The Who - Face Dances album flac

My copy of this album comes with a promotional poster.

this was released in 1984, the record was pressed in japan and the sleeve and all where pressed in the us, this is a super high quality sounding audiophile lp that sounds much superior to the regular conventional records of these days, the disc sounds better then the standard japan pressings of these days as well becouse the cutting system was taken right from the master tapes, nice thick lp sleeve with all the info you need comes with the lyric insert inside the sleeve of this lp, the sleeve is odd to describe as it is a thick sleeve that feels kind of rough.......

this was the first and only edition of this lp to be released in mexico in 1981, this did not come with the poster that the first pressings did in most other territories............................

as bad as 8 tracks sounded by 1981 it was rare to see one.......................

this was the first pressing of the japan papersleeve who catlog, all titles from a quick one (1966) through its hard (1982) where released in japan in lp replica format with the bonus tracks that where featured a few years before, all replication is perfect as per the original japan lps ( including the poster with this release) and the remastering as per 1999 sounds great.....................

this is a nice brazil pressing of this classic from 1981, this did not come with the poster, what makes this unique is the top of the sleeve has a white border where it lists the lp title, unique to brazil only..............this does come with the lyric sheet and lyric and info fold out

this is the greek pressing of face dances from 1981, there was only one pressing in greece as far as i know, the thing that gets collectors regarding this sleeve is from a photo you cannot see across the top of the middle of the front sleeve where in script it says the who face dances, it actually does say that but the way this laminated sleeve was pressed back then the face dances ended up on the top of the lp before going down the back of the sleeve so that is what makes this unique to greece only, also this one and only greek pressing came with the same big poster it did in all or most other territories worldwide, this was the whos last great record post keith moon in my opinion, in some ways it may have been better then who are you as that record had to much synth to it

there where 2 pressings of this lp in japan in 1981 upon its release, both are on CBS records and why that was i still do not know, both 1981 issues of this lp come with the poster and english and japanese lyric inserts, the first pressing has a very nice thick obi, the second pressing has the same type of obi but at the top of the obi strip it says THE WHO in big bold letters so that is the SECOND printing from a few months after the first printing, the second printing may have been released even in early 1982 but i think both japan CBS printings of this lp where from 1981..................... both are beautiful...

russian BOOT of the 1999 japan mini lp replica sleeves, GET THE JAPAN ISSUED ONES as they are the real deal...................................

another very nice shm reissue of this 1981 classic by the who, this shm mastered cd comes in a mini lp replica sleeve that replicates that original japan lp from 1981 and the small inserts and obi strip are totally replicated from the original 1981 japan lp, this also includes bonus tracks and as i said it is the best sounding cd in this type of media as shm remastering is the best...

I agree, if I can't get the vinyl copy, preferably the Japanese Pressing with the OBI intact or a MFSL release, I buy the SHM from a good friend who has a store outside of Tokyo. He's from the UK and dosent have a website or sell online. If he can't get it for me I look on eBay, CDJapan or Amazon. If you like this disc, you should buy a copy of The Who's " Who's Next" the Platinum SHM version. There isn't a song on that disc I don't like. I have bought my last regular CD I will ever buy. I think about the money I've spent on the 1,300 CDs or so we own and never listen to anymore and how they cost us somewhere between $10.00 to $20.00 for each one and it irritates the hell out of me.This is a extremely good sounding disc. It's not over powering in the bass or treble as some SHM can be, but I only have a couple like that. I generally prefer the Platinum SHMs, but unfortunately they are not too many of them made. Still a lot of people think SHM is a scam, but if you have the right CD player with a DAC , the quality of a SHM is incredible. A DAC will even make a regular 16 bit CD sound better, but nowhere near as good as a SHM CD sounds. A SHM sounds like it's live in the room and the soundstage is outstanding. There is usually very little to no unwanted noise between tracks like most regular CDs. I have pretty close to 125 now and I've gotten a lot of sound pleasure from them as well as a lot of chewing out by my partner when the Amex bill arrives, but these are worth every dollar they cost.You do have to watch for the fakes out there. These are counterfieted more than you might think. There's a web site called MiniLps.net that has a lot of information on how to spot fakes. I recently discovered my Zeppelin 40th anniversary box set is a fake. I thought it sounded pretty poor in comparison to the few individual authentic Zeppelin SHMs I had purchased prior to getting scammed. Luckily I bought it fairly cheap as the box was damaged. It was still sealed, so I don't know if the seller knew it was a fake or not. I got it with a gift certificate from Amazon, but I still could have bought something legitimate with the gift card. If the price is too good to be true it most likely is a fake. Had I known about this site, I would have returned the item. I've heard that 1 out of every 7 Zeppelin box sets is counterfeit. The site also gives you legitimate websites and sellers to buy from. So that alone is worth checking into. Hope this information is useful to you and other fans of these incredible sounding works of art.

Initial issues include poster.