THE WHO "TOMMY" 1972 "UN-OPENED" ODE SP-99001
  $   37

 


$ 37 Sold For
Sep 3, 2010 Sold Date
Aug 29, 2010 Start Date
$   25 Start price
4   Number Of Bids
  USA Country Of Seller
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Description

 

"TOMMY"

 

"SEALED"   ON ODE AND A&M RECORDS

RECORDED DECEMBER 9th, 1972 AT THE "RAINBOW THEATRE" IN LONDON.

THERE WERE 2 PERFORMANCES THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE SAME EVENING.

THE CONCERTS FEATURED "THE WHO", PLUS AN ALL-STAR "GUEST CAST BACKED BY THE

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CONDUCTED BY "DAVID MEASHAM

 

ORIGINAL FACTORY SEAL

THIS BOX SET IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND SEALED

GATEFOLD, ARTWORK, LINER NOTES, *PHOTOS, FULL 27 PAGE COLOR CATALOG AND BOTH LP'S IN MINT CONDITION.

*artwork shown are stock photos

ONE CORNER OF PLASTIC SEAL IS OPEN, BUT GATEFOLD IS NOT DAMAGED

THERE IS ALSO A SMALL AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BACK COVER WHERE THE PLASTIC HAS SPLIT

AGAIN, THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE GATEFOLD.

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THIS BOX SET, INCLUDING ONE RELEASED IN 1973

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, RELEASED IN 1972 PRODUCED BY LOU REIZNER AND WRITTEN BY PETE TOWNSEND AND "THE WHO".

 

PERFORMED BY THE "LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHAMBRE CHOIR"

WITH GUEST SOLOISTS:

PETE TOWNSEND, SANDY DENNY, GRAHAM BELL, STEVE WINWOOD, MAGGIE BELL, RICHIE HAVENS,

MERRY CLAYTON, ROGER DALTREY, JOHN ENTWISTLE, RINGO STARR, ROD STEWART AND RICHARD HARRIS

TWO RECORD SET WITH "LIBRETTO"

THIS STUDIO VERSION OF THE ORCHESTRAL "TOMMY"   ISSUED IN A LAVISH BOX SET FORMAT

FEATURING ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY WHICH USED A PINBALL AS IT'S MAIN MOTIF

WAS DESIGNED BY TOM WILKES AND CRAIG BRAUN AND WON THE "BEST ALBUM PACKAGE GRAMMY"  IN 1974.

AFTER DOING AN EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH, I HAVE ONLY FOUND TWO COPIES OF THIS BOX SET THAT ARE SEALED. ONE WAS SOLD AT AN "AUDIOPHILE RECORDS" AUCTION SITE, BUT THE SELLING PRICE WAS ONLY AVAILABLE TO PAID SUBSCRIBERS. THE OTHER ONE IS CURRENTLY ON AN AUCTION SITE IN GERMANY.

 

GOOD LUCK BIDDING

 

This item will be extremely well packed in a box designed to ship lp's

 

 

On Aug-24-10 at 15:26:11 PDT, seller added the following information:

MY RETURN POLICY IS INCORRECT. I DO ACCEPT RETURNS, BUT I FORGOT TO CHECK THE "RETURN POLICY" BOX AND NOW THAT I HAVE BIDS ON THIS ITEM, I CAN'T REVISE IT.

MY RETURN POLICY IS AS FOLLOWS:

 RETURNS WILL BE ACCEPTED STRICTLY ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS : THE ITEM ARRIVES NOT AS DESCRIBED OR IS GROSSLY MIS-REPRESENTED. THE ITEM ARRIVES DOA.  ALL MY ITEMS ARE SHIPPED INSURED AND EXTREMELY WELL PACKED.

On Aug-24-10 at 15:29:20 PDT, seller added the following information:

I HAVE LOWERED THE RESERVE PRICE BY 50%




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