NOT ONLY IS THIS A SUPERB MID 70'S PRESSING COMPLETE WITH LOVELY UNMUMBERED BOOKLET   BUT ALSO AN EXTREME RARE SIDE 1 A2 PRESSING THAT FEATURES A DIFFERENT MIX/VOCAL FOR " EYESIGHT FOR THE BLIND " WHICH DALTRY SINGS AN OCTAVE BELOW THE USUAL MIX & IS THOUGHT TO HAVE PEAKED OUT ON JUST A FEW PRESSINGS DURING THE 70'S. THIS COPY IS ALSO UNUSUAL IN THAT BOTH DISC'S LABELS ARE MATT, UP UNTIL NOW MOST A2'S HAVE BEEN ON THE POST 74 GLOSSY LABEL, THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND ALL MATT COPY I HAVE SEEN.

TRACK LABEL WENT THROUGH 4 VERY BASIC EVOLUTIONS FROM 1967-1980, THE FIRST 1967-8 WERE FLAT MATT LABELS WITH A DOUBLE PRESSING RING AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE, FROM 1968-1972 THE PRESSING RING BECAME A NORMAL SINGLE ONE. FROM 1973 THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL PRESSING RING AROUND THE LABEL PERIMITER & FROM 1973/4 THE LABELS CHANGED FROM MATT TO GLOSSY. ( THESE BASIC OBSERVATIONS DO NOT COVER ANY CHANGES TO FONTS OR LABEL STYLES POST 1974 ), - this was written before i saw the date written on the inside gatefold sleeve of august 1973 which bears this out. 

 For SALE here is the UK LP ''  TOMMY " 

ARTIST:  THE WHO

MONO/STEREO:  STEREO

Cat. No :  613 013/4

LABEL:  TRACK

COUNTRY:  UK

DATE:  1969  

WEIGHT :  130g X2 

MATRIX : A2  B3 B2 B2 

TRACK LISTING : SEE PIC ABOVE

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE : LIGHT EDGEWEAR , BEYOND DECENT FOR THESE MORE FLIMSY UNLAMINATED GATEFOLD GRADES EX- EVEN WITH A NICK TO THE BOTTOM ENTRANCE & A DEDICATION & DATE ON THE INSIDE GATEFOLD

VINYL VISUAL , SUPERB EACH DISC HAS BARELY EVEN MANY LIGHT HAIRLINES EVEN UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP  STILL RETAINS ITS SHEEN GRADE EX+ TO NEAR TO MINT VISUALLY, A PLAYCHECK ON MY DECK CAN BE REQUESTED BUT THIS SHOULD BE DONE PRIOR TO MAKING ANY OFFER   

LABELS :  MILD EVIDENCE OF PLAY ONLY , NO WRITINGS OR LABELS GRADE EX

MEGA RARE DIFFERENT VOCAL ON EYESIGHT COPY WHICH WAS SWIFTLY REPLACED ... 

FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...  non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage! FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT due to ebays revised " buyer " protection policy even more sellers will start to refuse to sell internationally. I however will still sell internationally but i reserve the right to not to complete any international transaction if the buyer has any bad or witheld feedback or for any other reason that I choose and this is especially so for items that sell for near to GBP 150 or higher. So if you are an international bidder and win one of my auctions and then find I have completed the transaction elsewhere this will be because the new ebay/paypal policy now makes it almost impossible for sellers to sell safely overseas, thank you

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

FOR  DOMESTIC UK BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE THAT ITEMS THAT SELL WILL HAVE TO BE SENT VIA SIGNED FOR RECORDED DELIVERY WHICH IS GBP 3.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND GBP 4.99 FOR A DOUBLE LP, THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULENT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT, INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW

 (Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO BE READ, 

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