THE WHO Who's Next UK LP 1ST W/HEADHUNTER INNER NM
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THE WHO - WHO'S NEXT
A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SOUGHT AFTER 1ST PRESSING, CONTAINING THE RARE HEADHUNTERS INNER SLEEVE.
- LABEL: TRACK
- CAT: 2408102
- MATRIX:A1 / B2
ON ITS OWN NOT A PARTICULARLY RARE LP, BUT FINDING A FIRST PRESS THESE DAYS WHICH HAS THE LOW 1/2 MATRIX NUMBERS, AND THE HEADHUNTERS INNER (ONLY ISSUED WITH FIRST PRESSES) IS INDEED VERY HARD TO COLLECT.
ON OFFER HERE IS A MAGNIFICENT COPY IS SUPERB CONDITION ALL ROUND
THE SLEEVE.
NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WHICH IS USUALLY FOUND CREASED, AND WORN, PARTICULARLY ON THE BACK WHERE THE VERY DARK SURFACE OFTEN HAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF COLOUR LOSS. THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE IS VIRTUALLY MINT.
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, AND THERE IS NO CREASING OR BENDING AT THE CORNERS, AND NO RING WEAR, THE ONLY SLIGHT BLEMISH IS A SMALL LINE NEAR THE SPINE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES SHO NO SHELF WEAR AT ALL, AND THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
THE REAR SURFACE HAS A FEW MINUSCULE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL DARK SURFACE. FINALLY THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP INDICATING JUST HOW FEW TIMES THE RECORD HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NM
THE HEADHUNTERS INNER SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. IT HAS ONE VERY SMALL SPLIT AT THE BOTTOM ABOUT ONE INCH LONG, SO I HAVE TAKEN THE PRECAUTION OF PLACING THE ALBUM IN A POLYLINED INNER TO ENSURE THERE IS NO FURTHER DAMAGE. OTHER THAN THIS SMALL SPLIT THE REST OF THE INNER IS UNSPOILED.
THE RECORD.
STARTING WITH THE LABELS, THESE ARE JET BLACK WITH SILVER TYPEFACE WHICH IS UNWORN AND VERY SHARP. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS ALSO UNWORN INDICATING CAREFUL HANDLING, AND THERE ARE APPROX 10 SMALL SPIDER LINES NEAR THE HOLE WHICH ALLOWS BE TO PREDICT THAT THE LP HAS HAD FEWER THAN 15 PLAYS LIFETIME, IN FACT SIDE ONE HAS THE LINES INDICATING THAT SIDE TWO WAS PLAYED MORE (WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN) AS THE LABEL ON SIDE TWO ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF SPIDER LINES.
THE VINYL HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LOOK SUPERB. THERE ARE NO HANDLING MARKS OR SCRATCHES, AND EVEN UNDER ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION I CAN BARELY MAKE OUT ANY WISPY HAIRLINES.
PLACING THE LP ON THE TURNTABLE I CAN REPORT THAT IT IS FLAT AND GENTLY ;LOWERING THE STYLUS ON THE DISC THERE IS A SILENT RUN IN GROOVE, WITH NO BACKGROUND NOISES. THE REPRODUCTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS ALBUM IS SPOT ON, AND THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO ANY PART OF THE SOUND AT ALL INDICATING THAT THE LP HAS NEVER BEEN SUBJECTED TO A WORN OR TOO HEAVY STYLUS.
THE LINKING GROOVES ARE EQUALLY SILENT, AND IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO THIS CLASSIC ALBUM HOW IT WAS INTENDED TO BE HEARD.
IF I AM BEING PICKY THERE WAS THE VERY ODD BIT OF STATIC LIKE SOUND IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS FOR A SPLIT SECOND, AND THE VERY OCCASION TINY POP, BUT THIS IS BEING PICKY, AND ONLY TO BE EXPECTED ON ANY VINYL NO MATTER HOW NEW IT IS.
WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS IS A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE PRESSING THAT WILL IN MY OPINION NEVER NEED UPGRADING, AND I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS NEAR MINT
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