The Who - LIVE AT LEEDS - 1970 UK LP 1st BLACK STAMP/ W/12 Inserts NM/MM AUDIO

	£		133
	$		176

THE WHO  - LIVE AT LEEDS

FIRST UK PRESS - BLACK STAMP

FULL SET OF CORRECT 1ST ISSUE INSERTS

FISRT PRESS VINYL A1/B1

• CATALOGUE:2406 001
• MATRIX: 246001 A//1 11 1 1 / B//1 11 1 1
• HAS THE FULL SET OF FIRST ISSUE INSERTS
• HAS THE BLACK FIRST ISSUE TYPEFACE STAMP ON THE SLEEVE

 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

WHEN THIS ALBUM WAS FIRST RELEASED, THE FIRST BATCH OF LPS WERE ISSUED WITH A SLEEVE THAT HAD A BLACK TEXT STAMP. THESE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THESE DAYS, AND THE SECOND AND THIRD RELEASES ARE MUCH MORE PROMINENT. THE MOST COMMON ONE IS IN RED, AND THE OTHER WAS FOUND IN BLUE. A BLACK SLEEVE IS VERY SOUGHT AFTER AMONGST COLLECTORS WHO WANT THE VERY FIRST EXAMPLES AVAILABLE

THE LABELS

THE LABELS ON THIS ALBUM, LIKE THE REST OF THE SET WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A BOOTLEG, SO INSTEAD OF THE USUAL BLACK TRACK LABELS, THESE WERE ISSUED ON A WHITE LABEL WITH BLUE TYPEFACE. THE WHITE SURFACE IS STILL A BRILLIANT WHITE AND HAS NO STAINING OR HANDLING MARKS AT ALL. THE WHITENESS EXTENDS ALL THE WAY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE 4-5 VERY LIGHT SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE INDICATING THE LP HAS HAD ONLY A FEW VERY CAREFUL PLAYS SINCE 1970.

THE LABEL ALSO STATES "CRACKLING NOISES OK. DO NOT CORRECT" THIS IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A MIKE CABLE LOOSE DURING THE RECORDING AND THIS CAUSED SOME CLICKS THROUGHOUT THE RECORDING. IT WAS DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM IN FOR AUTHENTICITY.

THE VINYL

VERY GLOSSY AND PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM. THE LP HAS CLEARLY BEEN HANDLED CORRECTLY AS THERE ARE NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES ON THE SURFACE OF EITHER SIDE, AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS. ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION CAN I MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES. AND ON SIDE TWO A LIGHT (SURFACE ONLY_ HANDLING LINE

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE LP STARTS WITH A NEAR SILENT RUN IN TO TRACK ONE " YOUNG MAN". LIVE AT LEEDS SET THE STANDARD FOR LIVE ALBUM IN THAT THE PRODUCTION WAS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING. THE RECORDING IS VERY LOUD AND THE STEREO PRODUCTION IS SECOND TO NONE. 

IT IS CLEAR FROM THE OFF THAT THERE IS NO WEAR TO THE GROOVES AS THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO BE HEARD ANYWHERE. 

EACH TRACK PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. CRYSTAL CLEAR AND FREE FROM AND UNWANTED NOISES. JUST THE ODD CRACKLE THAT IS MENTIONED ON THE RECORD LABEL

THERE IS A LITTLE VINYL NOISE HEARD IN THE LINKS BETWEEN SOME OF THE TRACKS BUT ONLY ON SIDE ONE

BOTH SIDES PLAY SUPERBLY AND I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO IT BEFORE DECIDING TO LAY A BID.

I HAVE NO HESITATION IS GRADING THIS SUPERB FIRST PRESS AS NEAR MINT FOR THE AUDIO ON SIDE ONE AND MINT MINUS FOR SIDE TWO

THE SLEEVE

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE RUNNING ORDER FOR THESE SLEEVE MAKE A BLACK STAMPED COVER THE FIRST ISSUE AND HARDEST TO FIND. 

DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A BOOTLEG IT IS NO MORE THAN A BROWN SLEEVE HELD BY TWO STAPLES TO SECURE THE INNER POUCHES THAT CONTAIN 12 INSERTS, AND THE LP. THESE STAPLES WERE FAR TOO WEAK TO HOLD THIS LOT AND MOST COPIES YOU WILL FIND WILL BE SPLIT AND IN VERY SHABBY CONDITION DUE TO THE POUROUS NATURE OF THE SLEEVE.

HERE THEN IS A VERY VERY ACCEPTABLE FIRST PRESS BLACK TEXT SLEEVE

FIRSTLY THE BLACK STAMP IS VERY PROMINENT AND HEAVILY INKED, PARTICULARLY 'THE WHO' WHICH IS DARK AND VERY SHARP. 'LIVE AT LEEDS' ONLY SHOWS A VERY LIGHT FADING OF THE IMAGE, BUT STILL HEAVILY INKED. FAR CLEARER AND SHARPER THAN MOST YOU WILL SEE, AND FINALLY 'TRACK 2406001' IS ALSO CLEAR AND SHARP AND HEAVILY INKED

THE TWO ORIGINAL STAPLES ARE BOTH FIRMLY IN PLACE AND NEITHER OF THE INNER POCKETS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR SPLIT. 

THE SURFACE HAS A LITTLE AGEING TO THE SPINE EDGE AND A LITTLE ON THE TOP EDGE. THERE ARE VERY FEW STAINS (A FEW SPRINKLED IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRONT, AND ONE SMALL ONE NEAR THE SPINE, AND SOME MORE SMALL STAINS BY THE SPINE ON THE REAR

THE MAIN BODY OF BOTH SURFACES (FRONT AND REAR) ARE CLEAN AND FREE FROM MARKS OR STAINS, JUST THE EDGES SHOW SMALL BLEMISHES

THE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE HAS SOME GLUE AGEING TO THE EDGES, BUT IS THE DEFINITIVE CORRECT ISSUE HAVING THE DATE 07/70 PRINTED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

THE INSERTS

THERE ARE AND ALWAYS HAD BEEN 12 INSERTS THAT MAKE UP THIS SET, A LOT OF SELLERS WILL LIST ANYTHING FROM NONE TO 10, BUT IT IS A FULL SET OF TWLVE THAT YOU NHEED.

THEN AGAIN THERE ARE FIRST ISSUE INSERTS AND THEN THERE ARE THE REST. IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE TROUBLE OF SEEKING OUT A FIRST PRESS SLEEVE AND VINYL I AM CERTAIN YOU WOULD WANT THE FIRST ISSUE INSERTS.

THE ORIGINALS WERE ALL MADE ON THICK PAPER OR CARD (OTHER THAN THE PREMIER TALENTS INSERT AND THE HIGH NUMBERS INSERT), AND AS THE LP DEMANDED MORE PRESSINGS SO THE INSERTS BECAME THINNER AND THINNER UNTIL IN SOME CASES WERE OF THE SAME CONSISTANCY AS TISSUE PAPER.

ALSO ANOTHER TELLTALE IS THE LARGE POSTER. THE FIRST ISSUES HAVE 'MAXIMUM R & B, TUESDAYS AT THE MARQUEE,90 WARDOUR STREET  ON THEM, WHEREAS THE LATER ONES HAVE THE TRACK PRESSING CATALOGUE NUMBER AND 'LIVE AT LEEDS'

OTHER IMPORTANT FEATURES IN A FRIST ISSUE SET ARE

THE PHOTO OF THE BAND IS CLEAR AND SHARP, PARTICULARLY THE EYES, WHERE ON LATE ISSUES THESE ARE DULL AND UNCLEAR

THE OVERHEAD GUITAR PICTURE MUST BE FOLDED IN THE MIDDLE AND HAVE BLACK WRITING ON THE BACK (NOT BLUE)

THE DELIVERY NOTE MUST HAVE TEXT THAT ACTIALLY LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DONE ON A TYPEWRITTER, NOT LOOKING LIKE A POOR PHOTOCOPY

THE CLUB INSET MUST HAVE BLUE WRITING ON IT NOT BLACK

THE PREMIER TALENT INSERT MUST BE ON YELLOW FLIMSY PAPER AND THE RECEIVED STAMP MUST BE CLEAR WITH ALL OFNTHE DETAIL WRITTEN IN

THE HIGH NUMBERS INSERT AGAIN MUST BE ON FLIMSY PAPER, FOLDED IN THE MIDDLE

THE NEW ACTON INSERT MUST HAVE BLUE TEXT AT THE TOP

THE KINGS AGENCY INSERT MUST HAVE BARRY PERKINS SIGNATURE IN BLUE BIRO INK NOT BLACK

THE MY GENERATION INSERT MUST HAVE THREE ASTERISKS ON IT NOT TWO

THE NOTICE INSERT MUST HAVE MR LAMBERT-WHO WRITTEN (LATER ISSUES WERE MISSING 'WHO ' BECAUSE IT IS FAINT AND WITH MULTIPLE COPYING BECAME INVISIBLE

THESE 12 INSERTS ARE ALL IN IMMACULATE CONDITION APART FROM THE LARGE POSTER WHICH THE TWO TOP CORNERS MISSING COLOUR, AND THE BOTTOM TWO A LITTLE LOST COLOUR AND TAPE RESIDUE ( OBVISOLY PLACED ON A WALL FOR A SHORT PERION. THE FOLD LINES HOWEVER ARE STILL RAZOR SHARP

THIS SUPERB SET IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

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

GARRY