THE WHO QUADROPHENIA 1973 DBL LP 1ST PRESSING NEAR MINT

	£		86
	$		114

  THE WHO "QUADROPHENIA" DOUBLE LP GATEFOLD 1973 STUNNING CONDITION!

 TRACK DELUXE DOUBLE 2657 013  100% GENUINE FIRST ISSUE. 

I SHOULD KNOW I BOUGHT IT THE FIST DAY OF ISSUE!!

THIS IS REGARDED AS ON E OF THE MOST AWESOME SOUNDING ROCK ALBUMS EVER, IN AUDIOPHILE TERMS A VINYL BENCHMARK !!

BUT ONLY ON FIRST PRESSING!!!!!!!!!

INCREDIBLY RARE TO FIND A FIRST PRESSING IN THIS CONDITION!!!

 I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED EVERY SIDE AND EACH LABEL IN CLOSE UP TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF THE FANTASTIC CONDITION OF THIS ALBUM.

EVEN I WAS STUNNED WHEN I BROUGHT THIS DOWN FROM MY ATTIC WHERE IT HAS BEEN CAREFULLY STACKED AND STORED FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS!!

HOW CAN YOU BE SURE IT IS A FIRST PRESSING?.

 IF YOU KNOW THE RECORD YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!

FIRSTLY

THE FULL MATRIX NUMBERS

RECORD 1

 SIDE 1  240 6 110  A 1                 1 1         22

SIDE 2  240 6 110   B 1                 1 1         20  (ALSO HAND-INSCRIBED   52 MCA 362)

RECORD 2

SIDE 1  240 6 111  A 1                 1 2

SIDE 2  240 6 111  B 2                 1 2

THESE ARE THE EARLIEST POSSBLE MATRIX NUMBERS !!

SECONDLY  

 THE VINYL ITSELF  IS THICK WIEGHTY AND SUBSTANTIAL,ABSOLUTELY FLAT( (TOP  AUDIOPHILE QUALITY,) WITH THE CORRECT  'SQUARED EDGE' (LATER PRESSINGS ARE MUCH THINNER WITH TAPERED RIM)

THIRDLY

THE LABELS. THIS LP HAS FLAT VERY DEEP BLACK 'MATT' TRACK LABELS WITH NO RIDGE RUNNING AROUND THE EDGE OF LABELS (LATER PRESSINGS FROM 1974 ONWARDS HAVE A THICK RIDGE AROUND THE EDGE OF THE LABELS, AND MUCH LATER PRESSINGS FROM 1975 ONWARDS HAVE 'SHINY' TRACK LABELS ASWELL) DONT BE FOOLED!! (SEE THE PHOTOS INCLUDED)

 FOURTHLY

THE INNER SLEEVES ARE GENIUNE 1ST PRESS INNERS WITH CLEAR 'POLYTHENE' LINING AND A DIE CUT CENTRE HOLE WHICH FITS EXACTLY AROUND THE LABELS (LATER PRESSINGS HAVE INNERS WITH SMALLER DIE CUT CENTRES, AND THE PLASTIC LINING USED IS NOT CLEAR).

AS TO THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL IN A WORD  BRILLIANT!!! 

 I CAN HONESTLY SAY  I PLAYED THIS ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES  AND IT IS THUS NEAR MINT, THE VINYL LOOKS NEW AND COMPLETELY UNMARKED EVEN  TILTED UNDER STRONG HALOGEN LIGHT. 

KEEN EYES MIGHT JUST PICK UP ONE OR TWO OF THE FAINTEST MARKS FROM TAKING IT OUT OF ITS SLEEVES

THE LABELS LOOK BRILLIANT . UTTERLY CLEAN ,NO MARKS ,NO WRITING.FAINT SPINDLE MARKS SHOW THAT THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED ONLY A COUPLE OF TIMES (AND BEAR IN MIND THAT THE MATT BLACK FINISH SHOWS UP EVERYTHING)

THE GATEFOLD COVER HAS BEEN PROTECTED SINCE NEW WITH A DOUBLE PLASTIC SLEEVE AND HENCE IS NEAR IMMACULATE!(OTHER THAN VERY SLIGHT WEAR ON THE CORNERS AND INEVITABLLY SLIGHT BROWNING ON THE OPENING EDGES)

THE SPINE IS VIRTUALLY PERFECT (I'VE PHOTOGRAHED IT CLOSE UP)

THE BOOKLET IS COMPLETE .WONDERFULLY CLEAN,NO MARKS,

THE OUTER PAGE OF THE BOOKLET (WITH THE LYRICS) IS ATTACHED TO THE COVER BUT, AS SEEMS INEVITABLE WITH THIS ALBUM ,,THE SHEER WEIGHT OF THE BOOKLET HAS LED TO IT BECOMING DETACHED AND THERE IS ONE SLIGHT TEAR( ABOUT 11/2 INCHES) WHERE THE BACK OUTER COVER OF THE BOOKLET HAS TORN VERY SLIGHTLY. I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED THIS SO YOU CAN SEE IT IS MINOR DAMAGE

 THERE YOU HAVE IT THEN .........AN INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND A GENIUNE 1973 UK 1ST PRESSING   WITH EVERYTHING CORRECT AND IN ORDER!

THIS LP IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THIS AMAZING CONDITION AS A GENIUNE 1ST PRESSING -

 SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE CHANCE TO OBTAIN THE BEST THING THE WHO EVER DID!! (AND I WAS THERE FOR THEIR  CHARLTON ATHLETIC CONCERT IN 1974!!!)

OVERSEAS BUYERS WELCOME CUTOMERS OLD AND NEW!!

BE ASSURED, ALL THE VINYL I AM SELLING IS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION BUILT UP IN THE 70S AND EARLY 80S. I AM A MUSIC FAN NOT A DEALER. SADLY WITH NO RECORD DECK ANYMORE AND A WIFE WHO INSISTS ON CDS!

MAKE SURE YOU CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK. I AM 100% EBAYER WITH FANTASTIC COMMENTS ABOUT QUALITY PACKING SPEED AND SERVICE!!

 ALL THE BEST WITH BIDDING THIS IS ONE I HOPE GETS A GREAT HOME!!!