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Artist/Maker	Polydor Records (record label) MacNeill Press Ltd. (manufacturer) MacNeill Press Ltd. (printer) Graphbreaks (designer)
Place of origin	London (manufactured)

Brown card gate-fold cover sleeve for a 12-inch long-playing record of 'The Who - Live at Leeds' and inserts (E.1218-1228-1988). Cover design: The Who Live at Leeds Track 2406 001 printed in blue, as if applied with a stamp. Credits and recording information given inside the cover.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Music
Object type	Record Sleeve
Title	The Who - Live at Leeds (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Offset lithography and letterpress print on card Card Offset Lithography Letterpress Printing
Brief description	Brown card gate-fold cover sleeve for a 12-inch long-playing record of 'The Who - Live at Leeds' and inserts. Offset lithography and letterpress print on card. Design by Graphbreaks. Printed and manufactured by MacNeill Press Ltd., London. Published by Polydor Records Ltd. Great Britain. 1970.
Physical description	Brown card gate-fold cover sleeve for a 12-inch long-playing record of 'The Who - Live at Leeds' and inserts (E.1218-1228-1988). Cover design: The Who Live at Leeds Track 2406 001 printed in blue, as if applied with a stamp. Credits and recording information given inside the cover.
Dimensions	Height: 30.5cm Folded width: 31.7cm Unfolded width: 63.5cm Measured by DH 27/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions	'The Who Live at Leeds Track 2406 001' (Printed in blue, as if applied with a stamp.) Credits and recording information given inside the cover.
Object history	This is part of a set issued as 'The Who / Live At Leeds', that consisted of a long-playing record, a gate-fold record sleeve and 11 inserts. The inserts are facsimiles of written and printed ephemera relating to The Who. This set is missing 'The Who Maximum R 'n B' marquee poster (see E.846-1985).
Association	The Who
Associated objects	E.846-1985 E.1217-1988 (Set) E.1218-1988 (Set) E.1219-1988 (Set) E.1220-1988 (Set) E.1221-1988 (Set) E.1222-1988 (Set) E.1223-1988 (Set) E.1224-1988 (Set) E.1225-1988 (Set) E.1226-1988 (Set) E.1227-1988 (Set) E.1228-1988 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. p.114 (ill.).
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1216-1988

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Record created	November 24, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O174838/the-who---live-record-sleeve-graphbreaks/

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