The Who: Live At Leeds - Orig 1st Press Japanese LP NM+

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 The Who

Original 1970 Japanese 1st Pressing with OBI, Lyric Inner Sleeve and all Inserts!

Note: early Japanese pressings of Live At Leeds contained inserts at different sizes and combinations than the UK version. There are 8 pieces
portraying all of the same contents as the UK, except the poster, which was never included.   

Live At Leeds

Polydor    MP 2001

Record: MINT-
(One or two plays at most! No marks!)
Sleeve & Inserts: MINT-
(Awesome!)

Actual Item Scans & Photos

Live at Leeds is The Who's first live album, and is their only live album that was released while the group was still recording and performing regularly. Initially released in the United States on 16 May 1970, by Decca and MCA and the United Kingdom on 23 May 1970, by Track and Polydor, the album has been reissued on several occasions and in several different formats. As of 2005, the album is ranked number 170 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

It is often cited as the best live rock album of all time and is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It is also included in Q magazine's list of Loudest Albums of All Time.
 
Packaging
The album cover looks like the simple cover of a bootleg LP of the era: it is of plain brown cardboard with "The Who Live At Leeds" printed on it in plain blue or red block letters as if stamped on with ink.

The label was handwritten (apparently in Townshend's hand), and included instructions to the engineers not to attempt to remove any crackling noise. This is probably a reference to the clicking and popping on the pre-remastered version (notably in "Shakin All Over") which was from John Entwistle's bass cable. Modern digital remastering techniques allowed this to be removed, and also allowed some of the worst-affected tracks from the gig to be used also.

Accolades
Live at Leeds became a critical smash, with The New York Times acclaiming it as "the best live rock album ever made." Its reputation as such continues to this day with Q magazine recently putting it at the top of its list of the greatest live albums of all time.

The album's reputation has become so lofty that the venue at which it was recorded, the University of Leeds refectory, has been named a national landmark in the UK, commemorated with a blue plaque.

Track listing
1970 Original LP
Side one
"Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison)  – 4:45
"Substitute" (Pete Townshend)  – 2:05
"Summertime Blues" (Jerry Capehart, Eddie Cochran)  – 3:22
"Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd)  – 4:15

Side two
"My Generation" (Townshend)  – 14:27
"Magic Bus" (Townshend)  – 7:30

Personnel
Roger Daltrey – lead vocals, harmonica, tambourine
John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals
Keith Moon – drums, vocals
Pete Townshend – guitar, vocals

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