THE WHO TOMMY D/LP 1969 LAMINATED 1st Press + NUMBERED BOOKLET LOW NUMBER
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Couple of words about me:
I'm coming back with selling on eBay after a break just to unload some of my collection. Don't worry about overgrading, fakes or even unproper packing. I know the bussiness. So many records bought and sold already since 2003 :).
I used flat postal service: 5GBP to Europe and 10GBP outside. Records will be well packed without chance on any damage (or at least such a chance will be minimalised). I used only Priority email so records should arrive pretty fast, and of course "Signed-For".
On offer here is a VERY rare Double LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Who called "Tommy" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Matt' Track labels!!!! THIS AMAZING DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! THIS IS ONE OF THE WHO'S RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER - AND ALMOST NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE (AS A 1ST PRESSING!)!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS DOUBLE LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 100% COMPLETE AND IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE WITH SOME AMAZING DIFFFERENCES THAT ALL LATER PRESSINGS SIMPLY NEVER HAD!!!! AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS DOUBLE LP!!!! THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE OF THIS DOUBLE LP WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND ARE VERY VERY DIFFERENT TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS - WITH SOME AMAZING DIFFERENCES!!!! THIS ULTRA RARE 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING WAS ONLY EVER PRESSED FOR AN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNT OF TIME LIKE THIS (ONLY A FEW WEEKS ONLY!) - BEFORE THIS DOUBLE LP WAS RADICALLY CHANGED!!!!
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A 100% GENIUNE 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING AND ALL LATER PRESSINGS:
- FIRSTLY THIS ULTRA RARE 1969 'EARLIEST' UK 1ST PRESSING HAS A LAMINATED TRIPLE 'FOLD OUT' E.J.DAY 'PATENTS PENDING' GATEFOLD COVER (LATER ONES ARE UNLAMINATED) WHICH NATURALLY LOOKS 100 TIMES BETTER THAN THE COMMON POORER QUALITY UNLAMINATED COVERS THAT FOLLOWED!!!!
- SECONDLY IT HAS A VERY LOW NUMBERED BOOKLET (LATER ONES HAVE NO NUMBER!) - WITH A 'STAMPED' NUMBER (17239) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE BOOKLET!!!!
- THIRDLY THE 1ST PRESS 'MATT' TRACK LABELS HAVE 1ST PRESS 'DOUBLE ALBUM' TEXT (LATER PRESSINGS DONT HAVE THIS!), AND NO 'SET NUMBER' TEXT (LATER ONES DO!)!!!!
- FOURTHLY - EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS DOUBLE LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS CAT NUMBER - WITH 1ST PRESS '613 013/4' TRACK CAT NUMBERS ON THE COVER, THE RECORD LABELS AND THE 1/1/1/1 MATRIXES (LATER ONES DONT HAVE THESE!)!!!! AND
- LASTLY THIS DOUBLE LP IS PRESSED ON MEGA THICK QUALITY VINYL (LATER ONES ARE MUCH THINNER)!!!!
SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS DOUBLE LP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET - WITH A VERY LOW NUMBER INDEED!!!!
MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL - THIS DOUBLE LP HAS 'MATCHING' INNER SLEEVES (SEE PICTURES), WITH THE DATE CODE '059' (MAY 1969!)!!!! AND AS MOST PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW - THIS DOUBLE LP WASNT RELEASED IN THE UK UNTIL 23rd MAY 1969!!!! SO THESE DATE CODES CLEARLY SHOW THAT THIS DOUBLE LP WAS MADE JUST PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE - AND IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!
NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS DOUBLE LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MATT' TRACK LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DATE CODED 'MATCHING' INNER SLEEVES, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1/1/1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DOUBLE ALBUM' LABEL TEXT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'NUMBERED' BOOKLET (A VERY LOW NUMBERED '17239'!), AND 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' TRIPLE GATEFOLD LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER!!!! THIS AMAZING DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS A 100% GENIUNE 1969 UK 1ST PRESSING WITH ALL THE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 1ST PRESS DETAILS GIVEN ABOVE (ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Track UK 1st Pressing from 1969 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The records are pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is 613 013/4 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Matt' Track Labels (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!
The record labels on BOTH records are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE RECORDS HAVE BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!! The vinyl to BOTH records are in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!! This one is NOT and BOTH records have NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! BOTH RECORDS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINE LIKE NEW!!!! It is great to find that the records play as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY 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 records must grade Very Good++++ if not Excellent!!!! The records also come in their ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Date Coded' inner sleeves which are both in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The ORIGINAL 1st Press LOW NUMBERED (17239) Booklet (see picture) is SUPERB condition - with NO rips, NO tears, NO writing, NO grubbyness, NO splits, NO loose pages, and NO damage AT ALL!!!! AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB BOOKLET!!!! The ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Triple Gatefold Laminated 'Patents Pending' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, shiny laminate, NO splits, only some VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), NO pinholes, and NO writing!!!! The opening edges & fold-out edges are still nice and straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!! Even the unlaminated inside of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO writing, NO rubbing, only 1 crease on 1 fold-out, NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, and NO yellowing!!!! The cover must grade Very Good++ if not Excellent!!!! THIS DOUBLE LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY WITH A VERY LOW NUMBER LIKE THIS ONE HAS!)
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