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

	£		465
	$		616

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!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  ONLY A FEW HUNDRED OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS - AND THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENCES ON THIS 1ST PRESSING, WHICH ALL LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY NEVER HAD!!!!  AND THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE CHANCE INDEED, TO OWN THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH SOME INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES TO EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE LP!!!!  THESE AMAZING DIFFERENCES I WILL DESCRIBE ONLY APPLIED TO THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE - 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 - AND ABSOLUTELY NO PART HAS EVER BEEN 'SWOPPED' OR CHANGED IN ANY RESPECT!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN THE AMAZING DIFFERENCES:- 

FIRSTLY (AND MOST OBVIOUSLY) THE GATEFOLD COVER HAS THE RAREST (AND 'EARLIEST EVER') 'BLACK' PRINT ON THE COVER FRONT AND ON THE INSIDE!!!!  THIS ULTRA RARE 'BLACK PRINT' WAS ONLY EVER USED ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - AND THIS WAS CHANGED IMMEDIATELY AFTER RELEASE TO THE VERY COMMON 'BLUE' OR 'RED' PRINTED COVERS THAT FOLLOWED LATER!!!!  SECONDLY 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!)!!!!  BUT WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS LP IS THAT EVERY INSERT IS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' AND FROM THE FIRST BATCH OF INSERTS EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT!!!!  BECAUSE THESE INSERTS WERE MADE DIRECT FROM THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS - AND ONLY THE FIRST BATCH EVER MADE, WAS 100% EXACT IN COLOUR & DETAIL!!!!  NATURALLY THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS COULDNT BE USED AGAIN (EXCEPT ON THE FIRST BATCH 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 THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE, AND ARE ABSOLUTELY EXACT IN EVERY RESPECT!!!!  IN OTHER WORDS - THEY LOOK 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 THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL INSERT BELOW:

1) The Small 'NOTICE' Insert:- It is made on CORRECT 'thinner' paper (later ones are thicker) and is 'hole punched' to the left (later ones arent!), the print is in Navy Blue (later ones are bright blue), and the writing is in VERY dark blue (later ones are black).  It is also worth noting that 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:- It made on CORRECT thin 'typewriter' paper (later ones are thicker normal paper), and 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):- It is made on CORRECT thin paper (later ones are thicker), 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!).

4) The 'KINGS AGENCY' insert:- It is made on CORRECT 'thinner' paper (later ones are thicker) and is 'hole punched' to the left (later ones arent!). The print is EXACT and the 'Barry Perkins' signature is the absolute PERFECT 'dark blue' biro colour and detail (later ones arent!).

5) The 'NEW ACTION LTD' insert:- It is made on CORRECT 'thinner' paper (later ones are thicker), 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), is folded along the central line (later ones arent), and the typewriter text is EXACT (later ones look obviously printed!).

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:- It is made on CORRECT thinner paper (later ones are thicker), 'hole punched' to the left (later ones arent!), 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 few hundred 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 SIX 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 ABSOLUTELY 'REAL'!!!!  TO FIND ANY 'BLACK PRINTED' 1ST PRESSING IS HARD ENOUGH - BUT TO FIND ONE THAT IS SO CLEARLY 100% COMPLETE & WITH EVERY SINGLE PART COMPLETELY ORIGINAL TO THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING RUN (WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!) IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  AND THIS MAKES THIS LP ONE OF THE RAREST (IF NOT THE RAREST!) WHO LPs EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

AND CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS ONE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED COPIES EVER MADE - NOT ONLY DOES THE RECORD HAVE A//1 B//1 MATRIXES, BUT INCREDIBLY IT HAS A '04/70' DATE CODED INNER SLEEVE (SEE PICTURE!) - WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THIS LP WAS MADE 1 MONTH PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  SO CLEARLY THIS LP IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  AND EVEN THE COVER IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT COVER TOO - WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DAMAGE AT ALL AND NO REPAIRS EITHER!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'CUSTOM' TRACK LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A//1 B//1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' FULL SET OF 12 INSERTS (INCLUDING THE ULTRA RARE 'MARQUEE' POSTER'!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '04/70' DATE CODED INNER SLEEVE, AND ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD 'BLACK 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 TINY 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, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some EXTREMELY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music 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 'Earliest' 1st Press '04/70' Date Coded inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INSERTS ARE IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING 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 ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press Gatefold 'Black Printed' Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO sticker tears, barely ANY yellowing AT ALL (almost NEVER seen on this LP!), NO sticker marks, only very VERY light spinal wear (barely ANY - and NO heavy wear AT ALL!), NO splits, only VERY slight corner wear, NO rips, NO tears, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, PERFECT black print, 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 black print, NO ringwear, NO yellowing, and BOTH pouches on either side are in PERFECT condition with NO damage AT ALL!!!!  Even the UNRUSTED staples are COMPLETELY UNSTRESSED and 100% firmly in place has they have been from NEW!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better - and is very VERY close to a grade above!!!!  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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