Sold Date: March 31, 2017
Start Date: March 24, 2017
Final Price: £43.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 6
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"DOGS"  (Pete Townshend, 1968)

The first time we met you were a kennel maid,
You gave me a tip, I got me forecast paid,
You were holding the greyhound in trap number one,
Your white coat was shining in the afternoon sun.

Now we're both together,
We're never gonna break apart, no, no,
'Cause we're a happy couple you and me,
With a greyhound at either knee.

"I'll have ten shillings to win on Camira Flash, young man,"
"What dog's that?"
"It's the Duke's dog, innit!"

There was nothing in my life bigger than beer,
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer,
'Ceptin' you, little darling,
'Ceptin' you, little darling,
We're a happy couple you and me,
With a greyhound at either knee.

We go to the dog track on Saturday night,
We put all our money on a dog that we like,
A kiss and a cuddle, a hot meat pie,
Two dollar tickets and a starry sky.

There was nothing in my life bigger than beer,
There was nothing in my life bigger than beer,
'Ceptin' you, little darling,
'Ceptin' you, little darling,
We're a happy couple you and me,
With a baby on either knee.

Yes it's you little darling,
Yes it's you little darling,
Now it's you little darling,
Now it's you.

"Eh, where's me wage packet?
Ah, I'll put twenty-five knicker please on Yellow Printer.
Oh, I hope the wife don't find out.
Yes, it's sure to win, isn't it.
Yes, I know, it's a good dog, I saw it run at White City.
Just last week, broke the record, Yellow Printer.
Nice dog, yes, lovely form, lovely buttocks."
THE WHO: "Dogs"/ "Call Me Lightning" 45 UK FIRST  PRESSING, 14th JUNE,1968 IN MONO.
ISSUED WITH A PUSH-OUT CENTRE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SOLID CENTRE OR WITHOUT A CENTRE VERSION.
"Dogs"/ "Call Me Lightning" SOLD SLOWLY AND STRUGGLED TO REACH No.25 IN THE UK, THE DURATION WAS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS AND I DOUBT VERY MUCH IF ANY SOLID CENTRE SINGLES WERE MADE.


TEXTURED, MATT BLACK & SILVER TRACK LABEL:  604023

MAITRIX:  604023  A // 1     1    1   1   /   604023   B // 1     1    1  1


ORIGINAL 1968 SLEEVE, WHICH WAS IN REALITY AN UNPRINTED POLYDOR SLEEVE, PLAIN WHITE WITH A STRAIGHT
TOP OPENING, WELL,SLOPING REALLY.  Track Records NEVER HAD A CUSTOM SLEEVE IN THE 60's or THE 70's,
THE COLOURS VARIED FROM WHITE, BLACK EVEN A NEAR PURPLE COLOUR LATER IN THE 1970's, BUT ALWAYS
PLAIN AND UNPRINTED.  THE LACK OF CONSTANT HANDLING MEANS VIRTUALLY UNWORN,JUST THE  USUAL
 RECORD IMPRESSION AND A FEW RELATED CREASES BUT NO TEARS OR SPLITS.  FOR A 1968 WHITE SLEEVE
EVEN AGEING IS AT AN ABSOLUTE MINIMAL, IN UNUSED EXCELLENT++++ /  NEAR MINT CONDITION.
 

THE RECORD IS LITERALLY LIKE BRAND NEW, A STUNNING LOOKING ULTRA GLOSSY RECORD WITH THE APPEARANCE
AND SOUND OF JUST PRESSED VINYL.  I NEVER EXAGGERATE RECORD CONDITION'S, RARITY MAKES NO DIFFERENCE
  AND THE RECORD IS IN UNPLAYED, MINT CONDITION.


Pete Townshend has written some incredible lyrics but none of them finished with anything as bizarre as found on the 1968 "Dogs"
single;
Nice dog, yes, lovely form, lovely buttocks.".
The Who grew up near London's White City, famous for where Mods gathered, it was also famous for a greyhound racing stadium,
the above lyrics were inspired by betting on greyhound racing at 'White City.'  Being Pete, he turned the song into a story about
 a love affair that started with with a kennel maid who gave him a tip for a winner.  A very funny song that was not appreciated
in 1968, shame because it was a superb Who single and who else could write lyrics like this?
We go to the dog track on Saturday night,
We put all our money on a dog that we like,
A kiss and a cuddle, a hot meat pie,
Two dollar tickets and a starry sky.
They get married and the couple have two babies, the last verse finds him putting his whole week's wages on a dog, but we never
found out if the dog won. Supposedly written for the Small Faces and particularly Ronnie Lane, the Who and the Small Faces toured
Australia in 1968, not exactly given the extrovert characters involved.  They even stayed at the same hotel, just Keith Moon and
Steve Marriott was a recipe for trouble, the contents of their room was thrown out the window and armed police arrived to restore
order.  "Dogs" was more like a track from the Small Faces current album in 1968,  "Ogdens Nut Gone Flake,"something very English
and perhaps the Kinks are also an example of late 1960's psychedelic music... with down to earth realism.   As a rare unplayed
first pressing, I will not be playing the record, plus there is substantial vinyl shavings around and in the spindle hole, trying
to  describe a record without playing it is always difficult.    Turn the record over and you find the Who rocking really hard on
with the superb "Call Me Lightning," almost a return to the "My Generation" album with their finest r&b.  It seems like a decade
had  past since the Who's debut LP in 1965, but only three years separated the 1968 "Dogs" from their Brusnwick label records.

In June, 1968, "Dogs" peaked at No.25 in the UK charts, so not a massive seller, but after 49 years this is most certainly a very
rare record in unplayed, Mint condition, the last copy I listed on ebay was in 2002!  For me that makes "Dogs" a really rare record!
The pristine condition labels are the textured, matt black of the late 1960's Track variety, definitely no spindle contact traces
or even hint of ever being on a turntable and as hard as I looked.  I have to include factory handling with every true Mint record
I offer on ebay, back in out days of trading at record fairs, my customers could just look for themselves, the records have not
changed since the 60's and a Mint record.....is a Mint record.  So any handling is near invisible and feather light. I know how
superbly mastered and pressed this single was and it will remain in the ultimate condition.
{Roy}
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