RUB AND WEAR BADLY IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION ON ALL 4 SIDES. A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE SPINDLE HOLES REVEALS THAT SIDES 2 AND 3 HAVE ONE MINUSCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINE TIGHT TO THE THE SPINDLE HOLE, WHILST SIDES 1 AND 4 HAVE NONE. TO ME THIS SHOWS THAT THE SET HAS HAD AT MOST ONE EXTREMELY CAREFUL PLAY FROM NEW IN THE PAST 44 YEARS, AND POSSIBLY JUST THE TWO SIDES. 

WHICH EVER IT IS THIS SET IS IN 'AS NEW' CONDITION AND IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT

THE VINYL

BOTH DISCS GLEAM LIKE NEW AND COULDN'T LOOK ANY BETTER. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE HAS BEEN RETAINED. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE MARKS OR ANY SIGNS OF HANDLING ON THE DISCS. IN DAYLIGHT THE DISCS LOOK MINT!! AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THEY ARE STILL MINT!!!, BACKING UP THE FACT THAT THIS INCREDIBLE SET HAS UNTIL TODAY REMAINED JUST ABOUT UN-PLAYED!!!

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 ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH. SOMETHING I HAVE DECIDED TO DO WITH ALL OF THE LP'S THAT I LIST AS I AM CERTAIN THAT MY CUSTOMERS NEW AND OLD WILL APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT THE RECORDS SOUND LIKE AND NOT JUST RELY ON A DESCRIPTION. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP'S PLAY THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ON ALL SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THESE DISCS SOUNDS. THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY, WITH EVERY NOTE HEARD TO PERFECTION

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB. NO CRACKLES, CLICKS OR EVEN STATIC PRESENT ON ANY PART OF THE PLAYTHROUGH.

THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO MAR THE BRILLIANCE OF THESE DISCS. . YOU WILL NEVER SEE OR HEAR A BETTER SET THAN THIS , OF THAT I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN

THERE CANNOT BE A BETTER EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE SET ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET, AND I ENCORAGE YOU TO SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO THIS VERY PRECIOUS DOUBLE ALBUM

I AM REALLY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS UN-PLAYED / 1 PLAY SET MINT!!!

TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

WELL WHERE TO BEGIN WITH THIS SLEEVE?

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT MOST COPIES FOR SALE, YOU WILL NOTICE IMMEDIATELY THAT THE SLEEVE LETS THE RECORDS DOWN, NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE VINYL IS. THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR THIS, SO LETS TAKE A LOOK AT WHY THIS IS SUCH A HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION.

THE FIRST THING IS THAT THE SLEEVE IS MANUFACTURED FROM A VERY SOFT CARD. (ALL VERY FIRST PRESS SLEEVES WERE PRINTED IN HOLLAND) WHEN YOU TOUCH IT YOU CAN ALMOST GET THE SENSE THAT IT MADE OF SOMETHING LIKE PHOTO PAPER. THE SURFACE FEELS ALMOST SLIMY TO THE TOUCH. THIS DELICATE SURFACE IS THEREFORE PRONE TO SEVERE WEAR, USUALLY THE MOST NOTICABLE BEING RING WEAR WHERE THE WHITE OUTLINE OF THE RECORDS HAVE CREATED A HIDDEOUS RING ON BOTH THE FRONT AND THE BACK COVER. BEING THIS SOFT AS WELL MEANS THAT ANY STICKER THAT WAS ON THE SURFACE, IF REMOVED IT LIKELY TO TEAR AWAY THE TOP SURFACE. AND OF COURSE THE FACT THAT THE SLEEVE IS NOT LAMINATED MEANS IT IS PRONE TO STAINS AND HANDLING. THE SPINE ALSO SUFFERS BADLY, AND MANY MANY COPIES ARE BENT, SQUASHED, FRAYED, SPLIT, OR COMPLETELY SHELF WORN.

INSIDE THE SLEEVE THERE IS A VERY VERY HEAVY BOOKLET WHICH WAS STAPLED INTO THE SPINE. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW ROUGH PAGE TURNS TO JOLT THIS LOOSE AND TEAR IT FROM THE SOFT SPINE. OR MORE COMMON THAN THAT IF THE SLEEVE IS LEFT UNPROTECTED, AND BY THAT I MEAN NOT HOUSED IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE, THEN THE WEIGHT OF THE BOOK GRADUALLY PULLS DOWN ON THE STAPLES WHICH EVENTUALLY GIVE WAY AND THE WHOLE BOOK COMES ADRIFT, WHICH IS WHY MANY COPIES, THE BOOK WILL BE FOUND HOUSED INSIDE THE SLEEVE WITH THE RECORDS. ANYWAY SORRY FOR THE HISTORY LESSON, BUT I WANTED TO GET ACCROSS JUST HOW NEAR IMPOSSIBLE IT IS TO FIND ONE IN MINT CONDITION

THIS COPY IS NOT QUITE MINT, BUT PRETTY WELL CLOSE TO IT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND 99% FREE FROM ANY LOSS OF THE GREY COLOUR. IT HAS BEEN HOUSED IN A STRONG PLASTIC GATEFOLD OUTER SLEEVE SINCE 1973. THERE ARE NO HEAVY, OR EVEN LIGHT CREASES TO THIS SURFACE, ABSOLUTELY NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND MOST AMAZING OF ALL IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO SMALL CREASE LINES NEAR THE SPINE WHATSOEVER, NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE TOPENING EDGE AND THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF. 

THE ONLY INCREDIBLY MINOR BLEMISH IS A TINY FLECK OF WHITE BARELY VISIBLE ACROSS THE LETTERS P H E AT THE VERY TOP OF THE COVER

THE TOP EDGE  HAS A LITTLE RUB TO THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER AREA AND A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF UNDER-CARD VISIBLE ELSEWHERE

THE BOTTOM EDGE JUST HAS SOME VERY LIGHT SHELF RUB IN TINY PATCHES

THE LARGE WIDE SPINE IS JUST AMAZING. DEFINITELY THE BEST ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN. NO COLOUR LOSS,APART FROM A PIN PRICK ON THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS, AND A COUPLE ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE.NO CREASES OR ANY DAMAGE WHATSOEVER, AND EVERY SINGLE LETTER IS LEGIBLE. LOOKS SUPERB!

THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE BOTH RAZOR SHARP, WITH JUST ONE TINY SPECK OF BURRING RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM, AND BEARING IN MIND JUST HOW SOFT THIS CARD IS, THAT IS QUITE SPECIAL.

THE REAR SURFACE IS NEARLY AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT. AGAIN NO CREASES, OR PRESSURE LINES ALONG THE EDGES. JUST A LIGHT BLACK SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE UNDER THE TOP EDGE

NOW THEN OPENING THE GATEFOLD WITH SOME CARE REVEALS A NEAR PRISTINE FRONT PANEL. THE FRONT COVER OF THE BOOK HAS  A SMALL PATCH OF WHITE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE. THE FRONT AND BACK PAGES ARE PERFECTLY ADHERED ONTO THE SLEEVE. OPENING THE FIRST PAGE, AND I CAN SEE THAT THE BOOK HAS COME AWAY FROM THE STAPLE AT THE TOP, WITH THE BOTTOM ONE JUST ABOUT HANGING ON. IT WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH FOR IT TO COME ADRIFT. THERE IS A WAY OF STICKING IT IN PALCE BUT I WILL LET THE NEW OWNER DECIDED IF THAT'S THE WAY TO GO

THE TWO ORIGINAL INNER POLY LINED SLEEVES ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. FLAT AND UN-SPLIT , NO DAMAGE TO THE DIE CUT HOLES AND ONLY ONE OF THEM HAS A CORNER CREASE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MAGNIFICENT SLEEVE MINT MINUS 

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

GARRY