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Who's Next - 1st + Obi

THE WHO Who's Next (Rare 1971 Japanese first press 9-track LP manufactured by Polydor K.K. Japan in December 1971, housed in a heavy duty & deluxe gatefold picture sleeve with both English & Japanese lyrics printed inside, complete with the super-rare obi-strip. The packaging [VG+] shows some light ageing & foxing inside with the odd minor crease & tiny thumbnail split in the top edge of the obi-strip. The vinyl is clean & grades EX/EX- with just the occasional faint paper scuff not affecting play MP2205)
#Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time

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Price Info
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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1971 - 53 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Polydor
Complete Stock List Go to The Who or visit our The Who collectors store
Product Catalogue No MP2205
Music Genre 60s Beat, 70s Rock, 60s Pop, 70s Artists, 60s Rock, Psychedelic
Country Comes from Japan Comes from 'Japan'
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Tracklisting & More Information

1. Baba O'Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain't For Keeping
4. My Wife
5. Song Is Over
6. Getting In Tune
7. Going Mobile
8. Behind Blue Eyes
9. Won't Get Fooled Again


This stunning original is another star find by our Japanese buyer. In fact, it's extremely rare to find a copy complete with its original purple obi strip. The album is reasonably easy to pick up if you're not bothered about condition and, of course, it never has the obi. Remarkably, this LP both retains the obi and is as close to MINT condition as you're ever likely to find.

The heavyweight gatefold pasted picture cover is free of seam splits and the wide spine displays clearly legible print with only the faintest parallel line crease down the centre. Internally, the green paper pasted inner shows few signs of wear, just some spots of foxing toward the centrefold and upper edges. The bright blue print is clean and legible.

The vinyl is imaculate. The Polydor label displays few spindle traces around the centre hole.

The all-important obi has no paper loss, with clean straight edges and solid block purple colour to the front. The back retains the often removed re-order tag. Being white, the back of the obi shows many brown spots of foxing, really the only blemish on an otherwise pristine original.

LP RECORD  
Recording Artist The Who
Product Title Who's Next - 1st + Obi
Product Information The Who Who's Next - 1st + Obi Japan vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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