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The Who - Live at Leeds

Record Sleeve
1970 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

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Object type
TitleThe Who - Live at Leeds (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithography and letterpress print on card
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).
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Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. p.114 (ill.).
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Accession number
E.1216-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
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