THE WHO MY GENERATION 1ST UK PRESS LAT 8616 EX AUDIO
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THE WHO MY GENERATION BRUNSWICK LAT 8616 MONO 1965
MATRIX SIDE 1 MG-10256-1B SIDE 2 MG-10257-1B
A VERY RARE 1ST PRESSING OF THE WHO'S 1ST ALBUM , ONE OF THE THE SIXTIES MOST IMPORTANT RECORDINGS, THOUGH NOW LOOKING BACK THIS LP REALLY WENT UNDER THE WIRE, HAVING JUST MORPHED FROM THE HIGH NUMBERS AND INTO THE 'WHO' THEIR SOUL/R&B FOLLOWING WAS RELATIVELY SMALL BUT ALSO TO A CERTAIN EXTENT STILL LOCAL TO LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST OF THE UK. NEEDLESS TO SAY NOT A GREAT DEAL OF COPIES WERE PRESSED OR SOLD AND COMBINED WITH A VERY FLIMSY SLEEVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT DID BUY A COPY REALLY DID PLAY THEM. NEARLY ALL COPIES THAT SURFACE TODAY ARE VERY HEAVILY PLAYED WITH TORN AND FADED SLEEVES, THOUGH THANKS TO DECCA WITH THEIR THICK VINYL AND DEEP GROOVES WHO PRESSED THESE EARLY RECORDINGS EVEN HEAVILY MARKED COPIES CAN STILL PRODUCE A SURPRISING SOUND. BUT FINDING COPIES TODAY THAT EVEN APPROACH EXCELLENT AND HAVE EXCELLENT AUDIO IS VERY VERY RARE INDEED.
THIS COPY IS INDEED ONE OF THOSE RARE EXCELLENT COPIES THAT IS STILL HOUSED IN THAT CLASSIC FRAGILE ROBERT STACE SLEEVE, FULLY COMPLETE WITH NO SPLITS OR TEARS BRIGHT SHARP ARTWORK WITH NO FADING TO THE COLOURS, BEAUTIFULLY SHINY LAMINATE WITH NO LIFTING ALL THE CORNERS ARE SHARP AND POINTED THE 'PINCHED END' SPINE IS PERFECTLY READABLE WITH NO CRACKING, THE OPENING EDGES ARE STRAIGHT AND SHARP WITH NO FEATHERING THE ONLY REALLY NEGATIVE FEATURES ARE A VERY LIGHT CORNER CREASE AND A LITTLE AGEING ON THE REAR, BUT THIS IS VERY SLIGHT AS THE REAR IS PREDOMINATELY BRIGHT AND WHITE AND THIS STILL REMAINS AN EXCEPTIONAL SLEEVE COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE WHICH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS NO SPLITS OR TEARS.
THE VINYL IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AGAIN A PERFECTLY FLAT HEAVYWEIGHT SIXTIES DISC, WITH GROOVED MATT BLACK BRUNSWICK LABELS AND SILVER TEXT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT FEATHERY SPINDLE MARKS.
THE PLAYING SURFACES ARE VERY CLEAN AND UNMARKED, SUPER GLOSSY WITH A DEEP IRREDECSENT SHINE, THIS DISC HAS BEEN SELDOM PLAYED AND VERY WELL LOOKED AFTER AND CAREFULLY STORED. THE AUDIO IS AMAZING, CLEAR EXCELLENT PUNCHY MONO THROUGHOUT.
AN AMAZING LOOKING AND SOUNDING 45 YEAR OLD RARITY.
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