THE WHO 'QUADROPHENIA' VINYL UK 1ST PRESS

	£		150
	$		199

Hi everyone,

my name is Mark and I have been selling vinyl on Ebay for over six years on various accounts, and am returning having had a nine month break, with a vast array of fantastic quality vinyl to follow!!!

Every item I offer is fully guaranteed, and I sell vinyl in price ranges from £3 - 400, with a full money back guarantee available on all items if you are not happy.

Here's my selling standards:-

- You will always get a discount for multiple item transactions, and I do not seek to profit from posting items, as a lot of buyers seem to do nowadays

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING

UK buyers are currently being offered the opportunity of 'free' postage for records - no seller can afford to absorb these costs, and I am no exception. I will comply with Ebay's request, but confirm that the following criteria will apply:-

- Not applicable to Paypal transactions, and only if paying by cheque and or postal order.

- Packaging will be reduced to keep my direct costs down, and one card card stiffener will be used instead of three, with no outer soft ploy bag to house the record

- Delivery will be at least seven days including the handling time due to the nature of second class

MY PREFERRED POSTAL OPTION

UK buyers are offered the chance to pay £3.95 for 1st class recorded delivery - I still loose money at this price, and my direct packaging costs are at least £1.35, but at least I know it will arrive in one piece!! Your record will be expertly packed as per the following:-

- Packaging will include at least three pieces of stiff card per item, records removed from the outer sleeves, and a clear plastic cover for outer protection. All items are posted in new thick card outers, and you will be delighted with the packaging.

OTHER STANDARDS I OFFER

- All items are play graded on high quality equipment, and graded as per record collector grading. (I am very fussy, and tend to under grade' to ensure highly delighted buyers!!).

- Every record will be packed and shipped within a three day period from the point of payment...no exceptions!!

- I will always professionally clean all of my records where necessary using a wet cleaning system to remove all dust and static etc

I am delighted to offer superb condition albums by THE WHO:-

Record details:-

Artist - THE WHO

Album title - QUADROPHENIA

Release year - 1973

Release label - TRACK RECORDS (VERY RARE 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN 1ST PRESS)

Mono / stereo - VINYL STEREO

Release number - TRACK DELUXE DOUBLE 2656013

MATRIX NUMBERS :-

SIDE ONE - 2406 110 A//1 11

SIDE TWO - 2406 110 B//1 11 8

SIDE THREE - 2406 111 A//1 1 4 1

SIDE FOUR  - 2406 111 B//2  12 14

***BEAUTIFUL  1ST PRESS VINYL AND MINIMAL PLAYS!!***

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY SO CALLED 'QUALITY' SELLERS CLAIMING THAT THIS ALBUM SOLD WITH MATRIX NUMBERS ENDING -3 AND EVEN -4 ARE 1ST PRESSES, THEY ARE NOT!! THIS IS THE LOWEST SET OF NUMBERS THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE FOR THIS CLASSIC ALBUM, UNDOUBTEDLY PROVING THAT THIS SET WAS PRODUCED IN MINIMAL QUANTITIES FOR RECORD SHOPS PRE-ORDERS!!

RECORD CONDITION

THIS RECORD SET IS STILL IN MINT MINUS CONDITION AND WITH MINIMAL PLAYS !!! SIMPLY SUPERB VINYL!!

SLEEVE CONDITION

Front of sleeve - EXCELLENT MINUS condition, MINIMAL  CORNER wear, NO creasing , NO  dirty marks!! NO ring wear!  Probably the hardest cover in the world to get a clean, unmarked copy!! Impossibly soft card cover, and totally unlaminated!! Very, very porous card means every other copy turns up trashed and covered in finger and dirt marks, but not this beauty!! This is the very 1st press copy made by 'Euro-Albums Holland B.V.' - this album never came with a UK sleeve. 1st PRESSINGS are characterized by massive wide spine, thicker outer card, with a slightly 'dull' tinge to the card on the internal panels. The only reason I have strictly graded this cover down is a minimal 'nick' in the corner outer edge, which I have photographed with a small pencil head so you can get the scale of this minor imperfection!!

Back panel - EXCELLENT condition, and as per front, VERY CLEAN!! NO creases in the card, NO ring wear, NO dirty marks in porous card!!!!! MINIMAL edge wear on the corner points!!

Internal double panels - simply stunning, and at least MINT MINUS!! No wear whatsoever!! This is a really heavy cover made of incredible soft card, housing a large story / picture book depicting the concept of the double album. Checkout ebay today, nearly 99% of all the albums have the booklet 'loose' from the record, (ripped off the spine!!), or with the staple 'hinges' very badly damaged, with torn pages!!

Not this beauty!! You will never see a 1st press with such perfect stapling - checkout my pictures!! Simply superb!!

Spine - at least Excellent Condition, with MINIMAL  wear on corners and NO WEAR on the title labelling. NO crushing to the card. All titles clear and easy to read...NO creasing!! Very thick wide spine!! ** ONLY 1ST PRESSES HAVE THE MASSIVE WIDE SPINE!!**

Side edges - at least Excellent Condition, with NO / TINY wear on the corner points!! Opening edges are VERY GOOD CONDITION, with moderate wear.

Inner sleeve - correct poly-lined  paper POLYDOR inner sleeves  are in EXCELLENT condition  - MINIMAL creasing!! MINIMAL yellowing!!

Visual grading - simply stunning!! Beautiful MEDIUM thickness vinyl looks very shiny, untouched and unplayed!! There are a couple of very light nail scuffs, but they are very light and do not sound! Records have retained that 'just pressed' vitality, and look fanatastic!! I have no hesitation in grading these records  a strong MINT MINUS. MINIMAL   PLAYS!!! 

*** 1ST PRESSING VINYL CLEARLY HAS TO HAVE THE ABOVE LISTED MATRIX NUMBERS, AND ALSO WILL HAVE THICKER VINYL 'SQUARE' EDGES, WITH LATER COPIES HAVING TAPERED' EDGES!!***THIS IS THE 1ST PRESS 'SQUARE EDGE'!!***

The labels - full vibrant colour and very clean, and at least MINT MINUS  CONDITION -  with the following approx. spindle marks:-

SIDE ONE - CIRCA THREE PLAYS

SIDE TWO - CIRCA FOUR PLAYS

SIDE THREE - CIRCA SIX PLAYS

SIDE FOUR - CIRCA TEN PLAYS

The playgrade

For me the greatest rock album ever made, and my all time 'number one' album!! What better way to listen to this copy than with a 1st press on medium thickness square edged vinyl, and -1 matrix numbers straight off the 1st cutters / presses!! Awesome sound quality, and an album that I never tire of listening through end to end!! All channels are crystal clear, and it is obvious that this copy has only ever been played on top-quality equipment. Graded a strong EXCELLENT, with minimal  / minor background noise in the run in's etc.

****DON'T LET THIS RECORD GO - COVER AND VINYL IN GREAT CONDITION, AND A TOP QUALITY PRESSING !!!****

So there you have it - 100% feedback speaks for itself, so bid with confidence!! I sell to buyers all over the world, and have built up many friendships with buyers local to USA, Japan and rest of the world.

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