The Who QUADROPHENIA UK LP 1ST PRESS MINT-

	£		54
	$		72

THE WHO - QUADROPHENIA

• CATALOGUE:TRACK 2657 013
• MATRIX: 2406110 A-1 / B-2 2406111 A-1 / B-2

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB COLLECTIBLE ORIGINAL PRESSING OF THIS GREAT ALBUM. IN SUCH GREAT CONDITION THAT I HAVE TO GRADE THE WHOLE SET AS MINT MINUS WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE LET ALONE ACTUALLY PLAYED

ORIGINAL MATT BLACK AND SILVER TRACK LABELS TWHICH ARE IN TOP CONDITION. THE DEEP BLACK BASE COLOUR IS VIBRANT AND HAS NO SIGNS OF ANY STAINING OR MARKS. THEN BLACK EXTENDS FULLY INTO EACH SPINDLE HOLE. THE SPINDLE HOLES ACTUALLY STILL HAVE SOME RESIDUE VINYL IN THEM FROM THE PRESSING PLANT WHICH SHOWS JUST HOW LITTLE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYED AS THIS RESIDUE WOULD HAVE WORN OFF WITH MORE PLAYS. THE SILVER IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION, PERFECTLY CLEAN, CLEAR AND FULLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS ONLY 3-4 VERY SMALL SPIDER LINES ON EACH SIDE . IT IS CLEAR FROM THIS THAT THE RECORD HAS NOT ONLY BEEN VERY CAREFULLY HANDLED, BUT THAT IT HASN'T HAD MORE THAN 5 PLAYS SINCE 1973, THATS 35 YEARS

THE VINYL

PRISTINE GLOSSY BLACK HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL. REMOVING IT FROM THE SLEEVE AND GENTLY AND CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE DISCS REVEALS  THAT THIS VINYL APPEARS EXACTLY HOW A NEW VINYL WOULD HAVE LOOKED BACK IN 1973 WHEN THIS SET WAS ORIGINALLY PRESSED.  THE HIGH GLOSS AND MARK FREE DISC IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE CLEANEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO A SPOTLIGHT (WHICH ARGUABLY ISN'T REALLY A TRUE REFLECTION OF HOW GOOD A VINYL IS, AS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO SEE THIS WAY) THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST A FEW REALLY LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE INCLUDED 8 SHORT EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW GREAT THIS RECORD SOUNDS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER AT THE TOP OF THE LISTING TO HEAR IT. I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE INTRODUCTION (RUN IN GROOVE) IS A REALLY GOOD REFLECTION OF THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DISC. SO I HAVE STARTED THE RECORDING FROM THE RUN IN GROOVE, HENCE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE MUSIC STARTS. HOWEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLEARLY HEAR WHAT THAT RUN IN SOUNDS LIKE, WHETHER IT HAS ANY NOISE ETC.THE OTHER SEGMENTS CONSIST OF THE INTRO TRACK TO THE OTHER THREE SIDES, AND ONE FURTHER TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH ALSO INCLUDED THE LINKING GROOVE SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO "HEAR THE SILENCE" THAT THE LINKING GROOVE DISPLAYS

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "I AM THE SEA" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE, AND EACH LINKING GROOVE IS AS SILENT AS THE RUN IN THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD BY NOW. EVEN THE RUN OUT WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS NOISE ON MOST ALBUMS IS AS CLEAR AS A BELL

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT

THIS IS SO VERY HAD TO GET IN GREAT CONDITION. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF THE LISTINGS ON EBAY AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN. BECAUSE THE SLEEVE IS UNLAMINATED, BECAUSE THE PAPER IS VERY SOFT AND THIN, THIS SET USUALLY LOOKS WORN OUT BY HAVING THE SEVEREST RING WEAR IMAGINABLE, AND PAPER TEARS, TOTTALY CRUSHED AND WORN SPINE, TATTY OPENING EDGES, ETC. YOU NAME IT AND YOU WILL SEE IT IN THIS SLEEVE. BUT NOT ONE THIS MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE. THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS LOST NONE OF THE ORIGINAL COLOUR WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT THERE IS NO RING WEAR AT ALL ON THIS SLEEVE. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES, NO CREASE LINES NOT EVEN SMALL ONES NEAR VERY MARGINALLY WORN, AND THE SPINE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. USUALLY THIS IS FOUND VERY WORN DUE TO IT'S FLIMSINESS, BUT THE ONLY WEAR IS AT THE VERY TIPS WHERE THERE IS JUST A LITTLE COLOUR LOSS.  THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN IS IMMACULATE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE IS NO RING WEAR, BUT THERE JUST ISNT.THE TWO OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP AND INDICATE CLEARLY THAT THE RECORDS HAVE JUST NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE. THERE IS THE RESIDUE FROM A REMOVED ROUNDEL TOP RIGHT CORBER, BUT IT HASN'T TORN THE PAPER JUST LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN COLOUR

THE INNER BOOK IS 99% OF THE TIME FOUND LOOSE FROM THE SLEEVE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY ATTACHED WITH STAPLES, BUT DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE 22 PAGES, AND THE FACT THAT THE STAPLES WERE VERY POORLY FIXED. YOU JUST NEVER SEE ONE STILL FIXED PERFECTLY. UNTIL NOW THAT IS, BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS STILL PERFECTLY ATTACHED TO THE SPINE, AND IS IN MINT CONDITION. I A THINKING THAT BECAUSE THE SLEEVE WAS PLACED INTO A STIFF PLASTIC OUTER TO PROTECT IT (HENCE THE AMAZING CONDITION) THAT THE GATEFOLD WAS NEVER OPENED AND THEREFORE NO FORCE WAS PLACED ON THE STAPLES OR THE BOOK RESULTING IN THE WHOLE THING REMAINING AS NEW.

I GUARANTEE THIS IS A REAL RARIRTY TO FIND THIS BOOK THIS WAY AND GREAT FOR THE COLLECTOR. I HAVE PLACED THE SLEEVE STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE PLASTIC TO ENSURE I DON'T ACCIDENTALLY CASUE ANY UNDUE PRESSURE ON THIS BOOK, SO THE WINNER WILL GET IT IN IT'S MINT CONDITION

THE TWO ORIGINAL POLY LINES TRACK INNER SLEEVES ARE BOTH INCLUDED AND ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE, THE ORIGINAL IS INCLUDED AND LEFT INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY