DEEP PURPLE 3rd. RARE ORIG UK Harvest 1st Press EX++ LP

	£		199
	$		264

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Artist or Band: DEEP PURPLE

Album Title: Deep Purple.

Producer(s): Derek Lawrence.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Chasing Shadows; Blind; Lalena; Fault Line; The Painter.

Side 2: Why Didn’t Rosemary?; Bird Has Flown; April.

Label/Format: Harvest – original pre-EMI format with Gramophone rim text (Please see my label scan).

Label Conditions: Both in stunning condition: ultra clean, fresh and hugely attractive with only a tiny few ultra light and faint spindle marks and no wear around the hole area. This another from the superb collection of hardly played records, purchased from new by the one-and-only owner who played them very sparingly on a high quality system.

Cat Number: SHVL 759.

Mode / Speed: Stereo / 33.3 rpm.

Warps: Assume all records I offer have no warping of any significance and all tracking is easy and effortless and should play on all turntables and even ‘budget’ decks.

Weight of this Record: 123 grams. A little below average for it’s era.

Country of Manufacture: England.

Rarity: Quite rare as a first issue: a big name band eventually, but not until after this third album. Not only is this an elusive original, it is very hard to find in top conditions. The final song is heavily orchestrated and is hugely intolerant of less than worthy systems. The vintage equipment of the day, still for many mono, reeked havoc to these complex grooves. Hence many play with copious amounts of surface noise and often severe groovewear, even distortion. What a joy to hear this one plays to nigh-on perfection even on the most challenging of passages. I doubt if the owner played this more than a couple of times, then only on a quality stereo system, the difference is immediately apparent. For Deep Purple fans and vintage Harvest collectors, this is one NOT to lose.

Original Year of Release: 1969

Matrix Nos: SHVL 759 A-1 / SHVL 759 B-2

Mothers / Stampers: 1 G G / 1 0

Musicians: Ritchie Blackmore - guitar; Rod Evans - lead vocals; Nick Simper - bass, backing vocals; Jon Lord - Hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals; Ian Paice - drums.

Brief Info: Even with the superb cover featuring a part of Hieronymus Bosch’s painting ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’, this third Deep Purple album failed to sell at all well. It proved to be their last to feature the original line-up and with musical differences of the members setting in, both Evans and Simper left the band. It proved a massive leap forward with the new heavy sound coming with the next album ‘In Rock’ that saw them enter the album charts for the first time. Of the three ‘early’ albums, this sold the least and is never an easy one to find in top conditions – this, my best ever by a mile – one that offers fantastic sound and a beautiful cover. Even the Harvest promotional inner is in equally fine condition. Now featuring only one cover version with Donovan’s haunting Lalena, this laid the stepping stone for future greatness… the rest is history. But these early three albums – the ‘Evans’ period – laid the foundations, and these vintage early Harvest albums are indispensable… and rare.

Cover Grade and Format: EXCELLENT(++): A gatefold format with the outside being laminated. The inside is matt and smooth. Printed and made in England by Ernest J. Day.

Lamination – Front & Back: One of the classic covers within the early Harvest catalogue and here seen in truly marvellous condition. Both front and back are ultra clean and fresh, the laminate very shiny and clear. Even under light, barely even a hint of any friction rubs or dulling and a massive bonus – ALL is fully adhered with no lifting worthy of mention. Practically the same for creasing, barely any, one light one on the top left front corner and a couple of traces on the back (but look hard). Any marks to the laminate surface are ultra faint and barely any of anyway, the merest hint of a record impression on the back and as light and faint as it ever gets, this is little short of reference standard and I think even Bosch himself would have approved.

Cover Inner Gatefold: A couple of light surface marks that only really just show under angled light. With a very deep and rich coloured magenta ink, this is hugely prone to handling and fingermarks. This has little to fault at all and without any doubt, has hardly been handled at all. The lack of wear to highly volatile deeply coloured ink, is a delight to see.

Top Edges: Both unworn with full laminate protection, still very straight and totally unbowed.

Bottom Edges: As above, all four ultra smooth the fingertip test with no scuffs or abrasions at all.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, sharp with barely a trace of wear and guaranteed untrimmed. Record enters on the back edge.

Spine and Text: Again in superb condition, just a light natural central semi-crease formed simply by opening a few times. Solid, straight, and compression slight, folded square, the edges meet up perfectly together and parallel. All text is perfect and unworn under the solid and uncracked laminate.

Corners: All the corners are near immaculate with hardly a hint of any tip rubbing and no dinks. All near mint shape with lovely pointed definition.

Cover Summary: A hugely impressive all-round example of this elusively scarce 70’s cover, one that will prove very difficult to find better. This beautiful original E.J.D. cover should please most-all collectors.

The Inner Sleeve: MINT(-): and rarely do these Harvest polylined promotional inners get seen quite this clean. This one has hardly aged at all, being clean and devoid of the darkening most seem to get over the years. Barely a noteworthy crease to be seen, no edge splits and the lining solidly intact. This wear-prone inner is as impressive as the rest of the set.

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: EXCELLENT(++): this being ultra critical and a Mint(-) grading is within a whisker. A superb visual copy that is very clean, shiny, intense black and solidly pressed. A copy with minimal plays on all the evidence with any surface trace marks very few, ultra light and faint. Visually a super record that should please most-all collectors again.

Album Played For Grading: Yes. [I play ALL records I offer before submitting to Ebay, also the record is played in its entirety unless clearly stated otherwise. I do NOT play snippets or joining grooves to check for sound quality and quietness – I play from the beginning to end via clinically revealing B&W speakers that include the legendary tweeter from their awesome Nautilus range that reveals every blemish or minuscule sound present on any record.]

Sound Quality and Audio Grading: This rare and magnificent record plays even above it’s high visual grading with nothing to fault. Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very detailed sound. Any surface sounds hardly even registered and no pops or clicks were noted and this is an exceptional clean pressing for a very challenging recording. Few copies will match, let alone outperform this early pre-EMI pressing I feel sure. Both channels are clean and sharp, I am certain this record has been played very lightly and has been clearly well stored and carefully handled within a non-smoking environment. Nothing spoilt my pleasure when play-grading this wonderful record, my best play-grade of this complex album I have ever heard. This copy will prove immensely difficult to find better and merits my highest possible recommendation.

Now one of the most established sellers on Ebay and still offering the finest and most accurately described and graded records I can find. I pride myself on offering a variety of genres to keep my site as interesting as possible. I will rarely offer any record that falls below a true Excellent grading, unless its of a certain rarity which will justify offering a lesser grade. I try, to the best of my ability to describe as accurately and as honesty as I can all items I offer for sale with all the relevant information I can think of to help any potential bidder and collector. You may notice I only submit records sparingly on Ebay - on average ONEADAY, a couple more at weekends if time permits, hence the name - time rarely allows for more as I Play-Grade virtually every record I offer in their entirety, not just bits to guess a grade - visuals alone do not always tell a true or full story. I will mention any defects or flaws no matter how small that I notice to be fair as possible to any interested collector – I am very fussy and my buyers have the right to be too. Every record I offer, whether it be a common or rare item deserves the same respect as far as I am concerned and will be treated the same - just because an item is rare does not always mean its good. I get just as much pleasure offering a relatively common record in stunning near mint condition as the real rare items. All the pictures I use for your guidance are taken with a digital camera or scanned - they are NOT improved, cleaned-up or made better looking than they are with camera trickery or enhancing with digital programmes. What you see is what you get and scanned labels will give a more accurate representation of the genuine colour than flash photography where light is variable. I cannot guarantee total accuracy for colours however but most will be very close. If any picture I take looks more flattering than the actual item for any reason, I will clearly state the fact in the advert and vice-versa. I hope the item below is to your liking - any questions can be emailed and I will do my very best to answer you. I am enthusiastic, and have a fair degree of knowledge about many genres and I promise quality items - bid with confidence - excellence comes as standard and so does Near Mint regularly. Please assume all records I offer have NO jumps, sticks, warps or writing on covers or labels unless clearly stated to the contrary. Thanks for your interest and Good luck – MIKE.

Deck: Linn LP12/Hercules/Cirkus with Ittok Mk II arm and Ortofon Rondo Red moving coil cartridge (tracks at 2 grams). Amps: Naim Nait 5i with Project USB phono stage and Chord interconnects. Speakers: B&W 704 Floorstanding 3-way Monitors (bi-wired with QED Silver terminated cable). All records I offer on Ebay are cleaned on a professional VPI-17 vacuum machine before play-grading for the cleanest and best possible sound and will include a brand new lined inner and protective cover too. Pictures taken with a Nikon D5000 SLR Digital Camera.

PACKING - THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

What You Get: To confirm to the strict Ebay rules on shipping, I must now send ALL my packets ‘Signed-For’ with NO exceptions. Both buyers and sellers want their packets to have a safer journey and this is not a bad thing.

I now offer the fastest possible posting, often the very next day after payment is received or within two to three days maximum (unless on holiday). I only use FIRST-CLASS Mail. The record’s cover will be placed within a BRAND NEW soft protective sleeve and the actual record will be professionally cleaned on my new VPI-17 Pro vacuum system to give ultimate clean grooves and playing surfaces and the best possible looks and ultimate sound quality. You will NOT get tired, dull looking, dust infested records inside worn and foggy covers with tatty inners from this seller and that’s a promise and guarantee. All records are posted in professional boxes (NOT Mailers, these do not offer any real protection). The record(s) are REMOVED from their main cover to avoid edge splits and placed within a brand new polylined inner. The record’s original inner will be included if available. The boxes are then reinforced with at least TWO, ULTRA THICK stiffeners for maximum extra protection – these are FOUR TIMES thicker than commercial stiffeners and are custom-made for oneadayrecords. Really rare and expensive albums will even be Double Boxed if deemed necessary and possible. When larger boxes are used, the thick record and stiffener ‘sandwich’ is then thickly embedded into bubble-wrap to bulk out the record inside the box to centre the item inside to reduce the risk of damage still further. Printed address labels are used for clarity as well as a sender label. Customers requests or special needs for P&P will be respected if at all possible but ‘Signed-For’ posting is NOT an option anymore. I do not profit on posting and the cost of this lavish packing is NOT even charged for, I offer probably the best-value and safest shipping possible for ultimate confidence. The boxes and ultra thick double-wall stiffeners and bubble wrap make a near impregnable fortress for safe shipping and this is used inland and overseas for ALL my records, not just the rare and expensive. I will invoice any winning bidder as soon as possible after the auction ends. My ‘loss’ or ‘damage rate’ is less than one in two thousand based on over 7,000+ items sold in nearly 10 years of Ebay trading and I consider that pretty exceptional. The only damage rate acceptable for this seller is ZERO and I think my packets will offer just that. It would take a vicious postman or postal service to damage these for sure. Even one of these stiffeners cannot be bent by hand, so what chance 3 or 4 inside a box? Oneadayrecords is a MAILER-FREE ZONE. I discount of course for multiple purchases with a maximum of FIVE records per box (one double can sometimes be included subject to total weight). I will not respond to questions on shipping costs as all the details are included here and on ALL of my adverts. Details below:

NOTE: First Time Bidders: Please as me first.

PLEASE NOTE: I now exercise my right to open a dispute after the Ebay rule of FOUR days if no payment is received. I will then cancel the dispute to end the, again after the mandatory FOUR days and then offer the item to the runner-up or relist. The non-payer will also be blocked from my Ebay site and they take the Ebay consequences (a strike or removal from the system). Small businesses need prompt payment to trade and these strict rules WILL be applied.

SHIPPING COSTS & CONDITIONS – THESE comply with EBAY’S RULES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

Posting & Packing: UK & CHANNEL ISLANDS all now sent via Recorded Delivery:

1 LP (FIRST-CLASS Recorded Delivery with Standard Royal Mail Insurance) [Signed For] = £4.

1 LP (Special Delivery with Standard £500 Maximum Insurance) [Signed For, Next Day] = £7.50. (this includes insurance of £500). Add £2 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: EUROPE & SCANDINAVIA. (Airmail Only):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £10. (Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3). Add £3 per extra LP.

Posting & Packing: ALL OVERSEAS (non-European) e.g. USA (ANY PART OF); South America; New Zealand; Australia; Canada; Japan and other Far East; (Airmail Only: I NEVER use Surface Mail):

1 LP (Small Packet ‘Signed For’ with Standard Royal Mail Insurance [£46 maximum]) = £14. Add £4 per extra LP. (Royal Mail insurance is an optional extra £3)

Payment Conditions:

I prefer PayPal or cheque from UK winning bidders. I can accept PayPal from overseas bidders or direct payment into my bank account.

Potential Bidders: I will cancel any bids I feel are time-wasters. A maximum 3 days for communication and 7 days for payment to arrive - if not I will relist the item or offer to the runner-up. Fast deals get great feedback from me. Any questions - please ask and thanks for looking.

My Guarantee: If any winning bidder is not satisfied with their purchase I will offer a complete refund. I will not refund if any defect detail is clearly stated on the advert and missed by the buyer, so read the item description carefully. If any overseas collector does not understand anything in my listing, please email and ask me to help. Thank You.

SOME GENERAL GUIDES TO WEAR AND CONDITIONS TO HELP YOU DECIDE

My Use of Description Terminology: Surface Marks = Superficial, usually light marks, hairlines or light scuffs that rarely sound. Scratch = a needle mark that goes below the record’s surface, some will sound, some will not, my play-grade will inform. Original = a record that has been pressed with the first label design which does NOT necessarily mean a very first pressed record. First Pressing = A record that I believe or know to be a genuine very first pressed record. I do not claim to always know for sure, and that’s why I state the stamper and matrix numbers if at all possible, for those who claim to know what they all mean, the information is there for the collector to decide. I prefer to use terms like ‘Early Copy’ rather than ‘First Pressing’ if I am not totally sure. Surface Sound = Mild, light sound, usually light crackle or similar. Distortion = Break up of the actual sound caused by groove wear or damage from a chipped stylus – the most undesirable form of unwanted sound, vintage mono records were the most prone to this happening but not exclusively so. The symptoms of distortion are high frequency clipping, moderate constant crackle or an echo type sound quality. Violin, piano and vocals are most prone to groove-wear distortion. Feathering = Fraying or softening of the entry edge of a cover. Covers with feathered entrance edges are more likely to have had the actual record inserted and removed more than a non-feathered, sharp-edged cover which are always far more attractive. Set Off, actually a printer’s term for dark ink leaving mild residue on pale or white ink when rested upon. e.g. when a gatefold cover has black ink closed against white, this can leave some black residue on the pale area – this is mostly unavoidable or course.

The Argument for Vinyl Original sound and mix (mono mixes are rarely available on CD), high quality sound on clean copies (played on a hi-end dedicated analogue system – breathtaking sound!), beautiful, large format covers, artwork, inserts and even full size posters etc; huge investment potential, and the pleasure of owning ‘the real thing’.