THE WHO - Quadrophenia

Item Description

2 x Vinyl,
LP Album Stereo

Jacket variant, with European catalogue number 2644 001 on spine. Labels with UK set number 2657 013, with "SET" in all capital letters.

Runout variant, with mostly "delta" (▽) symbols instead of "slashes" (//), and no TML lacquer stamp. Runouts are stamped.

Issued in gatefold cover with 44-page black-and-white booklet affixed inside gatefold.

The first issues were printed by Euro-Albums Holland B.V. and have a soft, almost pastel grey finish whereas later issues look "blacker."

Very first pressings have a "delta" (▽) in each runout matrix of the four sides. Subsequent pressings have usually two "slashes" (//) in one (or two) of the runout matrix of the four sides.

First issue early pressings have predominantly "1" or "2" matrices and "1" or low-number stampers in runouts of each side (e.g., record 1 side B: 2406110 B▽1).

Recorded at "The Kitchen" in Thessally Road, Battersea, while building was still in progress.
Ronnie "Lane's Mobile Sound" served as control room while ours was being finished.
Mixed at Eel Pie Sound.
Mastered [...], The Mastering Lab, L.A.
Distributed By Polydor Limited

℗ 1973 Track Records
© 1973 Fabulous Music Ltd. except B4, D3 © 1972 Fabulous Music Ltd.
©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd. Artwork ©1973 Track Records Ltd.