THE WHO Live At Leeds LP 1970 TRACK 1st Press A1/B1 MINT

	£		128
	$		169

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Who called "Live At Leeds" and is an ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1st Pressing on 1st Press 'Custom' Track labels!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST WHO LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE TRACK LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  IT IS ALSO IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION THROUGHOUT (NO PART HAS BEEN SWOPPED OR CHANGED!), IS A 100% GENIUNE 1970 UK 1ST PRESSING, AND IS ALMOST NEVER SEEN LIKE THIS NOW!!!!

NOW BEFORE I GET ANY EMAILS, OR PEOPLE BIDDING, WINNING AND 'PRETENDING TO BE SHOCKED' (BORING!) - THE VERY FIRST FEW 'PRE-RELEASE' 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP CAME WITH 'BLACK TEXT' ON THE COVER FRONT, AND NATURALLY THESE ARE EXTREMELY RARE.  HOWEVER, AT THE TIME OF RELEASE THESE WERE QUICKLY DISCONTINUED - AND REPLACED WITH THE 'BLUE TEXT' AND 'RED TEXT' COVERS WHICH WERE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE 1970s.  THERE ARE ALSO A FEW PEOPLE WHO THINK BLUE CAME BEFORE RED.  BUT AGAIN THIS COMPLETE INVENTION AS I BOUGHT A COPY MYSELF IN 1981 (AND STILL HAVE IT) AND IT WAS A BLUE ONE!!!!  PLUS THERE ARE PLENTY OF PICTURES THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE 1970s OF BLUE & RED TEXT COVERS CO-EXISTING HAPPILY TOGETHER.  SO APART FROM THE 'PRE-RELEASE' BLACK PRINT COVERS (MENTIONED ABOVE) - IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THIS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING!!!!  AND THIS ONE DEFINITELY IS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING FROM 1970 - AND IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP WAS ONLY MADE LIKE THIS IN THE 'YEAR OF RELEASE' ONLY (AROUND 6 MONTHS) - AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENCES ON THIS 1970 UK 1ST PRESSING, WHICH ALL LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY NEVER HAD!!!!  AND THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE CHANCE INDEED, TO OWN A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING - WITH SOME INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES TO EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE LP!!!!  THESE AMAZING DIFFERENCES I WILL DESCRIBE ONLY APPLIED TO 1970 UK 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - AND THESE DIFFERENCES TRULY MAKE THIS LP ONE OF THE RAREST WHO LPs EVER!!!!

I WILL NOW EXPLAIN EVERY SINGLE DIFFERENCE - AND ANYONE WILL BE AMAZED AT THE VAST DIFFERENCES WHEN YOU READ DOWN THE LIST!!!!  I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STRESS THAT EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS LP IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL FROM 1970 (ALL PARTS ARE IN THE SAME STUNNING CONDITION!) - AND ABSOLUTELY NO PART HAS EVER BEEN 'SWOPPED' OR CHANGED IN ANY RESPECT!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN THE AMAZING DIFFERENCES:- 

FIRSTLY THE VINYL IS THICK (LATER ONES ARE NOTICEABLY THINNER), 'SQUARE EDGED' (LATER ONES ARENT!), AND THE MATRIX ENDINGS ARE THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' - BEING A//1 B//1 (LATER ONES ARENT!)!!!!  AND SECONDLY, IT ALSO HAS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS STAMPERS IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET FOR THIS LP - NAMELY BEING:- 1115 AND 117!!!!  BUT WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS LP IS THAT EVERY INSERT IS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESS INSERT (WITH SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES!) - AND THE INSERTS EVEN COME IN THEIR ORIGINAL 'TRACING PAPER' BAG (WHICH IS USUALLY LOST!)!!!!  AND THIS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT!!!!  BECAUSE THESE INSERTS WERE MADE DIRECT FROM THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS - AND ONLY ONES FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF RELEASE IN 1970, WERE 100% EXACT IN COLOUR & DETAIL!!!!  NATURALLY THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS COULDNT BE USED AGAIN (EXCEPT ON THE EARLIEST ONES ONLY!) AND SO THESE INSERTS QUICKLY BECAME FAINTER, POORER QUALITY, AND QUICKLY LOOKED TERRIBLE!!!!  LATER INSERTS WERE IN EFFECT 'COPIES OF COPIES' - SO IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO OBTAIN A GENIUNE 100% GENIUNE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING SET - LIKE THIS ONE HAS!!!!  AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER - THAT ANY SET WITHOUT EVERY SINGLE 1ST PRESS ONLY DETAIL ON THEIR INSERTS (SEE BELOW) - IS DEFINITELY NOT ORIGINAL!!!!  BUT NOT THESE INSERTS!!!!  JUST LIKE THE REST OF THIS LP - THE INSERTS INSIDE IT WERE FROM THE VERY YEAR OF RELEASE (AND NOT LATER!), AND ARE ABSOLUTELY EXACT IN EVERY RESPECT!!!!  IN OTHER WORDS - THEY LOOK ALMOST REAL!!!!  AND THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE WANTING TO CHECK THEIR OWN 1ST PRESSING!!!!  BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EVERY SINGLE DETAIL CORRECT ON EACH INSERT THAT I AM ABOUT TO DESCRIBE, THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE A 1ST PRESSING (OR WORSE STILL - YOU MAY HAVE PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN SWOPPED FROM ANOTHER LP!)!!!!  HOWEVER I HAVE PERFECT HISTORY WITH THIS LP - AND KNOW WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THAT EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS LP (INCLUDING EVERY SINGLE INSERT!) IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL TO THIS LP - AND IS A 100% GENIUNE 1970 UK 1ST PRESSING!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL INSERT BELOW:

1) The Small 'NOTICE' Insert:- The print is in Navy Blue (later ones are bright blue), and the writing is lighter (later ones are black), and on the second written line it states 'Mr Lambert - Who' - whereas on many later pressings the word 'Who' is missing!!!!

2) The Small 'DELIVERY NOTE' insert:- The 'typed' text looks EXACTLY as any typewriter would (later ones look obviously printed in dark black!). 

3) The 'MY GENERATION LYRICS' typed insert (with handwritten annotiations):- Has PERFECT typewriter text (later ones are darker and look terrible), the pencil handwritten annotations look EXACTLY like pencil (later ones look obviously printed!) and there are THREE handwritten '*' (stars) - two on the right & 1 on the left (later ones only have two, or even only one!).

4) The 'KINGS AGENCY' insert:- The print is EXACT and the 'Barry Perkins' signature is in 'dark blue' biro colour (later ones are black!).

5) The 'NEW ACTION LTD' insert:- It is folded along the central line (later ones are NOT), The Action logo is in light grey (later ones arent), the 'New Action Ltd' is in the CORRECT and EXACT shade of Blue, and the handwritten Red Felt Tipped Pen looks EXACTLY correct in colour & detail (unlike later ones which are obviously printed!).

6) The 'HIGH NUMBERS' typed payment insert:- It is made in the CORRECT Yellow Colour (later ones arent!), is made with CORRECT thin 'typewriter' paper (later ones are on thicker normal paper), and is folded along the central line (later ones arent).

7) The 'PREMIER TALENT ASSOCIATES' Contract Insert:- It is made in the CORRECT Yellow Colour (later ones arent!), is folded along the central line (later ones arent), is made on CORRECT thin 'typewriter' paper (later ones are on thicker normal paper), the 'Received' stamp at the bottom is PERFECT and COMPLETE (later ones are so badly printed that most of this is missing!), and BOTH signatures at the bottom are EXACTLY correct in colour & detail (later ones arent).

8) The 'EMI RECORDS' correspondence insert:- It is made on CORRECT thinner paper (later ones are thicker!), and the typeface, EMI Title Colour & 'John Burgess' signature are EXACTLY correct in colour and detail (later ones arent - and look obviously printed!).

9) The 'MARQUEE CLUB' payments insert:- The handwritten details are in BLUE and are EXACT in detail, and the typeface is EXACT (later ones arent!).

10) The Small 'PICTURE OF THE WHO' photograph insert:- ALL faces & background are PERFECT in detail & colour (later ones arent), and IMPORTANTLY every face & eyes of EVERY Who member are FULLY visible and 100% clear (later ones were badly printed, much darker, and lack detail).  It is also printed on 'photographic' style card - with a 'photographic' glossy front and a rough 'textured' reverse (later ones dont!).

11) The 'GUITAR OVERHEAD' (with 'handwritten text' on the reverse) insert:- This has to be regarded as one of the most IMPORTANT inserts of all!!!!  It was changed soonest - and only a very VERY few were ever made like this!!!!  As a GENIUNE 'Earliest' 1st Press insert - it is printed on thinner matt paper to the front & back (later ones are thicker and have a different texture), and the picture is PERFECT in detail (later ones arent). HOWEVER MOST IMPORTANTLY (see pictures) is the 'handwritten text' on the reverse!!!!  It is also 'factory folded' across the middle (later ones arent!)!!!!  It is PERFECT in COLOUR & DETAIL and most importantly is dark blue, and looks absolutely EXACT.  All later ones are obviously (& badly!) printed - or a terribly crude bright blue colour (which looks obviously fake!).  It is also worth noting that the crude 'handwritten picture' in the middle is COMPLETE with SEVEN lines in the upper portion & FIVE lines crossed through in the lower portion (later ones have most of it missing!).

12) The Large 'MARQUEE' Poster:- Is CORRECTLY printed with a VERY light 'semi-gloss' front (later ones were shiny!) and a HEAVILY textured reverse to the poster (later ones dont!).  And of course later ones renamed this poster 'Live At Leeds' deleting the ORIGINAL 'Marquee' text!!!!

AND ALL THESE AMAZING DIFFERENCES PUT TOGETHER ARE SIMPLY INCREDIBLE!!!!  EVERY SINGLE INSERT IS EXACT, CORRECT, AND PERFECT IN REPRESENTATION & COLOUR - AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL LATER PRESSINGS DO NOT HAVE!!!!  BASICALLY - ALL THE INSERTS REALLY DO LOOK ALMOST 'REAL'!!!!  BETTER STILL - THEY EVEN HAVE THEIR ORIGINAL 'TRACING PAPER' BAG - WHICH WAS USUALLY RIPPED OPEN AND THROWN AWAY ON THE DAY THE LP WAS BOUGHT!!!!  AND MOST IMPORTANTLY - IT SHOWS THAT NO PART HAS BEEN SWOPPED OR CHANGED, AND EVEN INSERT IS IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION - JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE LP!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL (ONLY 2 OR 3 TIMES AT THE VERY MOST!)!!!!  AND EVEN THE COVER IS IN SUPERB  CONDITION TOO - WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DAMAGE AT ALL AND NO REPAIRS EITHER!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'CUSTOM' TRACK LABELS, 1ST PRESS A//1 B//1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS FULL SET OF 12 INSERTS (INCLUDING THE ULTRA RARE 'MARQUEE' POSTER'!), 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD 'RED PRINTED' GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS INCREDIBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Track UK 1st Pressing from 1970 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is 2406 001 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Track 'Custom' labels (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!  All the tracks are pure quality Who at their best!!!! Any fan of The Who, or 60s/70s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED LOOK' AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INSERTS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION (SEE PICTURES!) AND EVEN THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MARQUEE' POSTER HAS NO DAMAGE AT ALL (IT HAS CLEARLY NEVER LEFT THE COVER!)!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press Gatefold 'Red Printed' Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, NO yellowing AT ALL (almost NEVER seen on this LP!), NO splits, only VERY slight corner wear, NO rips, NO tears, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, PERFECT red print, NO grubbyness AT ALL, only a VERY few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO writing, NO rubbing, PERFECT red print, NO ringwear, NO yellowing, and BOTH pouches on either side are in PERFECT condition with NO damage AT ALL!!!!  Even the staples are COMPLETELY UNSTRESSED and 100% firmly in place has they have been from NEW!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent(Minus) if not FULL Excellent!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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