THE WHO "Quadrophenia" 1973 UK TRACK DOUBLE 1st PRESS
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Sep 6, 2010
Sold Date
Aug 27, 2010
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THE WHO "Quadrophenia" 1973 UK TRACK DOUBLE 1st PRESS
SUPERB CLEAN COPY, SOUNDS SENSATIONAL, NEAR MINT AUDIO
THE WHO
Quadrophenia
ORIGINAL UK TRACK (DE LUXE DOUBLE 2657 013) FIRST PRESSING (November 1973) OF THE WHO'S ELECTRIFYING TWO LP SET, "Quadrophenia" - WITH FLAWLESS AUDIO REPRODUCTION THROUGHOUT - FANTASTIC COPY OF THIS MASTERPIECE AND VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED INDEED
A few days in the life of Mod Jimmy who who feels double schizophrenic - hence Quadrophenia ("Schizophrenic? I'm bleedin' Quadrophenic")
SUPERLATIVES FAIL ME WHEN TRYING TO DESCRIBE THE SHEER POWER AND DETAILED SOUND OF THIS FIRST PRESSING - RIGHT FROM THE OPENING RUSH OF THE WAVES CRASHING ONTO THE SHINGLE BEACH TO JIMMY'S FINAL 'REDEMPTION' AND "REIGH O'ER ME" SOME 82 MINUTES LATER THIS PIECE HAS UNBELIEVABLE STRENGTH OF PURPOSE AND IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT WHICH HOLDS TOGETHER AS ONE COHERENT WHOLE - AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PIECE OF WORK
FIRST ISSUE CRITERIA:
* THE GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS SOFT BACKED IN CONSTRUCTION, PRINTED BY "Euro-Albums Holland B.V." WITH A 'STAPLED AND STUCK' 44 PAGE HEAVY BOOKLET CONTAINING BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS OF JIMMY'S STORY AND FULL LYRICS AND AN ADDITIONAL FIRST PERSON (JIMMY) NARRATIVE BY PETE TOWNSHEND
* THE SPINE HAS THE BAND NAME, ALBUM TITLE AND CATALOGUE NUMBER 'TRACK DE LUXE DOUBLE 2657 013'
* THE TWO RECORDS ARE PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WHICH DELIVER SUPERB, DETAILED AND INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE AUDIO WITH A BEAUTIFUL LOUD CUT
* THE MATRICES HAVE THE INVERTED TRIANGLE SEPARATOR (∇) BETWEEN THE A OR B ON SOME/OR ALL OF THEIR NUMBERS (see matrices below), LATER ISSUES HAVE THE MORE COMMON DOUBLE BACKSLASH (//) IN ALL OF THESE POSITIONS
FIRST ISSUE MATRIX:
RECORD ONE: 2406110 A∇1 11 6 / 2406110 B//2 11 2
RECORD TWO: 2406111 A∇1 13 29 / 2406111 B∇2 12 31
The story covers about five days of the life of Mod, Jimmy Cooper (circa 1965)
"The story is set on a rock!" announced Pete Townshend, at one live performance, indicating that the opera represents Jimmy's looking back at the events of the previous few days that led him into the gloomy situation where he finds himself at the end of the story.
The narrative is difficult to derive from the lyrics alone, but becomes clearer with the benefit of a short story (also written by Townshend) related from Jimmy's first person perspective, that is printed on the inside of the LP cover.
The first half of the opera consists of songs that allude to the frustrations and insecurities that govern Jimmy's life, including brief glimpses of his home life, his job, his psychoanalyst, and his unsuccessful attempts to have a social life.
Jimmy feels idle and unsure of himself after a bank holiday weekend he spent at Brighton Beach some time before where he participated in a brawl between the Mods and Rockers.
Halfway through the opera he sings "I've Had Enough", finds himself kicked out of his home when his parents find his box of 'blues' and in a fit of depression, wrecks his prized scooter.
Distraught and with nothing better to do, Jimmy takes a large dose of blues and takes a train ride to the coast - out of my brain on the "5:15", where he once felt truly alive and accepted.
During his stay near the beach in Brighton, he encounters the former "Ace Face", the leader of a group of Mods, whom he admires greatly. However, "Ace Face" works as a bell boy at a nearby hotel. Ironically this is the very same hotel Ace Face had smashed the windows of two days before. This display of masculine bravado had earned him the admiration of many of his fellow Mods two days before during Jimmy's first stay in Brighton.
Jimmy is disgusted to learn that the person he had admired as a Mod had "sold out".
At this point Jimmy is inconsolable. Everybody from his parents to his girlfriend had disappointed him before, but he had never expected the Mod lifestyle to let him down.
Drunk and depressed, he steals a small outboard-driven rowboat and takes it out to a barren rock protruding from the sea, where he endures a psychological crash.
With his life's worries splayed out in front of him in detail he then faces the fact that his boat has drifted off, he's coming down from his pills and gin, and is now stranded on the rock as a storm rages around him.
With nothing left to live for, he finds a spiritual redemption in the pouring rain ("Love, Reign o'er Me").
Track Listing:
Side 1: I Am The Sea - The Real Me - Quadrophenia - Cut My Hair - The Punk & The Godfather
Side 2: I'm One - The Dirty Jobs - Helpless Dancer - Is It In My Head - I've Had Enough
Side 3: 5.15 - Sea And Sand - Drowned - Bell Boy
Side 4: Doctor Jimmy - The Rock - Love Reign O'er Me
LABELS: The labels are clean and unmarked with only light spindles (although somewhat carelessly placed - spindles show very readily on these black, matt labels) - NM/NM/EX+/EX+
VINYL Visual: All four vinyl surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen. Record One is unmarked, Record Two (Side Two) has some superficial marks but these have no audio consequence - it sounds stunning throughout - visually NM/NM/NM/EX
VINYL Audio: As you have probably guessed by now I adore this album and the audio delivery on this first pressing is absolutely phenomenal with a deep, rich, beautifully warm and incredibly detailed, powerful sound. On playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my records prior to listing) there are no scratches, no sticks/jumps, no surface noise and no clicks or pops. Both records play throughout to just about the highest possible standard with no distortion and no groove-wear, it sound sensational and the audio is very critically graded as NEAR MINT (if not better) - great copy of a remarkable piece of work and very, very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: The gatefold cover is also in lovely condition with clean, unmarked surfaces (with none of the common ring wear - just a little corner 'bumping') and the thick spine displays all text is clear and bold. The booklet itself is practically as-new with no marks or dog-eared corners (it was attached until just now as I was taking the photographs when it pulled loose which is really annoying) - a very fine example of this easily worn gatefold - EXCELLENT
INNER SLEEVES: Two unmarked, un-split and practically untouched inners have some discolouration from the glue used to secure the lining but are otherwise, beautifully white - NEAR MINT
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