The Who Live at Leeds
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340 €
Estimated vinyl value [2026 Valuation]
Technical Identification Sheet
| RELEASE NUMBER (Discogs ID) | 13806258 |
| Excel File Row | 303 |
| Date Added to Archive | 27/09/2026, 14:08:26 |
| Pressing Year | 1970 |
| Pressing Type (Press) | 2ND |
| Country of Pressing | UK |
| Record Label | Track Record |
| Stereo / Mono | STEREO |
| Catalogue Number | 2406 001 |
| Barcode | N/A |
| Matrix / Runout Side A | 2406001 A//3 420 04 14 BILBO ("Bilbo Cut""white label & blue text""RED TEXT cover""full set STEREO '70""BILBO=Denis Blackham master engineer") |
| Matrix / Runout Side B | 2406001 B//4 420 04 12 16 |
| Sleeve Condition | NM |
| Media Condition | M |
| Inner Sleeve Condition | EX+ |
| Genre | Rock |
| External Link | View Original Release ↗ |
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Story & Background
"Live at Leeds", released by Track Record in 1970, stands out not only for the raw and unstoppable energy of the performance, but equally significantly, for its revolutionary cover and iconic inserts. The band, frustrated by the rampant market for low-quality bootlegs that plagued shop shelves, made the audacious decision to completely overturn the concept: to release an official album that deliberately looked like a pirate record. The original cover was a plain brown cardboard sleeve, seemingly stamped and with handwritten annotations, perfectly replicating the raw aesthetic of clandestine recordings.
But the true stroke of genius lay in the eight inserts that accompanied the vinyl: from a reproduction of their Woodstock contract to a surreal marzipan recipe, from an invoice for a smoke bomb to a frank letter from their accountant revealing a decidedly in-the-red balance sheet. It wasn't just a live album, but a veritable "package" of authentic memorabilia steeped in irony, a scathing commentary on the record industry and nascent fan culture, elevating its presentation to an unprecedented work of conceptual art in the history of rock.
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Official Tracklist
- A1 - Young Man (4:45)
- A2 - Substitute (2:05)
- A3 - Summertime Blues (3:22)
- A4 - Shakin' All Over (4:15)
- B1 - My Generation (14:27)
- B2 - Magic Bus (7:30)
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