The Who MY GENERATION UK LP 1ST BRUNSWICK, INCREDIBLE SLEEVE VINYL EX/ NMINT -

	£		338
	$		448

THE WHO - MY GENERATION

NO MORE THAN A FEW PLAYS EVER

OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT !!!SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:BRUNSWICK LAT 8616
• MATRIX: MG 10256-2B / 10257-2B 
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 BK / 1 M

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

SUPERB JET BLACK  LABELS WITH SILVER LOGO AND TYPEFACE. THE BASE COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER LOGO AND TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.  THERE ARE JUST TWO TO THREE SMALL  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS BEEN ON A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THE DISC HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTER AND GLEAMS LIKE NEW. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS, HOWEVER SIDE ONE HAS THREE SCUFF MARKS. ONE IN TRACK ONE, ONE IN TRACK TWO AND THE LAST IN TRACK FOUR.

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST THE USUAL WISPY HAIRLINES AND SOME ANGEL HAIRLINE HANDLING LINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MT CUSTOMERS

IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO GRADE THIS ALBUM, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE SCUFF THIS WOULD BE A NEAR MINT MINUS GRADE WITH EASE, SO I AM GOING TO GRADE EACH SIDE, BECAUSE WITHOUT A DOUBT SIDE TWO PLAYS ALMOST WITHOUT FLAW 

SO THE FIRST THING TO STATE IS THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, SO WE KNOW THAT THE LITTLE PLAY THE VINYL HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

WE CAN ALSO SURMISE THAT THE LP WAS LEFT EXPOSED ON SIDE ONE AT SOME POINT TO RECEIVE THESE THREE SCUFFS

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE

SIDE ONE PLAYS WITH AROUND 8-10 TICS, WHILST ON SIDE TWO I HEARD JUST ONE BETWEEN THE LAST TWO TRACKS IN THE LINKING GROOVE

NO JUMPS OR SKIPS, AND ACTUALLY A QUALITY SOUND

ONLY LISTING THIS BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF THE SLEEVE WHICH IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS.

SIDE ONE GRADES EXCELLENT, AND SIDE TWO NEAR MINT MINUS IN MY OPINION

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS SLEEVE. IT IS SO FLIMSY THAT 99.9% OF ALL COPIES ARE HEAVILY CREASED AND EVEN TORN, AND THE REAR BEING NON LAMINATED IS USUALLY FOUND HEAVILY BROWNED AND MARKED AND STAINED ETC ETC.

THIS ONE IS IN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE CONDITION

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY PEN MARKS OR STAINS. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. AND THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN RETAINED, WHICH IS UNUSUAL ON THIS SLEEVE WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS RING WEAR AND CEASING

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THERE ARE ONLY FOUR MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, THREE TINY ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND JUST TWO MINUSCULE THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN MINT CONDITION . ALL OF THE WHITE SURFACE IS INTACT. NO RUBBING AND THAT EVEN INCLUDES THE CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE HAS THE CORRECT TAPERED ENDS, AND IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION, AND IS VERY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS ALONG THE EDGES. THE JET GLEAMING WHITE COLOUR IS IMMACULATE AND THERE IS NO RUBBING WHATSOEVER. EVEN THE TIP ENDS TOP AND BOTTOM ARE UNRUBBED.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN THE BEST CONDITION THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN A COPY OF THIS ALBUM. NO MARKS OR STAINS AND NO RING WEAR.

THE WHITE SURFACE IS STILL INCREDIBLY WHITE WITH JUST AN ABSOLUTE BAREST TRACE OF HANDLING/AGEING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IS FLAT UNCREASED CONDITION. NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS, JUST SOME LIGHT GLUE AGEING TO THEM

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT!!!!!! 

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

GARRY