Deep Purple MADE IN JAPAN UK LP 1ST GRAM CO 100% MINT-

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	$		241

DEEP PURPLE - MADE IN JAPAN

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS 2-3 PLAY CONDITION

FIRST PRESS ALL -1U

THE GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING

THE BEST SLEEVE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!

• CATALOGUE:HARVEST PURPLE TPS 3511 / 12
• MATRIX: TPS3511 A-1U / B-1U / TPS3512 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 4 MH / 2 AG / 1 HA / 5 AG 
• SIDE 1: PORKY
• SIDE 2: DELTA PORK
• SIDE 3: PECKO
• SIDE 4: PECKIE

A GENUINE FIRST PRESS EMI LIVE IN JAPAN CAN EASILY BE INDENTIFIED.

THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST END -1U ON ALL FOUR SIDES

THE LABELS MUST HAVE 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO' RIM WORDING

THE EMI WORDING IDENTIFIES A LATER PRESS.

INTERESTINGLY THERE IS ALSO A CONTRACT PRESS WHICH WAS ALSO A FIRST PRESS, HAVING THE -1U MATRIX NUMBERS AND THE GRAMOHPHONE CO RIM WORDING. THIS WAS SIMPLY DUE TO THE DEMAND PLACED ON THE HAYES EMI FACTORY. THIS CONTRACT PRESS HAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LABEL. BUT MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME I LAY MY HANDS ON ONE

FOR NOW HERE WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE COPY OF THE FIRST PRESS WITH THE BEST SLEEVE I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS

THIS SET IS WITHOUT A DOUBT OF INVESTMENT GRADE QUALITY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, . THE BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND ARE UNBLEMISHED, AND THE TYPEFACE IS ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

BEING A FIRST PRESS THE 'GRAMOPHONE CO LTD' IS WORDED AROUND THE RIM. LATER PRESSES HAD 'EMI RECORDS' IN ITS PLACE

THERE ARE JUST 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE TO INDICATE THAT THE RECORDS HAVE HAD VERY LIMITED PLAY IN THE 39 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RELEASED

THE VINYL

BOTH DISC ARE THE ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT FIRST PRESS ISSUES. THEY BOTH GLEAM LIKE NEW AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOK ABSOLUTELY FLALWESS APART FROM ONE TINY LINE JUST INSIDE THE OPENING TRACK TO SIDE ONE, WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE AN ERRANT FINGERNAIL TIP HAS BRUSHED THE SURFACE. THE LINE IS NO LONGER THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH AND CAUSES ONLY A COUPLE OF TINY BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE TICS DURING THE FIRST 15 SECONDS OF THE OPENING TRACK.

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, THAT CAUSE NO ISSUE. A FEW MORE ON SIDE 3, BUT AGAIN AS YOU WILL HEAR THEY HAVE NO EFFECT ON THIS SUBLIME SOUND

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECENTLY DECIDED TO FULLY RECORD ALL OF THE ALBUMS THAT I LIST ON EBAY. IT IS MY OPINION THAT BUYERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HEAR IN FULL WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON, AND THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON ALL SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS SET SOUNDS.

IN PARTICULAR ITS WORTH LISTENING TO CHILD IN TIME AS THIS STARTS VERY QUIETLY AND GIVES A REAL FLAVOUR OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND SOUNDBITE

BOTH DISCS PLAY ABSOLUTELY SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. THE TINY MARK I MENTIONED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DISC JUST REPRODUCCED A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE TICS RIGHT AT THE START OF SIDE ONE.

THERE IS NOT A JOT OF DISTORTION AT ANY POINT ON EITHER DISC, SHOWING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS SUPERB SET HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY TRACKED AND WEIGHTED STYLUS AND ALSO ONE THAT WAS UNWORN OR DAMAGED.

THE CLARITY AND LOUDNESS OF THIS STEREO PERFORMANCE IS JUST INCREDIBLE, AND EVERY NOTE AND SCREAM IS HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED. AGAIN CHILD IN TIME MORE THAN DEMONSTARTES JUST HOW MAGNIFICENTLY THE VINYL REPRODUCES THE LIVE PERFORMANCE

AT NO POINT IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR ANY OTHER VINYL NOISE FOR THAT MATTER. NO STATIC EITHER. I HEARD NO MORE THAN 4-5 BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE IS A CLEANER AND BETTER SOUNDING COPY OF THIS GENINE FIRST PRESS 1972 LIVE SET

THE REPRODUCTION EASILY GRADES MINT MINUS

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED GATEFOLD IN MINT (OR REALLY CLOSE TO IT) CONDITION.

ONE OF THE HISTORICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS SLEEVE IS SERIOUS RING WEAR AND HEAVY CREASING TO THE LAMINATE. HERE WE HAVE ONE THAT IS IN MAGNIFICENT UNBLEMISHED CONDITION, AND IS JUST ABOUT AS PERFECT AS YOU WILL EVER FIND THIS SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS ABSOLUTELY FLAT AND VERY CLEAN AND THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR.

THERE IS NOT ONE CREASE OR CREASE LINE ANYWHERE ON THIS SURFACE AND INCREDIBLY NOT ONE LAMINATE LINE NEAR THE SPINE, AND THATS JUST ABOUT IMPOSSIBLE!!!!

THERE IS NO RING WEAR, JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE RIGHT ALONG THE VERY BOTTOM EDGE ONLY

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR AT ALL, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, NOT ONE SCUFF OR NICK.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED FROM NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO BE IN THIS TIME WARP CONDITION

THE SPINE IS PERFECT WITH ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT, AND THE TYPEFACE LEGIBLE COMPLETELY, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY AND TOTALLY INSIGNIFICANT CRIMPS TO THE SURFACE, BUT NO LOSS OF THE LAMINATE ANYWHERE. THIS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SPINE I HAVE SEEN, AND THE TWO TIPS ARE 100% UNRUBBED

THE REAR SURFACE IS ONCE AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH AN ULTRA GLOSSY SHEEN. ONCE AGAIN NOT ONE CREASE OR CREASE LINE ANYWHERE, AND ONLY ONE MINUSCULE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NO RING WEAR AND DEFINITELY NO RECORD SHAPE

BOTH OPENING EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST ONE SMALL THUMB NAIL NICK ON THE FRONT ONE, SHOWING THAT THE VINYL HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE ONLY ON A FEW OCCASIONS

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INTERIOR, WITH JUST A SLIGHT SLIVER OF PAPER LOSS RIGHT ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE WHERE THE GATEFOLD LAMINATE TUCKS OVER THE BOTTOM EDGE AND I SUSPECT THE SLEEVE WAS CLOSED BEFORE IT WAS PROPERLY SET, AND HAS SNAGGED EITHER SIDE WHEN OPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME. A VERY COMMON ISSUE ON GATEFOLS WHERE THE INNER PANELS REMAIN UNLAMINATED. OTHER THAN THIS INSIGNIFICANT BIT OF WHITE , THE ORANGE SURFACE IS PRISTINE, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE GATEFOLD HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED SINCE IT WAS HOUSED INSIDE THE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO BE IN THIS IMMACULATE CONDITION

THE ORIGINAL POLYLINED INNERS ARE ALL INTACT AND UNSPLIT

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS. IT IS THAT FANTASTIC!!!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY