The Who WHO'S NEXT UK LP 1ST MG12888 A1/B2 HEADHUNTERS 2-3 PLAYS 100% NEAR MINT

	£		124
	$		164

THE WHO - WHO'S NEXT

IN MAGNIFICENT 2-3 PLAY NEAR MINT!!! CONDITION

OUTSTANDING NEAR MINT !!! SLEEVE

' headhunters ' inner sleeve

• CATALOGUE:TRACK 2408-102 
• MATRIX: 2408102  A//1 420 1 1  / B//2 V 420 1 2 7 
• FIRST PRESS MATRIX
• ALSO HAS MG12888 ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX ON SIDE ONE
• ' HIDDEN CODE ' IN THE CLOUDS ON THE SLEEVE
• HEADHUNTERS INNER

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

SUPERB JET BLACK TRACK LABEL WITH SILVER LOGO AND TYPEFACE. THE BASE COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER LOGO AND TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.  THERE ARE JUST TWO TO THREE SMALL  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS BEEN ON A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THE DISC HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND GLEAMS LIKE NEW. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TO BE FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES VISIBLE

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MT CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS.

THE SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR LOUD CLICKS.

THERE IS A LITTLE VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD VERY OCCASIONALLY IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND MOST SILENT PASSAGES

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THERE ARE AROUND HALF A DOZEN OR SO TINY DUST POPS/TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

THIS IS A REAL GEM

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST PURE FIRST PRESS WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD EXACTLY AS IT WAS INTENDED

IT'S A CRACKING ORIGINAL 1971 FIRST PRESS, AND IN A VERY VERY COLLECTIBLE CONDITION

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL NEAR MINT!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

NON LAMINATED FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE FROM MACNEILL PRESS

FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES HAVE THE MACNEILL WORDING VERTICALLY ON THE BACK SURFACE , NEXT TO THE  SPINE. THERE IS ALSO A CODE HIDDEN AMONGST THE CLOUDS ON THE FRONT SURFACE IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY PEN MARKS OR STAINS. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. AND THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN RETAINED, WHICH IS UNUSUAL ON THIS SLEEVE WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS RING WEAR AND RUBBING.

THERE ARE JUST THREE TINY LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, ONE OF WHICH RUNS ACROSS THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER TIP,ONE TINY ONE ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, BUT NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION, WITH ALL OF THE LIGHT BLUE COLOUR FULLY RETAINED AND RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND ONLY THE RIGHT TIP HAS A SPECK OF RUB TO IT. THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A LITTLE RUB TO EACH CORNER AND ONE SMALL PATCH IN THE MIDDLE, WITH A FEW TINY SPECKS ELSEWHERE.

THE SPINE HAS THE CORRECT TAPERED ENDS, AND IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION, AND IS VERY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED WITH JUST ONE TINY FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSIONS  THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS IMMACULATE AND THERE IS NO RUBBING WHATSOEVER. EVEN THE TIP ENDS TOP AND BOTTOM ARE UNRUBBED.

THE WHITE TYPEFACE IS ALL PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS WHY THE LP HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR ALL THESE YEARS

THE REAR SURFACE HAS THREE TINY LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE, BUT THAT'S ALL. THE JET BLACK SURFACE IS IMMACULATE. NO LOSS OF COLOUR WHATSOEVER

THE ORIGINAL AND SOUGHT AFTER HEADHUNTERS INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IS FLAT UNCREASED CONDITION. NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS, JUST A FEW LIGHT WRINKLES

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT WITH EASE

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY