THE WHO - The Who Sings My Generation

Item Description

Vinyl, , Pinckneyville Pressing
LP Album Stereo

Original Decca release with label variant - printed on 'Long Play 33 1/3' labels with 'Stereo' printed on the right-hand side.

Text below the rainbow strip on label reads: "MFR'D BY DECCA RECORDS • A DIVISION OF MCA INC., NEW YORK, U.S.A." and was in use from 1967 to 1971.

The inner sleeve advertises both Decca and Brunswick records. Three of the records advertised were 1968 releases. The rest were 1969, including Tommy. Brunswick became independent of MCA in 1970.

Pinckneyville pressing indicated by ◆ on Side B label and "2" stamped in runouts.

Early stereo pressings had a large box at the bottom of the back cover with the heading "THIS IS A TRUE HI-FI STEREOPHONIC RECORD!" A portion of the small text below read: "IMPORTANT! This true Stereophonic Long Play 33 1/3 RPM record can be played only on phonographs engineered for Stereo reproduction. With a change of Stereo cartridge, it is possible to obtain adequate performance from many regular (monaural) phonographs. See your dealer or electronic serviceman for details".

On later pressings, like this one, the box was removed and the small print at the bottom read: "Decca Stereo Records Can Be Safely Played On Today's Monaural Phonographs To The Maximum Sound Capabilities Of Your Equipment. Yet Will Reveal Full Stereo Listening Quality When Played On Stereo Phonographs".

Example of the box on this pressing of [r=4884474]

Mono pressings had the same box with mono specific language.