Deep Purple WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE 1ST PRESS GRAMOPHONE CO A-1U/B-1U 100% MINT -

	£		113
	$		150

DEEP PURPLE - WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE

IN MAGNIFICENT TWO PLAY !!! MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH  CONDITION

COMPLETE WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE

THE VERY RARE A-1U / B-1U FIRST PRESS

HAS ' THE GRAMOPHONE CO' RIM WORDING

AND THE RARE LYRIC INSERT SHEET!!!

• CATALOGUE:PURPLE TPSA 7504
• MATRIX: TPSA7508 A-1U / B-1U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 M / 1 OT  (REALLY LOW MOTHERS AND STAMPERS)
• PORKY ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
• PURPLE PECKIE ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

A FIRST PRESS 'WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE' MUST HAVE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

• THE LABELS MUST HAVE 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO' RIM WORDING. ( IF IT STATES 'EMI RECORDS LTD) THEN IT IS A REISSUE
• THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST END -1U ON BOTH SIDES
• SIDE ONE MUST HAVE 'PORKY' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX 
• SIDE 2 MUST HAVE ' PURPLE PECKIE' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX
• THE NEARER TO 1G THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS ARE MEANS THE EARLIER IT WAS PRESSED (BEAR IN MIND HOW MANY 1000'S WERE PRESSED INITIALLY)
• THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE 'FILE UNDER POPULAR : POP GROUPS, & PRINTED AND MADE BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LTD, IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE INSIDE RIGHT PANEL
• THE FIRST PRESSES ALSO CAME WITH A LYRIC INSERT. THIS MUST BE A HEAVY GLOSSY PAPER, PURE WHITE ON THE REAR AND A DEEP PURPLE COLOUR ON THE FRONT WITH 'TPSA 7508, G&L LTD' IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER
• THE INNER SLEEVE MUST BE A DIECUT POLY LINED INNER WITH TWO PATENT NUMBERS BOTTOM LEFT 1125555 & 1072844, AND MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN BOTTOM RIGHT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PURPLE AND WHITE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB ORIGINAL UNMOLESTED CONDITION. THE PURPLE BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT, AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE WHITE CENTRE SECTION IS ALSO WHITE AND UNMARKED. THERE ARE JUST TWO TINY  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE TO SHOW THAT THIS LP HAS HAD LIMITED PLAY SINCE 1973

HAS THE GRAMOPHONE CO 1ST PRESS RIM WORDING

WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT THE LABELS HAVE A PATCHY APPEARANCE. THIS IS NOT A FLAW AND IS TYPICAL OF THIS LABEL

THE VINYL

THE RECORD GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND IS ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE AND FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF THE FINEST WISPIEST NON SOUNDING HAIRLINES

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 RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, AS I NOW DO WITH ALL THE VINYL I LIST. I AM CERTAIN THAT BIDDERS WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE LP THEY ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON. IT'S A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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

IT WAS SAID THAT THE MK II PURPLE WERE AT THE TIME THE LOUDEST BAND ON THE PLANET, AND THIS SUPERB STEREO REPRODUCTION CERTAINLY CAPTURES THAT, HAVING A CRYSTAL CLEAR, LOUD CUT TO IT.

I CANNOT FAULT THE PLAYTHROUGH OF THIS ALBUM. THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM WITH A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

I NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND BARELY A SECOND OR TWO OF ALMOST INAUDIBLE STATIC HEARD ONLY IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROVES

I HEARD JUST ONE LITTLE TIC AND THAT WAS JUST AS THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE ONE WAS ENDED AND THE DEAD WAX RUN OFF GROVE STARTED. OTHER THAN THAT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL PLAYTHROUGH MINT MINUS!!!!

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND YOU BE THE JUDGE!!

THE SLEEVE

BEAUTIFUL LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE FROM GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE

THE FRONT SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS AND LOOKS SIMPLY STUNNING

THERE ARE JUST TWO MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE SPINE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT, AND EVEN THE CORNER TIPS ARE UNRUBBED

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH JUST ONE TINY FINGER TO THUMB IMPRESSION. THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT ALL THE WAY FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM AND ALL OF THE ORIGINAL YELLOW BASE COLOUR IS THERE AND IN PERFECT CONDITION. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY THUMB NAIL NICKS SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS PRISTINE AND GLEAMING AS THE FRONT, WITH JUST 2 TINY LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A MINT NON LAMINATED INNER SURFACE WITH UNMARKED PANELS.

THE FIRST PRESSES HOUSED A LYRIC INSERT SHEET. THIS IS INCLUDED IN THIS FIRST PRESS AND IS THE CORRECT GLOSSY HEAVY PAPER ISSUE, WITH TPSA 7508 G & L LTD IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. IT IS IN MINT CONDITION

THE ORIGINAL WHITE DIE CUT POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN UNSPLIT, CLEAN AND FLAT CONDITION. HAS THE PATENT NUMBERS 1125555 AND 1072844 IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, AND ' MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN' IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. JUST A COUPLE OF TINY BROWN STAINS IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS!!!

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

GARRY