Hi and thanks for looking at my listing

I have a massive RARE VINYL collection gathered over the past 40 years

I am now planning AGAIN to sell hundreds of the rarer ones at approximately 10-20 lps per week

so check all my listings, RARE, near MINT, FIRST PRESS listings each week including:

Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin, Beatles,

 Rolling Stones, Vertigo Swirls, Sex Pistols, Punk,

 Indie Prog Rock and Reggae, ETC.

I DO THIS ONCE A YEAR ONLY FOR 2-3 MONTHS !!

 PLEASE CHECK OUT MY PREVIOUS YEARS SUPERB FEEDBACK

 FROM OVER 1000 SATISFIED BUYERS !!!

WORLDWIDE AND COMBINED POSTAGE OFFERED

ALL VINYLS CORRECTLY POSTED IN A MUSIC MAX CRUCIFORM MAILER WITH STIFFENERS

£0.99p START PRICE WITH NO RESERVE SET !!!

THE WHO

TOMMY

RARE FIRST EVER LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 12332 

UK STEREO PRESS RELEASED IN 1969

DOUBLE ALBUM ON TRACK RECORDS

613 014

FIRST EVER UK PRESS A-1 B-1 C-1 D-1 MATRICES

• Matrix / Runout (Record 1 - Side A, Stamped Variant 1): 613013 A//1 
• Matrix / Runout (Record 1 - Side D, Stamped Variant 1): 6130 13 B//1
• Matrix / Runout (Record 2 - Side B, Stamped Variant 1): 613014 A//1 
• Matrix / Runout (Record 2 - Side C, Stamped Variant 1): 613014 B//1 

NOTES

THIS IS THE FIRST EVER UK PRESS

First pressing in 6-panel front-laminated tri-fold sleeve with limited edition machine-numbered lyric booklet. Each lyric booklet bears: "limited edition number #####".

Record 1: Sides 1 & 4
Record 2: Sides 2 & 3

Tracks A1 to A5, B1, B3 to C1, C3 to D4, D6: Fabulous Music
Track A6: Jewel Music
Track B2, C2, D5: New Action Music

Studio: I.B.C.

℗ 1969
Made in Gt.Britain

Manufactured by Polydor Records Ltd., London
Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. London W.11

CONDITION 

FIRSTLY SIDE 2 AND SIDE 4:

ARE VERY NEAR MINT, LOVELY WITH A DEEP GLOSSY LIKE NEW RAINBOW SHEEN TO THE VINYL SURFACES WHICH ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT. OBVIOUSLY PLAYED SPARINGLY IN THE LAST 54 YEARS, SUPERB EXAMPLE !!!

I CAN ONLY SEE ONE  VERY FEINT  HAIRLINE (ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE BEING HONEST AND NOT FEELABLE AT ALL )  IN TOTAL ACROSS BOTH THESE SIDES, AND ONLY WHEN VINYL IS TILTED, UNDER A STRONG LIGHT NO EFFECT AT ALL ON AUDIO PLAYBACK,  (SEE PICS) LOVELY !!!

SIDE 1 AND SIDE 3:

GENERALLY SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE DESCIPTION BUT :

ON SIDE 3 TRACK 7-8 THERE IS A VISIBLE RUB / SCUFF MARK , NOT FEELABLE AND LUCKILY NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK

ALSO ON SIDE 1 ACROSS LAST 1/3 OF TRACK 5 AND END OF TRACK 6 INTO DEAD WAX ANOTHER UNFEELABLE RUB MARKS IS EVIDENT, AGAIN NO EFFECT ON PLAYBACK, PURELY COSMETIC

OTHERWISE BOTH THESE SIDES WOULD BE GRADED NEAR MINT

I HAVE TRIED TO SHOW BOTH MARKS IN PHOTOS SO PLEASE CHECK ALL PICTURES  

ALL 4 CENTRE LABELS ARE IN SUPER CONDITION (SEE PICS) WITH JUST A FEW  VERY FEINT TINY SPINDLE MARKS (ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ) CONFINED TO THE DISC CENTRE EACH SIDE , FURTHUR CONFIRMATION OF VERY FEW PLAYS IN 54 YEARS !! 

THEREFORE OBVIOUSLY , A GREAT AUDIO EXPERIENCE WHEN PLAYTESTED ON MY REGA TURNTABLE, TINY STATIC AT RUN INS  LOVELY PLAYBACK !!!

THE RARE EARNEST J DAY LAMINATED OUTER SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT OVERALL BUT GRADED AS VG+, MAINLY DUE TO SPINE SPLITTING AT TOP EDGE (SEE PICS) AND LIMITED EDITION LYRIC BOOK INSERT IS ALSO EXCELLENT OVERALL,  (SEE PICS AND ZOOM ) 

SO, IN CONCLUSION,  A VERY RARE UK FIRST PRESS, BUT NOT UPTO THE VERY HIGH NEAR MINT STANDARD OF MY OTHER LISTINGS, BUT HARD TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION, SO I THOUGHT IT STILL WORTH LISTING ?

NOT MANY OF THESE COME UP FOR SALE ,SO PLEASE DONT MISS OUT !!

PLEASE VIEW ALL PICTURES CLOSELY AND USE ZOOM FUNCTION TO SELF ASSESS

The Who – Tommy

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