Deep Purple ~ Burn ~ Purple Records ~ TPS 3505 ~ A1U/B1U ~ 1st ~ EX/EX/EX Great

11th album from this legendary band. An unusual version with Side 1 label showing "EMI Records Ltd” top rim and NO "made in Great Britain” bottom center. Side 2 shows "The Gramaphone Co Ltd” top rim and “made in Great Britain” bottom center. With matching 1st press matrices

Artist: Deep Purple

Release title: Burn

Catalogue number: TPS 3505 (OC 062 94837)

Label: Purple Records (EMI)

Matrix numbers: TPS 3505 A-1U (stamped) Porky Mel Trish (written) / TPS 3505 B-1U (stamped) Pecko (written)

Year of release: 1974

Recording: Stereo

1st Pressing Identifiers:

X Single sleeve with "Garrod & Lofthouse” and date code “7401”  on rear

X A-1U / B-1U Matrix 

X “The Gramaphone Co Ltd” top rim / “made in Great Britain” bottom centre of label (although side 1 has a different label). 

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EACH record is proffesionally cleaned, inspected and played before being listed. *Please refer to the below guides for information about the vinyl record grading.

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Vinyl condition*: EX

Labels: Both sides are really clean. They have mismatched 2nd press/1st press labels. Feint spindle marks 

Spindle hole: Nice and clean

Playing surface: Both sides are really clean and shiny with some really tiny marks under light

Run Off: Lovely & shiny, with a few feint swirls

Sound*: EX

After listening right through this album, the sound is really good with a few secounds of crackles and a few moments of interference, but its really brief. Overall there is great depth and range of sound and clarity. Nice loud press with no skips or jumps

Overall its a excellent sounding copy

Cover, sleeves and insert condition*: EX

Spine: Slight kink to the very top edge, very readable text, light wear. Tiny dents top/bottom  

Seams: No splits, very tidy/straight

Opening: A light bit of thumb wear very top

Front Cover: 1 inch approx diagonal crease top left edge, shows under light. Very light wear overall. 

Back Cover: A few crease veins and very slight wear 

Sleeve: plain white with age related discolouration. 

Overall a really good copy with loud sound, which is really nice with some very very occasional spells of lessing in sound quality. A really nice cover and a really nice looking vinyl, with clean labels So so close to NM

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VINYL GRADE DESCRIPTION GUIDE

MINT (M): A perfect record that looks like it has just left the factory, with NO flaws what so ever looking as though it had never been handled. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains.

NEAR MINT (NM): The record appears virtually flawless at first glance and has a great luster. It should only have very minor scuffs or marks on the surface of the vinyl, which are only visible under strong light. It should play without any noise particularly over the flaw. 

EXCELLENT (EX): A record with only minor scuffs, which are only slightly visible. There may be more than a few scuffs or marks. It should play without any noise over the flaw.

VERY GOOD (VG): The record shows wear which could include surface scuffs and marks, blotches or stains. The vinyl still has a great luster, but the flaws will be noticeable to the naked eye. The flaws may cause some surface noise. 

A plus (+) or (-) following the condition indicate variations of the condition i.e. VG+ is in slightly better condition than VG but not excellent.

SLEEVE & INSERTS GRADE DESCRIPTION GUIDE

MINT (M): The cover is free of any stickers, address labels, writing or labels. There are no tears or seam splits or wear / fading to the cover. The age of the record has not affected the condition. The cover, sleeve and any inserts (posters, stickers, lyric sheets) look brand new.

NEAR MINT (NM): The cover looks as close to perfect with only minor signs of wear and or age.

EXCELLENT (EX): The artwork is still as close to perfect as can be. There may be some impressions to the cover (minor outer ring wear) but no dis-colouration. It may have some slight creases to the corners, but no major wrinkling, holes or other damage. 

VERY GOOD (VG): The artwork looks clean but with slightly more wear. This could include some fading due to minor sun damage, but there will be know no stains or mildew from water damage. Some minor wear to the seams or spine, but no tears or holes popping through.

A plus (+) or (-) following the condition indicate variations of the condition i.e. VG+ is in slightly better condition than VG but not excellent.

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PAYMENT, POSTAGE & HANDLING

Payment is PayPal only or cash on collection where applicable. Orders over £20 must have tracking. 

Delivered weight 440gs

Packaged well using high quality card mailers. Each disc is placed in a plain sleeve to avoid seam splits during transit. The cover is placed in a 450g clear sleeve, with card stiffeners placed either side to protect the package.

Postage within the UK is Free 

via Royal Mail 2nd Class signed for

Postage Next Day by 1pm is £4.75

via Royal Mail special delivery by 1pm

Postage to Europe is £6.45

via Royal Mail international tracked & signed

Postage to the Rest Of World is £8.75

via Royal Mail international tracked & signed

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