Deep Purple-Deep Purple In Rock. Vinyl Album (1970)

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Deep Purple-Deep Purple In Rock

Vinyl Album released 1970

First U.K perssing -

Labels state "The Gramophone Co. Ltd. No EMI logo on labels

The original album came in a gatefold sleeve. The inner gatefold had lyrics on left and five black & white photos of the individual band members on the right and text on the right.

From Wikipedia....

Deep Purple in Rock, also known as In Rock, is the fourth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 3 June 1970. It was the first studio album recorded by the classic Mark II line-up. Rod Evans (vocals) and Nick Simper (bass) had been fired in June 1969 and were replaced by Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, respectively.

Deep Purple in Rock was their breakthrough album in Europe and would peak at No. 4 in the UK, remaining in the charts for months (the band's prior MK I albums had been much better received in North America than in their homeland). The album was supported by the hugely successful In Rock World Tour which lasted 15 months.

Although this was the first studio album to feature the MK II line-up of the band, it was this line-up that had earlier recorded the live Concerto for Group and Orchestra. The album was also preceded by the single "Hallelujah", the first studio recording that Gillan made with Deep Purple. "Hallelujah" was a Greenaway-Cook composition released in late 1969, but the song flopped. A second single, "Black Night", was developed around the same time as the In Rock album, but not included on the album. "Black Night" fared much better, as it rose all the way to No. 2 on the UK charts.

In 2005 the album won the Classic Rock and Roll of Honour Award (given by the British monthly magazine Classic Rock) in the category Classic Album. The award was presented to Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore.

TRACKS
A1    Speed King
A2    Bloodsucker
A3    Child In Time
B1    Flight Of The Rat
B2    Into The Fire
B3    Living Wreck
B4    Hard Lovin' Man

Cover spine wear, otherwise Good condition

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